Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Public Notice No. 23 (RE-2013) / 2009-14
New Delhi: the 13th August, 2013
Subject: Export of Finished Leather, Wet Blue and EI Tanned Leather to be
permitted through the notified port.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2009-14, as amended from time to time, Director General of Foreign Trade
hereby prescribes the following procedure for export of finished leather, Wet
Blue and EI Tanned Leather.
- Finished leather norms were notified through
Public Notice No. 21/2009-14
dated 01.12.2009. In order to ensure that export consignments of finished
leather conform to the norms prescribed vide above Public Notice, export of
Finished Leather, Wet Blue and EI Tanned Leather shall be subjected to the
following procedure:
- Export of Finished Leather, Wet Blue and EI Tanned Leather shall be
permitted through the Sea Ports of Chennai, Mumbai (JNPT) & Kolkata and ICDs
Kanpur & Tughlakabad or any other port/ICDs to be notified by DGFT from time to
time.
- Officials of Central Leather Research Institute(CLRI) posted at the above
Sea ports/ICDs would draw the sample of finished leather/Wet Blue/EI Tanned
Leather from the export consignment, wherever required, in the presence of
Customs Officials. Such samples will be tested and certified by CLRI or such
other approved labs which may be notified from time to time, testing as per the
finished leather norms notified vide
Public Notice No. 21/2009-14 dated
01.12.2009.
- Effect of this Public Notice
Export of finished leather will be permitted from the specified Sea ports/ICDs
and would be subject to the inspection procedure mentioned in Sub-para (ii) of
Para 2 above.
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft[at]nic[dot]in
(F. No. 01/91/180/1240/AM10/Export Cell)