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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No 03 /2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated : 20 April, 2015
Subject: Export policy of sugar.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development &
Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2015-2020, the Central
Government, with immediate effect, hereby makes the following amendments in
Chapter 17 of Schedule 2 of
ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items.
2. Existing entries as per Notification No. 88(RE-2013)/2009-2014 Dated
04.07.2014
Existing entries:
Chapter 17
Sugars and Sugar Confectionery
| S.No. |
Tariff Item
HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export
Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 93 |
1701 00 00 |
Kg |
(a) Sugar * |
Free |
Prior registration of quantity with
DGFT. |
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|
Kg |
(b) Preferential Quota
Sugar to EU and USA |
STE |
Export permitted through M/s.Indian Sugar Exim Corporation Limited subject to quantitative ceiling notified by DGFT from time to time. |
* Sugar includes Organic Sugar. However, export of Pharmaceutical Grade Sugar [(i)
Sucrose
IP/BP/EP/USP/JP and (ii) Sucrose AR & LR] and Speciality Sugar [(i) Sugar cubes
(ii) Sugar
sachets (white & brown) (iii) Castor sugar (iv) Demerara sugar (v) Light brown
sugar (vi) Icing
sugar (vii) Fondant icing sugar (viii) Kathali sugar (ix) Candy sugar (x)
Rainbow sugar (xi) Pearl
sugar and (xii) Trimoline (invert sugar)] would not be subject to registration
requirement.
Export Licensing Note of Chapter 17
Note 1
Deleted.
Note 2
Export of organic sugar without any quantity limits, will be permitted till the
time export of sugar is
“Free”. Such export will be subject to following conditions:
(i) The sugar should be duly certified by APEDA as being organic sugar;
(ii) Prior registration of quantity with DGFT through online system
Amended entries:
Chapter 17 Sugars and Sugar Confectionery
| S.No. |
Tariff Item
HS Code |
Unit |
Item Description |
Export
Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
| 93 |
1701 00 00 |
Kg |
(a) Sugar * |
Free |
Prior registration of quantity with DGFT. |
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|
Kg |
(b) Sugar to EU
under CXL
Quota |
Free |
The Certificate of Origin shall be issued by Additional DGFT, Mumbai. The exporters shall be required to furnish the details of actual exports (viz. quantity, value, destination, name
& address of foreign buyer etc) to the Additional DGFT, Mumbai as well as to APEDA, New Delhi. This will be subject to quantitative ceiling notified by DGFT from
time to time. |
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|
Kg |
(c) Sugar to
USA under TRQ
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Free The quota will be operated by APEDA, New Delhi as per the modalities and operational guidelines to be notified by APEDA. The
exporters shall be required to furnish the details of actual exports (viz. quantity, value, destination, name & address of foreign buyer etc) to APEDA, New Delhi. Certificate of Origin, if required, shall be issued by Additional DGFT, Mumbai. This will be subject to quantitative ceiling notified by DGFT from time to time. |
Sugar includes Organic Sugar. However, export of Pharmaceutical Grade Sugar [(i)
Sucrose
IP/BP/EP/USP/JP and (ii) Sucrose AR & LR] and Speciality Sugar [(i) Sugar cubes
(ii) Sugar
sachets (white & brown) (iii) Castor sugar (iv) Demerara sugar (v) Light brown
sugar (vi) Icing
sugar (vii) Fondant icing sugar (viii) Kathali sugar (ix) Candy sugar (x)
Rainbow sugar (xi) Pearl
sugar and (xii) Trimoline (invert sugar)] would not be subject to registration
requirement.
Export Licensing Note of Chapter 17
Note 1
Deleted.
Note 2
Export of organic sugar without any quantity limits, will be permitted till the
time export of sugar is
“Free”. Such export will be subject to following conditions:
(i) The sugar should be duly certified by APEDA as being organic sugar;
(ii) Prior registration of quantity with DGFT through online system.
3. Effect of this notification:
Export of Preferential Quota sugar to EU and USA has been moved from “STE” to
“Free” regime
subject to the conditions indicated in Nature of Restrictions.
(Pravir Kumar)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft[at]nic[dot]in
(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/879/AM08/Export Cell)(Part)
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