GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
NEW DELHI
NOTIFICATION
NO. 19/2005, DT. 11/08/2005
S.O. (E) - In exercise of powers conferred by
Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with
paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy – 2004-09, the Central Government
hereby amends the ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items 2004-09 as
under:
1. Condition 16 of Chapter I A (General Notes to Import Policy) of the ITC (HS)
Classifications of Export and Import items, 2004-09 shall be amended to read as
under:
“16. (I)
Import into India of the following livestock and livestock products shall be
prohibited from all countries in view of the reported outbreak of Highly
Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Fowl Plague):
(i) domestic and wild birds
including the captive birds (excluding poultry);
(ii) unprocessed meat
and meat products from Avian species including wild birds (except
poultry);
(iii) semen of domestic and wild birds.
Further, the
Central Government hereby prohibits also the import into India from the
countries reporting the outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Fowl
Plague), the following livestock and livestock products, namely:
(i) Live
poultry;
(ii) meat and meat product from Avian species including wild
birds;
(iii) hatching eggs;
(iv) eggs and egg products;
(v)
feathers;
(vi) live pig and pig meat products; [OLD- five pig and
pig meat products]
(Sl. No. (vi) has been corrected vide NTF NO. 21/2005, DT. 18/08/2005)
(vii) pathological material and biological
products from birds;
(viii) product of animal origin from birds intended
for use in animal feeding or for agricultural or industrial use.
2. The
prohibition shall be in force till further orders.
This issues in public
interest.
Sd/-
(K.T. Chacko)
Director General of Foreign
Trade
And Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India
(Issued from File No.01/89/180/Misc -77/AM04/PC-1A)
