GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 

NOTIFICATION No. 51 (RE – 2007)/2004-2009

NEW DELHI, DATED:14th November, 2007

 

            S.O. (E)       In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009, the Central Government hereby substitutes the existing entries pertaining to export policy of onions at Sl.No.44 and 44A (as inserted by Notification No. 32(RE-2007)/ 2004-2009  dated 04.10.2007 and amended by Notification No.37(RE-2007)/ 2004-2009  dated 15.10.2007 and Notification No.41(RE-2007)/ 2004-2009  dated 23.10.2007) of Table B of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items (1st September, 2004-31st March, 2009) as amended from time to time.

 

2.         The substituted entry shall be as follows:

 

S.

No.

Tariff Item

HS Code

Unit

Item/Description

Export Policy

Nature of Restrictions

44

0703 10 10

0712 20 00

Kg

Onion

(all varieties) including Bangalore Rose onions and Krishnapuram onions fresh or chilled, frozen, provisionally prepared or dried but excluding onions cut, sliced or broken in powder form.

STEs

Export through:-

(i)  National Agricultural Cooperative   Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED)

(ii) Maharashtra State   Agricultural Marketing Board (MSAMB)

(iii) Gujarat Agro Industries  Corporation Ltd. (GALC)

(iv) The Spices Trading Corporation Ltd. (STCL)

(v) The A.P. State Trading Corporation

(vi) The Karnataka State Co-operative Marketing Federation Ltd. (KSCMF)

(vii) The National Co-operative Consumers Federation of India Ltd., (NCCF)

(viii) The North Karnataka Onion Growers Co-operative Society (NKOGCS)

(ix)  West Bengal Essential Commodities Supply Corporation (WBECSC) Ltd., Kolkata

(x) M.P. State Agro Industries Development Corporation ((MPSAIDC), Bhopal

(xi) Karnataka State Produce Processing and Export Corporation (KAPPEC), Bangalore

(xii) Madhya Pradesh State Co-operative Oil Seeds Growers Federation Ltd.,

(xiii) The Andhra Pradesh Marketing Federation (AP MARKFED),

subject to conditions laid down by DGFT from time to time

 

3.         Export Licensing Note 1 :

 

(a)Export of Onions is allowed without quantitative ceiling subject to conditions of quality laid out by NAFED from time to time.

 

(b)The maximum service fee of one percent of the invoice value can be charged from the exporter by the listed STEs.

 

4.         This issues in Public Interest.

                                                                                                                                            Sd/-

(R.S. GUJRAL)

Director General of Foreign Trade and

Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India

 

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/922/AM’08/PC-III)