NOTIFICATION NO. 51/2007, DT. 14/11/2007

NOTIFICATION NO. 51/2007, DT. 14/11/2007

Amendments in the Table B of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classifications (07031010, 07122000)

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	07031010 07122000	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. The following conditions will apply to all STEs for export of Onions of all varieties:

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

(ii) The designated STEs can issue NOC to the Associates shippers and the service charges levied by them for issue of NOC will be at a uniform rate of 1% of the invoice value of export of onion.

(Above (ii) has been substituted vide NTF. NO. 106/2008, DT. 14/05/2009)

[OLD-(ii) The designated STEs can issue NOC to the Associates Shippers and the service charges levied by them for issue of NOC will be to a maximum rate of 1% of the invoice value of export of onion.]

(iii) The STEs are not allowed to levy any other charges except above by way of fees, guarantee or deposits or in any other form whatsoever.

(iv) All onions exported will be subject to a Minimum Export Price (MEP) fixed by NAFED.

(v) The careful selection of exporters is made to eliminate the trading in permits to export onions.

(vi) The agencies shall ensure that quality of onion is maintained.

(vii) A weekly report of permits issued shall be provided to NAFED which shall act a nodal agency to keep the Government of India informed of the outflow of onions.

(viii) Periodic reports of the actual shipment of onion by different agencies be submitted to the Department of Consumer Affairs.

(Above Para 3 has been substituted vide NTF. NO. 27/2008, DT. 01/08/2008)

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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)