Ntf No. 11/(RE-1999)/1997-2002 Dated 03-06-1999

NOTIFICATION NO. 11(RE-99)/1997-2002 Dated the 3rd June, 1999

Condition for import of Mulberry Raw Silk (Exim Code 500200.00)

S.O E) - In exercise of powers conferred under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development andRegulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.3 and 4.1 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 1997-2002 published on 31st March, 1997 (RE-98) as amended from time to time, namely - In the Import Licensing Notes, appearing in Chapter 50 of the saidITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items 1997-2002(HS) Classification, the following clause shall be inserted in the end :

2 "(4) For import of Mulberry Raw Silk permitted as per condition in Column 5 to Exim Code 500200.00, shipped/despatched (as per provisions contained in para 15.14 of Handbook ofProcedure Vol. I) prior to 19.5.99, the following procedures shall be adopted:

i) The consignments accompanying a certificate for grade of raw silk of 2 A and above given by any foreign certifying agency, whether specified or not in the Licensing Note 3 above (inserted vide Notification No. 9 dated 19.5.99) may be treated as of grade 2A and above and permitted to be cleared on the strength of the said certificates without any reference to Central Silk Board (CSB).

ii) All such above consignments imported prior to 19.5.99 shall be cleared, even if samples to determine grade of silk had already been drawn and/.or Central Silk Board has challenged/disputed the gradation as certified by a foreign inspection agency, as a one time measure.

However, consignments not certified by any foreign inspection agency and found to below grade 2A, upon prescribed testing of samples by the Central Silk Board, are to be held as imports bot permissible under import policy and shall be adjudicated by the customs authorities accordingly.

(Last Sentence of 4(ii) has been added as per Notification No.13(RE-99)/1997-2002 dated 15-6-99)

This issues in Public Interest.

Sd/-
(N.L. LAKHANPAL)
Director General of Foreign Trade and ex-officio
Additional Secretary to the Government of India