To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 3, Sub Section (ii) |
Government of India |
Ministry of Commerce & Industry |
Department of Commerce |
Udyog Bhawan |
Notification No. 12(RE-2010)/2009-14 |
New Delhi, Dated 16th December, 2010 |
Subject:- Registration of contracts for export of cotton by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade regarding
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 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes, with immediate effect, the following amendments in respect of Sl. No. 161 A { ITC(HS) Classification } in the Notification No. 58/2009-14 dated 17.08.2010 read with Notification No. 6(RE-2010)/2009-14 dated 30.09.2010:-
2. The existing entries stipulated against Sl. No. 200, 201 & 202 in Chapter 52 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items are substituted as follows:-
Chapter 52
S. No. |
Tariff Item Code |
Unit |
Item of Description |
Export Policy |
Nature of Restriction |
161 A |
5201 |
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Cotton, not carded or combed |
|
The contracts for export of |
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5201 00 |
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Cotton, not carded or combed Indian |
Free |
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5201 00 11 |
Bengal deshi |
Free | |||
5201 00 12 | Indian cotton of staple lengths 20.5 mm (25/32”) and below (e. g. oomras, yellow picking, Assam Comillas) |
Free | |||
5201 00 13 | Indian cotton of staple length exceeding 20.5mm (26/32") and but not exceeding 24.5mm (30/32") |
Free | |||
Indian cotton of staple length over 24.5 mm (31/32”) to 28 mm |
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5201 00 14 | Indian cotton of staple length 28.5 mm (14/32”) and above but below 34.5 mm |
Free | |||
5201 00 15 | Indian cotton of all staple length 34.5 mm and above (112/32”) |
Free | |||
5201 00 19 | Cotton, other than Indian, of all staple lengths |
Free | |||
5201 00 20 | Free | ||||
5202 | Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) |
The contracts for export of cotton shall be registered with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade prior to shipment. Clearance of cotton consignments by Customs should be after verifying that the contracts have been registered. |
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5202 10 00 | Yarn waste (including thread waste) Other: |
Free | |||
Garnetted stock | |||||
5202 91 00 | Free | ||||
Other | |||||
5202 99 00 | Free | ||||
5203 | Cotton, carded or combed | Free | The contracts for export of cotton shall be registered with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade prior to shipment. Clearance of cotton consignments by Customs should be after verifying that the contracts have been registered. |
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5203 00 00 | Cotton, carded or combed |
3. The effect of this notification:-
The export contracts of cotton (Tariff Codes 5201, 5202 & 5203) will now be registered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade. Earlier, such registration were with Textile Commissioner, Mumbai.
(Anup K. Pujari) |
Director General of Foreign Trade |
E-mail: dgft@nic.in |
(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/1194/AM10/Export Cell) |