Source: Government Notifications

 

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

 

Cotton, not carded or combed

 

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.

 

5201 00

 

Cotton, not carded or combed Indian
cotton:

Free

 

  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
   
  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.
  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.
  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)