DGFT- Export policy of sugar

(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. 15 (RE 2013)/2009-2014

New Delhi, Dated : 5 June, 2013

Subject: Export policy of sugar.

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, 2009-2014, the Central Government, with immediate effect, hereby makes the following amendments in Chapter 17 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items.

2. The existing entries in Chapter 17 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items are substituted as follows:

Chapter 17

Sugars and Sugar Confectionery

* Export of Pharmaceutical Grade Sugar [(i) Sucrose IP/BP/EP/USP/JP and (ii) Sucrose AR & LR] and Specialty Sugar [(i) Sugar cubes (ii) Sugar sachets (white & brown) (iii) Castor sugar (iv) Demerara sugar (v) Light brown sugar (vi) Icing sugar (vii) Fondant icing sugar (viii) Kathali sugar (ix) Candy sugar (x) Rainbow sugar (xi) Pearl sugar and (xii) Trimoline (invert sugar)] would not be subject to registration requirement.

Export Licensing Note of Chapter 17

Note 1                

Deleted.

Note 2  

Export of 10,000 MTs of organic sugar, per annum will be permitted subject to following conditions:

(i) The sugar should be duly certified by APEDA as being organic sugar;

(ii) Export contracts should be registered with APEDA, New Delhi prior to shipment;

(iii) Exports shall be allowed only from Customs EDI Ports.

3. Effect of this notification:

Export of sugar under Advance Authorization would not require Release Order from Directorate of Sugar. There is no change in other conditions relating to export of sugar.

(Anup K. Pujari)

Director General of Foreign Trade

E-mail: dgft@nic.in