(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-1 Section-1)
GOI; Ministry of Commerce & Industry; Department of Commerce; Directorate General of Foreign Trade
PUBLIC NOTICE No. 94 (RE-2010)/2009-14; Dated 1st Feburary, 2012
Subject:- Amendment of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) of Food Products (Product Code: ˜E™) in the Handbook of Procedures V.2 (2009-14)
In exercise of the powers conferred under Para 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby revises the SION E-1 and notifies a new SION E-1A for the Export Product ˜Assorted Confectionery™ in the Handbook of Procedures V.2 (2009-14) as under:
| S.No. | Export Item | Qty. | Import Item | Qty. allowed | ||
| E-1 | AssortedConfectionery
(with Sugar) |
100Kg | 1* | Cane Sugar | 60 Kg | |
| 2 | Liquid Glucose | 20 Kg | ||||
| 3 | a)
b) |
Relevant Fruit (Juice/ Pulp /Puree) OR
Cocoa, Milk & Milk Products |
15 Kg
10 Kg |
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| 4 | Citric Acid/Tartaric Acid/Malic Acid (Food Grade relevant) | 03 Kg | ||||
| 5 | i) | Relevant Essential Oils | 500gms | |||
| ii) | Relevant Food Colours | 10gms | ||||
| iii | Relevant food Flavours | 100gms | ||||
| 6 | Emulsifier/ Stabilizer / Glazing Agent/ Binders /Thickeners (item as per PFA Act 1955) | 100gms | ||||
| 7 | Other Confectionery ingredients –edible molasses, malt extracts, edible oils and fats, fruits and fruit products, nut and nut products, tea extracts, coffee extracts, edible desiccated coconut. | 05 kg | ||||
| 8 | Packing Material | As per packing policy |
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| S.No. | Export Item | Qty. | Import Item | Qty. allowed | |||
| E-1A | Assorted Confectionery(Sugar Free) | 100Kg | 1* | a) | Saccharin Sodium OR | 200gms | |
| b) | Aspertame OR | 400gms | |||||
| c) | Acesulfame Potassium | 400gms | |||||
| 2** | Starch / Modified Starch /Gelatin | 60Kg | |||||
| 3 to 9 | Same as item no 2 to 8 of above Norm at E-1 | ||||||
*Note 1. Import of artificial sweetening agents viz. Lactose/ Mannitol, as substitute inputs is not allowed against Item No. 1, as is also spelt out in Policy Circular No.13 dated 31.01.2011.
**Note 2. Tapioca Starch / Wheat Gluten is not allowed for import against item No.2 of E-1A.
2. Effect of the Public Notice.
Description of input items have been mentioned in more specific details and quantities rationalized for export of Assorted Confectionery made of Cane Sugar. Another entry has also been created for Sugar free Assorted Confectionery.
Anup K. Pujari
Director General of Foreign Trade
