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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 The Gazette of India CG-DL-E-01072024-255051 EXTRAORDINARY PART I-Section 1 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 176] NEW DELHI, SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2024/ASHADHA 9, 1946 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (Department of Commerce) (DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE) PUBLIC NOTICE New Delhi, the 26th June, 2024 No. 13/2024-25 Subject: Amendment in Para 2.57 and 2.58 of the Handbook of Procedures - reg. F. No. M-5409/2002/PC-2[A]/Part-I. E-17901.—In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments under Para 2.57 and 2.58 of the Handbook of Procedures 2023: 2.57 Procedure for import under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme a. Imports under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme shall be as per the Customs Notification No. 28/2020-Customs dated 23.06.2020 of Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance, Government of India as amended from time to time. b. The details of Items covered under the TRQ Scheme are as follows +-----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | SI. | HS Codes | Description of goods | TRQ | | No. | | | Quantity | +=====+=================+=========================================================================================================================+================+ | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | +-----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 1. | 0402 10 or | Milk and cream in powder, granules or other solid forms, | | | | 0402 21 00 | (a) of a fat content by weight not exceeding 1.5%; | 10,000 MTs | | | | (b)of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1.5% - not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter | | +-----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | | 1005 90 11 | Dent corn (Zea mays var. indenta):----Yellow | 4,98,900 MTs | | | 1005 90 19 | Dent corn (Zea mays var. indenta):----Other | | | 2. | 1005 90 20 | Flint corn (Zea mays var. indurata) | | | | 1005 90 90 | Other | | | | 1005 90 30 | Popcorn (Zea mays var. everta) | 1,100 MTs | +-----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 3. | 1512 11 | Crude sunflower seed or safflower oil and fractions thereof | 1,50,000 MTs | +-----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ | 4. | 1514 19 or 1514 | Refined rape, colza or mustard oil and fractions thereof | 1,50,000 MTs | | | 99 | | | +-----+-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+----------------+ с. Whereas the Hon'ble High Court of judicature at Hyderabad for the State of Telangana and the State of Andhra Pradesh vide order dated 31.12.2014 in WPMP No.43494 of 2014 and W.P.No.34771 of 2014, has permitted import of maize only on Actual User Condition and on payment of Customs duty prevailing, but not TRQ Customs duty, subject to further orders in the Writ Petition. Accordingly, TRQ on Maize shall be subject to orders of the Hon'ble High Court in the said Writ Petition. 2.58 Eligible entities for allocation of quota The following entities shall be eligible for applying for TRQ with reference to para 2.57 of HBP: (a) Items at para 2.57(b)(1) - National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Cooperative Dairy Federation (NCDF), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED). (b) Items at para 2.57(b)(2) - National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd. (NAFED), State Cooperative Marketing Federations. (c) Items at para 2.57(b)(3) & (4) - National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Ltd (NAFED), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC), State Cooperative Marketing Federation & State Cooperative Civil Supplies Corporation. Effect of this Public Notice: Procedure and Eligibility under the Tariff Rate Quota Scheme are amended. SANTOSH KUMAR SARANGI, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Addl. Secy.