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Notification No. 49/2023 amending the export policy of onions under HS Code 0703 10 19 in Chapter 07 of Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy, changing the policy from 'Free' (subject to a Minimum Export Price) to 'Prohibited' until 31 March 2024.

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Issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce) on 7 December 2023 as S.O. 5201(E), under Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) and Paragraphs 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, the Central Government amends the export policy for onions (HS Code 0703 10 19) in Chapter 07 of Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy from 'Free' (subject to a Minimum Export Price of US $800 F.O.B. per Metric Tonne until 31 December 2023) to 'Prohibited till 31.03.2024'; the notification takes effect from 08.12.2023, and the transitional-arrangement provisions of Paragraph 1.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 do not apply; exports are nonetheless permitted where onion loading had commenced before the notification, where the shipping bill was filed and the vessel had already berthed/arrived with rotation number allocated (subject to Port Authority confirmation), or where consignments were handed to Customs and registered in the Customs Station's electronic system before the notification, with such exports permitted up to 5 January 2024; exports to other countries may also be permitted based on Government of India approval upon request from the foreign government; the notification is signed by Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, under file number 01/91/171/50/Misc/AM21/e-26586.

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S.O. 5201 (E).—In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read wi th section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, the Central Government hereby amends the Export Policy of Onions in Chapter 07 of Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy, as under: Tariff item HS Code Unit Item description Export Policy Policy condition Revised Export Policy Revised Policy condition 0703 10 19 KG Onions: Free Subject to a Minimum Export Price (MEP) of US $ 800 F.O.B. per Metric Ton (MT), till 31st December, 2023.” Prohibited till 31.03.2024. -- 2. The Notification will come into effect from 08.12.2023. The provisions as under Para 1.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 regarding transitional arrangement shall not be a pplicable under this Notification. Further, consignments of onions will be allowed to be exported on fulfillment of any one of the following three conditions: i. where loading of onions on the ship has commenced before this Notification; ii. where the shipping b ill is filed and vessels have already berthed or arrived and anchored in Indian ports for loading of onion and their rotation number has been allocated before this Notification; The approval of loading in such vessels will be issued only after confirmation by the concerned Port Authorities regarding anchoring/berthing of the ship for loading of onions prior to the Notification; and iii. where consignments of onions has been handed over to the Customs before this Notification and is registered in their system / w here consignments onions has entered the Customs Station for exportation before this Notification and is registered in the electronic systems of the concerned Custodian of the Customs Station with verifiable evidence of date and time stamping of these commo dities having entered the Customs Station prior to issuance of this Notification. The period of export shall be upto 5th January, 2024. 3. Export on onions will also be allowed on the basis of permission granted by the Government of India to other countries based on the request of their Government. 4. Effect of this Notification: Export policy of onions under HS Code 0703 10 19 is amended from ‘Free’ to ‘Prohibited, till 31.03.2024’. [F. No. 01/91/171/50/Misc/AM21/e -26586 ] SANTOSH KUMAR SARANGI, Director Ge neral of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Addl . Secy . Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring R oad, Mayapuri, New Delhi -110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi -110054.

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