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REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
The Gazette of India
CG-DL-E-12032025-261575
EXTRAORDINARY
PART II-Section 3-Sub-section (ii)
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
No. 1126]
NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 12, 2025/PHALGUNA 21, 1946
MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
(Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 11th March, 2025
S.O. 1139(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (d) of section 2 and section 3A of the Live-
stock Importation Act, 1898 (9 of 1898), the Central Government hereby makes the following further amendment in
the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Department
of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, the erstwhile Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Animal Husbandry,
Dairying and Fisheries, number S.O. 2666 (E), dated the 16th October, 2014 published in the Gazette of India,
Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), dated the 17th October, 2014, namely:–
In the said notification, in the SCHEDULE,-
(a) In paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (viii), the following sub-paragraphs shall be inserted, namely:-
"(ix) The sanitary import permit shall not be required for import of raw fishery products, if the importer
(a) is in possession of an advance licence issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade to the effect
that the product is intended for re-export; and
(b) has obtained a No Objection Certificate from the officer-in-charge of the Animal Quarantine and
Certification Services Stations or any other officer duly authorised by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal
Husbandry and Dairying:
Provided that the No Objection Certificate shall be issued only after verifying that the certificates issued by
the competent authority of the exporting country conforms to the following, namely:
(A) in case of the products from cultured sources, the sanitary requirements conforms to the standards
specified by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying;
(B) in case of the products sourced from wild caught material, a catch certificate has been issued to the
effect that the product is so sourced from wild caught material.
(x) Import of livestock products, which requires no objection certificate from the Officer-In-Charge of the
Animal Quarantine and Certification Services Stations, through sale on high seas shall be prohibited.".
(b) In paragraph (4), the following provisos shall be inserted at the end, namely:-
"Provided also that in case of import of perishable fish items exclusively for the purpose of human consumption
but excluding seed material for breeding or rearing purposes, the import shall be allowed through the land port,
located at Dawki (Meghalaya) and Sutarkandi (Assam) under the jurisdiction of Animal Quarantine and Certification
Station in Kolkata.
Provided also that the livestock products listed at serial numbers (x) and (xi), of paragraph 1 shall be allowed to
import into India through the airport or land port, as the case may be, located at Kanpur under the jurisdiction of
Animal Quarantine and Certification Station in New Delhi.".
[F. No. L-110110/17/2017-Trade (E-15243)]
VARSHA JOSHI, Addl. Secy.
Note: The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section (ii), vide notification number S.O. 2666(E), dated the 17th October, 2014 and
subsequently amended vide notification numbers S.O. 3356(E), dated the 10th December, 2015,
S.O. 2640(E), dated the 3rd August, 2016, S.O. 3112(E), dated the 30th September, 2016,
S.O. 948(E), dated the 22nd March, 2017, S.O. 2486(E), dated the 4th August, 2017, S.O. 5758(E),
dated the 16th November, 2018, S.O. 2679(E), dated the 10th August, 2020, S.O. 4559(E),
dated the 16th December, 2020 and S.O. 4953 (E), dated the 1st December, 2021.