MANU/DGFT/0175/2023

Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department/Board : DGFT

Notification No. : 45/2023

Date of Notification : 23.11.2023

Date of Publication : 23.11.2023

Notification/ Circulars Referred : Notification No. 42/2023 dated 28/10/2023 [S.O. 4719(E)] MANU/DGFT/0166/2023

Citing Reference:
Notification No. 42/2023 dated 28/10/2023 [S.O. 4719(E)] MANU/DGFT/0166/2023  Referred

Imposition of Minimum Export Price on export of Onions.

S.O.5031(E).--In supersession of Notification No. 42/2023 dated 28/10/2023 [S.O. 4719(E)] and in exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with 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
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."

2. The Notification will come into immediate effect.

3. The following consignments of onions will be allowed to be exported without MEP:

i. Where onions consignment has been handed over to the Customs before 29th October, 2023 (the date from which the Notification No. 42/2023 dated 28/10/2023 [S.O. 4719(E)] came into effect) and is registered in their system / where onions consignment 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 commodities having entered the Customs Station prior to 29th October, 2023 (the date from which the Notification No.42/2023 dated 28/10/2023 [S.O. 4719(E)] came into effect). The period of export shall be upto 30th November, 2023.

ii. Export duty has been paid before the........