MANU/DGFT/0026/2014

Ministry : Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Department/Board : DGFT

Notification No. : 73(RE-2013)/2009-2014

Date : 12.03.2014

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), Central Government hereby makes the amendment, with immediate effect, in the Chapter 7 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items relating to export of onion.

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment, with immediate effect, in the Chapter 7 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items relating to export of onion.

2. In Chapter 7 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import Items the column under the heading "Export Policy" in respect of Serial Number 51 and 52 relating to export of onion is amended to read as "Free" in place of "STE". Accordingly the Note 1 below the Table gets deleted. The Table would now be as under:

Chapter 7

Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers

Note 1: Reference to onions in this chapter includes onions fresh or chilled frozen, provisionally preserved or dried.

S. No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of Restriction

51

0703 10 10