TO BE PUBLISHED
IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
(PART – I SECTION – I)
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICE NO.7 /2015-2020
NEW DELHI, DATED THE 1st May, 2015
In exercise
of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020,
the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes amendment in para 2.07
(a) (iv) of Handbook of Procedures
(2015-2020) which lists categories of importers or exporters exempted from
obtaining Importer-Exporter Code(IEC).
2. The
existing para 2.07(a) (iv) reads as under:
“Persons importing/exporting goods from/to Nepal, Myanmar
through Indo-Myanmar border areas and China (through Gunji, Namgaya Shipkila
and Nathula ports), provided CIF value of a single consignment does not exceed
Indian Rs.25, 000. In case of Nathula port, the applicable value ceiling will
be Rs.1, 00,000/-.”
3. The
revised para 2.07 (a) (iv) would read as under:
“Persons importing/exporting goods from/to Nepal; Myanmar
(through Indo-Myanmar border areas); and China (through Gunji, Namgaya Shipkila
and Nathula ports), provided that the CIF value of single consignment of
import/export of goods from/to Nepal; and Myanmar (through Indo-Myanmar border
areas) does not exceed Indian Rs. 25,000/-; and in the case of China, (a) for
import/export of goods through Gunji and Namgaya Shipkila, CIF value of single
consignment does not exceed Indian Rs.1,00,000/-;and (b) for import/export of
goods through Nathula, CIF value of single consignment does not exceed
Rs.2,00,000/-.”
4. Effect
of this Public Notice:
For border trade between India and China, the CIF value
per consignment is being increased from Rs.1,00,000/- to Rs.2,00,000/- in case
of Nathula, while for Gunji and Namgaya Shipkila, the existing CIF value limit
of Rs.25,000/- is being enhanced to Rs.1,00,000/-.
(Pravir Kumar)
Director General of Foreign Trade
(Issued from File No.01/89/180/Misc.57/AM-06/PC-2 (B)
