Government announces amendment in import policy of seeds of Peas

Government announces amendment in import policy of seeds of Peas

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 of FT(D&R) Act, 1992, read with Paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government has amended the import policy and policy condition against HS Code 1209 91 40 and has deleted policy condition no.4 of chapter 12 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule –I (Import Policy):

Exim code

Item Description

Present Policy

Existing Policy Condition

Revised Policy

Revised Policy Condition

12099140

Of Pea

Restricted

Import subject to conditions at Licensing note (4) below

Free

Import is “free” subject to phytosanitary import conditions as per Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Imports into India), Order 2003.

Effect of the notification: Import policy of seeds of Peas is amended from “Restricted” to “Free” subject to phytosanitary import conditions as per Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Imports into India), Order 2003. Policy condition 4 to Chapter 12 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule –I (Import Policy) is hereby deleted.