Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No 37(RE – 2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, Dated : 24.03.2011
Subject:- Exemption for export of milk powders(including skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, dairy whitener and infant milk foods), Casein and Casein products under para 9.12 of Handbook of Procedure Vol. 1.
S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government, with immediate effect, makes the following amendments described in para 3 below, in Notification No : 23(RE – 2010)/2009-2014 dated 18th February, 2011 read with Notification No: 25(RE–2010)/2009-2014 dated 24th February, 2011.
2. Notification No: 25 (RE–2010)/2009-2014 dated 24th February, 2011, stipulated that transitional arrangements under para 1.5 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 will not be applicable to export of milk powders (including skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, dairy whitener and infant milk foods), Casein and Casein products, export of which had been prohibited under Notification No : 23 (RE – 2010)/2009-2014 dated 18th February, 2011.
3. Now it has been decided to allow provisions of para 9.12 of Handbook of Procedure Vol.1 for such exports. Accordingly a new para gets inserted as serial no:3.1 in Notification No:23 (RE-2010)/2009-2014 dated 18th February, 2011, which will read as under:
“3.1. Export consignments of milk powders (including skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, dairy whitener and infant milk foods), Casein and Casein products which were handed over to customs for examination and export on or before 18.02.2011 will be allowed for export. “
4. Effect of this notification:
In relaxation of the prohibition imposed by Notification No:23 dated 18th February 2011, read with Notification No:25 dated 24th February 2011,export of milk powders, Casein and Casein products etc (as described above) would be permitted in respect of such consignments only which were already handed over to customs for examination and export on or before 18.02.2011 .
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/1237/AM’07/PC-III/Export Cell)