FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
2017-18

Notification No. 53/2015-2020, Dated, 21st March, 2018

Subject: Amendment in import policy and policy condition of pepper classified under Chapter 09 of ITC (HS), 2017-Schedule-l(Import Policy).

In exercise of 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 hereby amends the import policy and policy condition of 'Pepper' classified under Chapter 09 of ITC (HS), 2017 - Schedule - 1 (Import Policy) as under:

Exim Code	Item Description	Policy	Revised Policy	Revised Policy Condition
0904 11	Neither crushed nor ground:
0904 11 10	Pepper, long	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg.
0904 11 20	Light black pepper	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg. Further, imports under Advance Authorisation Scheme is 'Free1 and are exempted from the MIP condition when import is for extraction of oleoresin, for reexport, by the manufacturer exporters only, subject to the following condition: a. Light black pepper berries shall have a minimum piperine content of 6% for import into India under AAS for oleoresin. b. The samples shall be drawn by Customs and tested at Spices Board's Quality Evaluation Labs for piperine content as per the ISO 5564 method. c. The yield assessment for oleoresin for AAS shall be done as per the ISO 1108 method at the Quality Evaluation Lab of Spices Board. d. The manufacturer exporters, who import pepper under AAS, for oleoresin purpose shall submit the details of import of pepper viz. quantity' of pepper imported, quantity of oleoresin produced, quantity of oleoresin reexported, balance stock available as well as the details of usage/disposal of spent material on a monthly basis to the Spices Board.
0904 11 30	Black pepper, garbled	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg
0904 11 40	Black pepper ungarbled	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg
0904 11 50	Green pepper, dehydrated	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg
0904 11 60	Pepper pinheads	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg
0904 11 70	Green pepper, frozen or dried	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg
0904 11 80	Pepper other than green, frozen	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg
0904 11 90	Other	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg
0904 12 00	Crushed or ground	Free	Prohibited	However, import is free if CIF is above Rs.500/ per kg

Effect of this Notification: Import of pepper over and above CIF Rs.500/ per kilogram is free and import below CIF Rs.500/ is prohibited.

(Alok Vardhan Ghaturvedi)

Director General of Foreign Trade

[Issued from F.No. 01/53/162/1109/AM-07/F.2/115/PC-2 (B)/e- 6695]