FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
2016-17

Notification No. 34/2015-2020, Dated, 13th January, 2017

Subject: Export Policy of Animal By-Products.

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment, with immediate effect, in Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items relating to export of Animal By-Products.

2. The existing entries against SI. No. 38A, 40, 41 and 41A of Chapter 5 shall be substituted as follows:

SI. No.	Tariff Item HS Code	Unit	Item Description	Export Policy	Nature of- Restriction
38 A	05021010	Kg-	Pig Bristles & Hair	Free	Export allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions: (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate' is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (Name of the port) and destination. (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Production Process Certificate" and/or 'Health Certificate' to the buyer consignment-wise, to be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
40	05061019 05061029 05061039 05061049 05069019 05069099 05119999 05079030 05079050 05079090 051000	Kg-	Bone and Bone Products, horn and horn products hooves and hoof products Bile, whether or not dried : Glands and Other products sourced only from Buffalo used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved including, Placenta, Sodium tauroglycocholate, Bezoar, Goolochan, Gallstone, etc.	Free	Export allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions (excluding bone meal, horn meal and hoof meal) : (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a "Production Process Certificate" and/or "Health Certificate" consignment-wise, to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
40	05100099	Kg-	Other	Free
41	05061019 05061029 05061039 05061049 05069019 05069099 05119999	Kg.	Bone and bone products, including Ossein intended to be used for Human Consumption	Free	Export allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions : (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a "Production Process Certificate" and/or "Health Certificate" consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Fanners Welfare, Government of India.
41 A	051199	Kg.	Dried Silk Worm Pupae	Free	Export allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions : (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

3. The new entry at SI. No. 92A in Chapter 16 shall be added as follows:

SI. No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of- Restriction

92A

16030010

Kg.

Extracts and Juices of Meat of Buffalo, Goat and Sheep

Free

Export allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions :

(i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate' is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination

(ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

4. The new entry at SI. No. 93B in Chapter 23 shall be added as follows:

SI. No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of- Restriction

93B

23011010

Kg.

Meat meals and pellets (including tankage) : Meat and Bone Meal of Buffalo

Free

Export allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions :

(ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

5. The existing entry against SI. No. 97 in Chapter 23 shall be substituted as follows:

SI. No.	Tariff Item HS Code	Unit	Item Description	Export Policy	Nature of- Restriction
97	2309	Kg.	Preparations of a kind used in animal feeding	Free	Export of the item produced from animal by-products allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions : (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate' is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
	23091000	Kg.	Preparation of a kind used in animal feeding -Dog or Cat food, put up for retail sale
	23099020	Kg	Concentrates for compound animal feed

6. The existing entry against SI. No. 156 in Chapter 30 shall be substituted and new entry at SI. No. 156A in Chapter 31 shall be added as follows:

SI. No.	Tariff Item HS Code	Unit	Item Description	Export Policy	Nature of- Restriction
156	3002 10	Kg.	Antisera and other blood fractions and modified immunological products, whether or not obtained by means of biotechnological processes	Free	Export of the item produced from animal by-products allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions : (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate' is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
	30021020		Hemoglobin blood globulins and serum globulins
	30019091		Heparin and its salts
156A	3101 00	Kg.	Animal or vegetable fertilizers, whether or not mixed together or chemically treated; fertilizers produced by the mixing or chemical treatment of animal or vegetable products

7. The existing entries against SI. No. 171, 172, 173 in Chapter 35 shall be substituted and new entries at SI. No. 172A, 173A, 173B, 173C in Chapter 35 shall be added as follows:

SI. No.	Tariff Item HS Code	Unit	Item Description	Export Policy	Nature of- Restriction
171	35030020	Kg.	Gelatine, edible grade and not elsewhere specified or included	Free	Export of the item produced from animal by-products allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions : (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate' is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
172	35030030.	Kg	Glues derived from bones, hides and similar items and fish glues
172A	35030090	Kg.	Other
173	35040010	Kg.	Peptones; Others
173A	35079020	Kg.	Pancreatin
173B	35079030	Kg.	Pepsin
173C	35079079	Kg.	Trypsin, Chymotrypsin, Trypsin- Chymotrypsin Mix

8. The new entry at SI. No. 175 A in Chapter 41 shall be added as follows:

SI. No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of- Restriction

175 A

41015020

Kg.

Whole hides and skins of weight exceeding 16 kg. : Of Buffalo

Free

Export of the item produced from animal by-products allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions :

9. The new entry at SI. No. 176A in Chapter 42 shall be added as follows:

SI. No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of- Restriction

176A

42050090

Kg.

Dog Chews

Free

Export of the item produced from animal by-products allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions :

10. The new entry at SI. No. 206A in Chapter 96 shall be added as follows:

SI. No.	Tariff Item HS Code	Unit	Item Description	Export Policy	Nature of- Restriction
206A	96019030	Kg.	Other: Worked bone (excluding whale bone) and articles thereof	Free	Export of the item produced from animal by-products allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions : (i) A 'Shipment Clearance Certificate' is to be issued consignment-wise by the CAPEXIL indicating details of the name and address of the exporter, address of the registered plant, IEC No. of the exporter, Plant approval number, nature of export product, quantity, invoice number and date, port of loading (name of the port) and destination (ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandary, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.
	96019040	Kg.	Other:
	96019090	Kg.	Worked horn, coral and other animal carving material and articles thereof
	96063010	Kg.	Buttons and Button Blanks

11. The existing entry against SI. No. 207 in Chapter 96 shall be substituted as follows:

SI. No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of- Restriction

207

96020030

Kg.

Empty Gelatin capsules not intended for human consumption

Free

Export of the item produced from animal by-products allowed freely but export to European Union allowed subject to the following conditions :

(ii) After the shipment is made, the exporter shall also provide a 'Health Certificate' consignment-wise to the buyer giving details of the product with HS Code, packaging, its origin, destination, vessel name, date of departure, health requirements, etc. This Health Certificate would be issued jointly by CAPEXIL and Regional Animal Quarantine Officer, Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Government of India.

Effect of this notification:

Export policy of some of the products of animal origin have been modified / amended.

(A.K. Bhalla)

Director General of Foreign Trade

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F.No.01/91/171/47/AM05/PC-III/EC Vol.l)