FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
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Body Notification No. 22/2023 , Dated 31st July, 2023

Government of India

Department of Commerce

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Food Supplements containing botanicals.

The Central Government, in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 3 read with section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 hereby amends the schedule -2 of ITC (HS) Export Policy, 2018, as under :-

SI. No.	ITC HS code	Description	Present Policy	Policy Condition
89A	1302	Vegetable saps and extracts; pectic substances, pectinates and pectates; agar-agar and other mucilages and thickeners, whether or not modified, derived from vegetable products.	Free	The export of Food Supplements containing botanicals to European Union (EU) and United Kingdom (UK) originating in or consigned from India and intended for human or animal consumption, allowed subject to issuance of the official certificate issued by Export Inspection Council (EIC)/ Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs), the designated Competent Authority for issuance of official certificate. The official certificate will be issued based on the satisfactory analytical test report from EIC/EIC approved laboratories for the purpose as per the requirement laid down by EU.
93A (1)	2106	Food preparations not elsewhere specified or included.	Free

2. Effect of This Notification:

Policy conditions for Export of Food Supplements containing botanicals under ITC HS code 1302 and 2106 intended for human or animal consumption to European Union and United Kingdom is notified.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)

Director General of Foreign Trade

Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/027/AM22/EC/30745)