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Exim CodeItem Description
Policy TypeChapter Heading   
Export Policy Details
Code:4402
Chapter Heading:Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal
Item Description:Sawn Timber made exclusively out of imported logs/timber of following species of wood:

\r\n(i) Teak
\r\n(ii) Acajou d’Afrique
\r\n(iii) Afrormosia
\r\n(iv) Awoura
\r\n(v) Azobe
\r\n(vi) Bubinga
\r\n(vii) Dibetou
\r\n(viii) Doussie
\r\n(ix) Iroko
\r\n(x) Izombe
\r\n(xi) Makore
\r\n(xii) Moabi
\r\n(xiii) Naga
\r\n(xiv) Ovengkol
\r\n(xv) Padouk d’Afrique
\r\n(xvi) Pao rosa
\r\n(xvii) Sapelli
\r\n(xviii) Sipo
\r\n(xix) Zingana
Policy:Free
Nature of Restriction:(i) The Export would be confined to the species which has been imported;

\r\n(ii) The importer and exporter will be the same party/firm and the import and export will have to be effected from the same port. The scheme will be operational only from the ports of Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Visakhapatman, Kandla, Mangalore and Tuticorin.

\r\n(iii) The export of sawn products derived from imported logs shall not exceed 60% of the imports in volume terms;

\r\n(iv) The value addition of such exports shall be not less than 30%.

\r\n(v) The Saw Mill of the exporter, where imported timber is sawn shall be registered with the State Forest Department and shall be located away from the forest area in a location approved by the Conservator of Forests of the State Government;

\r\n(vi) The exporter must undertake exports within a period of 6 months from the date of import;

\r\n(vii) The export contracts shall be registered with the Chemicals and Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL) who will monitor them to ensure that the scheme is not abused.

\r\n(viii) The laws and rules framed by the Central Government and the State Government regulating timber in transit shall be followed by the exporters.
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