S.O.(E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act,1992, as amended, read with paragraph 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in respect of Sl. No. 188 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items as under:

“The condition stipulated in Column 5 against S. No.188 of Chapter 44 of Schedule 2 of the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items shall be relaxed to allow export of 9784.1363 MT of Red Sanders wood, in the form of log obtained out of confiscated/seized stock from the Government of Andhra Pradesh & Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI)”.

2. (i) Government of Andhra Pradesh is hereby permitted to export 8498.095 MT of Red Sanders wood in log form / value added form either by itself or through any entity / entities so authorized by them for the purpose.

(Above para (i) has been substituted vide NOTIFICATION NO. 24/2016, DT. 29/08/2016)

[OLD -  (i) Government of Andhra Pradesh is hereby permitted to export 8584.1363 MTs of Red Sanders wood in log form, either by itself or through any entity/entities so authorized by them for the purpose. ]

(ii) Such entity/entities or Government of Andhra Pradesh, as the case may be, shall be granted export authorization by the concerned Regional Authority of DGFT upon production of quantity allocation letter from Government of Andhra Pradesh.

3. (i) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) is hereby permitted to export 1200 MTs of Red Sanders wood in log form, either by itself or through any entity/entities so authorized by them for the purpose.

(ii) Such entity/entities or DRI, as the case may be, shall be granted export authorization by the concerned Regional Authority of DGFT upon production of quantity allocation letter from DRI.

4(a) Government of Andhra Pradesh shall finalize the modalities, including allocation of quantities to their authorized entities for export of Red Sanders wood and shall complete the whole process of export latest by 30th April, 2019. This shall be subject to such orders as passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Madras or such submissions as made before the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in WP No. 29273 of 2007 or such orders as passed by any other court, if any.

4(b) Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) shall finalize the modalities, including allocation of quantities to their authorized entities for export of the Red Sanders wood and shall complete the whole process of export latest by 30th April, 2018. This shall be subject to such orders as passed by the Hon’ble High court of Madras or such submissions as made before the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in WP No. 29273 of 2007 or such orders as passed by any other court, if any.

(Above paras has been substituted vide NOTIFICATION NO. 08/2017, DT. 23/05/2017 )

[OLD- 4. Government of Andhra Pradesh and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) shall finalize the modalities, including allocation of quantities to their respective authorized entities for export of the respective quantities of Red Sanders wood and shall complete the whole process of export latest by 30th April, 2017. This shall be subject to such orders as passed by the Hon'ble High Court of Madras or such submissions as made before the Hon'ble High Court of Madras in WP No. 29273 of 2007 or such orders as passed by any other court, if any.]

(Above para 4. has been substituted vide NOTIFICATION NO. 24/2016, DT. 29/08/2016)

[OLD-  4. Government of Andhra Pradesh and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) shall finalize the modalities, including allocation of quantities to their respective authorized entities for export of the respective quantities of Red Sanders wood and shall complete the whole process of export latest by 30th April, 2016. This shall be subject to such orders, as passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Madras or such submissions as made before the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in WP No. 29273 of 2007 or such orders as passed by any other court, if any.

(Above para 4 has been substituted vide NTF. NO. 06/2015, DT. 06/05/2015)

[OLD- 4. Government of Andhra Pradesh and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) shall finalize the modalities, including allocation of quantities to their respective authorized entities for export of the respective quantities of Red Sanders wood and shall complete the whole process of export latest by 30th April, 2015. This shall be subject to such orders, as passed by the Hon’ble High Court of Madras or such submissions as made before the Hon’ble High Court of Madras in WP No. 29273 of 2007 or such orders as passed by any other court, if any. ]

(Above para 4 has been substituted vide NOTIFICATION NO. 96/2013, DT. 05/11/2014)

[OLD-
4. Government of Andhra Pradesh/DRI shall finalize the modalities including allocation of quantities to various entities, as applicable, for export of the respective quantities within 6 months of issue of this notification and such export must be completed within 6 months thereafter. The whole process of export shall be completed latest by 31st October, 2014. ]

5. Prohibition on export of red sanders wood has been relaxed for export of 9698.095 MT (8498.095 MT for Govt. of Andhra Pradesh + 1200 MT for DRI) of red sanders wood.

(Above para 5. has been substituted vide NOTIFICATION NO. 24/2016, DT. 29/08/2016)

[OLD- 5. Effect of this notification:

Prohibition on export of Red Sanders wood in log form has been relaxed for export of 9784.1363 MT of Red Sanders wood in log form through Government of Andhra Pradesh & Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI).]
 

(Anup K. Pujari)

Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail:dgft[at]nic[dot]in

(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/1380/AM12/Export Cell)