NOTIFICATION No. 45 (RE-2008)/ 2004-2009 dated
23.9.2008
Amendments in Condition 16 of Chapter
1 A (General Notes to Import Policy)
S.O. (E) - In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of
the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 2.1
of the Foreign Trade Policy – 2004-09, the Central Government hereby amends the
ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items 2004-09 as under:
1. Condition 16 of Chapter 1 A (General Notes to Import Policy) of the ITC (HS)
Classifications of Export and Import items, 2004-09 shall be amended to read as
under:
“16. Import into India of the following live-stock and live-stock products shall
be prohibited from all countries, in view of notifiable Avian Influenza (both
Highly Pathogenic notifiable Avian Influenza and Low Pathogenic notifiable Avian
Influenza) :
(a) domestic and wild birds (excluding poultry and captive birds);
(b) unprocessed meat and meat products from Avian species including wild birds
(except poultry);
(c) semen of domestic and wild birds.
Further, the Central Government also prohibits the import into India from the
countries reporting notifiable Avian Influenza (both Highly Pathogenic
notifiable Avian Influenza and Low Pathogenic notifiable Avian Influenza), the
following live-stock and live-stock products, namely:
(a) Live poultry and captive birds;
(b) day old chicks, ducks, turkey and other newly hatched Avian species;
(c) meat and meat products from Avian species including wild birds;
(d) hatching eggs;
(e) egg and egg products (except Specific Pathogen Free eggs);
(f) feathers;
(g) live pig and unprocessed pig products;
(h) pathological material and biological products from birds;
(i) product of animal origin (from birds) intended for use in animal feeding or
for agricultural or industrial use.
Provided that the prohibition shall not be applicable on the import of
pathological material and biological products for diagnostic and research
purposes from South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation member countries
on specific request.
Provided further that the prohibition shall also not be applicable on the import
of processed pet food containing the ingredient of meat and meat products from
avian species, pig and product of animal origin (from birds) intended for use in
animal feeding.
2. The prohibition shall be in force till further orders.
3. This issues in public interest.Sd/-
(R.S. Gujral)
Director General of Foreign Trade
And Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India
(Issued from File No.01/89/180/Misc -77/AM04/PC-1A)
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