S.O.(E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act,1992 read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Para 1(a) of Notification No. 50 (RE-2006)/2004-2009 dated 9th March, 2006 as under:

“(a) The condition stipulated in Column 5 against S. Nos. 39 & 40 of Chapter 5 of Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items shall be relaxed for a period upto 30.09.2009 to allow export of Shavings of Shed Antlers of Chital and Sambhar and Manufactured Articles of Shavings of Shed Antlers of Chital and Sambhar.” 

2. The specifications and conditions with respect to the above extension are as under:

(a) The prospective exporters will submit their applications in the prescribed form within 30 days from the date of issue of Notification by the DGFT, containing therein the quantity applied for and the unit price of export to the concerned Chief Wildlife Warden for obtaining Legal Procurement Certificate.

(b) The Chief Wildlife Wardens shall undertake the Physical Stock verification of the material proposed to be exported before issuing Legal Procurement Certificates.

(c) Thereafter, the State Government may refer the respective cases along with the Legal Procurement Certificate issued by the Chief Wildlife Warden to Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India for grant of permission.

(d) Ministry of Environment & Forest, will thereafter, recommend the export, on case to case basis to the DGFT.

(e) Each export consignment alongwith the related documents will be subject to pre-shipment inspection and verification as per the existing norms and practices.

(f) The one time exemption will be upto 30.9.2009.

(g) It is mentioned that even if the old stock are held with the applicant, Legal Procurement Certificate has to be issued for grant of export permit.

(h) The permission for export shall be for only those left out material of shed antlers, which could not be exported during the extension given earlier and not for any stock, procured thereafter.

3. This issues in the public interest.

(R.S. Gujral)
DIRECTOR GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE
AND EX-OFFICIO ADDITIONAL SECRETARY TO THE GOVT. OF INDIA

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/180/975/AM05/Export Cell)(Part)

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