Sugar Export Policy as per FTP 2015-2020

(To be Published in the Gazette of
I ndia Extraordinary Part-II, Section – 3, Sub-Section (ii))
Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan

Notification No 3 /2015-2020 
New Delhi, Dated : 20 April, 2015

Subject: Export policy of sugar.

S.O.(E)  In exercise of the powers conferred by
Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development &

Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read
with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government, with immediate effect, hereby
makes the following amendments in Chapter 17 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import
Items

2.                                                                 Existing entries as per Notification No.
88(R E-2013)/2009-2014 Dated 04.07.2014

Existing entries

Chapter 17
Suaarsand Sugar Confectioner

S.No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of Restriction

93

1701 00 00

Kg

(a)  Sugar *

Free

Prior registration of quantity with DGFT.

Kg

(b)  Preferential Quota Sugar to EU and USA

STE

Export permitted through M/s.I ndi an Sugar Ex i m Corporation Limited subject to quantitative ceiling notified by DGFT f rom ti me to ti me.

 

* Sugar includes Organic Sugar. However,
export of Pharmaceutical Grade Sugar [(i) Sucrose I P/BP/EP/USP/JP and (ii) Sucrose AR &
LR] and Speciality Sugar [(i) Sugar cubes (ii) Sugar sachets (white & brown) (iii) Castor
sugar (iv) Demerara sugar (v) Light brown sugar (vi) Icing sugar (vii) Fondant icing sugar (viii)
Kathali sugar (ix) Candy sugar (x) Rainbow sugar (xi) Pearl sugar and (xi i)
Tri moline (invert sugar)] would not be subject to registration requirement.

Export Licensing Note of Chapter
17

Note 1

Deleted.

Note 2

Export of
organic sugar without any quantity limits, will be permitted till the time
export of sugar is “Free”.
Such export will be subject to following
conditions:

(i)                   
The sugar
should be duly certified by A PEDA as being organic sugar;

(ii)                 
Prior
registration of quantity with DGFT through online system.

Amended entries:

Chapter 17

Sugars and Sugar
Confectione

S.No.

Tariff Item HS Code

Unit

Item Description

Export Policy

Nature of Restriction

93

1701 00 00

Kg

(a)  Sugar *

Free

Prior registration of quantity with DGFT.

Kg

(b)  Sugar to EU under CXL Quota

Free

The Certificate of Origin shall be issued
by Additional DGFT, Mumbai. The
exporters shall be
required to furnish the detd Is of actual exports (viz. quantity, value, destination, name & address of foreign buyer etc) to the

Additional DGFT, Mumbai as well as to APEDA, New Delhi. This will be subject to quantitative ceiling notified by DGFT from ti me to ti me.

Kg

(c)  Sugar to USA under TRQ

Free

The quota will be operated by APEDA, New

Delhi                 as per the modalities and operational

guidelines to be notified by APEDA. The

exporters shall be required to furnish the
details of actual
exports (viz. quantity, value, destination, name & address of foreign buyer etc) to APEDA, New Delhi. Certificate of Origin, if required, shall be issued by

Additional              DGFT,                Mumbai.       This will  be

subject   to                  quantitative              ceiling   notified  by
DGFT from timeto time.

 

* Sugar includes Organic Sugar. However,
export of Pharmaceutical Grade Sugar [(i) Sucrose I P/BP/EP/USP/JP and (ii) Sucrose AR &
LR] and Speciality Sugar [(i) Sugar cubes (ii) Sugar sachets (white & brown) (iii) Castor
sugar (iv) Demerara sugar (v) Light brown sugar (vi) Icing sugar (vii) Fondant icing sugar (viii)
Kathali sugar (ix) Candy sugar (x) Rainbow sugar (xi) Pearl sugar and (xi i) Trimoline (invert sugar)]
would not be subject to registration requirement.

Export Licensing Note of Chapter 17

Note 1

Deleted.

Note 2

Export of
organic sugar without any quantity limits, will be permitted till the time
export of sugar is “Free”. Such export will be subject to following
conditions:

(i)                      
The sugar should be duly certified
by A PEDA as being organic sugar;

(ii)                    
Prior
registration of quantity with DGFT through online system.

3. Effect of this notification:

Export of Preferential Quota sugar to EU and USA has been moved from “STE” to “Free” regime subject to the conditions indicated i n Nature of Restrictions.

(Pravir Kumar)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail : dgft[ at] ni c[dot] i n

(Issued from
F.No.01/91/180/879/AM 08/Export Cell)(Part)

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