**Summary:**
This Public Notice, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, dated April 13, 2021, announces the allocation of an additional 3675.13 Metric Tons of raw/refined sugar to the United Kingdom (UK) under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) scheme for the year 2020-21, valid until September 30, 2021. This allocation is in addition to the existing EU CXL sugar quota of 10,000 MT notified earlier. Export of sugar (HS Code 17010000) to the UK under this TRQ is free, subject to previously notified conditions. The Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai, will issue Certificate of Origin, if required. The Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), New Delhi, will act as the implementing agency for the export of TRQ items to the UK. Reporting requirements as per Notification No. 32/2015-2020 dated 20.04.2015 and Notification No. 20 dated 07.09.2015 will be followed. For further information, contact the Director General of Foreign Trade at dgft@nic.in, referencing F.No. 01/91/180/879/AM08/EC Vol. VIII/E-20749.
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020: A policy document that provides a framework for promoting exports and regulating imports.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The government agency responsible for implementing the Foreign Trade Policy.
UK: The United Kingdom, the destination for the allocated sugar under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) scheme.
Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ): A trade mechanism that allows a specific quantity of goods to be imported at a reduced tariff rate.
Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), New Delhi: The implementing agency for the export of TRQ items to the UK.
Mumbai, Maharashtra: Location of the Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, responsible for issuing Certificate of Origin for preferential export of sugar to the UK.
Sugar HS Code 17010000: Harmonized System code for sugar, the commodity being exported under the TRQ scheme.
EU CXL sugar quota: Existing quota of sugar from EU not related to additional quantity under TRQ to UK
(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I Section-I)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan
Public Notice No. 01 / 2015-2020
New Delhi, dated the 13" April, 2021
Subject:- Allocation of additional quantity of 3675.13 MT (raw/refined) Sugar to UK
under TRQ scheme for the year 2020-21.
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraphs 2.04 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby allocates additional
quantity of 3675.13 Metric Ton of Raw/Refined Sugar, under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) to
UK for the year 2020-21 (upto September 30, 2021).
2. As per Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated 20.04.2015, export of sugar (HS Code
17010000) to UK under TRQ is ‘Free’ subject to the conditions notified in the ‘Nature of
Restrictions’ in the above notification.
3. Certificate of Origin, if required, for preferential export of sugar to UK, shall be issued
by Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai. Other certification requirement, if
any, prescribed specifically for export of sugar to UK would continue to be followed.
4. The quota will be operated by Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export
Development Authority (APEDA), New Delhi as the implementing agency for export of
TRQ items to UK.
2 The reporting requirement as notified vide Notification No. 3/2015-2020 dated
20.04.2015 read with Notification No. 20 dated 07.09.2015 would be followed.
6. This additional quantity of TRQ sugar of 3675.13 MT is beyond EU CXL sugar quota
of 10,000 MT during 2020-21 notified by DGFT vide Public Notice 14/2015-20 dated
21.07.2020.
re Effect of this Public Notice:
The additional quantity of 3675.13 MT of raw/refined sugar to be exported to UK under
TRQ upto 30.09.2021 is notified.
cami Vege ‘agen:
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Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No. 01/91/180/879/AM08/EC (Vol. VIII) /E-20749)