**Summary:**
This Public Notice, No. 33/2015-2020, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, dated December 18, 2020, announces the allocation of preferential export of sugar to the United States of America (USA) under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) for the US fiscal year 2021 (October 1, 2020, to September 30, 2021). A quantity of 8424 Metric Ton Raw Value (MTRV) of raw cane sugar, refined and specialty sugar, and sugar-containing products is allocated for export under this TRQ. Export of sugar (HS Code 17010000) to the USA under TRQ remains free, subject to the conditions outlined in Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated April 20, 2015. The Certificate of Origin, if required, will be issued by the Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai. Existing certification requirements specific to sugar exports to the USA must be adhered to. Reporting requirements as per Notification No. 3/2015-2020 dated April 20, 2015, and Notification No. 20 dated September 7, 2015, are to be followed. The Director General of Foreign Trade, Amit Yadav, is the ex-officio Additional Secretary, Government of India, and can be contacted via email at dgft@nic.in. This notice is issued under F.No.01/91/180/879/AM08/EC Vol.VIII/E-20749.
Key Entities Referenced
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: A department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, responsible for implementing the Foreign Trade Policy.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020: A policy document outlining the guidelines and regulations for foreign trade in India during the specified period.
USA: The United States of America, the destination country for the preferential sugar export under the Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ).
Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ): A quota system allowing a specific quantity of goods to be imported at a reduced tariff rate.
Raw Cane Sugar: A type of sugar to be exported to USA
Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai: The authority responsible for issuing the Certificate of Origin for sugar exports to the USA.
Udyog Bhawan: Location of Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
New Delhi: The city where the Public Notice was issued.
(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-I Section-l)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan
Public Notice No. 33 /2015-2020
New Delhi, dated the 18"" December, 2020
Subject:- Allocation of preferential export of sugar to USA under TRQ 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 8424 Metric Ton
Raw Value (MTRV) of Raw Cane Sugar, Refined and Specialty Sugar and Sugar — Containing
Products for export under Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) to USA for the US fiscal year 2021
(October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021).
2. As per Notification No. 3/2015-20 dated 20.04.2015, export of sugar (HS Code
17010000) to USA 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 USA, shall be
issued by Additional Director General of Foreign Trade, Mumbai. Other certification
requirement, if any, prescribed specifically for export of sugar to USA would continue to be
followed.
4. 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.
5. Effect of this Public Notice:
The quantity of raw sugar 8424 MTRV (Eight Thousand Four Hundred and Twenty Four
Metric Ton Raw Value) to be exported to USA under TRQ upto 30.09.2021 is notified.
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Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from F.No.01/91/180/879/AM08/EC (Vol.VIIl) /E-20749)