Notification No. 52/2025-26, dated December 31, 2025, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, extends the validity of the Minimum Export Price (MEP) condition for Natural Honey (ITC(HS) code 04090000). The MEP remains at US Dollar 1400 FOB per Metric Ton and is extended until March 31, 2026. Contact Ajay Bhadoo, Additional Secretary to the Government of India & Director General of Foreign Trade, at dgft@nic.in. File No. 01/91/180/879/AM08/EC/Vol.8/PartFile/e-38272.
Key Entities Referenced
Minimum Export Price (MEP): The central subject of the notification, specifically its application to Natural Honey.
Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992: The Act that provides the legal basis for the policy.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2023: The overarching policy framework within which this notification operates.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The issuing authority for the notification.
Natural Honey: The specific commodity affected by the Minimum Export Price policy.
[To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary .Part-ll,Section - 3, Sub- Section (ii)]
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi
Notification No. 52 /2025-26
Dated: December 31, 2025
Subject: Amendment for extension of validity of Minimum Export Price (MEP)
on export of Natural Honey — regarding.
S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of the
Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of
the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023, as amended from time to time, and in amendment of
the earlier Notification No. 27/2025-26 dated 22.08.2025, the Central Government
hereby extends the validity of the existing Minimum Export Price condition of Natural
Honey under ITC(HS) code 04090000 of Schedule-I! (Export Policy), as under, with
immediate effect:—
Tariff Item Export|Existing Policy Revised Policy
item HS |description|Policy |condition condition
Code
04090000)Natural Free |Subject to a Minimum/Subject to a Minimum
Honey Export Price (MEP) of US/Export Price (MEP) of US
Dollar 1400 FOB penDollar 1400 FOB per Metric
Metric Ton, till 3484Ton, till 318tMarch 2026.
December 2025.
2. Effect of this Notification:
Minimum Export Price (MEP) on Natural Honey (exported under ITC HS Code
04090000) shall remain at US Dollar 1400 FOB per Metric Ton till 318t March 2026, with
immediate effect. ae.
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(Ajay Bhadoo)
Additional Secretary to the Government of India &
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/879/AMO8/EC/Vol.8/PartFile/e-38272)
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