**Policy Summary: Amendment to Export Policy Condition for Rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati)**
**Date:** March 10, 2025
**Issuing Authority:** Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
**Subject:** Amendment in Export Policy Condition under HSN of Schedule II Export Policy, ITCHS 2022 reg.
**Notification Number:** 62/2024-25
**Purpose:** This notification amends the export policy conditions for Basmati and Non-Basmati rice under specific ITC HS codes, specifically subheading 1006. The amendment modifies the requirement for a Certificate of Inspection for exports to European countries.
**Key Changes:**
* **Certificate of Inspection Requirement:** The requirement for a Certificate of Inspection issued by the Export Inspection Council/Export Inspection Agency (EIC/EIA) for Basmati and Non-Basmati rice exports (ITC HS Codes 1006 3010, 1006 3090, 1006 4000 & 1006 3020) is now limited to exports destined for EU Member States, the United Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, and Switzerland.
* **Temporary Exemption:** Exports to all other European countries are exempt from the Certificate of Inspection requirement for a period of six months, effective from the date of this notification (i.e., until September 09, 2025).
**Legal Basis:** This notification is issued in exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 and Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, and paragraphs 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 (as amended).
**Effective Date:** Immediate (March 10, 2025).
**DGFT Contact:** Santosh Kumar Sarangi, Director General of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India. Email: dgft@nic.in
**File Number:** 01/91/171/35/AM20/EC/E-18655.
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Trade Development Regulation Act 1992: An act governing foreign trade, providing the legal basis for the policy amendment.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2023: The prevailing foreign trade policy that is being amended.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The issuing authority for the notification, responsible for foreign trade regulation.
Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi: Location of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
EU Member States: The European Union member countries to which specific export conditions apply.
Export Inspection Council Export Inspection Agency: The agency responsible for issuing Certificates of Inspection for rice exports to specific countries.
Rice Basmati and NonBasmati: The specific commodity whose export policy is being amended.
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: Director General of Foreign Trade, signatory of the notification.
[To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section -3, sub Section ii]
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhavan, New Delhi
Notification No. 62. /2024-25
New Delhi, Dated: 10 March 2025
Subject: Amendment in Export Policy Condition under HSN of Schedule-II (Export Policy),
ITC(HS) 2022 -reg.
$.0.(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, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to the
Notification No. 19/2024-2025 dated 05.07.2024, with immediate effect in policy condition of sub-
heading 1006 for export of rice (Basmati and Non-Basmati) -
2. The Export Policy Conditions are notified under the existing entries under the following ITC (HS)
Codes, are amended as under: -
ITCCHS) Item Export Policy Condition
j 1c 0od 0e 6s 2 000 |D Ne os nc -r Bi ap st mi ao tn i i. Export to EU Member States and European countries namely United
1006 3010 |Rice Kingdom, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland permitted
1006 3090 subject to issuance of Certificate of Inspection by Export Inspection
1006 4000 Council/Export Inspection Agency’.
11006 3020. Basmati Rice ii. Certificate of Inspection by Export Inspection Council/ Export
Inspection Agency shall not be mandatory for export to remaining
European countries with effect from the date of this notification for a
period of six months i.e. till 09.09.2025
Effect of notification - The requirement for a Certificate of Inspection from EIC/EIAs for Rice
(Basmati and Non-Basmati) exports is limited to EU member states, the UK, Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway, and Switzerland. Exports to other European countries are exempt from this requirement for
six months from the date of this notification.
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(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex- Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/91/171/35/AM20/EC/E-File/E-18655)