**Summary:**
Effective immediately, Public Notice No. 48/2023, dated March 7, 2024, issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, suspends the import of menthol under ITCHS codes 29061100, 30039021, 33012590, and 33012400 from Standard Input Output Norms (SION) and/or Adhoc Norms. This suspension applies wherever menthol appears in any SION and/or adhoc norms, pending review. Consequently, no Advance Authorisation and/or Duty Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) will be issued for menthol under these specified ITCHS codes until the review is completed. This action is taken in exercise of powers conferred under paragraphs 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2023. For inquiries, contact the DGFT via email at dgft@nic.in, referencing File No. 01/89/180/Misc/3/AM04/PC2A/Vol.III/E-141.
Key Entities Referenced
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The issuing authority for this public notice, responsible for foreign trade policy.
Foreign Trade Policy FTP, 2023: The overarching policy framework under which the Directorate General of Foreign Trade operates.
Handbook of Procedures HBP: A document providing detailed procedures related to the Foreign Trade Policy.
Standard InputOutput Norms SION: Standard norms for input-output ratios in export production, relevant to Advance Authorisation schemes.
Menthol: The specific input commodity whose import is being regulated under this notice.
Advance Authorisation: A scheme allowing duty-free import of inputs for export production.
DFIA: Duty Free Import Authorisation scheme, related to import of inputs for export production.
Santosh Kumar Sarangi: Director General of Foreign Trade
[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
Vanijya Bhawan
Public Notice No. 48 /2023
New Delhi, Dated the 7 March 2024
Subject: Import of Menthol covered under ITC(HS) codes: 29061100, 30039021,
33012590 and 33012400 under Advance Authorisation/DFIA — reg
S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 and 2.04 of the Foreign
Trade Policy (FTP), 2023, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the
following amendments to Handbook of Procedures (HBP) and Standard Input-Output
Norms (SION) with immediate effect.
2 The input Menthol covered under ITC(HS) codes 29061100, 30039021,
33012590 and 33012400 stands suspended from Standard Input Output Norms and/or
Adhoc Norms, wherever it appears in any SION and/or adhoc norms, pending review of
such SION and/or Adhoc Norms.
3: Till such review is undertaken, no Advance Authorisation and/or DFIA shall be
issued for Menthol covered under ITC(HS) codes 29061100, 30039021, 33012590 and
33012400.
Effect of this Public Notice:
Menthol covered under ITC(HS) codes 29061100, 30039021, 33012590 and
33012400 stands suspended from SION/Adhoc norms with immediate effect.
ered
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
[Issued from File No. 01/89/180/Misc-3/AM-04/PC-2[A] / Vol.-IIl / E-141]