**Policy Summary**
**Subject:** Relaxation in Policy for Export of Wood Charcoal to Bhutan
**Notification Number:** 60 RE2013 20092014
**Issuing Authority:** Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Department of Commerce, Government of India
**Date of Notification:** December 23, 2013
**Purpose:** To amend the export policy regarding wood charcoal.
**Key Change:** This notification modifies the Schedule 2 of ITCHS (Indian Trade Clarification based on Harmonized System of Coding) Classifications of Export and Import Items, specifically Sl. No. 179 of Chapter 44. While Sl. No. 179 previously prohibited the export of wood charcoal, this prohibition is now lifted specifically for exports to Bhutan.
**Legal Basis:** The notification is issued in exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992, as amended, read with paragraph 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014.
**Effect:** There is no longer a prohibition on the export of wood charcoal to Bhutan.
**Contact:** Pt. Anup K. Pujari, Director General of Foreign Trade, F. No. 019117156AM09Export Cell.
Key Entities Referenced
Bhutan: A country to which the export prohibition of wood charcoal will not apply.
Wood Charcoal: The item whose export policy to Bhutan is being relaxed.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014: The trade policy under which the amendments are being made.
Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992: The Act that confers powers to the Central Government for making amendments related to export and import.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The organization issuing the notification.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry: The ministry under which the Department of Commerce and Directorate General of Foreign Trade operate.
New Delhi: The location where the notification was issued.
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5370 GI/2013 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(Department of Commerce)
(DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE )
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 23rd December, 2013
No. 60 (RE-2013 )/2009-2014
Subject : Relaxation in policy for export of Wood Charcoal to Bhutan.
S.O. 3795(E)—In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and
Regulation) Act,1992, as amended, read with paragraph 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 the Central
Government hereby makes the following amendments in respect of Sl. No. 179 of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS)
Classifications of Export and Import Items as under :
“Sl. No.179 of Chapter 44 of Schedule 2 of the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items
prohibits export of wood charcoal. This prohibition will not apply to Bhutan”.
2. Effect of this notification :
There will be no prohibition on export of wood charcoal to Bhutan.
[F. No. 01/91/171/56/AM09/Export Cell/Pt.]
ANUP K. PUJARI, Director General of Foreign Trade
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