Procedure for import of Vegetable Fats (Vanaspati) under Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement.
1. The total quantum of import of vegetable Fats under Indo-Sri Lanka Free Trade Agreement shall be restricted to 2.5 lakh MT per annum.
2. The imports of the items in India shall be allowed, based on production of Tariff Rate Quota Certificate (TRQC) and Certificate of Origin (CoO) issued by the Designated Authority, that is, Department of Commerce, Government of Sri Lanka. TRQC shall be issued in advance, in duplicate. TRQC will be sent by the Sri Lankan exporter to Indian importer. The formats of TRQC and CoO are given in Annexure ‘A' and ‘B' to this Public Notice.
3. Import quota of 2.5 lakh MT refereed in Para (1) above shall be allocated by the Government of Sri Lanka in four equal quarterly tranche. Import quota of one quarter shall not be allowed to be carried over to the next quarter. Date of import for this purpose shall be reckoned with reference to the Bill of Lading date.
4. Import of the items shall be allowed only through the following ports/ICDs:
Ports: Mumbai, JNPT/Nhava Sheva, Kandla, Chennai , Cochin, Tuticorin, Vizag (Vishakhapatnam), Kolkata, Haldia, Kakinada , New Mangalore, Morgumao, Mundra.
ICDs: Tughlakabad, Ludhiana , Ahmedabad, Kanpur, Jaipur, Pithampur/Indore, Faridabad.
5. Customs authorities shall forward a consolidated report of all such imports to Directorate General of Foreign Trade, New Delhi , on a monthly basis, latest by 10 th of the following month.
DGFT Public Notice No. ,Dated: : April 22 , 2008