Committee on Market Access - Notification pursuant to the Decision on Notification Procedures for Quantitative Restrictions (G/L/59/Rev.1) - India

NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO THE DECISION ON NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES
FOR QUANTITATIVE RESTRICTIONS (G/L/59/Rev.1)

                                                                        India                                                          

The following communication, dated 6 June, is being circulated at the request of the delegation of India.

 

A.      Notifying Member:  India

B.      Date of notification:  6 June 2018

C.      First time notification:

      Yes

      No, last notification was made in (doc. symbol): G/MA/QR/N/IND/1

D.      Type of notification:

      1.  Complete (i.e. notification of all quantitative restrictions in force)

      2.  Changes to a notification previously made in (doc. symbol) which are of the following nature:

             2.1   Introduction of new restrictions, as listed in Section 1.

             2.2   Elimination of restrictions, as described in G below.

             2.3   Modification of a previously notified restriction, as described in Section 1.

      3.  Reverse notification of restrictions maintained by (Member):

E.      The notification provides information for the following biennial period (e.g. 2012‑2014): 2014-2016 / 2016-2018 and relates to restrictions in force as of 1 April 2018

F.       This notification contains information* relating to:

      Section 1:  List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force.

      Section 2:  Cross-reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force and additional information.

G.      Comments of a general nature, including a description of the elimination of restrictions notified under D.2.2 and the date they ceased to be in force.

          N.A.

 

 


Section 1: List of quantitative restrictions that are currently in force

 

QRNo.

General description of the restriction

Type of restriction
(Symbol in Annex 2 of the Decision)

Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS(2012)

Detailed Product Description

WTO Justification and Grounds for Restriction, e.g., Other International Commitments

National legal basis and entry into force

Administration, modification of previously notified measures, and other comments

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

1

Import Prohibition

P

0207 43 00

Fatty livers, fresh or chilled

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

DGFT Notification No. 87(RE-2013)/ 2009-2014 dated 03.07.2014; available at http://dgft.gov.in

2

Import Prohibition

P

0208 90 10

Other meat and edible meat offal, fresh, chilled or frozen of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

3

Import Prohibition

P

0209 10 00

Of pigs

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

4

Import Prohibition

P

0209 90 00

Other

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

5

Import Prohibition

P

0305 71 00

Shark fins

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

DGFT Notification No. 111(RE-2013) / 2009-2014 dated 06.02.2015; available at http://dgft.gov.in

6

Import Prohibition

P

0410 00 10

Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or included of Wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

7

Import Prohibition

P

0504 00 31

Guts of other animals for natural food casings of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

8

Import Prohibition

P

0504 00 41

Guts other than for natural food castings of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

9

Import Prohibition

P

0504 00 51

Bladders & stomachs of Wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

10

Import Prohibition

P

0505 10 10

Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down of wild birds

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

11

Import Prohibition

P

0505 90 21

Other feather (excluding for stuffing purpose): of wild birds

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

12

Import Prohibition

P

0505 90 31

Powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers: of wild birds

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

13

Import Prohibition

P

0505 90 91

Skins and other parts: of wild birds

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

14

Import Prohibition

P

0506 10 11

Bones, including horn-cores, crushed: of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

15

Import Prohibition

P

0506 10 21

Bone grist: of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

16

Import Prohibition

P

0506 10 31

Ossein: of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

17

Import Prohibition

P

0506 10 41

Bones, horn cones & parts thereof, not crushed: of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

18

Import Prohibition

P

0506 90 11

Bone meal: of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

19

Import Prohibition

P

0506 90 91

Other: of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

20

Import Prohibition

P

0507 10 10

Ivory

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

21

Import Prohibition

P

0507 10 20

Ivory powder and waste

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

22

Import Prohibition

P

0510 00 91

Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands of wild animals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

23

Import Prohibition

P

0511 91 10

Fish nails

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

24

Import Prohibition

P

0511 91 20

Fish tails

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

25

Import Prohibition

P

0511 91 30

Other fish waste

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

26

Import Prohibition

P

0511 99 21

Sinews and tendons of wild life

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

27

Import Prohibition

P

0511 99 92

Bovine embryo - of wild life

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

28

Import Prohibition

P

1501 10 10

Lard

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

29

Import Prohibition

P

1501 20 00

Other pig fat

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

30

Import Prohibition

P

1501 90 00

Other

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

31

Import Prohibition

P

1502 10 10

Mutton Tallow

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

32

Import Prohibition

P

1502 10 90

Other

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

33

Import Prohibition

P

1502 90 10

Unrendered fats

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

34

Import Prohibition

P

1502 90 20

Rendered fats or solvent extraction fats

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

35

Import Prohibition

P

1502 90 90

Other

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

36

Import Prohibition

P

1502 00 30

Rendered or solvent extraction fats

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

37

Import Prohibition

P

1502 00 90

Other Fats of Bovine animals, Sheep or Goats, other than those of Heading 1503

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

38

Import Prohibition

P

1503 00 00

Lard Stearin, Lard Oil, Oleostearin, Oleo-Oil and Tallow Oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise prepared

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

39

Import Prohibition

P

1504 10 99

Other Fats and Oils and their fractions, of fish or marine mammals, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

40

Import Prohibition

P

1504 20 30

Sperm Oil

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

41

Import Prohibition

P

1504 20 90

Other fats and oils and their fractions of fish, other than liver oils

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

42

Import Prohibition

P

1504 30 00

Fats and Oils and their fractions of marine mammals

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

43

Import Prohibition

P

1506 00 10

Neats Foot Oil and fats from bone or waste

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

44

Import Prohibition

P

1506 00 90

Other animal fats and oils and their fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

45

Import Prohibition

P

1516 10 00

Animal fats and oils and their fractions

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

46

Import Prohibition

P

1517 10 10

Margarine of Animal Origin

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

47

Import Prohibition

P

1517 90 30

Imitation lard of animal origin

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

48

Import Prohibition

P

1518 00 40

Animal or Vegetable fats and oils and their fractions, boiled, oxidised, dehydrated, sulphurised, blown, polymerised by heat in Vacuum or in inert gas or otherwise chemically modified, excluding those of heading 1516: inedible mixtures or preparations of animal or vegetable fats or oils of this Chapter, not elsewhere specified or included   -Other

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

49

Import Prohibition

P

1522 00 10

Degras

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

50

Import Prohibition

P

1522 00 20

Soap Stocks

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

51

Import Prohibition

P

1522 00 90

Other

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

52

Import Prohibition

P

3507 10 11

Microbial rennet: Animal rennet

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

53

Import Prohibition

P

3507 10 19

Other enzymes; prepared enzymes not elsewhere specified or included

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

54

Import Prohibition

P

3507 10 91

Animal rennet

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

55

Import Prohibition

P

3507 10 99

Other animal rennet

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

56

Import Prohibition

P

4113 30 00

Of reptiles

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

57

Import Prohibition

P

4301 10 00

Of mink, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

58

Import Prohibition

P

4301 60 00

Of fox, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

59

Import Prohibition

P

4301 80 00

Other furskins, whole, with or without head, tail or paws

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

DGFT Notification No.  33/2015-2020 dated 3.01.2017; available at http://dgft.gov.in

60

Import Prohibition

P

4302 11 00

Of mink

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

61

Import Prohibition

P

4302 19 40

Tiger-Cat skins

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

62

Import Prohibition

P

4303 10 10

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories of wild animals covered under Wild Life Protection Act,1972

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

63

Import Prohibition

P

4303 90 10

Other articles of fur skin of wild animals covered under Wild Life Protection Act, 1972

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

64

Import Prohibition

P

4403 99 18

Red Sanders (Pterocar pus Sautatinus)

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

65

Import Prohibition

P

8517

Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks; other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a local or wide area network), other than transmission or reception apparatus of heading 8443, 8525, 8527 or 8528.

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

DGFT Notification No.107/(RE-2013)/ 2009-2014 dated 16.01.2015; Available at http://dgft.gov.in

66

Import Prohibition

P

9601 10 00

Worked ivory and articles of ivory

Article XX of GATT

Foreign Trade Policy

 

 


 

Country Specific Prohibitions

 

S. No.

Tariff Code(s) affected, based on HS 2012

Detailed Product Description

Type of Restriction

01

0401

Milk and cream, not concentrated nor containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

The prohibition on import of milk and milk products (including chocolates and chocolate products and candies/ confectionary/ food preparations with milk or milk solids as an ingredient) from China is effective from 24.6.2017 till 23.6.2018 or until further orders.

02

0402

Milk and cream, concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

03

0403

Buttermilk, curdled milk and cream, yogurt, kephir and other fermented or acidified milk and cream, whether or not concentrated or containing added sugar or other sweetening matter or flavoured or containing added fruit, nuts or cocoa

04

0405

Butter and other fats and oils derived from milk; dairy spreads

05

0406

Cheese and curd

06

1704

Sugar confectionery (including white chocolate), not containing cocoa

07

1901

Malt extract; food preparations of flour, groats, meal, starch or malt extract, not containing cocoa or containing less than 40% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis, not elsewhere specified or included; food preparations of goods of headings 0401 to 0404, not containing cocoa or containing less than 5% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis not elsewhere specified or included

08

1905

Bread, pastry, cakes, biscuits and other bakers wares, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets of a kind suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice paper and similar products.

09

7113

Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal

Restriction on import of these products from South Korea is effective from 25.08.2017 until further orders.

10

7114

Articles of Goldsmiths or silversmiths wares and parts thereof, f precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal

11

7115

Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal

12

7118

Coins

 

 

Section 2: Cross-reference to other WTO notifications with information on quantitative restrictions that are currently in force

 

This section shall be filled by Members in case a notification made pursuant to another notification requirement (e.g. set in the Agreement on Agriculture, Agreement on Balance of Payments, Agreement on Safeguards, and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, etc.) contains information on a quantitative restriction in force and which is not listed in Section 1. 

 

1.     Agreement on Agriculture

 

A.     Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No 

 

2.     Agreement on Balance of Payments

 

A.     Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No 

 

3.     Agreement on Safeguards

 

A.     Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No 

 

4.     Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures (non-automatic licences)

 

A.     Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction?   Yes     No 

B.     If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:

 

Document symbol of notification

General description

Type of restriction.

Tariff line code(s) affected, based on HS(     )

Detailed Product Description

WTO Justification and Grounds for Restriction, e.g., Other International Commitments

National legal basis and entry into force

Administration; modification of prev. notified measures; and other comments

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

G/LIC/N/1/IND/14

G/LIC/N/3/IND/17

and

the addendums thereof.

Import licencing procedures, the amendments thereof and the replies to the Standardized questionnaire.

NAL

As per the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 and the amendments thereof

As per the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 and the amendments thereof

GATT 1994

Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, issued under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, as amended.

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5.     Other notifications

 

A. Was a notification made with information on a quantitative restriction in other notifications?   Yes     No 

B. If yes, then list below the relevant document symbol and include any information element missing in the notification:

 

 

 

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