Import restriction on sandalwood requires DGFT import licence in consultation with environment ministry and documentary compliance.
Import of sandalwood under Exim Code 44039922 is restricted to a ceiling of 5,000 cum per licensing year and allowed only against a DGFT import licence issued in consultation with the Ministry of Environment and Forest; licences are valid for one year and not revalidable. Applications on the Aayaat Niryaat Form must state species, quantity, source country and purpose, with registration or past-performance details as applicable. Consignments must carry a Certificate of Origin, phytosanitary certificate and the exporting government's legal-export certificate, which customs will verify before clearance.

VKGUY benefit claims: prescribed filing windows and documentation required for duty credit scrip applications.
Amendment adds Para 3.19.10 implementing VKGUY benefits under para 3.8.6, enabling Status Holders to apply to CLA New Delhi for duty credit scrips for eligible exports in specified half year periods on the prescribed 'ANF for Para 3.8.6' with required documents and CA certification. Filing windows are fixed, late applications are summarily rejected, date of exports follows para 9.12, application fee equals that under para 3.8.2, and manual filings will be allotted file numbers and finalised within 30 days after each period's last date.

Import classification: 1-Bromo-3-Chloro Propane treated as non-ODS, permitting import without Montreal Protocol licence conditions.
1-Bromo-3-Chloro Propane is classified under Exim Code No.29034490 (Others), a code whose items are generally restricted to import by actual users against a licence and only from countries party to the Montreal Protocol; however, the Ozone Cell has clarified that this substance is not listed as an ozone depleting substance, and accordingly its import may be considered free, subject to any further notifications by the Director General of Foreign Trade.

Motor vehicle classification determines compliance; road capable off highway vehicles must meet motor vehicle rules, including homologation.
Vehicles equipped to be driven on public roads under their own power, even incidentally or briefly, qualify as motor vehicles under Section 2(28) and must comply with the Central Motor Vehicle Rules, 1989, including homologation. Equipment purely designed for off highway use within enclosed premises and not capable of traveling on public roads under its own power is not a motor vehicle and falls outside the Motor Vehicles Act and the Central Motor Vehicle Rules.

Standard Input Output Norms updated: substituted SION entries revise permitted import inputs for specified copper and galvanized products.
DGFT, under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures, substitutes SION entries in Handbook of Procedures (Vol.2). The Public Notice replaces norms for SION C-1168, C-1185, C-1186 and C-560 by specifying for each export product the eligible import items (various forms of copper, zinc, hot-rolled or GP sheets/strips/coils) and the corresponding allowed input quantities relative to the export product, thereby clarifying permissible input materials and conversion norms.

Time-limit extension for Public Notice compliance under the Foreign Trade Policy expands the permitted compliance period.
Amendment under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-2009 corrects Para 2 of Public Notice No.27 (RE-2005)/2004-2009 (read with Public Notice No.14 (RE-2006)/2004-2009) to state the period for compliance as "within three years from the date of issue of this Public Notice"; the change is issued in the public interest as an administrative correction.

RCMC issuance: exporters with head office in Orissa may obtain certificates from the regional office; minor forest produce from sectoral council.
Exporters with head office or registered office in the State of Orissa may obtain Registration cum Membership Certificates (RCMCs) from the regional export promotion office in Bhubaneshwar irrespective of product exported; exporters of minor forest produce from the State may obtain RCMCs from the sectoral export promotion council responsible for that produce.

Addition of Land Customs Station: Ghojadanga added to the Handbook of Procedures, updating official trade entry points.
The Director General of Foreign Trade, exercising powers under the Foreign Trade Policy, amends Paragraph 4.19 of the Handbook of Procedures, Vol. I to add the Land Customs Station at Ghojadanga, formally incorporating that LCS into the Handbook by Public Notice issued from the DGFT file.

Standard Input Output Norms amended to add plastics SION entries and correct existing product input specifications in Handbook.
Amendments to the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.2, 2004-2009) revise and correct the Statement of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) via Annexure A and add new plastic product SION entries H557-H561 in Annexure B, specifying per-kilogram input compositions and quantitative requirements for listed export items such as polyethylene printed bags and glass-fibre filled Nylon-66 compounds.

Adhoc input norms under Para 4.7 must be fixed, uploaded and converted to SION within prescribed timeframes to ensure compliance.
The circular prescribes a time-bound process for Para 4.7 adhoc norms: four months to fix adhoc norms, twelve months validity for adhoc norms, and conversion to SION within six to twelve months after ratification. It allocates duties between Regional Authorities, Norms Committees and technical authorities, requires specified technical information before issuing AAs, mandates deficiency letters and possible rejection where information is lacking, and requires monthly upload of adhoc norms to the DGFT website with stakeholder inputs considered in SION finalisation.

Certificate of Origin-Non-Preferential updated: authorized issuer contact details amended to reflect new agency information.
Amendment substitutes the Delhi entry in Appendix 4C for agencies authorized to issue Certificate of Origin-Non-Preferential, replacing serial No.11 with a new agency name, postal address and contact details. The change is made under the powers of Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy and is issued in the public interest to update administrative contact information for export documentation.

DEPB rate corrections: DGFT updates engineering and food product export benefit rates, correcting previous entries.
Director General of Foreign Trade issues administrative corrections to DEPB rates under powers in the Foreign Trade Policy and Handbook of Procedures, revising specified DEPB schedule entries for engineering and food product groups and applying those corrected rates to the earlier notified entries, as an authoritative amendment to the DEPB rate schedule.

Procedure amendment adds two government procurement entities to authorised importer/exporter categories under the foreign trade policy.
An amendment to the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I) adds two government procurement entities to the list of Importer/Exporter Categories in paragraph 2.8(v): ordnance factories under the Ordnance Factories Organisation and the Directorate of Purchase and Stores, Department of Atomic Energy, effected by Public Notice No.85/2007 under the powers of the Foreign Trade Policy.

Minimum value addition requirement for gem and jewellery products set to follow specified Handbook provision, altering Appendix compliance.
Appendix 14-I-C, paragraph 11 is replaced to require that the annual Minimum value addition for gem and jewellery products shall be determined in accordance with paragraph 4A.2.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I), 2004-2009, thereby aligning the Appendix criterion with the Handbook's value addition framework under powers of paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy.

Handbook amendment adds Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals to Appendix, updating authorised exporter contact details.
Amendment under paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy adds an entry in Appendix 4C for the Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals, recording principal and branch office addresses in Delhi and supplying telephone, fax, email and website contact details; published as Public Notice No. 83/2007 and issued in the public interest.

All Industry Rate of Drawback for HSD and furnace oil applies under FTP schemes to supplies by domestic oil companies
An administrative notification fixes an All Industry Rate of Drawback of Rs.1160 per metric tonne for High Speed Diesel and Furnace Oil supplied by domestic oil companies under the export Schemes in Chapters 4, 6 and 8 of the Foreign Trade Policy, effective from 1 April 2007 until further orders, as a partial modification of an earlier public notice and issued in the public interest by the Director General of Foreign Trade.

Inclusion of importer/exporter categories adds ordnance factories and atomic energy purchase directorate to the trade handbook.
Amendment under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy inserts at the end of Paragraph 2.8(v) two importer/exporter category entries: ordnance factories under the Ordnance Factories Organisation; and the Directorate of Purchase and Stores, Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India, promulgated by Public Notice No. 81/2007.

Prohibition on specified leather-industry inputs restricts lactic acid, synthetic resins and hydroxy ethyl cellulose use.
Addition to the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.2) prescribes a footnote under SION G-7 and G-46 for Leather and Leather Products (Product Code G) that bars lactic acid as a deliming agent, prohibits synthetic resins and hydroxy ethyl cellulose across chemical headings, and disallows products labelled as fillers because formulated leather-chemical products (supported by technical data sheets) are used in the leather industry.

Lost shipping bill or BRC procedure permits replacement documents and safeguards for duty free entitlement subject to specified conditions.
A procedure allows acceptance of duplicate or certified copies of lost original EP shipping bills or original BRCs to process EODC, No BG/LUT endorsement under Advance Authorisation/DFIA, or transferability endorsement under DFIA, subject to an application fee, exporter affidavit with surrender undertaking, and an indemnity bond to indemnify the Government; submission of a reconstructed shipping bill exempts the fee, affidavit and indemnity bond requirements.

TED refund claim processing clarified: delayed applications within twelve months processed under amended HBP provision; prior grants not reopened.
Applications filed after six months from the end of the option period but within twelve months of the originally exercised option period, including time-barred, pending or rejected claims, must be processed under the amended HBP provision for delayed TED refund claims. Cases where benefits were already granted with applicable late cut on or before the public notice cutoff are final and shall not be reopened or enhanced.