Amendment to DEPB Schedule updates export product descriptions, revising industrial valve and calcium hypochlorite entries.
Amendment to the Schedule of DEPB rates revises export product descriptions: Product Group Engineering (Product Code 61) entry at Sl. No.484 is recorded as "Industrial Valve (cast or forged body)" effective from the stated retrospective date; Product Group Chemicals (Product Code 62) entry at Sl. No.958 is amended to "Calcium Hypochlorite Hydrated." These modifications are made under powers in the Foreign Trade Policy and Handbook of Procedures and issued in the public interest.

Issuance of GSP Certificates facilitated via Nagpur extension counter; FTDO available weekly on Mondays and Tuesdays.
Issuance of GSP Certificates will be facilitated through the Nagpur Extension Counter for matters within the Zonal Jt.DGFT, Mumbai jurisdiction; a Field Trade Development Officer from Raipur will be available at Nagpur on Mondays and Tuesdays and Trade members are requested to use this facility as a facilitation measure.

Export authorisation for sandalwood oil now requires auction provenance, origin certificates and physical verification before approval.
Export of Sandalwood Oil is restricted to manufacturer-exporters or merchant-exporters linked to licensed extraction units who procured material via state forest auctions and hold Certificates of Origin; authorisations are issued by DGFT after Exim Facilitation Committee review, valid one year without revalidation, and require submission of prescribed applications and supporting documents including export order/LC, Legal Procurement Certificate, Certificate of Physical Verification with transit permit, and originals for DGFT endorsement. Exports from imported sandalwood are prohibited.

Export eligibility for Red Sanders logs limited to auction purchasers; licences subject to application, buyer restrictions, and no resale.
Export of Red Sanders logs is permitted only for exporters who procured logs through Government of Andhra Pradesh auctions; such applicants must file the Aayaat Niryaat Form with supporting procurement documents at DGFT Headquarters. Exports are limited to designated foreign buyers, resale of logs is prohibited, a specified entity is generally barred but allowed a defined allocation where it participated in tenders for value added manufacture, and applications within the exemption period will be considered by the Export Facilitation Committee and may carry further DGFT conditions.

DDP pricing permits turnkey supply and installation for projects under international competitive bidding by notified multilateral or bilateral agencies.
Amendment permits recognition of supply and installation obligations under turnkey contracts for projects financed by multilateral or bilateral agencies notified by the Department of Economic Affairs, where procurement is by International Competitive Bidding and bids have been invited and evaluated on the basis of Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) prices for goods manufactured abroad; this clause is inserted below condition (a) in Appendix 22C and Appendix 27 certificate formats in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I).

Photo attestation standards for IEC applications: bank certificates with qualifying liability remarks are inadmissible, compliance required.
Photographs of Proprietors/Partners/Directors must be properly pasted and certified on IEC application forms; bank attestations containing qualifying remarks that limit the bank's responsibility or only confirm signature conformity are unacceptable. For all fresh IEC applications and status modification cases, such bank certificates and photograph attestations with qualifying remarks shall not be accepted, and trade and bankers must comply to avoid processing delays.

Regulatory amendment: deletion of specific provisions in Appendix 39 takes immediate effect under foreign trade policy authority.
Deletion of Column 5 (ii) and Note 2 of Appendix 39 to the Handbook of Procedures (Vol. I) is notified by Public Notice No.92/2005 under the powers of Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures, with the deletion taking immediate effect and issued in the public interest.

Export procedures for shed antler shavings require procurement certificates and pre-shipment inspection; limited exemption applies.
Prospective exporters must apply within 30 days to the Chief Wildlife Warden and DGFT, stating quantity and unit price, and submit a valid export order/irrevocable letter of credit together with a Legal Procurement Certificate. Each consignment and related documents will undergo pre-shipment inspection and verification by the Regional Deputy Director, Wildlife Preservation. A one-time exemption for export under these procedures is allowed for two months from Notification No.50; no exports are permitted after that period. Applications received timely will be considered by the Export Facilitation Committee for export licences and may be subject to further conditions.

Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana eligibility confirmed for specified sesamum seed exports during the defined prior period.
Exports of Sesamum Indicum (ITC HS Code 120740; 12074010 / 12074090) under Entry No. 08.526 of Appendix 37A are entitled to Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana benefits for exports made in the specified prior period between 01.09.2004 and 13.09.2005 only.

Amendments to Standard Input-Output Norms update SION entries, add chemical, engineering and food norms and fuel allowances.
Public Notice revises the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.2) SIONs by correcting descriptions and quantities, deleting one entry, and adding new SIONs in annexures for chemicals, engineering and food products; the engineering SIONs set net to net treatment, material weight ratios and a consumables FOB allowance while chemical and food SIONs specify permitted import inputs and quantities, with a fuel allowance added to the general notes.

VKUY eligibility limited to notified products and value added variants; unauthorised benefit claims must be recovered by authorities.
Eligibility for Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana benefits is limited to products and value added variants that are explicitly notified in the Foreign Trade Policy appendix; value added variants not specifically listed (e.g., certain mentha extracts) are not entitled to benefits. Port offices permitting such unlisted claims should be corrected, and Regional Licensing Authorities must initiate recovery proceedings and inform the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.

Certificates of Origin - Non-Preferential: new Delhi agencies added and FIEO entry amended to include all branches.
Amendment updates Appendix 4-C List of Agencies Authorized to Issue Certificates of Origin-Non Preferential by adding M/s. Delhi Chamber of Commerce & Industry and M/s. Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals and by amending the Federation of Indian Export Organisation's Delhi entry to include its updated contact details and all branches in India for certification purposes.

Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana eligibility expanded: oleoresins added to Appendix 37A, benefits apply to subsequent exports.
The Handbook of Procedures is amended to add a new product sub category listing specific spice oleoresins under chapter 33 of the ITC (HS) classification, naming individual oleoresins such as fennugreek, ginger, turmeric, celery seed, nutmeg, clove, capsicum, coriander, cumin, fennel and other spice oleoresins. The Public Notice declares that these listed oleoresins shall be entitled to benefits under the Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana for exports made on or after the operative date specified in the notification.

Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana benefits restored for pepper exports made within a specified retrospective eligibility period.
Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana benefits for pepper under ITC (HS) code 0904 are reinstated retrospectively but confined strictly to exports made during the earlier specified policy period, in response to exporter representations that the scheme had been factored into contracts.

Import licensing requirement for re-conditioned computer monitors: importers must obtain licence under the Foreign Trade Policy.
An import licensing requirement applies to re-conditioned computer monitors classified under EXIM Code 847160 because they are treated as not being components of computers; therefore importers must obtain a licence under the Foreign Trade Policy.

Electronic Fund Transfer optional for licence fees; digital signature filings remain mandatory with fee concessions.
The DGFT makes licence-fee payment via Electronic Fund Transfer optional during the transition while retaining mandatory electronic submission with digital signature for specified licences; electronic filings receive fee concessions, and Regional Licensing Authorities may accept Treasury Challans or Demand Drafts. ECOM filing on the DGFT website is reintroduced for DEPB claims based on manual DEPB shipping bills (from both notified EDI and non-EDI ports) provided filings use digital signature, a printed hard copy with supporting documents is submitted, verification safeguards are applied, and manual DEPB applications are disallowed.

Zero duty wheat imports authorised for State Trading Corporation through specified ports under foreign trade policy conditions.
Notification permits wheat import at zero duty under the Department of Revenue Ad-hoc Exemption Order and Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy; imports are authorised under Chapter 10 of the ITC (HS) Classification, to be effected exclusively by the State Trading Corporation and only through specified ports, subject to the conditions of the exemption order and the Foreign Trade Policy.

Import licensing for HCFC-22 requires environmental clearance before trade authority grants licences pending classification anomaly resolution.
Importation of products containing HCFC-22 is free under ITC (HS) classification but requires a licence under the ODS Rules, 2000. Pending resolution of this inconsistency, the trade authority will issue import licences where clearances and advice have been provided by the environmental authority. Industry must file licence applications, which will be considered for issuance conditioned on the environmental authority's clearance and recommendation.

Preferential Raw Cane Sugar Tariff Rate Quota increased for exports to USA, expanding allowable raw sugar export allocation.
Amendment increases the Preferential Raw Cane Sugar Tariff Rate Quota for exports to the USA by allocating additional raw sugar from the free sale portion of the 2005-2006 season, setting the applicable export period from October 1, 2005 to September 30, 2006 and implementing the change by public notice in the public interest.

DEPB product description amendments clarify coating and paper specifications, aligning export classifications with trade policy requirements.
The DGFT, under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures, amends DEPB schedule product descriptions: Sl. No. 434 (Engineering) revised to "M.S. Bucket Handle duly plated with Nickel or Copper or Zinc/Powder paint coated," and Sl. No. 459 B (Chemicals) revised to list specified paper products including cyclostyling, typing, Xerox, copier, ruled/unruled, plain paper and prime quality drawing sheets cut into various sizes.