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India’s Import and export of Poppy Seeds (HS Code: 12079100) quantity, value and country-wise for the last three financial years and the current year is at Annex-I and Annex-II respectively.

Licences are issued to cultivators of Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan every year for licit cultivation of opium poppy in the designated tracts. For this purpose, General Conditions of Licensing are notified every year by the Government.

Poppy seed is imported essentially to meet domestic demand. Further, import of poppy seed is subject to country restriction and can be imported only from 16 countries which are recognised as licit producers of poppy seeds. The importer shall have to produce an appropriate certificate from competent authority of the exporting country that poppy seeds have been grown legally in that country. Importers are required to compulsorily register their contracts with Central Bureau of Narcotics, Gwalior prior to import in accordance with guidelines issued by the Department of Revenue which may include fixing of country caps, imposing quantitative restriction, if any, per importer.

Annex – I

Import data of poppy seeds 

Country

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

Quantity (TON)

Value (Mill. US $)

Quantity (TON)

Value (Mill. US $)

Quantity (TON)

Value (Mill. US $)

CHINA P RP

2227.00

4.99

3619.00

7.93

3223.00

6.76

CZECH REPUBLIC

 

 

1339.10

4.00

 

 

SPAIN

 

 

0.01

0.00002

 

 

TURKEY

15840.00

39.09

3636.00

9.86

14958.00

39.58

Total

18067.00

44.07

8594.10

21.79

18181.00

46.34

Note 1: The import figure is reported as 'NIL' for 2019-20 (April, 2019)

 

Annex-II

Export Data of poppy seeds

Country

2016-17

2017-18

2018-19

2019-20 (30th April, 2019)

Quantity (TON)

Value (Mill. US $)

Quantity (TON)

Value (Mill. US $)

Quantity (TON)

Value (Mill. US $)

Quantity (TON)

Value (Mill. US $)

U S A

52.26

0.6397

62.15

0.5881

41.32

0.4537

2.00

0.0215

CANADA

4.92

0.0402

9.75

0.0677

16.83

0.1099

1.01

0.0096

U K

3.98

0.0219

2.02

0.0142

6.66

0.0530

1.00

0.0047

AUSTRALIA

0.36

0.0041

6.81

0.0150

1.87

0.0156

 

 

NEPAL

0.10

0.0008

1.36

0.0092

1.85

0.0078

0.10

0.0007

SOUTH AFRICA

0.74

0.0071

0.52

0.0051

0.57

0.0050

 

 

HONG KONG

0.07

0.0006

0.13

0.0012

0.79

0.0045

 

 

NEW ZEALAND

0.53

0.0053

0.39

0.0036

1.82

0.0045

0.37

0.0032

SRI LANKA DSR

 

 

 

 

0.55

0.0042

 

 

YEMEN REPUBLC

 

 

 

 

0.75

0.0042

 

 

MYANMAR

 

 

 

 

0.40

0.0033

 

 

SEYCHELLES

 

 

0.33

0.0030

0.25

0.0029

 

 

KENYA

0.28

0.0023

0.82

0.0051

1.33

0.0026

0.04

0.0005

SWITZERLAND

0.34

0.0036

0.11

0.0007

0.19

0.0019

 

 

MALAYSIA

0.01

0.0001

0.12

0.0015

0.28

0.0018

0.05

0.0005

TANZANIA REP

0.10

0.0009

 

 

0.09

0.0016

 

 

ANGOLA

 

 

0.08

0.0011

0.10

0.0013

 

 

CONGO D. REP.

 

 

 

 

0.15

0.0010

 

 

FIJI IS

0.08

0.0002

 

 

0.10

0.0007

 

 

MALDIVES

0.51

0.0014

0.05

0.0005

0.15

0.0006

0.03

0.0003

NIGERIA

0.05

0.0003

 

 

0.03

0.0005

0.11

0.0002

CHILE

 

 

 

 

0.05

0.0004

 

 

UGANDA

0.05

0.0005

 

 

0.05

0.0004

 

 

JAPAN

0.28

0.0034

 

 

0.04

0.0003

 

 

CAMEROON

 

 

0.00

0.0000

0.04

0.0003

 

 

BOTSWANA

 

 

 

 

0.06

0.0003

 

 

ZAMBIA

 

 

 

 

0.18

0.0003

 

 

REUNION

0.05

0.0005

0.02

0.0002

0.02

0.0002

 

 

MALAWI

 

 

0.02

0.0002

0.02

0.0002

 

 

SWEDEN

 

 

 

 

0.01

0.0001

 

 

SINGAPORE

 

 

 

 

0.01

0.0001

 

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

 

 

 

 

0.00

0.0001

 

 

TOGO

 

 

 

 

0.01

0.0001

 

 

KYRGHYZSTAN

 

 

0.05

0.0004

0.01

0.0000

 

 

GHANA

 

 

 

 

0.00

0.0000

 

 

BHUTAN

 

 

 

 

0.00

0.0000

 

 

PAPUA N GNA

 

 

 

 

0.00

0.0000

 

 

BAHARAIN IS

0.04

0.0003

 

 

 

 

 

 

BENIN

 

 

0.01

0.0001

 

 

 

 

CAYMAN IS

 

 

0.03

0.0003

 

 

 

 

CHINA P RP

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.05

0.0005

FRANCE

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.13

0.0015

GABON

 

 

0.01

0.0001

 

 

 

 

GAMBIA

 

 

0.01

0.0000

 

 

 

 

LIBERIA

 

 

0.00

0.0000

 

 

 

 

MOZAMBIQUE

 

 

0.02

0.0002

 

 

 

 

NETHERLAND

 

 

0.35

0.0037

 

 

 

 

NETHERLANDANTIL

 

 

0.01

0.0002

 

 

 

 

POLAND

 

 

0.04

0.0003

 

 

 

 

SIERRA LEONE

 

 

 

 

 

 

0.01

0.0001

SPAIN

0.04

0.0004

 

 

 

 

 

 

ST LUCIA

0.01

0.0000

 

 

 

 

 

 

SURINAME

 

 

0.01

0.0000

 

 

 

 

U ARAB EMTS

 

 

0.00

0.0000

 

 

 

 

Total

64.78

0.7337

85.21

0.7217

76.57

0.6832

4.89

0.0434

Note: Figures pertaining to the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20

are Provisional and subject to changes

This information was given by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, PiyushGoyal, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.

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