Addition of Special Trading Entities expands authorised exporters for Niger seeds under the ITC (HS) export classification.
Addition of Special Trading Entities (STEs) is authorised for the export of Niger seeds to the United States by amending the ITC (HS) classification Schedule 2 to insert two named STEs at the relevant export code; the newly added agencies shall operate under the existing terms and conditions applicable to STEs and exports.

Import of Superior Kerosene Oil through State Trading Enterprises authorised; STC nominated for advance licence supplies option.
The amendment authorises import of Superior Kerosene Oil (SKO) through designated State Trading Enterprises and adds Import Licensing Note (2) to Chapter 27, listing IOC, BPCL, HPCL and IBP as authorised STEs and nominating STC for supplies to Advance Licence holders; Advance Licence holders may import SKO from any of the listed STEs including STC, subject to applicable import policy conditions.

Classification change: Anthranilic Acid added under ITC(HS) 2901, free with required No Objection Certificate from Narcotics Commissioner.
Amendment to ITC(HS) adds Anthranilic Acid under code 2901 as Free in Table B of Schedule 2, subject to a No Objection Certificate from the Narcotics Commissioner of India, Gwalior for specified sub-items, incorporated pursuant to the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act and the Export and Import Policy, 2002-2007.

Import licensing conditions removed: specified sub clauses in Chapter One of ITC(HS) classification notes are deleted.
Amendment effects the deletion of specified import licensing conditions from the ITC (HS) Classifications 2002-2007: the conditions listed at serial entries identified as sub clauses (2)(iii), (2)(iv) and (2)(v) of the Import Licensing Notes to Chapter One are removed, altering the regulatory text that implements import licensing requirements under Chapter One of the classifications.

Amendment to import classifications: specified ITC (HS) items delisted following withdrawal of prior steel public notices.
Amendment adds Note 2 to Appendix III of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) Classifications, recording withdrawal of earlier steel public notices and deleting the import items listed at serial numbers 77 to 109, effected under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act.

Export controls on onions require exports through designated state trading enterprises with capped fees and reporting duties.
Exports of onions (all varieties) must be effected only through a specified list of State Trading Enterprises, which may issue NOCs to associate shippers and charge a maximum service fee of 1% of invoice value; no other charges are permitted. All exports are subject to a Minimum Export Price fixed by NAFED. STEs must prevent trading in permits, ensure quality, provide weekly permit reports to NAFED and periodic shipment reports to the Department of Consumer Affairs, under conditions laid down by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.

Special Economic Zone notification designates specified Visakhapatnam villages and survey parcels as an SEZ under the Foreign Trade Act.
Notification under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 designates a specified area in Visakhapatnam as a Special Economic Zone established by the Government of India, Department of Commerce, and fixes its geographic scope by listing constituent villages-Duvvada, Kurmannapalem, Jaggarajupeta (Gajuwaka Mandal) and Narava-and their precise survey parcel identifiers.

Special Economic Zone designation notifies specified land parcels at Kandla under section 5, fixing perimeter and enclosure details.
Notification under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 designates specified survey numbers as a Special Economic Zone established by the Department of Commerce, describing combined parcels, perimeter measurements and enclosure by fencing or masonry wall, and appending additional survey plots to constitute the notified SEZ area for application of Export and Import Policy regulatory regimes.

Special Economic Zone designation establishes a defined Moradabad area for handicraft units under foreign trade law.
Notification designates a parcel at Moradabad as a Special Economic Zone for handicraft units under section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, promoted by M/s. U.P. State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd., and annexes a Schedule listing villages, khasra numbers and area measurements aggregating to a defined total area, thereby establishing the geographic scope of the SEZ for Export and Import Policy purposes.

Export liberalisation: codes 2614 and 2617 made freely exportable, subject to Atomic Energy Act controls.
Codes 2614 and 2617 in the ITC (HS) Classification have been reclassified from restricted to free export status, deleting prior licence requirements; Monazite and listed minerals containing uranium or thorium remain treated as prescribed substances under the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and continue to be governed by those controls despite the export liberalisation.

ITC(HS) classification amendment adds companies to appendix 5B under the Export and Import Policy, expanding the classification list.
Amendment to the ITC(HS) classification updates Schedule 2 of the ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, 2002-2007, by adding two companies to appendix 5B of a prior notification at specified serial numbers, thereby including those entities within the appendix's regulatory scope under powers conferred by the Foreign Trade Act and the Export and Import Policy; the notification is issued in the public interest and signed by the Director General of Foreign Trade.

Import permission through designated oil company limited by Exim Policy, with exemptions for prior marketing-rights holders.
The Central Government amends the ITC (HS) Classification to provide that imports are allowed through IOC subject to the Exim Policy's import conditions, except for companies granted marketing rights under the Ministry resolution who were marketing transportation fuels before that resolution.

Export restrictions on juvenile lobsters: undersized specimens barred under amended ITC(HS) classification, conditional exemptions retained.
Amendment to ITC(HS) Schedule 2, Table B adds a new sub heading for lobsters prescribing species specific minimum whole and tail weights and defining consignments as "undersized" if any piece falls below those weights; exports are free except where the undersized conditions apply, in which case exports of such undersized/juvenile lobsters are prohibited, while consignments meeting size requirements may be exported subject to conditionalities.

Import exemption for ATVs removes specified licensing conditions where vehicles do not require CMVR registration.
An amendment inserts a new import licensing note at the end of Chapter 87 exempting ATVs specifically designed for off the road sports, recreation or certain farm use that do not require registration under the Central Motor Vehicles Rules from the licensing conditions previously prescribed at serial numbers 1 and 2 of the import note.

Export fee reduction for state trading enterprises lowers authorised direct exporters' commission rate under foreign trade policy.
The notification amends Paragraph 17 of the prior export notification to reduce the fee applicable where State Trading Enterprises other than TRIFED are authorised to export niger seeds directly, thereby lowering the export commission rate charged on such authorised direct exports under the Foreign Trade Policy.

ITC(HS) classification amendment: specified import items removed after rescission of prior administrative orders, altering import controls.
Amendment to the ITC(HS) Classifications inserts a note at the end of Appendix III to Schedule I (Imports) deleting items listed at sl.no.69-76 because the administrative orders governing those items have been rescinded, thereby removing those items from the import schedule under the Foreign Trade statutory framework.

Diamond Dollar Account scheme allows eligible jewellery firms to use dollar accounts for specified imports and transactions.
The amendment permits firms with at least three years' trade record and the prescribed average turnover to operate designated Diamond Dollar Account Scheme dollar accounts on an optional basis; others may retain rupee accounts. Dollars in such accounts, from bank finance and export proceeds, are usable only for import/purchase of rough diamonds, purchase of cut and polished diamonds, coloured gemstones and plain gold jewellery locally, import/purchase of gold and repayment of dollar loans, and transfer to the exporter's rupee account. Non-DDA holders may supply cut and polished diamonds to DDA holders, receive dollar payment and convert to rupees within seven days; such supplies count toward export obligations or replenishment licences.

State trading designation expands export regulation, bringing selected agencies under existing terms and conditions for onion exports.
The Central Government designates three specified state agencies as State Trading Enterprises for the export of onion, bringing them under the same terms and conditions, compliance obligations, and regulatory framework applicable to other notified State Trading Enterprises for export controls and related trade procedures.

Duty drawback rate for furnace oil to deemed exports to EOU/EPZ/SEZs notified under export policy.
Announcement of an All Industry Rate of Duty Drawback fixing a specific drawback per metric tonne for furnace oil supplied by domestic oil companies to EOUs, EPZs and SEZs under the deemed export scheme, established under the Export and Import Policy/Foreign Trade Policy and effective until further orders.

Removal of quantitative restrictions on onion exports, with canalisation and agency fee arrangements retained.
All quantitative restrictions on export of all varieties of onion have been removed, while the existing canalisation mechanism through designated agencies is retained and the notified agencies and fees for services to exporters continue to apply.