Registration Certificate timing expanded to permit cotton yarn export where RC issued on or before the specified cut off date.
The notification substitutes "before 1st December, 2010" with "on or before 1st December, 2010", thereby permitting exporters who obtained a Registration Certificate from the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai on or before that date to export cotton yarn within the quantity limit of the certificate and within the validity of the registered contract; other conditions remain unchanged.

Export restriction on cotton yarn: exports allowed only under licence with prior contract registration and customs verification.
Export of cotton yarn under tariff codes 5205, 5206 and 5207 is restricted and permitted only under licence; export contracts must be registered with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade prior to shipment and Customs shall clear consignments only after verifying such registration. Transitional FTP provisions do not apply, but exporters with Textile Commissioner registration on or before 1 December 2010 may export within their registered quantity and contract validity; expired registered contracts confer no export rights.

Prohibition on onion exports imposes an immediate ban on most varieties; select varieties remain exportable under licence.
The Central Government, relying on the Foreign Trade Act and FTP para 2.1, has prohibited export of all varieties of onions listed at Sl. No. 44 of Table B of Schedule 2 of the ITC(HS). The ITC(HS) entry treats onions in various forms and distinguishes general onions as prohibited, while Bangalore Rose and Krishnapuram onions are restricted and exportable only under licence subject to a Minimum Export Price; transitional FTP arrangements are not applicable.

Export contract registration for cotton required with DGFT; customs to verify registration before export clearance.
Prior registration of export contracts for cotton (ITC(HS) codes 5201, 5202 and 5203) is mandated with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade before shipment, with Customs to clear consignments only after verifying such registration; this replaces registrations previously handled by the Textile Commissioner and includes seasonal export management measures and subsequent amendments, with later substitutions moving specified cotton tariff items to prohibited status.

Export prohibition exemption for pulses permits a limited shipment to Maldives through a nominated exporter under trade policy authority.
An exemption to the prohibition on pulse exports permits a limited consignment to the Republic of Maldives as an exception to the ban, authorising export of sixty metric tonnes of pulses through a nominated exporter under powers conferred by the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act and Foreign Trade Policy provisions; the exemption is country-specific and limited to the specified shipment and exporter without altering the general prohibition.

Export policy change: Gum Karaya reclassified from state trading to free export with mandatory registration.
The amendment replaces the prior State Trading Enterprise restriction for Gum Karaya (HS code 1301 90 16) with a Free export policy and inserts a requirement that exporters register with a designated export body, either the Tribal Co operative Marketing Federation or the Shellac & Forest Products Export Promotion Council, as reflected by the revised entry for Sl. No. 65 in Schedule 2, Chapter 13 of the ITC(HS).

Export of edible oil in branded consumer packs extended; exports allowed from Customs EDI Ports with same packing and ceiling.
Export authorization for edible oils in branded consumer packs up to 5 kg is continued under the Foreign Trade Policy, permitting exports from Customs EDI Ports for a further specified period while retaining the existing packing requirement and the unchanged quantity ceiling of 10,000 tons.

Import policy of fish body oil: crude restricted; refined allowed if it meets specified quality and compositional limits.
The import schedule now classifies Fish Body Oil (Crude) as Restricted and permits import of Fish Body Oil (Refined) as Free provided it satisfies specified quality parameters: free fatty acids <0.10% (as oleic acid), moisture <0.5%, peroxide value <10 meq/kg, EPA+DHA 5-15% by weight, and trans fat <0.1%. Import Licensing Note No. (5) is deleted, its requirements having been incorporated into the schedule.

Prohibition on export of edible oils extended with specified exemptions preserved under the Foreign Trade Policy.
Prohibition on export of edible oils is extended by substituting the operative paragraph of the earlier notification to reflect an extended applicability period, while preserving specified relaxations and exemptions previously granted; the amendment is issued in the public interest and effected under the Foreign Trade Policy.

Effective Date Amendment: substitution sets commencement of amended export notification and makes change operative immediately.
Amendment substitutes paragraph 3 of Notification No. 58/2009-14 to state that the amended notification shall come into effect from 1st November, 2010, and makes that substitution operative immediately, issued under powers conferred by the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act and the Foreign Trade Policy, and declared to be in the public interest.

Import exemption for sporting arms permits entry for Games participation but requires re export, strict accounting and security controls.
Exemption from DGFT import authorization is granted for specified arms, ammunition and related equipment for Commonwealth Games 2010 participants, subject to Finance Notification No.13/2010-Customs and FTP provisions. Conditions require re export of arms on departure, OC CWG maintenance of import and re export accounts for scrutiny, accounting of ammunition to the Delhi licensing authority with post Games utilization certificates, deposit of unutilized ammunition with the national sports authority for controlled redistribution, prohibition on disposal without approval, and adherence to prescribed security measures from arrival to departure.

Prohibition on wheat export exemption permits designated public sector exporters to supply Bangladesh under specified conditions.
An amendment permits export of wheat to Bangladesh by designated PSUs, procured from the Central Pool and lifted from FCI at prevailing economic cost plus PSU margin, exported on CIF terms with freight and insurance borne by the Bangladesh government; the Ministry of External Affairs will identify the designated exporting PSU and the buying agency in Bangladesh and other earlier notification provisions remain unchanged.

Exemption for non-basmati rice exports to Bangladesh allows designated PSUs to export under specified contractual and cost conditions.
Permits a total of 300,000 MT of non-basmati parboiled rice for export to Bangladesh through designated PSUs-STC (200,000 MT) and PEC (100,000 MT)-under statutory authority. Exports require lifting from the FCI Central Pool at concessional cost (FCI price plus PSU margin) and shipment on a CIF-LO basis with freight and insurance borne by Bangladesh. The MEA will notify the designated PSU and Bangladeshi buying agency, and PSUs must follow Department of Commerce guidelines (O.M. No. 7/4/2009-FT(ST) dated 18.02.2010). Other prior notification provisions continue to apply.

Commencement of Act: provisions of the Foreign Trade Amendment Act declared to come into force as appointed.
The notification records the Central Government's exercise of statutory power to appoint the day on which the provisions of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2010 shall come into force, thereby bringing the Act's operative provisions into effect from the appointed day.

Import exemption for Games goods allows specified items to enter without DGFT authorization, subject to re export and compliance.
Exemption granted to the Organising Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010 and its certified importers from DGFT import authorization for specified items (HCFC air conditioners, certain telecom equipment excluding specified transceivers and Thuraya phones, and second hand goods for ceremonies), subject to re export within three months with an undertaking at customs and compliance with Ministry of Finance Notification No.13/2010 Customs and all applicable domestic laws and technical, environmental and safety norms.

Foreign Trade Policy notification incorporates Annual Supplement, updating the trade policy framework and making amendments operative.
Notification formally incorporates the Annual Supplement into the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-2014 by exercise of statutory powers, declares the updated policy effective from the notification date, identifies the issuing Department as authority, and thereby makes the Supplement's provisions operative within the export-import policy framework.

Foreign trade policy expansion to cover services and technology, expanding controls, licences and enforcement powers.
The Amendment incorporates services and technology within the Foreign Trade Policy, defines "services", "service supplier", "technology" and "specified goods or services or technology", conditions IEC and policy benefits on dealing with specified items, expands licensing and benefit instruments to include certificates and scrips, and enlarges enforcement powers including suspension or cancellation of IECs, search and seizure, penalties proportionate to the value of goods, services or technology, recovery mechanisms, confiscation, and crediting penalties to the Consolidated Fund.

Export Restrictions on Cotton: prior contract registration required and seasonal export cap; customs must verify registration.
The Foreign Trade Policy amendment revises export entries for cotton tariff classifications to a conditional free-export regime requiring prior registration of export contracts with DGFT, Customs verification of such registration before clearance, and application of seasonal export caps; subsequent amendments modified registration procedures and caps and later substituted the policy entries to prohibit exports for specified cotton tariff lines.

Export condition for basmati rice: grain must meet specified length and length-to-breadth ratio for export permission.
Amendment prescribes a grain specification as the operative export condition for Basmati rice, including PUSA Basmati 1121, substituting the existing restriction entry in the cited Foreign Trade Policy notification; the Central Government, under Section 5 read with Section 3(2) of the Foreign Trade Act and relevant policy paragraphs, requires rice to meet specified dimensional criteria for export and gives the change immediate effect.

Prohibition on wheat export narrowed to allow specified wheat exports to Bangladesh through Food Corporation of India.
The general prohibition on export of wheat is modified to exempt export of two lakh metric tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh through the Food Corporation of India, substituting the existing paragraph 2.10 of Notification No. 40/2009-2014; the amendment is effected under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 and relevant Foreign Trade Policy provisions, has immediate effect, allocates the notified quantity to specified public sector exporters, and leaves other provisions of the original notification unchanged.