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List of Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) / Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) signed by India
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....provision of two level institutional mechanisms for problem resolution etc. 3. India- Sri Lanka FTA (ISLFTA) 28.12.1998 01.03.2000 Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and Sri Lanka was signed on 20.12.1998 and was operationalised in March, 2000 following notification of required Customs tariff concessions by Government of Sri Lanka and India. Procedure for import of certain listed items under ISLFTA is at Annexure-I 4. Agreement on South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) (India, Pakistan, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan Maldives and Afghanistan) 04.01. 2004 01.01.2006 Afghanistan became Eighth Member of SAARC from April, 2007 and the provisions of Trade Liberalization Programme (TLP) are applicable to Afghanistan w.e.f. 07.08.2011). 5. India - Thailand FTA - Early Harvest Scheme (EHS) 9.10.2003 01.09.2004 India and Thailand have signed protocol to implement Early Harvest Scheme under India- Thailand Free Trade Agreement on 01.09.2004.Tariff preferences for imports on items of Early Harvest Scheme would be available only to those products, which satisfy Rules of Origin Criteria, notified by Department of Revenue, Ministry of Fina....
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....G S T P) (Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Benin, Bolivia, Brazil, Cameroon, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Ecuador, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Republic of Korea, Romania, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Tanzania, Venezuela, Viet Nam, Yugoslavia, Zimbabwe) April, 1988 April,1989 Under agreement establishing GSTP, tariff concessions are exchanged among developing countries, who have signed agreement. Presently, 46 countries are members of GSTP and India has exchanged tariff concessions with 12 countries on a limited number of products. EIC is sole agency authorised to issue CoO under GSTP. The Sao Paulo Round of the GSTP was concluded among 8 countries but only Cuba, India and Malaysia have ratified the Protocol as of October, 2014. 3 India - Afghanistan 06.03.2003 May, 2003 A Preferential Trade Agreement between Transitional Islamic State of Afghanistan and Republic of India was signed on 6.3.2003 and was operationalised with issuance of Customs Notifica....
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....by the Govt. of Paraguay (c) At the time of clearance of the import consignment, the importer in India must produce a Certificate of Origin issued by concerned authorities in Paraguay. (d) The year in respect of these imports will be the period from 1′ April to 31″ March, i.e. financial year in India. (e) All applications for grant of import authorisation shall be sent only through e-mail at [email protected] in the prescribed format as given below: SI. No. Name and Registered office address of the applicant IEC No. Item sought to be imported ITC (HS) Code Qty. applied for (MTs) CIF value (Rs.) & Fee Date of submission of the application Name of Regional Authority through which license would be obtained (f) Allocation will be made equally among the eligible applicant subject to quantity applied. The application in ANF 2M and ANF1 along with the requisite fee is required to be filed online as per the procedure laid down in Trade Notice No. 49 dated 15.03.2019. The application should be sent by 28th February of the financial year.] ^3[Annexure-II Procedure for import of Crude Soya Oil (HS Code: 1....
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....CECPA (i) The total quantum of items that can be imported under India- Mauritius CECPA shall be as follows. S. No. ITC(HS) Code Description Tariff Rate Quota Quantity (1) (2) (3) (4) 1. 06031900 Fresh : -- Other 15 tons 2. 08043000 Pineapples 1000 tons 3. 08109060 Lichi 250 tons 4. 09051000 Vanilla : Neither crushed nor ground 15 tons 5. 09052000 Vanilla : Crushed or ground 1 ton 6. 16041410 Tunas 7000 tons 7. 16041490 Other 7000 tons 8. 16042000 Other prepared or preserved fish 7000 tons 9. 17011490 Specialty Sugar 15000 tons 10. 22030000 Beer made from malt. 2,000,000 litres 11. 22060000 Fruit Wine: Other fermented beverages (for example, cider, perry, mead, sake);mixtures of fermented beverages and mixtures of fermented beverages and non- alcoholic beverages, not elsewhere specified or included. 5000 litres 12. 22084011 In containers holding 2 l or less: ---- Rum 1.50 million litres 13. 22084012 In containers holding 2 l or less: ---- Other 1.50 million litres 14. 22084091 Other ....
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....porter, Importer -Exporter Code (IEC), Customs notification number, tariff item as applicable, quantity and validity period of the certificate. h. The TRQ authorisation shall be issued electronically by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and transmitted to Indian Customs EDI System (ICES). i. Imports made against the TRQ shall be allowed only upon debiting electronically in the ICES system.] ^6[Annexure-IV to Appendix-2A Imports of Items under the TRQ of the India- UAE CEPA HS 8 Code Description Effective Rate (%) Tariff Modality Offered Schedule of Tariff Rate Concessions (%) 39011010 Linear low-density poly-ethylene (LLDPE), in which ethylene monomer unit contri-butes 95% or more by weight of the total polymer content 7.5 TR of 50% in 5 years with specified year-wise TRQs 7.0 (TRQ - 45,000 MT) 6.5 (TRQ - 50,500 MT) 6.0 (TRQ - 56,000 MT) 5.0 (TRQ - 61,500 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 67,500 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 86,300 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 105,00 0 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 105,00 0 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 105,00 0 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 105,00 0 MT) 39011020 Low density poly-ethylene (LDPE) 7.5 ....
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....s, in primary forms 7.5 7.0 (TRQ - 4,000 MT) 6.5 (TRQ - 4,500 MT) 6.0 (TRQ - 5,000 MT) 5.0 (TRQ - 5,500 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 6,000 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 7,700 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 9,500 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 9,500 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 9,500 MT) 3.75 (TRQ - 9,500 MT) 39041010 Emulsion grade PVC resin / PVC Pasteresin/ PVC dispersion resin 10 Tariff Re-duction of 50% in 5 years with specified year-wise TRQs (Cum-ulative Annual TRQ of 60,000 MT) 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 39041020 Suspension grade PVC resin 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 39041090 Other Poly (vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 39042100 Non-plasticised poly (vinyl chloride), mixed with other substances 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 39043010 Poly(vinyl derivatives) 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 39043090 Other Vinyl chloride-vinyl acetate copolymers 10 9 8 7 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 39046910 Poly (vinyl fluo....
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....131940 Articles of jewllery of gold, set with other precious and semi-precious stones 20 74081110 Copper weld wire, cross sectional dimension > 6mm 5 TEP over 5 years (TRQ of 150% of 3 years moving average volume) 4.0 (TRQ - 85,000 MT) 3.0 (TRQ - 95,000 MT) 2.0 (TRQ - 105,00 0 MT) 1.0 (TRQ - 115,00 0 MT) 0.0 (TRQ - 125,00 0 MT) 0.0 (TRQ - Movin g Average of Years 2 to 4 in MT) 0.0 (TRQ - Moving Average of Years 3 to 5 in MT) 0.0 (TRQ - Moving Average of Years 4 to 6 in MT) 0.0 (TRQ - Moving Average of Years 5 to 7 in MT) 0.0 (TRQ - Moving Average of Years 6 to 8 in MT) 74081190 Other wire of refined copper, which the maximum cross-sectional dimension exceeds 6 mm 5 74081910 Copper weld wire, cross sectional dimension < 6mm 5 TEP over 5 years (TRQ of 150% of 3 years moving average volume) 4.0 (TRQ - 270 MT) 3.0 (TRQ - 302.5 MT) 2.0 (TRQ - 335 MT) 1.0 (TRQ - 367.5 MT) 0.0 (TRQ - 400 MT....
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....l contain the name and address of the importer, Importer -Exporter Code (IEC), Customs notification number, tariff item as applicable, quantity and validity period of the certificate. m. The TRQ authorisation shall be issued electronically by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and transmitted to Indian Customs EDI System (ICES). n. Imports made against the TRQ shall be allowed only upon debiting electronically in the ICES system or on debit as endorsed. o. In addition to the requirements as above, the TRQ authorization for items under Tariff head 7108 shall also contain Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) of nominated agencies as notified by RBI (in case of banks) or DGFT for other agencies, or qualified jewellers as notified by International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). The said TRQ importer shall follow the procedure set out in the Customs Import of Goods at Concessional Rate of Duty or for specified end use) Rules, 2022 read with Customs Circular No. 18/2022-Customs dated 10.09.2022. p. The IGCR procedure applies to the importer till supply of gold (falling under 7108) to end-use recipient and filing of monthly statement. The r....
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....ear of India. (e) All applications for grant of import authorisation shall be sent only through E-mail at [email protected] in the prescribed format as given below: Sl. No Name and Registered office address of the applicant IEC No. Item sought to be imported ITC(HS) Code Qty. applied for (MTs) CIF value (Rs.) & Fee Date of submission of the application in ANF2B along with Fee deposited in RA Name of Regional Authority (f) Allocation will be made equally among the eligible applicant subject to quantity applied. The application in ANF2M and ANF1 along with the requisite fee is required to be filed in the concerned RA as per the normal procedure. The application should be sent by 28th February of the financial year, for allocation in the next financial year (For allocation during 2015-16 the application may be filed upto 30.04.2015.)" 3. Inserted vide Public Notice No. 42/2015-2020 dated 08-11-2019 4. Inserted vide PUBLIC NOTICE No. 23/2015-2020 dated 07-09-2021 5. Also see PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 04/2015-2020 dated 20-04-2022 "The online applications for allocation of Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) under India-Mauritius ....
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.... annually. However, in case of Gold under tariff head 7108, allocation shall be proportioned on a quarterly basis. The application along with the requisite fee is required to be filed online. The last date for applications for annual allocation for FY 2023-24 and onwards shall be 28th February of the previous financial year. For Gold TRQs under 7108, the last date for applications for annual allocation for FY 2023-24 and onwards, shall be as follows - Application period TRQ Import Period 1st January to 28th February Q1- Apr to June 1st May to 31st May Q2 - July to September 1st August to 31st August Q3 - October to December 1st November to 30th November Q4 - January to March f. For the current FY 2022-23, applications are invited from 5th May 2022 to 18th May 2022. For Gold TRQ under 7108, the applications for the first two Quarters of the FY2022-23 i.e., till 30th September 2022, are invited from 5th May 2022 to 18th May 2022. Subsequently, for Gold TRQs for the third Quarter applications shall be invited from 1st August 2022 to 31st August2022, and for the fourth Quarter, applications shall be invited from 1st November 2022 to 30th Nove....
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....ocation period/ specific Quarter - TRQ license holders cannot carry over an allocation over from one TRQ allocation period to another. l. The TRQ authorisation shall contain the name and address of the importer, Importer -Exporter Code (IEC), Customs notification number, tariff item as applicable, quantity and validity period of the certificate. m. The TRQ authorisation shall be issued electronically by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and transmitted to Indian Customs EDI System (ICES). However, for non-EDI Ports not integrated with ICES, the TRQ shall also be issued on Security Paper. n. Imports made against the TRQ shall be allowed only upon debiting electronically in the ICES system or on debit as endorsed. o. ^8[In addition to the requirements as above, the TRQ authorization for items under Tariff head 7108 shall also contain Importer-Exporter Code (IEC) of nominated agencies as notified by RBI (in case of banks) or DGFT for other agencies, or qualified jewellers as notified by International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA). Additionally, TRQ autho....