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31(RE-2009)/2009-14, Dated: 16/02/2010

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART –II

SECTION –3, SUB SECTION (ii)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

NOTIFICATION No. 31 /2009-14

New Delhi, Dated the 16^th February 2010

Subject: Amendment in paragraph 4.1.6 related to Value Addition under Advance Authorisation scheme.

S.O (E) – In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) read with Para 1.3 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in Foreign Trade Policy:

1. The first sentence of Paragraph 4.1.6 stands amended as follows:

“Advance Authorisation necessitates exports with a minimum value addition of 15%, except for items specified in Appendix 11B of HBP v1 and for items in Gems & Jewellery Sector, for which value addition would be as per paragraph 4A.2.1 of HBP v1.”

This issues in Public Interest.

Sd/-

(R.S. Gujral)

Director General of Foreign Trade and

Ex-Officio Special Secretary to the Government of India

(Issued from File No. 01/94/180/FTP/09-10/AA/AM10/PC4)