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Attention is invited to Notification S.O. 1225(E) dated 28th March, 2020
issued by the Department of Commerce wherein besides the quantitative re-
striction imposed on import of Moong, Peas, and Toor Dal, it has been notified
that the restrictions shall not apply to Government’s import commitments under
any Bilateral or Regional Agreement or Memorandum of Understanding.
2. In pursuance of the aforementioned Notifications and as per Article
3(2) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of the Re-
public of Mozambique and Government of the Republic of India on cooperation
in the field of production and marketing of pigeon peas, both parties have agreed
to target export of 2,00,000 MT of pigeon peas and other pulses grown in
Mozambique to India during 2020-21.
3. Accordingly 2,00,000 MT of pulses to be imported from Mozam-
bique, during the fiscal year 2020-21 is allowed for import, subject to the follow-
ing conditions :
(a) Import will be allowed only through the following 5 ports : (i) Mum-
bai, (ii) Tuticorin, (iii) Chennai, (iv) Kolkata and (v) Hazira
(b) Import will be subject to production of “Certificate of Origin” certi-
fied by the authorized signatories in the ICM (Instituto de Cereasi de
Mocambique) with stamps provided by the Government of Mozam-
bique, which is being shared with the concerned Customs authorities
of the above ports and CBIC
(c) While providing the Origin Certificate (including details of the ex-
porter, importer and quantity of pulses), the designated authority
will send a scanned copy of the certificate to moha-
patra[dot]sk[at]nic[dot]in and rajbir[dot]sharma[at]nic.in.
(d) The importer here in India will send a mail to DGFT with scanned
copy of the certificate issued as above, for NOC on the same e-mail
address as above, i.e., mohapatra[dot]sk[at]nic[dot]in and
rajbir[dot]sharma[at]nic.in. DGFT will compare both these documents
and allow NOC to the applicant importer, based on which Customs
will clear the consignments.
[Dy. D.G.F.T., New Delhi, Trade Notice No. 13/2020-21, dated 1-6-2020]
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