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  Notification No 11/2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated: 23 June, 2017 Subject  : Amendment in export policy of  Muli  Bamboo and export Policy for bamboo products.  S.O (E) In  exercise  of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) as amended, read with para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy. 2015-2020 the central Government hereby makes   the  following  amendments , with immediate effect, in Chapter 14 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export & Import Items, as an ended  from time to time :  The existing  entries against S1.No.90, Chapter 14 of Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) Classification, shall be substituted as follows:       SI. No.     Tariff item HS Code     Unit     Item Description     Export Policy     Nature of Restriction        90   14011000   Tons   Muli Bamboo (melocanna bacifera)   Free till 31.03.2019   1.    All the Muli Bamboo obtained from legal sources are permitted for export subject to proper documentation / Certificate of origin (CoO) and compliance of transit rule of concerned State Forest Department for transportation. 2.    The CoO shall be issued by the concerned State Forest Department from where Muli Bamboo has been procured by the exporter.  B. A New entry as SI.No. 90B in Chapter 14 of Schedule 20 of ITC (HS) Classification, shall be added as follows:-     SI. No.     Tariff item HS Code     Unit     Item Description     Export Policy     Nature of Restriction   90B   14011000   Either Tons Or Square Meter Or Number     Bamboo product made from bamboo obtained from legal source ; Except bamboo charcoal, Bamboo pulp and unprocessed bamboo shoots   Free   1.    All the bamboo products made from bamboo for export subject to proper documentation /Certificate of origin (CoO) Proving that the Bamboo used for making products has been obtained from legal sources. 2.    The CoO Shall be issued by the concerned State Forest Department /Agriculture Department from where bamboo has been procured by the purchaser of making handcrafts /machine made products.             3.    Effect of this Notification:   Export of Muli Bamboo till 31.03.2019 and bamboo products (except bamboo charcoal bamboo pulp and unprocessed bamboo shoots) made from bamboo obtained from legal sources has been permitted.                                                                                                                                         (A.K. Bhalla)                                                                                                                      Director General of Foreign Trade E-Mail :  dgft@nic.in     (Issued from F. No.  01/91/162/59/AM16/Export Cell)