Import/Export of Poppy Seeds

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..... Import/Export of Poppy Seeds
News and Press Release
Dated:- 8-8-2014

The poppy seeds are by-products of opium cultivation. The Central Government issues licenses to cultivators for production of opium in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh. However, the quantum of production of poppy seeds in the country is insufficient to cater to the domestic demand of the sam .....

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..... e, leading to imports. The Central Government protects the domestic cultivators of poppy seeds against cheap imports in two ways by: (i) imposing a customs duty and (ii) prescribing a minimum tariff value. At present, the customs duty on imported poppy seed is 25.42% ad valorem and the minimum tariff value is fixed at US $ 3255 per MT. ANNEX IMPORT OF POPPY SEEDS(HS CODE:12079100): COUNTRY 201 .....

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..... 1-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15(Apr to May) QTY(MT) VAL(Rs Cr) QTY(MT) VAL(Rs Cr) QTY(MT) VAL(Rs Cr) QTY(MT) VAL(Rs Cr) CHINA P RP 476.00 4.87 663.00 7.59 578.00 9.64 697.00 13.84 CZECH REPUBLIC 65.00 0.97 174.00 4.33 18.00 0.47 TURKEY 19129.64 172.70 12481.56 142.47 14358.00 289.64 3361.00 57.41 Grand Total 19605.64 177.57 13209.56 151.03 15110.00 303.61 4 .....

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..... 076.00 71.73 EXPORT OF POPPY SEEDS(HS CODE:12079100): COUNTRY 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15(Apr to May) QTY(KG) VAL( INR) QTY(KG) VAL( INR) QTY(KG) VAL( INR) QTY(KG) VAL( INR) U S A 66036 12571070 132923 26295398 72259 30758062 5801 3443121 JAPAN 9000 2765900 11000 6218489 9000 5560275 CANADA 9614 986011 16554 2096637 13267 3209756 2193 927471 U K 4778 .....

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..... 830359 6189 1250610 6355 1451605 1204 372521 KENYA 1168 268818 2474 349903 3920 757110 500 231967 NEW ZEALAND 200 66290 320 120364 781 229326 270 127361 AUSTRALIA 4112 294192 1950 485274 404 206346 10 6718 MAURITIUS 1800 221270 750 187048 TANZANIA REP 45 16588 350 94485 200 86423 50 25085 TRINIDAD 500 69768 OTHER COUNTRIES 24610 2829683 2979 7 .....

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..... 64800 786 209281 257 152511 GRAND TOTAL 121363 20850181 174739 37675960 108222 42725000 10285 5286755 Note: Figures for 2013-14 and 2014-15(Apr to May) are provisional. The information was given by the Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce & Industry Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
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