Public Notice No 48/2015-2020Dated. 10thFebruary, 2022
Issued By. DGFT
Subject : Procedure for allocation of quota, for year 2022-2023, for import of (i) Calcined Pet Coke for Aluminium Industry and (ii) Raw Pet Coke for CPC manufacturing industry – regd.
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The procedure for allocation of quota for import of CPC & RPC for the year 2022- 2023 is notified as under:
Conditions and modalities of application for import of Pet coke:
◈ Imports will be subject to guidelines laid down by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued vide OM No Q-18011/54/2018 - CPA dated 11-02-2022.
◈ The annual quantity limitation in import will be operated on a fiscal year basis.
◈ The total quantity permitted and available for import by the Hon'ble Supreme Court is
- (i) Calcined Pet Coke for use as Calcined Pet coke in Aluminium Industry is 0.5 million MT per annum and
- (ii) Raw Pet Coke for the CPC manufacturing industry is 1.4 million MT per annum.
This is available for all industrial units in these two sectors including the petitioners.
◈ All eligible entities desiring to avail quota may apply for import license as per procedure mentioned in Trade Notice No 49 dated 15-03-2019 along with SPCB/PCC indicating the capacity of the unit as of 09-10-2018 and
◈ PN No 48/2020-21 (2015-20) dated 11-02-2022 also valid consent certificate from SPCB/ PCC, in the name of user industrial units indicating the quantity permitted for import and its usage on a monthly and yearly basis.
◈ Completed online application form and the documents mentioned above must reach on or before 28-02-2022.
◈ The application fee shall be paid as per Appendix 2K and deposited online along with the application.
◈ If documents received are found in order, the application will be considered in the Exim Facilitation Committee (EFC) for import of restricted items and the concerned jurisdictional RA will grant authorization.
◈ The import license/ authorization will be valid till 31-03-2023 only for the purpose of imports.
◈ After obtaining permission/license, the importer cannot utilize/ import the entire quantity for which the license has been issued, the applicant shall intimate the same to DGFT at petcokeimport-dgft@gov.in and import-dgft@nic.in on or before 31-12-2022 to facilitate distribution of the unutilized quota to other applicants who had applied initially.
◈ The quantity allocated during FY 2022-23 to the user applicants, if not utilized or surrendered to DGFT; the quantity left unutilized will be deducted from the quota for which applicant would be eligible in FY 2023-24.
◈ Holders of the license for import of Pet Coke would keep the RA informed of the details of his import consignments i.e., the quantity, source, and date of import along with details of B/E in respect of each consignment on clearance of goods from Customs
◈ A consolidated report within 30 days of the expiry of the import authorization period must be submitted to the RA, giving consolidated details of all imports made during the period.
◈ EFC in DGFT will evaluate and allot quota among applicants and licenses will be issued by the concerned jurisdictional RAs of DGFT.
◈ Imports have to be completed before 31-03-2023 i.e., consignments must be cleared by customs authorities before this date.
Note:- SPCB - State Pollution Control Board Certificate
- PCB - Pollution Control Committee
- B/E - Bill of Entry