The Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (MoFAHD) on March 12, 2025, issued the notification regarding the amendment to notification no. S.O. 2666 (E), dated the 16th October, 2014, regarding “livestock products and procedure for the issue of sanitary import permit for import of such products” (Notification attached)
The following has been stated namely: -
• In the said notification, in the SCHEDULE -
(a) In paragraph (3), after sub-paragraph (viii), the following sub-paragraphs shall be inserted, namely: –
“(ix) The sanitary import permit shall not be required for import of raw fishery products, if the importer –
(a) is in possession of an advance licence issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade to the effect that the product is intended for re-export; and
(b) has obtained a No Objection Certificate from the officer-in-charge of the Animal Quarantine and Certification Services Stations or any other officer duly authorised by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying:
Provided that the No Objection Certificate shall be issued only after verifying that the certificates issued by the competent authority of the exporting country conforms to the following, namely: –
(A) in case of the products from cultured sources, the sanitary requirements conforms to the standards specified by the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying;
(B) in case of the products sourced from wild caught material, a catch certificate has been issued to the effect that the product is so sourced from wild caught material.”
[Notification No. S.O. 1139(E)]
