date:May 26, 2012
This public notice concerns itself with only duty-free imports of areca nut, either on the basis of advance authorisation or duty-free import authorisation (DFIA). It may be noted that duty-paid imports are not affected by this public notice.
Prior to the issue of this public notice, anyone could have imported areca nut under the duty-free schemes. After the issue of this public notice, the class of persons permitted to effect such imports would get limited to (a) actual users and (b) such im