I (Meaning and importance of Exports) Unit Structure

9. Managing Export Trade Formalities 
To procure goods for exporting, finding out buyers abroad,. 
Making arrangement for shipment and collection of payment from 
foreign buyers . 
9.9 NEGATIVE LIST OF EXPORTS 
Negative list of exports contains those export items which 
are either banned or con not be freely exported. The negative list of 
exports consists of these parts. 
I) 
Prohibited Items 
II) Restricted Items 
III) Canalised Items 
I) Prohibited Items 
The prohibited items are banned from exporting. The latest 
list of prohibited items as on 1
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January, 1996 contains 10 items. 
There are us follows. 
(a) All forms of wild animals 
(b) Exotic birds 
(c) All items of plants 
(d) Human selection 
(e) 
Tallow of and animal‟s origin 
(f) 
Fat of any animal‟s origin 
(g) 
Oils of any animal‟s origin 
(h) Chemicals 
(i) Sandal wood items 
(j) Red sanders wood in any form 
II) Restricted Items 
The restricted items are allowed to be exported only with 
special licencing by the DGFT. At present, there are 31 items. 
Some of restricted export items are as follows. 
(a) Beche-de-mer of sizes below 3 inches. 
(b) Cattle 
(c) Camel 
(d) Chemical fertilizer and micronutrient fertilizers 

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(e) Fabrics/textile items with imprints of excerpts or verses of the 
Holy Quran 
(f) Deoiled qrundnut cakes 
(g) Fresh and frozen silver prmfrets of weight less than 300 gms. 
(h) Fur of domestic animals, excluding lamb fur skin 
(i) Fodder, including wheat and rice shraw 
(j) Hides and skins as mentioned in the policy 
III) Canalised Items 
This list contains those items which are to be exported only 
through designated canalized agencies. At present there are five 
items which are canalized. They are as follows