To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section 3, Sub Section (ii)

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan

Notification No. 13/2015-2020 
New Delhi, the 28 June, 2017

Subject: Amendment in export policy for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items .

S.O.(E)         In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and Section 14A of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to Notification No. 5/2015-2020 dated 24.04.2017, with respect to the existing dispensation for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and 1 mport Items, with immediate effect:

Existing Entry:

"1C Export of Chemicals listed in 1C below is allowed to State Parties to the CWC without an export licence subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify within 30 days of export to the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; the Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); the Department of Chemicals & Petro-chemicals, and the DGFT of such exports in the prescribed format (Aayat Niryat Form) along with the End-Use Certificate and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery.

Export of chemicals as specified below to states not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed only against an export licence and a Government signed End-Use-Certificate, and in that case also exporters shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery".

SI.No.

SCOMET Entry

Name of Chemical

Entry into Schedule

CAS 
numbers

ITC (HS) codes

1

1C001

Phosgene : (Carbonyl dichloride)

3A01

75-44-5

28121010

2

1C002

Cyanogen chloride [(CN) CI]

3A02

506-77-4

28530091

3

1C003

Hydrocyanic acid

3A03

74-90-8

28111910

4

1C004

Chloropicrin: Trichloronitro-Methane

3A04

76-06-2

29049080

5

1C005

Phosphorus Oxychloride

3B05

10025-87-3

28121030

6

1C006

Phosphorus trichloride

3B06

2125683

28121021

7

1C007

Phosphorous Pentachloride

3B07

10026-13-8

28121022

8

1C008

Trimethyl Phosphite

3B08

121-45-9

29209041

9

1C009

Triethyl Phosphite

3B09

122-52-1

29209042

10

ICO 10

Dimethyl Phosphite

3BI0

868-85-9

29209043

11

ICON

Diethyl Phosphite

3B11

762-04-9

29209044

12

ICO 12

Sulphur monochloride

3B12

10025-67-9

28121042

13

IC013

Sulphur dichloride

3B13

10545-99-0

28121043

14

IC014

Thionyl Chloride

3B14

2125597

28121047

15

IC015

Ethyldiethanolamine

3B15

139-87-7

29221211

16

ICO 16

Methyldiethanolamine

3B16

105-59-9

29221212

17

1C0I7

Triethanolamine

3B17

102-71-6

29221300

The revised dispensation for export of chemicals under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items shall be substituted as under:

Revised Entry:

"1C Export of chemicals listed in 1C below is allowed to the countries specified in Table 1 without an export authorisation subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention (NACWC), Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals, Disarmament & International Security Affairs (D&ISA) Division of Ministry of External Affairs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), within 30 days of such export, in the prescribed format [Aayat Niryat Form (ANF) - 20] along with the End-Use Certificate (EUC) in the prescribed proforma [Appendix 2S(ii)] and also submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery.

List of 1C chemicals:

SI.No.

SCOMET Entry

Name of Chemical

Entry into Schedule

CAS
numbers

ITC(HS) codes

1

1C001

Phosgene : ( Carbonyl dichloride)

3A01

75-44-5

28121010

2

1C002

Cyanogen chloride [(CN) CI]

3A02

506-77-4

28530091

3

1C003

Hydrocyanic acid

3A03

74-90-8

28111910

4

1C004

Chloropicrin: Trichloronitro-Methane

3A04

76-06-2

29049080

5

IC005

Phosphorus Oxychloride

3B05

10025-87-3

28121030

6

IC006

Phosphorus trichloride

3B06

2125683

28121021

7

1C007

Phosphorous Pentachloride

3B07

10026-13-8

28121022

8

1C008

Trimethyl Phosphite

3B08

121-45-9

29209041

9

IC009

Triethyl Phosphite

3B09

122-52-1

29209042

10

IC010

Dimethyl Phosphite

3B10

868-85-9

29209043

11

icon

Diethyl Phosphite

3BI1

762-04-9

29209044

12

1C012

Sulphur monochloride

3B12

10025-67-9

28121042

13

IC013

Sulphur dichloride

3B13

10545-99-0

28121043

14

IC014

Thionyl Chloride

3B14

2125597

28121047

15

IC015

Ethyldiethanolamine

3BI5

139-87-7

29221211

16

1C016

Methyldiethanolamine

3B16

105-59-9

29221212

17

IC017

Triethanolamine

3B17

102-71-6

29221300

Table 1

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.

Export of chemicals listed in Category 1C to the countries other than those specified in Table 1 shall be allowed only against an export authorisation. The exporter shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery. Further, applications for export of chemicals in this category to countries not Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) shall be submitted along with a Government signed End-Use-Certificate (EUC)".

2. Effect of this notification:

Export policy for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items has been amended.

(A.K. Bhalla)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/73/AM10/EC(S)]