(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
New Delhi
Notification No. 53 /2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated: 24 March 2020
Subject: - Amendment in
Export Policy of Ventilators including any artificial respiratory apparatus or
oxygen therapy apparatus or any other breathing appliance/device and Sanitizers.
S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with
Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government
hereby makes the following amendments:
A. Serial No. 207 B of the Schedule 2 of the ITCHS Export Policy in the
Notification No. 52 dated 19.03.2020 related to export of Ventilators is amended
as follows, with immediate effect:
|
S.No |
ITC HS Codes |
Description |
Policy |
|
207 B |
ex9018 |
All Ventilators including any artificial respiratory apparatus or oxygen therapy apparatus or any other breathing appliance/device. |
2[Free] old[Prohibited] |
B. The Export Policy related to the export of Sanitizers is amended as follows, with immediate effect:
|
S.No |
ITC HS Codes |
Description |
Present Policy |
Revised Policy |
|
207 D |
1[ex3004
ex3401 ex3402 380894] old[ex3401 |
1[Alcohol Based Hand Sanitizers] old[Sanitizers] |
Free |
Prohibited |
2. The provision under Para 1.05 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 regarding transitional arrangement is not applicable for this notification.
3. Effect of this Notification:
The Serial No. 207 B of the
Schedule 2 of the ITCHS Export Policy as specified in the Notification No. 52
dated 19.03.2020 is amended to the extent that the export of all
ventilators'including any artificial respiratory apparatus or oxygen therapy
apparatus or any other breathing appliance/device falling under any ITCHS Code,
including the ITCHS Codes mentioned above, is prohibited, with immediate effect.
The export of all Sanitizers falling under any ITCHS Code, including the ITCHS
Codes mentioned above, is prohibited, with immediate effect.
The transitional arrangement under Para 1.05 of the FTP shall not be applicable.
(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from file No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC)
1Substituted Vide: Notification No.04/2015-2020 Dated 06.05.2020
2 Substituted Vide: Notification No.23/2015-2020 Dated 04.08.2020