(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.36/2015-2020
                            Dated: 6th October, 2020                           

Subject: Amendments in Export Policy of Personal  Protection Equipments/ Masks

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 2.0 1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes following amendment in the Notification No. 29 dated 25.08.2020 amending the Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy 2018 related to the export of Personal Protection Equipments / Masks, as under:

Serial Number

ITC HS Codes

Description

 Present Policy

Revised Policy

207A

 9020
392690
621790
630790

Following Personal Protection Equipments  (PPEs) exported either as part of kits or as individual items -  
N95/ FFP2 masks or its equivalent

Restricted

Free

2. Effect of this Notification:

Notification No. 29 dated 25.08.2020 is amended to the extent that the export policy of N-95/FFP-2 masks or its equivalent is amended from “Restricted” to “Free” category making all types of masks Freely exportable.

(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade lx-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/ 180/21/AM20/EC/E-21933)