To be Published in 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. 39/2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated: 14th October, 2021

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy of Diagnostic kits — regarding

S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 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 following amendment in Notification No. 09/2015-20 dated 10.06.2020 and Notification No. 18/2015-20 dated 16.08.2021:

S. No

ITC HS Codes

Description

Existing Policy

Revised Policy

207 G

Ex3822

• VTM Kits and Reagents
• RNA Extraction Kits and reagents
• RT-PCR Kits and reagents

Restricted

Free

207 H

Ex39259099
Ex701790
Ex84199090
Ex90189099
Ex3822

15ml falcon tube or cryovials

Restricted

Free

207 I

Ex300590
Ex3822

Swabs sterile synthetic fibre swabs
(Nylon,Polyester, Rayon, or Dacron)

Restricted

Free

207 J

Ex90279090
Ex3822

Silicon columns

Restricted

Free

207 K

Ex38220090
Ex38220019

Poly adenylic Acid or Carrier RNA

Restricted

Free

207 L

Ex38220090
Ex38220019

Proteinase K

Restricted

Free

207 M

Ex9027
Ex3822

Magnetic stand

Restricted

Free

207 N

Ex38220090
Ex38220019

Beads

Restricted

Free

207 O

Ex38220090
Ex38220019

Probes
(specific for COVID-19 testing)

Restricted

Free

207 P Ex38220090
Ex38220019
Primers
(specific for COVID-19 testing)

Restricted

Free

207 Q Ex3507
Ex3822
Taq Polymerase enzyme

Restricted

Free

207 R Ex3507
Ex3822
Reverse transcriptase enzyme

Restricted

Free

207 S Ex2934
Ex3822
Deoxy nucleotide triphosphates

Restricted

Free

207 AC Ex3822
Ex3002
COVID-19 Rapid Antigen testing Kits

Restricted

Free

2. Effect of this Notification:

The export policy of all diagnostic kits and reagents (including instruments/apparatus), made 'Restricted' vide Notification No. 09/2015-20 dated 10.06.2020 and Notification No. 18/2015-20 dated 16.08.2021 is being made 'Free' with immediate effect.

(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, GoI
Email- dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC /Part-III/E-21044)