Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan
New Delhi
Dated: 20th July, 2020
Trade Notice No.: 18 /2020-21
To,
1. All Members of the Trade
2. All DGFT RAs
3. All Custom Authorities
Subject: Revised Procedure and Criteria for submission and approval of
applications for export of PPE Medical Coveralls for COVID-19
Reference is invited to the DGFT Notification to. 16 dated 29.06.2020
restricting the export of PPE medical coveralls for COVID-19 and fixing the
export quota of 50 Lakh PPE Coverall Units per month. The detailed procedure and
criteria for submission of applications for export of PPE medical coveralls was
outlined in the Trade Notice to. 17 dated 29.06.2020.
2. All the applications received from 1st to 3rd July,
2020 were examined and none of the applications fulfilled the criteria specified
in the Trade Notice No. 17 dated 29.06.2020. All the applications, therefore,
have been found ineligible for allocation of export quota.
3. The application procedure and criteria for export of PPE Medical Coveralls
for COVID- 19 has been revised and exporters arc invited to file fresh online
applications for export of PPE medical Coveralls for COVID-19 as outlined below:
I. Export of only 50 Lakh units of PPE medical coveralls for Covid- 19' will be
allowed every month.
II. Exporters may apply online through DGFT’s DCOM system for Export
authorizations (Non-SCOMET Restricted items) Please refer Trade Notice No. 50
dated 18.03. 2019. There is no need to send any hard copy of the application
via mail or post.
III. For the month of July, 2020, online applications for export of “PPE
medical coveralls for Covid-19” as per revised criteria filed from 22nd
to 24th July will be considered.
iv For August onwards, applications for export of “ PPE medical coveralls for
Covid- 19” filed from 1st to 3rd day of each month will be
considered for the quota of that month.
V All the applications will be examined as per the Para 2.72 of Handbook of
procedures.
VI. Validity of the export license will be for 3 months only.
VII. The following eligibility criteria will be applicable for issuance
of Export licenses:
a) Copy of Purchase order/Invoice to be submitted by the firm.
b) Finn shall submit a Chartered Engineer's certificate certifying that the
fabrics used in the PPE medical coverall were manufactured in India.
c) Only one application per IEC will be considered during the month.
d) A Copy of IEC of the firm.
c) One of the following documents to be submitted:
• Copy of BIS Certificate for IS 17423 : 2020 for coveralls for COVID- 19
OR
• Copy of Certificate for ISO 16603 Exposure level 3/16604 Exposure level 2 for
Coveralls obtained from an NABCB accredited body/notified body of the importing
country.
f. All the documents must be duly self-attested by the authorized person of the
VI. All the relevant documents as specified above must be submitted along with
the application to verify the eligibility criteria. Incomplete applications will
not be considered for any allocation. Any application received through email or
submitted outside the timeline specified will not be considered.
3. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority.
(Nitish Suri)
Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: nitish.suri@nic.in
(Issued from File to.
01/91/180/21/AM20/FC/E-20473)
1.Refer Vide:- Trade Notice No. : 24 /2020-21 dated 06.08.2020