Natural Or Cultured Pearls, Precious Or Semi-Precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad With Precious Metal And Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin - DGFT - Export Policy, 2022 - (New - ITC (HS) based) - SCHEDULE- 2

ITC(HS), 2022 Schedule 2 Export Policy Section XIV, NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS, PRECIOUS OR SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES, PRECIOUS METALS, METALS CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL AND ARTICLES THEREOF; IMITATION JEWELLERY; COIN Chapter 71 Natural Or Cultured Pearls, Precious Or Semi-Precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad With Precious Metal And Articles Thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin. Main Notes Sl.No. Notes Notification Date Notification No 1 Subject to Note 1 (a) to Section VI and except as provided below, all articles consisting wholly or partly: (a) of natural or cultured pearls or of precious of semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed); or (b) of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal, are to be classified in this Chapter. 2 (A) Headings 7113, 7114 and 7112.5 do not cover articles in which precious metal or metal clad with precious metal is present as minor constituents only, such as minor fittings or minor ornamentation (for example, monograms, ferrules and rims) and paragraph (b) of the foregoing Note does not apply to such articles. (B) Heading 7116 does not cover articles containing precious metal or metal clad with precious metal (other than as minor constituents). 3 This Chapter does not cover: (a) amalgams of precious metal, or colloidal precious metal (heading 2843); (b) sterile surgical suture materials, dental fillings or other goods of Chapter 30; (c) goods of Chapter 32 (for example, lusters); (d) supported catalysts (heading 3812.5); (e) articles of heading 4202 or 4203 referred to in Note 2 (B) to Chapter 42; (f) articles of heading 4303 or 4304; (g) goods of Section XI (textiles and textile articles); (h) footwear, headgear or other articles of Chapter 64 or 65; (ij) umbrellas, walking-sticks or other articles of Chapter 66; (k) abrasive goods of heading 6804 or 6805 or Chapter 82, containing dust or powder of precious or semi-precious stones (natural or synthetic); articles of Chapter 82 with a working part of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed); machinery, mechanical appliances or electrical goods, or parts thereof, of Section XVI. However, articles and parts thereof, wholly of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) remain classified in this Chapter, except unmounted worked sapphires and diamonds for styli (heading 8522); (l) articles of Chapter 90, 91 or 92 (scientific instruments, clocks and watches, musical instruments); (m) arms or parts thereof (Chapter 93); (n) articles covered by Note 2 to Chapter 95; (o) articles classified in Chapter 96 by virtue of Note 4 to that Chapter; or (p) original sculptures or statutory (heading 9703), collectors pieces (heading 9705) or antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years (heading 9706), other than natural or cultured pearls or precious or semi-precious stones. 4 (A) The expression precious metal means silver, gold and platinum. (B)The expression platinum means platinum, iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodiumand ruthenium. (C) The expression precious or semi-precious-stones does not include any of the substances specified in Note 2 (b) to Chapter 96. 5 For the purposes of this Chapter, any alloy (including a sintered mixture and an inter-metallic compound) containing precious metal is to be treated as an alloy of precious metal if any one precious metal constitutes as much as 2% by weight, of the alloy. Alloys of precious metal are to be classified according to the following rules: (a) an alloy containing 2% or more, by weight, of platinum is to be treated as an alloy of platinum; (b) an alloy containing 2% or more, by weight, of gold but not platinum, or less than 2% by weight, of platinum, is to be treated as an alloy of gold; (c) other alloys containing 2% or more, by weight, of silver are to be treated as alloys of silver. 6 Except where the context otherwise requires, any reference in this Schedule to precious metal or to any particular precious metal includes a reference to alloys treated as alloys of precious metal or of the particular metal in accordance with the rules in Note 5 above, but not to metal clad with precious metal or to base metal or non-metals plated with precious metal. 7 Throughout this Schedule, the expression metal clad with precious metal means material made with a base of metal upon one or more surfaces of which there is affixed by soldering, brazing, welding, hot rolling or similar mechanical means a covering of precious metal. Except where the context otherwise requires, the expression also covers base metal inlaid with precious metal. 8 8 Subject to Note 1 (a) to Section VI, goods answering to a description in heading 7112 are to be classified in that heading and in no other heading of this Schedule. 9 For the purposes of heading 7113, the expression articles of jewellery means: (a) any small objects of personal adornment (for example, rings, bracelets, necklaces, brooches, earrings, watch-chains, fobs, pendants, tie-pins, cuff-links, dress-studs, religious or other medals and insignia); and (b) articles of personal use of a kind normally carried in the pocket, in the handbag or on the person (for example, cigar or cigarette cases, snuff boxes, cachou or pill boxes, powder boxes, chain purses or prayer beads). These articles may be combined or set, for example, with natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious-stones, synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious-stones, tortoise shell, mother of-pearl, ivory, natural or reconstituted amber, jet or coral. 10 For the purposes of heading 7114, the expression articles of goldsmiths or silversmiths wares includes such articles as ornaments, table-ware, toilet-ware, smokers-requisites and other articles of household, office or religious use. 11 For the purposes of heading 7117, the expression imitation jewellery means articles of jewellery within the meaning of paragraph (a) of Note 9 above (but not including buttons or other articles of heading 9606, or dress-combs, hair-slides or the like, or hairpins, of heading 9612.5), not incorporating natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) nor (except as plating or as minor constituents) precious metal or metal clad with precious metal. Sub-Heading Notes Sl.No. Notes Notification Date Notification No 1 For the purposes of sub-headings 7106 10, 7108 11, 7110 11, 7110 21, 7110 31 and 7110 41, the expressions powder and in powder form mean products of which 90% or more by weight passes through a sieve having a mesh aperture of 0.5 mm. 2 Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter Note 4(B), for the purposes of sub-headings 7110 11 and 7110 19, the expression platinum does not include iridium, osmium, palladium, rhodiumor rutheniu. 3 For the classification of alloys in the sub-headings of heading 7110, each alloy isto be classified with that metal, platinum, palladium, rhodium, iridium, osmium or ruthenium which predominates by weight over each other of these metals. Supplementary Notes Sl.No. Notes Notification Date Notification No 1 For the purposes of heading 7104, Diamonds means- (a) chemically produced stones which have essentially the same chemical composition and crystal structure as a particular natural diamond and are produced using various methods including High Pressure High Temperature method (HPHT) and Chemical Vapour Deposition method (CVD); or (b) stones obtained artificially by various means, e.g., agglomerating, pressing or fusing together (usually with the aid of a blow pipe) fragments of natural diamonds which have generally been reduced to a powder. Policy Condition Sl.No. Notes Notification Date Notification No 1 No export of rough diamond shall be permitted unless accompanied by Kimberley Process (KP) Certificate as specified by Gem Jewellery EPC (GJEPC). 2 Export authorization from Department of Atomic Energy would be required for export of items in Category-0(Nuclear materials, nuclear-related other materials, equipment and technology) of SCOMET. Product Description and Export Policy Itc(hs) Code. Description Export Policy Policy Condition 7101 Pearls, natural or cultured, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; pearls, natural or cultured, temporarily strung for convenience of transport. 710110 Natural pearls 71011010 Unworked Free 71011020 Worked Free 71012100 Cultured pearls : -- Unworked Free 71012200 Cultured pearls : -- Worked Free 7102 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or set. 71021000 Unsorted Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 710221 Industrial : -- Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted 71022110 Sorted Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 71022120 Unsorted Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 710229 Industrial : -- Other 71022910 Crushed Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 71022990 Other Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 71023100 Non-industrial : -- Unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 710239 Non-industrial : -- Other 71023910 Diamond, cut or otherwise worked but not mounted or set Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 71023990 Other Free Subject to Policy Condition 1 of the Chapter. 7103 Precious stones (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded precious stones (other than diamonds) and semiprecious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport. 710310 Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped 71031031 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species: ----Emerald Free 71031032 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species: ---- Yellow/golden/pink/red/green beryl Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter. 71031033 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species: ---- Chrysoberyl (including chrysoberyl cat s eye) Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter. 71031034 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species: ---- Alexandrite (including alexandrite cat s eye) Free 71031039 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species: ---- Other Free 71031041 Precious or semi-precious stones of Corundum and Feldspar mineralogical species: ---- Ruby Free 71031042 Precious or semi-precious stones of Corundum and Feldspar mineralogical species: ---- Sapphire Free 71031043 Precious or semi-precious stones of Corundum and Feldspar mineralogical species: ---- Moonstone Free 71031049 Precious or semi-precious stones of Corundum and Feldspar mineralogical species: ---- Other Free 71031051 Precious or semi-precious stones of Garnet and Lazurite mineralogical species: ---- Garnet Free 71031052 Precious or semi-precious stones of Garnet and Lazurite mineralogical species: ---- Lapis-lazuli Free 71031059 Precious or semi-precious stones of Garnet and Lazurite mineralogical species: ---- Other Free 71031061 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Prehnite Free 71031062 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Agate Free 71031063 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Aventurine Free 71031064 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Chalcedony Free 71031069 Precious or semi-precious stones of Tourmaline and Zoisite mineralogical species: - --- Tourmaline Free 71031071 Tourmaline Free 71031072 Precious or semi-precious stones of Tourmaline and Zoisite mineralogical species: - --- Tanzanite Free 71031079 Precious or semi-precious stones of Tourmaline and Zoisite mineralogical species: - --- Other Free 71031090 Other Free 710391 Otherwise worked : -- Rubies, sapphires and emeralds 71039110 Ruby Free 71039120 Sapphire Free 71039130 Emeralds Free 710399 Otherwise worked : -- Other 71039911 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species, other than Emerald :---- Yellow/golden/pink/red/green beryl Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter. 71039912 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species, other than Emerald : ---- Chrysoberyl (including chrysoberyl cat s eye) Free Subject to Policy Condition 2 of the Chapter. 71039913 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species, other than Emerald : ---- Alexandrite (including alexandrite cat s eye) Free 71039919 Precious or semi-precious stones of Beryl and Chrysoberyl mineralogical species, other than Emerald : ---- Other Free 71039921 Precious or semi-precious stones of Corundum and Feldspar mineralogical species, other than Ruby and Sapphire : ---- Moonstone Free 71039929 Precious or semi-precious stones of Corundum and Feldspar mineralogical species, other than Ruby and Sapphire : ---- Other Free 71039931 Precious or semi-precious stones of Garnet and Lazurite mineralogical species: ---- Garnet Free 71039932 Precious or semi-precious stones of Garnet and Lazurite mineralogical species: ---- Lapis-lazuli Free 71039939 Precious or semi-precious stones of Garnet and Lazurite mineralogical species: ---- Other Free 71039941 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Prehnite Free 71039942 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Agate Free 71039943 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Aventurine Free 71039944 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Chalcedony Free 71039949 Precious or semi-precious stones of Prehnite and Quartz mineralogical species: ---- Other Free 71039951 Precious or semi-precious stones of Tourmaline and Zoisite mineralogical species: ---- Tourmaline Free 71039952 Precious or semi-precious stones of Tourmaline and Zoisite mineralogical species:-- -- Tanzanite Free 71039959 Precious or semi-precious stones of Tourmaline and Zoisite mineralogical species: - --- Other Free 71039990 Other Free 7104 Synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, whether or not worked or graded but not strung, mounted or set; ungraded synthetic or reconstructed precious or semi-precious stones, temporarily strung for convenience of transport. 71041000 Piezo-electric quartz Free 710421 Diamonds: 71042110 Industrial Free 71042120 Non-industrial Free 71042900 Other, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped: - - Other Free 710491 Diamonds: 71049110 Industrial Free 71049120 Non-industrial Free 71049900 Other: - - Other Free 7105 Dust and powder of natural or synthetic precious or semi- semiprecious stones. 710510 Of Diamonds: 71051010 Of heading 7102 Free 71051020 Of heading 7104 Free 71059000 Other Free 7106 Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum), unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form. 71061000 Powder Free 710691 Other :-- Unwrought: 71069110 Grains Free 71069190 Other Free 710692 Other : -- Semi-manufactured 71069210 Sheets, plates, strips, tubes and pipes Free 71069220 Bar Free 71069290 Other Free 71070000 Base metals clad with silver, not further worked than semi-manufactured. Free 7108 Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form. 71081100 Non-monetary : -- Powder Free 71081200 Non-monetary : -- Other unwrought forms Free 71081300 Non-monetary : -- Other semi-manufactured forms Free 71082000 Monetary Free 71090000 Base metals or silver, clad with gold, not further worked than semi-manufactured. Free 7110 Platinum, unwrought or in semi-manufactured forms, or in powder form. 711011 Platinum : -- Unwrought or in powder form 71101110 Unwrought form Free 71101120 In powder form Free 71101900 Platinum : -- Other Free 71102100 Palladium : -- Unwrought or in powder form Free 71102900 Palladium : -- Other Free 71103100 Rhodium : -- Unwrought or in powder form Free 71103900 Rhodium : -- Other Free 71104100 Iridium, osmium and ruthenium : -- Unwrought or in powder form Free 71104900 Iridium, osmium and ruthenium : -- Other Free 71110000 Base metals, silver or gold, clad with platinum, not further worked than semi-manufactured. Free 7112 WASTE AND SCRAP OF PRECIOUS METAL OR OF METAL CLAD WITH PRECIOUS METAL; OTHER WASTE AND SCRAP CONTAINING PRECIOUS METAL OR PRECIOUS METAL COMPOUNDS, OF A KIND USED PRINCIPALLY FOR THE RECOVERY OF PRECIOUS METAL OTHER THAN GOODS OF HEADING 8549 71123000 Ash containing precious metal or precious metal compounds Free 71129100 Other : -- Of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals Free 71129200 Other : -- Of platinum, including metal clad with platinum but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals Free 711299 Other : -- Other 71129910 Of silver, including metal clad with silver but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals Free 71129920 Sweepings containing gold or silver Free 71129990 Other Free 7113 Articles of jewellery and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal. 711311 Of precious metal whether or not plated or clad with precious metal : -- Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal 71131110 Jewellery with filigree work Free 71131141 Other Jewellery: ----Unstudded Free 71131142 Other Jewellery: ----Studded with pearls Free 71131143 Other Jewellery: ----Studded with diamonds of heading 7102 Free 71131144 Other Jewellery: ----Studded with diamonds of heading 7104 Free 71131145 Other Jewellery: ----Studded with other precious and semi-precious stones Free 71131149 Other Jewellery: ----Other Free 71131190 Parts Free 711319 Of precious metal whether or not plated or clad with precious metal : -- Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal 71131911 Of gold: ----Unstudded Free 71131912 Of gold: ----Studded with pearls Free 71131913 Of gold: ----Studded with diamonds of heading 7102 Free 71131914 Of gold: ----Studded with diamonds of heading 7104 Free 71131915 Of gold :----Studded with other precious and semi-precious stones Free 71131919 Of gold :----Other Free 71131921 Of platinum :----Unstudded Free 71131922 Of platinum :----Studded with pearls Free 71131923 Of platinum :----Studded with diamonds of heading 7102 Free 71131924 Of platinum :----Studded with diamonds of heading 7104 Free 71131925 Of platinum :----Studded with other precious and semi-precious stones Free 71131929 Of platinum :----Other Free 71131960 Parts Free 71131990 Other Free 71132000 Of base metal clad with precious metal Free 7114 Articles of goldsmiths or silversmiths wares and parts thereof, of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal. 711411 Of precious metal whether or not plated or clad with precious metal : -- Of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal 71141110 Articles Free 71141120 Parts Free 711419 Of precious metal whether or not plated or clad with precious metal : -- Of other precious metal, whether or not plated or clad with precious metal 71141910 Articles of gold Free 71141920 Articles of platinum Free 71141930 Parts Free 711420 Of base metal clad with precious metal : 71142010 Articles clad with gold Free 71142020 Other articles Free 71142030 Parts Free 7115 Other articles of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal 71151000 Catalysts in the form Of wire cloth or grill, Of platinum Free 711590 Other 71159010 Laboratory and industrial articles of precious metal Free 71159020 Spinnerets made mainly of gold Free 71159090 Other Free 7116 Articles of natural or cultured pearls, precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed). 71161000 Of natural or cultured pearls Free 71162000 Of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or reconstructed) Free 7117 Imitation jewellery. 71171100 Of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal : -- Cuff-links and studs Free 711719 Of base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal : -- Other 71171910 Bangles Free 71171920 German silver jewellery Free 71171990 Other Free 711790 Other 71179010 Jewellery studded with imitation pearls or imitation or synthetic stones Free 71179090 Other Free 7118 Coin. 71181000 Coin (Other than gold Coin), not being legal tender Free 71189000 Other Free