Correction / Amendments in Table 2 of Appendix 3B Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 - DGFT - 22/2015-2020

Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Public Notice No.22/2015-2020 New Delhi, dated: 31 st August, 2017 Subject: Corrections/Amendments in Table 2 of Appendix 3B Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20. In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following corrections/ amendments in Table 2 of Appendix 3B (notified through Public Notice No.61 dated 07.03.2017 and subsequently amended through Public Notice No.17 dated 22.08.2017 ). The changes under this Public Notice shall be applicable for exports w.e.f 01.01.2017: 2. The existing ITC (HS) Codes/ Product description are corrected as below: SI. No as per Public Notice 61 dated 07.032017 Existing ITC (HS) Code as per PN 61/07.03.2017 Exsiting product Description as per PN 61/07.03.207 Corrected ITC(HS) Code as per ITC(HS) 2017 Corrected Description as per ITC (HS) 2017 25 03028930 pomfret 03028930 Pomfret MEIS Benefits Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 49 03038950 Pomfret (White or silver or black) 03038950 Pomfret (White or Silver or Black) MEIS Benefits subject To Export Policy Restrictions 3918 61044400 of artificial Fibres, whichever is higher 61044400 Of artificial fibres 3923 61045300 of Synthetic Fibres , whichever is higher 61045300 Of synthetic fibres 6694 85043400 Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 650 kva 85043400 Having a power handling capacity not exceeding 500 kva 82 03061100 Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.) 03061100 Frozen Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.). MEIS Benefits Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 83 03061210 Whole, cooked 03061210 Frozen-Whole, cooked. MEIS Benefit Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 84 03061400 Crabs 03061400 Frozen Crabs. MEIS Benefits Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 85 03061500 Norway lobsters (Nehrops norvegicus) 03061500 Frozen Norway lobsters (Nehrops norvegicus) 86 03061610 Accelerated Freeze Dried AFD 03061610 Accelerated Freeze Dried AFD -Frozen 91 03061900 Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption 03061900 Frozen- Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of crustaceans, fit for human consumption 92 03061400 Crabs 03063300 Crabs- Live, fresh or chilled. MEIS Benefits Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 93 03063500 Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon) 03063500 Cold-water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Crangon crangon)-Live, Fresh or Chilled 95 03071900 Other 03071900 Other Oysters 96 03072100 Live, fresh or chilled 03072100 Scalops Chlamys Live Frsh/Chld 97 03072900 Other 03072900 Scalops Chlamys Othr Than Live Frsh/Chlld 103 03074910 Cuttle fish 03074330 Squid Tubes Frozen 104 03074920 Whole squids, frozen 03074320 Whole Squids Frozen 105 03074990 Other 030743 10 Frozen Cuttle Fish 106 03075900 Other 03075900 Other- MEIS Benefits Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 108 03077900 Other 03077900 Other Clam, Cockles 110 03081900 Other 03081900 Other Sea Cucumbers 685 22029020 Fruit Pulp or Fruit Juice Based Drinks 22029920 Fruit Pulp or Fruit Juice Based Drinks 686 22029090 Other 22029990 Other 1731 30044970 Theophylline and ephedrine 30044970 Theophylline 2779 401 17000 Other kinds of Tyres Used on Agri or forestry Vehicle/Machines 40119000 Other kinds of Tyres Used on Agri or forestry Vehicle/Machines 2780 40118000 Other kind of tyres used on Constrn or Industrial vehicle/machines with Rim size less than 61 cm. 40119000 Other kind of tyres used on Constrn or Industrial vehicle/machines 2781 40118000 Other kind of tyres used on Constrn or industrial vehicles/machines with rim size more than 61 Cm. 40119000 Other kind oftyres used on Constrn or industrial vehicles/machines 2935 44109090 Other 44109040 Veneer particle board of Coir 2936 44109090 Other 44109090 Veneer particle board of Jute 2965 44219190 Other 44219990 Other Articles Of Wood 3278 520931 10 Lungis 52095110 Lungis 3389 53110019 Other 53110015 Of coir including Log form and Geo textiles 3643 56029000 Other 56029010 Of Rubberised Coir, Neddled Felt 3730 57039090 Other 57039090 Carpets and floor covering of Coir 4246 63022900 Of other textile materials 63022100 other bed linen, printed : of cotton 4974 72251900 Other 72251900 Hot Rolled/Cold Rolled 4975 72251900 Other MEIS Entry Deleted 7714 94038100 Of bamboo or rattan 94038200 of bamboo 3. The ITC (HS) Classification had been revised w.e.f 01.01.2017. The ITC(HS) Codes/Export products as per ITC(HS) 2012 which were covered in Table 2 of Appendix 3B of FTP 2015-20 were harmonised with the ITC(HS) Codes/Export products of ITC(HS) 2017 on 07.03.2017. Subsequently, it has come to the notice of this Directorate that some of the HS Codes of 2012 had been bifurcated and subdivided/slightly undergone description changes. In order to provide coverage to all such products which were eligible for benefits as per ITC (HS) 2012, amendment is being made to Table 2 of Appendix 3B of FTP 2015-20 as notified on 07.03.2017 and modified on 22.08.2017 by providing coverage to the following products under ITC(HS) 2017 . The benefit under MEIS to the following items will for exports w.e.f. 01.01.2017 MEIS Sl. No. Code as per ITC(HS) 2017 Description as per ITC (HS) 2017 MEIS Rate 7996 03049600 Dog fish and other sharks. MEIS Benefits subject to export policy restrictions 5 7997 03049700 Rays and skates (Rajidae). MEIS Benefits subject to export policy restrictions 5 7998 03055200 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurusspp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus spp., Carassius spp., Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus, Catla catla, Labeo spp., Osteochilus hasselti, Leptobarbus hoeveni, Megalobrama spp.), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.) 5 7999 03055300 Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and Muraenolepididae, other than cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus macrocephalus) 5 8000 03055400 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), anchovies(Engraulis spp.), sardines (sardines pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella spp.), brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber australasicus, Scomber japonicus), Indian mackerels (Rastrelliger spp.), seerfishes (Scomberomorus spp.), jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), jacks, crevalles (Caranx spp.), cobia (Rachycentron canadum), silver pomfrets (Pampus spp.), Pacific saury (Cololabis saira), scads (Decapterus spp.), capelin (Mallotus villosus), Sword fish (Xiphias gladius), Kawakawa (Euthynnus affinis), bonitos (Sarda spp.), marlins, sailfishes, spearfish (Istiophoridae) 5 8001 03069300 Other Crabs. MEIS Benefits Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 5 8002 03071200 Frozen Oysters 5 8003 03072200 Frozen Scalops Chlamys 5 8004 03073200 Frozen Mussels 5 8005 03074910 Other Cuttle Fish 5 8006 03075200 Frozen Octopus . MEIS Benefits Subject To Export Policy Restrictions 5 8007 03077200 Frozen Clam, Cockles Etc. 5 8008 03081200 Frozen Sea Cucumbers 2 8009 08052200 Clementines 5 8010 08052900 Other 5 8011 30044100 Ephedrine 3 8012 87021012 Integrated monocoque vehicle, non-air conditioned 2 8013 94038300 of rattan 5 Effect of Public Notice: - Certain corrections have been made to Table 2 of Appendix 3B of FTP 2015-20 in line with the ITC(HS) codes 2017 for exports made w.e.f 01.01.2017. (Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi) Director General of Foreign Trade (Issued from File No. 01/61/180/178/AM17/PC-3)