Amendment/modification of SION Nos. H-206 and A-1687. - DGFT - 28/(RE-2010)/2009-2014

(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-I-SECTION-1) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 28/(RE-2010)/2009-2014 NEW DELHI: DATED: 11/02/2011 Subject:- Amendment/modification of SION Nos. H-206 and A-1687. In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 , the following amendments are made in the Handbook of Procedure Vol. II ( as stated in paragraph 1.1 of Vol.I): I. In SION No. H-206 of Plastic Product Group (Product Code H), following amendments are carried out: (A) In Import Items, Import Item No. 6 is amended to read as follows: Import Item No. 6 Qty. Antimony Trioxide OR Antimony Triacetate 0.00034 MT OR 0.00059 MT Rest of the items (either description or quantity permitted) remain same. (B) Following notes are inserted: Note 1: Import item at Serial Number 3 Isophthalic Acid can be replaced with Import item at Serial Number 1 Purified Terephthalic Acid upto a maximum of 0.045 MT. However, any increase / decrease in quantity of Isophthalic Acid will be adjusted from the quantity of Import item at Serial Number 1 Purified Terephthalic Acid and total quantity of Import item at Serial Number 1 Purified Terephthalic Acid and Import item at Serial Number 3 Isophthalic Acid will not exceed from the level of 0.8680 MT. Note 2: Import item at Serial Number 4 Diethylene Glycol may be allowed upto a maximum of 0.01 MT from the existing level of 0.008 MT for each increased/decreased quantity of 0.001MT Diethylene Glycol; the quantity of 0.00032 MT of Import item at Serial Number 1. Purified Terephthalic Acid and 0.0065 MT of Import item at Serial Number 2 Ethylene Glycol/Monoethylene Glycol (MEG) be decreased / increased from the quantities allowed in SION. Effect of this amendment: The exporter would be entitled for import of alternate Import Item namely Antimony Triacetate indicated at S.No. 6 of the amended SION No. H-206. The above facility has been extended subject to conditions vide Note 1 and 2 above. Allowing of alternate raw material would facilitate exporters for the manufacture of Polyester (PET) Chips for wide ranging applications depending upon the export requirement. - 2 - II. In SION No. A-1687 of Chemical Product Group (Product Code: A), in the description of Export Product, Import Item No. 1 and Import Item No. 2(a) amendments are carried as described below ( The other import items and their quantity remain unchanged) : Amendments in Export Product; Import Item No. 1 and Import Item No. 2(a): (A) Export Product : Export Product Qty. General Purpose Metal or Plastic Fitted/ Metal or Plastic Bonded / Metal or Plastic Un-bonded Rubber Parts (Moulded / Extruded) including Engine Mounting and Automotive parts 1 kg (B) S.No. 1 of Import Item : Import Item No. 1 Qty. Mild Steel Sheets/ Coil/ Plates/ Round /Strips OR Relevant Plastic Parts of relevant shape and size 1.30 kg/kg content in export product OR 1.01 No./No. content in export product (C) S.No. 2(a) of Import Item : Import Item No. 2(a) Qty. Relevant Natural Rubber/ Relevant Synthetic Rubber namely, EPDM/ SBR/PBR of relevant grade except SBR 1900 series i.e. HSR, depending upon the description of the product to be exported 0.63 kg/kg content of Rubber Compound in the export product Effect of this amendment: Replacement of steel and aluminium automobile parts with engineering plastics would help in reducing weight of automobile parts which in turn would help in increasing fuel efficiency. Sd/- (Anup K. Pujari) Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: [email protected] (Issued from F. No. 01/87/171/00003/AM11/DES-VII)