Addition of Vishakhapatnam port for import of new vehicles - 18/2015-2020 - Foreign Trade Policy

Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry Department of Commerce Udyog Bhawan Notification No.18/2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated the 12 July, 2018 Subject: Addition of Vishakhapatnam port for import of new vehicles. S.O.(E) - In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of FT (D R) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby amends the Import Policy Condition 2 to Chapter 87 of ITC(HS) 2017, Schedule 1 (Import Policy) as under: 2. Vishakhapatnam port is added to the existing list of 15 ports / ICDs through which import of new vehicles is permitted under Policy Condition 2(II) (d) of Chapter 87 of ITC (HS) 2017, Schedule 1 (Import Policy) . Accordingly, Policy Condition 2(ll) (d) of Chapter 87 is revised to read as under: The import of new vehicles shall be permitted only through the following Customs Ports. Seaports - (i) Nhava Sheva, (ii) Mumbai, (iii) Kolkata, (iv) Chennai, (v) Ennore, (vi) Cochin, (vii) Kattupalli, (viii) APM Terminals Pipavav, (ix) Krishnapatnam, (x) Vishakhapatnam; Airports- (xi) Mumbai Air Cargo Complex, (xii) Delhi Air Cargo, (xiii) Chennai Airport; and ICDs - (xiv) Telegaon Pune, (xv) Tughlakabad (xvi) Faridabad 3. Effect of this notification: Vishakhapatnam port is being added to the list of 15 existing ports/ICDs, thereby taking the total number of ports/ICDs to 16, for importing new vehicles. (Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi) Director General of Foreign Trade [Issued from 01/89/180/14/AM-10/PC-2[A] / e-1243]