Amendment in Policy for General Authorisation for Export of Chemicals and related Equipments (GAEC) - Paragraph 10.08 (ix) in the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 amended - 12/2023 - Foreign Trade Policy

Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan Notification No. 12/2023 New Delhi, Dated 19 th June, 2023 Subject:- Amendment in Paragraph 10.08 (ix) in the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 to amend the Policy for General Authorisation for Export of Chemicals and related Equipments (GAEC). S.O. 2690(E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and Section 14A of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 , as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023 , as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby amends Para 10.08(ix) of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2023 as under: Existing Paragraph Revised Paragraph 10.08(ix) General Authorization for export of Chemicals and related equipments(GAEC) except software and technology : Export of chemicals (Excluding Software and Technology) listed in 1C,1D, 3D001 and 3D004 sub-categories is allowed to Australian Group(AG) countries and those listed in 1E sub-category allowed for export to State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) on the basis of a onetime General authorization for export of Chemicals and related equipments (GAEC) issued by DGFT with one time validity of 5 years subject to the post export reporting of all the exports done under the authorisation. 10.08(ix) General Authorization for export of Chemicals and related equipments (GAEC) except software and technology : Export of Chemicals (excluding Software and Technology) for export to specified countries as listed in Paragraph 10.16 of Handbook of Procedure is allowed on the basis of a one time General Authorization for Export of Chemicals and related equipment (GAEC) issued by DGFT with one time validity of 5 years subject to the post export reporting of all the exports done under the authorisation. Effect of this Notification : Para 10.08(ix) of FTP has been amended to provide reference to Para 10.16 of HBP 2023 for chemicals covered under GAEC. (Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India E-mail: [email protected] Issued from File No. 01/91/180/01/AM22/EC(S)