Amendment in Chapter 29 and Chapter 38 of ITC(HS), 2012 Schedule 1 (Import Policy) - 09 (RE–2013)/2009-2014 - Foreign Trade Policy

To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii) Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry Department of Commerce Udyog Bhawan Notification No 9 (RE 2013)/2009-2014 New Delhi, Dated: 22 nd April, 2013 Subject: Amendment in Chapter 29 and Chapter 38 of ITC(HS), 2012 Schedule 1 (Import Policy). S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992) , read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 , as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1 (Import Policy) : 2. Consequent to a review, import policy of the following items in Chapter 29 and Chapter 38 is revised from restricted to free as they are not Ozone Depleting Substances. After revision, the import policy is as under: Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions 2903 19 10 Tetrachloroethane Free 3824 78 00 Containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs)orhydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) Free 3. Import policy of the following items in Chapter 29 and Chapter 38 is revised from free to restricted as they are Ozone Depleting Substances. After revision, the import policy is as under: Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions 2903 19 20 Trichloroethane Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 1 below. 3808 91 22 Methyl bromide Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 3824 71 00 Containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), whether or not containing hydrochlorofluorocabons (HCFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 3824 72 00 Containing bromochlorodifluoromethane, bromotrifluoromethane or dibromotetrafluoro-ethanes Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 3824 73 00 Containing Hydrobromofluorocarbons (HBFCs) Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 3824 74 00 Containing Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), whether or not containing perfluorocarbons (PFCs) or hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 3824 75 00 Containing carbon tetrachloride Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 3824 76 00 Containing 1,1,1-trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 3824 77 00 Containing bromomethane (methyl bromide)or bromochloromethane Restricted Import permitted as per Policy Condition 3 below. 4. The following Policy Condition is inserted after Policy Condition 2 appended to Chapter 38 ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1 (Import Policy): (3) Import is permitted by actual users against a licence from a country which is a party to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer . List of countries which are parties to the Montreal Protocol (details can be accessed from website: www.unep.org/ozone) is in Appendix IV to this Schedule. However, import from countries, which are not parties to the Montreal Protocol is Prohibited . 5. Part A, B and C of Appendix IV to ITC (HS) 2012, Schedule 1 (Import Policy) have been revised and substituted as at Annexure to this Notification. 6. Effect of this Notification: Import of items containing Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) has been restricted and non-ODS items have been made free. A revised list of countries which are parties to the Montreal Protocol under Appendix IV to Schedule 1 is notified. Annexure: Part A (1 Page); Part B (1 Page) Part C (1 Page) (Anup K. Pujari) Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: [email protected] (Issued from 01/93/180/1036/AM-99/PC 2(A)) APPENDIX-IV APPENDIX-IV PART A (Reference Policy Condition 1 of Chapter 29 and Policy Condition No. 3 of Chapter 38 of this Schedule) List of Parties categorized as operating under Article 5 paragraph 1 of the Montreal Protocol Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil Brunei Darussalam Burkina Faso Burundi C te d'Ivoire Cambodia Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic 27. Chad 28. Chile 29. China 30. Colombia 31. Comoros 32. Congo 33. Cook Islands 34. Costa Rica 35. Croatia 36. Cuba 37. Democratic People's Republic of Korea 38. Democratic Republic of the Congo 39. Djibouti 40. Dominica 41. Dominican Republic 42. Ecuador 43. Egypt 44. El Salvador 45. Equatorial Guinea 46. Eritrea 47. Ethiopia 48. Fiji 49. Gabon 50. Gambia 51. Georgia 52. Ghana 53. Grenada 54. Guatemala 55. Guinea 56. Guinea-Bissau 57. Guyana 58. Haiti 59. Honduras 60. India 61. Indonesia 62. Iran (Islamic Republic of) 63. Iraq 64. Jamaica 65. Jordan 66. Kenya 67. Kiribati 68. Kuwait 69. Kyrgyzstan 70. Lao People's Democratic Republic 71. Lebanon 72. Lesotho 73. Liberia 74. Libya 75. Madagascar 76. Malawi 77. Malaysia 78. Maldives 79. Mali 80. Marshall Islands 81. Mauritania 82. Mauritius 83. Mexico 84. Micronesia (Federated States of) 85. Mongolia 86. Montenegro 87. Morocco 88. Mozambique 89. Myanmar 90. Namibia 91. Nauru 92. Nepal 93. Nicaragua 94. Niger 95. Nigeria 96. Niue 97. Oman 98. Pakistan 99. Palau 100. Panama 101. Papua New Guinea 102. Paraguay 103. Peru 104. Philippines 105. Qatar 106. Republic of Korea 107. Republic of Moldova 108. Rwanda 109. Saint Kitts and Nevis 110. Saint Lucia 111. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 112. Samoa 113. Sao Tome and Principe 114. Saudi Arabia 115. Senegal 116. Serbia 117. Seychelles 118. Sierra Leone 119. Singapore 120. Solomon Islands 121. Somalia 122. South Africa 123. Sri Lanka 124. Sudan 125. Suriname 126. Swaziland 127. Syrian Arab Republic 128. Thailand 129. The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 130. Timor-Leste 131. Togo 132. Tonga 133. Trinidad and Tobago 134. Tunisia 135. Turkey 136. Turkmenistan 137. Tuvalu 138. Uganda 139. United Arab Emirates 140. United Republic of Tanzania 141. Uruguay 142. Vanuatu 143. Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 144. Viet Nam 145. Yemen 146. Zambia 147. Zimbabwe APPENDIX-IV PART B List of Parties temporarily categorized as operating under Article 5 Paragraph 1 of the Montreal Protocol 1. South Sudan APPENDIX-IV PART C List of Parties categorized as operating under Article 2 of the Montreal Protocol Andorra Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bulgaria Canada Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia European Union Finland France Germany Greece Holy See Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Russian Federation Romania San Marino Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Ukraine United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States of America Uzbekistan