Eximkey - India Export Import Policy 2004 2013 Exim Policy
APPENDIX-3

List of Special Chemicals, Organisms , Materials , Equipment and Technologies permitted for export against the export licences issued in this behalf

Note: Please see the Policy stated at Code No. 0005 in Table A of Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import items

Export of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) listed below shall be permitted only against an export license issued in this behalf unless it is prohibited or permitted without a licence subject to fulfillment of conditions, if any, as indicated under/against any specific category or item.

    Note 1: Export or attempt to export in violation of any of the conditions of license to export shall, inter alia, and without prejudice to prosecution under any other Act for the time being in force, invite criminal prosecution under the Customs Act, 1962.

    Note 2: Export of items listed in this schedule, (other than those listed under Categories 0, 1 and 2) solely for the purposes of display/exhibition abroad are subject to condition of re-import within a period not exceeding six months from the date of exports. Exporters are entitled to apply for a standard SCOMET export license for such items exhibited abroad if offered for sale during the exhibition abroad. Such sale shall not take place without a valid SCOMET license.

    Exhibition licenses will not require any end-use/end-user certifications.
    (No exhibition licences shall be issued for items under categories 0, 1 and 2)

    Note 3: The export of items in Category 2 of this list may also be controlled by other applicable guidelines issued from time-to-time. Exporters of items in this category are advised to seek guidance from the DGFT.

    Note 4: Destination License: Exporters are entitled to apply for a ‘destination license’ for countries and/or group of countries for export to which only re-export conditionalities need be imposed. Exporters may also request that only such conditions need be imposed as are the subject of government-to-government instruments of accord over export of some or all SCOMET items.
Category 0: Nuclear materials, facilities and related equipment

Note: The licensing authority for items in this category is the Department of Atomic Energy. Export of these items is regulated under Sections 14 & 16 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and rules framed, and notifications/orders issued thereunder from time-to-time by the Department of Atomic Energy. An application for licenses to export prescribed equipment or/and prescribed substances shall be made in writing to the Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Anushakti Bhavan, Chatrapathi Shivaji Marg, Mumbai - 400 001.
 
0A Prescribed substances
 
0A001 Uranium, its compounds and minerals/ores/concentrates containing uranium including tailings containing uranium.
 
0A002 Thorium, its compounds and minerals/concentrates containing thorium including monazite.
 
0A003 Zirconium, its alloys and compounds and minerals/concentrates including zircon.
 
0A004 Beryllium, its compounds and its minerals/concentrates including beryl but excluding beryllium windows used for medical x-ray machines and gamma ray machines.
 
0A005 Lithium, its compounds and its minerals/concentrates including lepidolite.
 
0A006 Deuterium and its compounds (including Heavy Water)
 
0A007 Plutonium and its compounds.
 
0A008 Neptunium and its compounds.
 
0A009 Columbite and Tantalite.
 
0A010 Titanium ores and concentrates (ilmenite, rutile, and leucoxene)
 
0A011 Nuclear grade graphite
 
0A012 Tritium and its compounds.
 
0B Prescribed equipment
 
0B001 Nuclear reactors; associated equipment, components and systems specially designed or adapted or used or intended to be used in such reactors.
 
0B002 Plants for processing of Prescribed Substances, associated equipment, components and systems specially designed or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants.
 
0B003 Plants for reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel and plants for treatment of radioactive wastes from nuclear reactors or from plants for processing Prescribed Substances or from nuclear reprocessing plants, associated equipment, components and systems specially designed or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants.
 
0B004 Plants or systems for production, handling, storage and transportation of radioisotopes in quantities exceeding 100 Curies (3.7 x 1012 (ten-raised-to-the-power-twelve) Becquerel).
 
0B005 Equipment specially used for handling, storage and transportation of:

a) radioactive wastes from nuclear reactors or from plants for processing Prescribed Substances or from nuclear reprocessing plants;

b) irradiated nuclear fuel;

c) plutonium;

d) plutonium containing fuel.
 
0B006 All systems, associated equipment and components for use in isotope enrichment.
 
0B007 All systems, associated equipment and components for the manufacture of nuclear fuel.
 
0B008 Neutron generators including neutron chain reacting assemblies and fusion assemblies of all kinds for producing fissile materials.
 
0B009 High power lasers giving an output in excess of 10 joules in a pulse duration less than 100 pico seconds, or an oscillator-amplifier laser chain capable of delivering greater than 500 joules in 1 nano second.
 
Category 1: Toxic chemical agents and other chemicals:
1A Export of the following chemicals is prohibited:
(This corresponds to Schedule 1 to the Chemical Weapons Convention)
Note: Where reference is made below to groups of dialkylated chemicals, followed by a list of alkyl groups in parentheses, all chemicals possible by all possible combinations and alkyl groups listed in parentheses are considered prohibited unless explicitly exempted.

(1) O-Alky((Me, Et,n-Pr or I-Pr) phosphonofluoridates

e.g. Sarin: O-Isopropy1 methylphosphonofluoridate
Soman: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate

(2) O-Alkyl(, incl. Cycloalkyl) N,N-dialky1 (Me Et,n-Pr or I-Pr) phosphoramidocyanidates

e.g. Tabun: O-Ethyl N,N,-dimethyl phosphoramidocyanidates

(3) O Alkyl(H or, incl. Cycloalkyl)S-2-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr)-aminoethyl alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)phosphonothiolates and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts

e.g. VX: O-Ethyl S-2-disopropylaminoethyl methyl phosphonothiolate

(4) Sulfur mustards:

2-Chloroethylchloromethylsulfide
Mustard gas: Bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide
Bis(2-chloroethylthio) methane
Sesquimustard:1,2-Bis(2-chloroethylthio) ethane
1,3-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-propane
1,4-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-butane
1,5-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-Pentane
Bis(2-Chloroethylthiomethyl)ether
O-Mustard: Bis(2-Chloroethylthiomethyl)ether

(5) Lewisites:

Lewisite 1: 2-Chlorovinyldichloroarsine
Lewisite 2: Bis (2-Chlorovinyl) chloroarsine
Lewisite 3: Tris (2-Chlorovinyl) arsine

(6) Nitrogen mustards:
HN1: Bis(2-chloroethyl) ethylamine
HN2: Bis(2-chloroethyl) Chloroarsine
HN3: Tris(2-chloroethyl) amine

(7) Saxitoxin

(8) Ricin

(9) Alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr) phosphonyldifluorides
e.g. DF: Methyl phosphonyldifluoride

(10) O-Alkyl (H or , incl. Cycloalkyl) O-2 dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr)-aminoethylalkyl (Me, Et N-Pr or I-Pr)
Phosphonites and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts

e.g. QL: o-Ethyl O-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methyl phosphonite

(11) Chlorosarin: O-Isopropyl methylphosphonochloridate

(12) Chlorosoman: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonochloridate

 
1B Export of chemicals listed in 1B below is permitted only to States party to the Chemical Weapons Convention:
(This corresponds to Schedule 2 to the Chemical Weapons Convention)

{Note to exporter:

 
  (a) A list of States Parties can be obtained from the Disarmament & International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of External Affairs (Room No. 40-G, South Block, New Delhi) or at the official website of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at www.opcw.org}

(b) A general permission valid for a period of two years may be applied for export of chemicals in this category. This permission shall be subject to the condition that for each export consignment, exporters shall, within 30 days of exports, notify the details to the National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); department of Chemicals & Petro-chemicals and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and submit to DGFT, a copy of Bill of Entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery.

Note:Where reference is made below to groups of dialkylated chemicals, followed by a list of alkyl groups in parentheses, all chemicals possible by all possible combinations and alkyl groups listed in parentheses are considered prohibited unless explicitly exempted.

(1) Amiton 0,0-Diethyl S-[2-(diethylamino) ethyl)] phosphorothiolate and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts

(2) PFIB: 1,1,3,3,3,-Pentafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)1-propene

(3) BZ: 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (*)

(4) Chemicals, except for those listed in Schedule 1, containing a phosphorus atom to which is bonded one methyl, ethyl or propyl (normal or iso) group but not further carbon atoms,

e.g. Methylphosphonyl dichloride
Dimethyle ethylphosphonate

Exemption:- Fonofos: O-Ethyl S-phenyl ethylphosphonothiolothionate

(5) N, N-Dialkyl (ME, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphoramidic dihalides

(6) Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) N, N-dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)-phosphoramidates

(7) Arsenic trichloride

(8) 2,2-Diphenyl-2 hydroxyacetic acid

(9) Quinuclidine-3-ol

(10) N,H-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethyl-2 -chlorides and corresponding protonated salts

(11) N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2 -ols and corresponding protonated salts
    Exemptions: N,N-Dimethylaminoethanol
    and corresponding protonated salts
    N,N-Diethylaminoethanol
    and corresponding protonated salts


(12) N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2-thiols and corresponding protonated salts

(13) Thiodiglycol: Bis(2-hydroxyethyl) sulphide

(14) Pinacolyl alcohol: 3,3-Dimethylbutane-2-ol
 
1C Export of Chemicals as specified below is allowed to State Parties to the CWC without an export licence subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify within 30 days of export to the National Authority, Chemical Weapon Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; The Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); the Department of Chemicals & Petro- Chemicals, and the DGFT of such exports in the prescribed format (Appendix 16-A as reproduced in the Handbook of Procedures, 2002-2007 ) along with the End Use Certificate and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery. Export of chemicals as specified below to states not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed only against an export license and in that case also exporters shall submit to DGFT a copy of bill of entry into destination country within 30 days of exports.

(This corresponds to Schedule 3 to the Chemical Weapons Convention)

(1) Phosgene: carbonyl dichloride
(2) Cyanogen chloride
(3) Hydrogen cyanide
(4) Chloropicrin: Trichloronitromethane
(5) Phosphorus oxychloride
(6) Phosphorus trichloride
(7) Phosphorus pentachloride
(8) Trimethyl phosphite
(9) Triethyl phosphite
(10) Dimethyl phosphite
(11) Diethyl phosphite
(12) Sulfur monochloride
(13) Sulfur dichloride
(14) Thionyl chloride
(15) Ethyldiethanolamine
(16) Methyldiethanolamine
(17) Triethanolamine
 
Category 2: Micro-organisms, toxins
2A Bacteria, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:
 
2A001 Bacillus anthracis
 
2A002 Bordetella bronchoseptica
 
2A003 Brucella abortus,
 
2A004 Brucella melitensis
 
2A005 Brucella suis
 
2A006 Chlamydia psittaci
 
2A007 Clostridium botulinum
 
2A008 Clostridium perfringes
 
2A009 Corynebacterium diphtheriae
 
2A010 Francisella tularensis
 
2A011 Klebsiella pneumoniae
 
2A012 Legionlla pneumophila
 
2A013 Leptospira interrogans - all serotypes reported in India
 
2A014 Mycobacterium bovis
 
2A015 Mycobacterium tuberculosis
 
2A016 Mycoplasma mycoides - var mycoides
 
2A017 Mycoplasma mycoides - var Capri
 
2A018 Neisseria meningitidis
 
2A019 Paseturella multicoda type B
 
2A020 Pseudomonas mallei
 
2A021 Pseudomonas pseudomallei
 
2A022 Salmonella paratyphi
 
2A023 Shigella dysenteriae
 
2A024 Staphylococcus aureus
 
2A025 Streptococcus pneumoniae
 
2A026 Vibrio cholerae elter
 
2A027 Vibrio Cholerae 0139
 
2A028 Yersinia pestis
 
2B Fungi, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:
 
2B001 Blastomyces dermatitidis
 
2B002 Coccidiodes immitis
 
2B003 Histoplasma capulatum
 
2B004 Nocardia asteroides
 
2B005 Paracoccidioides braziliensis
 
2C Parasites, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:
 
2C001 Entamoeba histolytica
 
2C002 Babesia microti
 
2C003 Babesia divergens
 
2C004 Blostidium coli
 
2C005 Cryptosporidium spp.
 
2C006 Leishmania species
 
2C007 Naegleria australiensis
 
2C008 Naegleria fowleri
 
2C009 Plasmodium falciparum
 
2C010 Pneumocystis carinii
 
2C011 Schistosoma mansoni
 
2C012 Schistosoma japonicum
 
2C013 Schistosoma hemotobium
 
2C014 Toxoplasma gondii
 
2C015 Trichinella spiralis
 
2C016 Trypanosoma bruiei
 
2D Viruses, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:
 
2D001 African Horse Sickness virus
 
2D002 African Swine Fever virus
 
2D003 Avian influenza virus
 
2D004 Blue tongue virus
 
2D005 Camel pox virus
 
2D006 Chikungunya virus
 
2D007 Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus
 
2D008 Dengue virus
 
2D009 Eastern equine encephalitis virus
 
2D010 Ebola fever virus
 
2D011 Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC)
 
2D012 Foot and Mouth Disease virus (all serotypes and subtypes)
 
2D013 Guanirito virus
 
2D014 Goatpox virus
 
2D015 Hantaan virus
 
2D016 Herpes virus simiae (monkey B virus)
 
2D017 Herpes ateles, Herpes saimiri
 
2D018 HIV- 1 & HIV-2 and other strains of SIV
 
2D019 Hog cholera virus
 
2D020 Human T-cell Leukemia virus
 
2D021 Junin virus
 
2D022 Japanese encephalitis virus
 
2D023 Kyasanur Forest Disease virus and Central European encephalitis viruses.
 
2D024 Korean hemorrhagic fever virus
 
2D025 Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCM)
 
2D026 Lassa virus
 
2D027 Marburg virus
 
2D028 Murrey valley encephalitis virus
 
2D029 Marchupo virus
 
2D030 Mason-pfizer monkey virus
 
2D031 Monkey pox virus
 
2D032 Newcastle disease virus
 
2D033 Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus
 
2D034 Peste des petits ruminant virus
 
2D035 Porcine enterovirus type I
 
2D036 Powassan virus
 
2D037 Rabies virus -all strains
 
2D038 Respiratory syncitial virus
 
2D039 Rift Valley Fever virus
 
2D040 Rinderpest virus
 
2D041 Sabia virus
 
2D042 Sheep pox (field strain)
 
2D043 Sin Nombre virus
 
2D044 Smallpox virus
 
2D045 St.Louis encephalitis virus
 
2D046 Swine Fever virus
 
2D047 Tick-borne encephalitis virus (Russian Spring Summer Encephalitis virus)
 
2D048 Teschen disease virus (Porcine entero virus type 1)
 
2D049 Variola virus
 
2D050 Venezuelan encephalitis virus
 
2D051 Vesicular stomatitis virus
 
2D052 Western encephalitis virus
 
2D053 Yellow fever virus, 17 D vaccine strain
 
2E Rickettsials, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:
 
2E001 Coxiella burnetti
 
2E002 Rickettsiae rickettsii
 
2E003 Rickettsia quintana
 
2E004 Rickettsia prowazebi
 
2F Toxins
 
2F001 Abrins
 
2F002 Aflatoxins
 
2F003 Anatoxins
 
2F004 Botulinum toxin (s) (clostradium botulinum)
 
2F005 Bungarotoxins
 
2F006 Clostridium perfringens toxins
 
2F007 Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxins
 
2F008 Cyanginosins (Microcystins) (Microcystic aeuginosa)
 
2F009 Enterotoxin (Staphylococcus aureus)
 
2F010 Neurotoxin (Shigella dysenteriae)
 
2F011 Ricins
 
2F012 Shigatoxins
 
2F013 Saxitoxins
 
2F014 Trichothecene mycotoxins
 
2F015 Tetanus toxin (clostridium tetani)
 
2F016 Tetrodotoxin (Spheroides rufripes)
 
2F017 Verrucologen (M. verrucadia)
 
2G Plant pathogens
 
2G001 Bemisia tabaci
 
2G002 Colletotrichum coffeanum var. virulans
 
2G003 Clavicep purpurea
 
2G004 Dothistroma pini (Scirrhia pini)
 
2G005 Erwinia amylovora
 
2G006 Frankliniella occidentalis
 
2G007 Microcyclus ulei
 
2G008 Peronospora hyoscyami de Bary f.sp. tabacina (Adam) skalicky
 
2G009 Phytophthora infestans
 
2G010 Puccinia graminis
 
2G011 Puccinia erianthi
 
2G012 Puccinia striiformiis (Puccinia glumarum)
 
2G013 Pyricularia oryzae
 
2G014 Pseudomonas solanacearum
 
2G015 Peronospora hyscyami de Bary
 
2G016 Ralstonia solanacearum
 
2G017 Sugar cane Fiji disease virus
 
2G018 Sclerotinia sclerotiorum
 
2G019 Tilletia indica
 
2G020 Thrips palmi
 
2G021 Ustilago Maydis
 
2G022 Xanthomonas albilineans
 
2G023 Xanthomonas campestris pv citri
 
2G024 Xanthomonas campestris pv oryzae
 
2H Genetically Modified Organisms
 
2H001 Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms specified above in 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 2H.
 
2H002 Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the toxins specified above in 2F.


 
Category 3: Special Materials, Materials Processing Equipment, and related technologies
 
3A Special Materials
 
3A001 Magnesium of purity greater than 99.9%
 
3A002 Maraging steel except forms in which no linear dimension exceeds 75 mm.
 
3A003 Tungsten, molybdenum, and alloys of those metals in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 micrometer diameter or less with a purity of 97% or higher.
 
3A004 Germanium
 
3A005 Gallium
 
3A006 Hafnium
 
3A007 Indium
 
3A008 Niobium
 
3A009 Titanium-Uranium alloys.
 
3A010 Articles made of materials (including waste & scrap) appearing at items 3A005 to 3A009 above and items at 3A011
 
3A011 Aluminium alloys in any form ‘capable of acquiring’ an ultimate tensile strength of 460 Mega Pascals or more at 293 K (20 degree C)

Note: The phrase ‘ capable of acquiring’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.


 
3B Materials processing equipment and related technologies:
 
3B001 Remote manipulators that provide mechanical translation of human operator actions by electrical, hydraulic or mechanical means and operating arm and terminal fixture that can be used to provide remote actions.
 
3B002. Equipment, technical data and procedures for the production of structural composites for rocket systems including:-

(a) Carbon - carbon composites;

(b) Filament winding machines of which the Motion for positioning wrapping and winding fibres are coordinated and programmed in three or more axes; and coordinating and programming controls

(c) Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets are coordinated and programmed in two or more axes;

(d) Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits for weaving, interlacing or braiding fibres to fabricate composite structures except textile machinery which has not been modified for the above end;

(e) Equipment designed or modified for production of fibrous or filamentary materials as follows: converting polymeric substances; vapor deposition on heated filament substrates; wet spinning of refractory ceramics.

(f) Technical data (including processing conditions) and procedures for the regulation of temperature, pressure or atmosphere in autoclaves when used for the production of composites or partially processed composites.
 
3B003 Pyrolytic deposition and densification equipment:

(a) Technology for producing pyrolytically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or other substrate from precursor gases;

(b) Specially designed nozzles for the above process;

(c) Equipment and process controls and specially designated software therefor, specially designed for densification and pyrolysis of structural composite rocket nozzles and reentry vehicle nose tips.
 
3B004 Production technology or production equipment specially designed or modified for production, handling, mixing, curing, casting, pressing, machining or acceptance testing of the solid or liquid rocket propellants or rocket propellant constituents.
 
3B005 Sputter ion pumps
 
3B006 Refrigeration units and equipment capable of cooling hydrogen or helium to -250 degrees Celcius (23K) or lower.
 
3B007 Continuous nitrators;
 
3B008 Dehydration presses;
 
3B009 Screw extruders specially designed or modified for military explosive extrusion;
 
3B010 Cutting machines for the sizing of extruded propellant;
 
3B011 Sweetie barrels (tumblers) 1.85 m or more in diameter and having over 227 kg product capacity;
 
3B012 Continuous mixers for solid propellants;
 
3B013 Fluid energy mills for grinding or milling the ingredients military explosive;
 
3B014 Equipment to achieve both sphericity and uniform particle size in metal powders.


 
3C [Reserved]
 
3D Chemical and biomaterial manufacturing and handling equipment and facilities:
 
3D001 Reaction vessels, reactors or agitators, storage tanks, containers or receivers, heat exchangers or condensers, distillation or absorption columns, valves, remotely operated filling equipment, multi-walled piping, bellows, diaphragm pumps, vacuum pumps, fans, compressors, blowers, gas (including air) handling or other substance-transfer equipment wholly or partly made from any of the following materials:

(i) Nickel , or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight

(ii) Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight
(e.gs; ‘Hastelloy’ , ‘Illium’, ‘Inconel’, Incoloy’)

(iii) Fluoropolymers

(iv) Glass or glass lined (including vitrified or enameled coating)

(v) Graphite

(vi) Tantalum or tantalum alloys

(vii) Titanium or titanium alloys

(viii) Zirconium or zirconium alloys

(ix) Ceramics

(x) Ferrosilicon
 
Note 3D001 does not control the following items:

(i) Open vessels fabricated from glass sheets (such as aquariums, water tanks etc.); ;or cookware, table-ware, decorative glass or ceramic items (such as vases, art objects etc.)

(ii) Ceramic or glass-ware (whether or not metal-jacketed) or glass-lined reaction vessels or reactors, whether or not equipped with agitators, provided that the total internal (geometric) volume of each vessel or reactor is greater than 20,000 litres (20 m3) or less than or equal to 100 litres (0.1 m3). Examples of the latter capacity glass or ceramic-ware include standard laboratory equipment such as test tubes, flasks, retorts, crucibles, etc.
 
3D002 Incinerators designed to destroy any chemicals specified in Category 1.
 
3D003 Combustors or pyrolysers capable of a heat-zone (‘burner’) temperature greater than 1,273 K (1,000 Degree Centigrade), and in which any surfaces that come into direct contact with material coming into the containing chamber are made from , or lined with, any of the following materials:

(i) Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight;

(e.gs; ‘Hastelloy’ , ‘Illium’, ‘Inconel’, ‘Incoloy’)

(ii) Nickel, or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; or

(iii) Titanium;

(iv) Ceramics;
 
Category 4 Avionics and Navigation

(i) Guidance systems and their components such as gyros and inertial reference units

(ii) Compasses, gyroscopes, accelerometers and inertial equipment and specially designed software therefor and specially designed components therefor for use in rocket systems;
    (a) Integrated flight instrument systems;

    (b) Gyro-astro compasses;

    (c) Accelerometers;

    (d) Gyroscopes;

    (e) Inertial or other equipment using accelerometers or systems incorporating such equipment, and specially designed integration software therefor;
(iii) Encrypted telemetry systems, equipment and software therefor.

(iv) Flight control system for use in rocket systems as follows as well as the specially designed test, calibration, and alignment therefor.
    (a) Hydraulic, mechanical, electro-optical or electro-mechanical flight control systems (including fly-by-wire systems) specially designed or modified for rocket systems;

    (b) Attitude control equipment specially designed or modified for rocket system;

    (c) Design technology for integration of flight control, guidance, and propulsion data into a flight management system for optimization of rocket system trajectory.
(vi) Integrated flight instrument systems;

(vii) Avionics equipment specially designed or suitable for use in rocket systems and specially designed software and components therefor for use in rocket systems, including but not limited to.
    (a) Radar and laser radar system;

    (b) Electronic assemblies and components for rocket system;

    (c) Design technology for protection of avionics and electrical subsystems against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) hazards from external sources.

    (d) Passive sensors for determining bearings, electromagnetic sources or terrain characteristics

    (e) Global Positioning System (GPS) capable of operating at speeds greater than 500 m/s and at altitudes greater than 18 kms.

(viii) On-board electronic equipment, devices and their design and manufacturing know-how (except warhead fuses, timers and sequencers), and embedded or specially designed software therefor, for rocket systems.

(ix) Telemetering and telecontrol equipment suitable for use with rocket systems;

(x) Precision tracking systems and related software.


 
Category 5: Aerospace materials, equipment, systems and related technologies
 
5A Materials
 
5A001 Structural materials such as:
    (a) Composite Structures, laminates, and manufacturers thereof, including resin impregnated fibre prepregs and metal coated fibre preforms therefor, specially designed for use in rocket systems and subsystems made either with an organic matrix or metal matrix utilizing fibrous or filamentary reinforcements;

    (b) Resaturated pyrolized (i.e. Carbon-Carbon) materials specially designed for rocket systems;

    (c) Fine grain artificial graphites and pyrolytic or fibrous reinforced graphites for rocket nozzles and reentry vehicles nosetips;

    (d) Ceramic composite materials for use in missile radomes and nose tips;

    (e) Structured materials and coatings for reduced radar reflectivity


 
5A002 Rocket propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants as follows:-

(a) Propulsive substances-Hydrazine, Monomethylhydrazine (MMH), Unsymmetrical di-methyl hydrazine (UDMH), ammonium perchlorate, spherical aluminium powder, Nitroamines (Cyclotetetramethylene-tetranitramine (HMX), cyclotetramethylenetrinitramine (RDX),

(b) Metal Fuels consisting of any of the following: Zirconium, titanium, uranium, tungsten, boron, zinc, and alloys of these magnesium, Misch metal, when specially formulated as propulsive substances;

(c) Polymeric substances: Carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene (CIPB), Hydroxy-Terminated Polybutadiene (HTPB); Glycidyl azide polymer (GAP), Polybutadiene acrylic acid (PBAA), Polybutadiene acrylic acid acrylonitrile (PBAN);

(d) Composite propellants and composite modified double base propellants;

(e) High energy density fuels such as boron slurry;

(f) Oxidizers/fuels - Perchlorates, chlorates or chromates mixed with powdered metals or other high energy fuel components; Dinitrogen trioxide, Nitrogen dioxide / Dinitrogen tetroxide, Dinitrogen pentoxide, Inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA), Ammonium perchlorate, Ammonium Dinitramide (ADM);

(g) Bonding agents - Tris (1-2 (2-methyl)) aziridinyl phosphine oxide (MAPO), Trimesoyl-1-(2-ethyl) aziridene (HX-868, BITA), Tepanol (HX-878), Tepan (HX-879), HX-752, HX-874, HX-877;

(h) Curing agents and catalysts - Triphyenyl bismuth (TPB);

(i) Burning rate modifyers - Catocene, N-butyl ferrocene, Butacene, Ferrocene derivatives, Carboranes, Decarboranes, Pentaboranes;

(j) Esters and plasticizers - Triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN), Trimethloethane trinitrate (TMETN), 1,2,4-Butanetriol trinitrate (BTTN), Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN)

(k) Stabilisers - 2-Nitrodiphenylamine, N-methyl-p-nitroaniline
 
5A003 High explosives, propellants or substances or mixtures containing more than 2% of any of the following;
    (a) Cycloteramethylenetetranitramine (HMX);

    (b) Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX);

    (c) Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATE);

    (d) Hexanitrostilbene (HNS).

5B Equipment and systems
 
5B001 Pulsed electron accelerators
 
5B002 Hardware, technology, production facilities and components for missiles and rockets (other than JATO units, unguided rocket-propelled munitions, and propulsion units for flares ejection seats and like emergency escape equipment), including:
    (a) complete rocket systems, individual rocket stages with or without engines such as:
    (b) solid or liquid fuel rocket engines and their control systems, except for satellite control;
    (c) Heat shields fabricated of ceramic or ablative materials;
    (d) Electronic equipment specially designed or modifiable for use in rockets.
5B003 Sub-systems, design, technology, know-how components and manufacturing equipment for missiles and rockets including:-
    (a) Rocket motor cases, interior lining, insulation and nozzles;
    (b) Rocket staging mechanisms, separation mechanisms and inter-stages;
    (c) Liquid and slurry propellant control systems, and components thereof, specially designed or modified for resistance to vibration.
    (d) Re-entry systems, heat-shields;
    (e) Solid or liquid propellant rocket engines;
    (f) Guidance systems and their components such as gyros and inertial reference units;
    (g) Thrust-vector control;
    (h) Hybrid rocket motors and components therefor
5B005 Launch and ground support equipment and facilities usable for rocket system as follows:-

(a) Apparatus and devices specially designed or modified for launching of the system.
 
5C Test Equipment
 
5C001 Supersonic, hypersonic and hypervelocity wind tunnels; gun tunnels; aeroballistic ranges.
 
5C002 Test facilities designed to handle solid or liquid fuel rockets except for satellite control.
 
5C003 Vibration test equipment and components using digital control techniques and feedback or closed loop test equipment and software therefor
 
5C004 Environmental chambers simulating altitudes above 15 km, temperature ranging between minus 50 and plus 125 degrees centigrade.
 
5C005 Acoustic test facility with sound pressure level greater than 140 dB or rated power output greater than 4KW.
 
5D Manned-aircraft, aero-engines, related equipment and components:
 
Note This category does not control an Indian military aircraft carrying a military registration number.
    a. Combat "aircraft" and specially designed components therefor;

    b. Other "aircraft" specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and air-dropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components therefor;

    c. Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor;

    d. Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the aircraft controlled by 5Da or 5Db or the aero-engines controlled by 5Dc, and specially designed components therefor;

    e. Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for "aircraft" controlled by 5Da or 5Db or for aero-engines controlled by 5Dc.;

    f. Pressurized breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in "aircraft" anti-g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for "aircraft" or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices for emergency escape of personnel from "aircraft";

    g. Parachutes:
  1.  
      1. Paragliders, drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilization and attitude control of dropping bodies, (e.g. recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs);

      2. Drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes;

      3. Recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones or space vehicles;

      4. Approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes;
  2. h. Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads, equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.

Note 1 5Db does not control "aircraft" or variants of those "aircraft" specially designed for military use which:

(i). Have been certified for civil use by the civil aviation authority of India, and

(ii). Are not configured for military use and are not fitted with equipment or attachments specially designed or modified for military use;

Note 2 The control in 5Db and 5Dc on specially designed components and related equipment for non-military "aircraft" or aero-engines modified for military use applies only to those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use.
 
5E Unmanned airborne vehicles and related equipment, specially designed or modified for military use as follows, and specially designed components therefor;

(a). Unmanned airborne vehicles including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs) and autonomous programmable vehicles;

(b). Associated launchers and ground support equipment;

(c). Related equipment for command and control.
 
Note This category does not control unpowered airborne vehicles such as gliders, hot air balloons etc.
 
5F Microlight aircraft and powered ‘hang-gliders’
 
Category 6 [RESERVED]
 
Category 7: Electronics, computers, and information technology including information security
 
7A Electronics
 
7A001 High-power microwave tubes, travelling wave tubes and microwave phase shifters.
 
7B [Reserved]
 
7C Computers
 
7C001 Digital computers and software as follows:

(i) "Digital computers having a composite theoretical performance (CTP) exceeding 28000 (Twenty eight thousand) million theoretical operations per second (Mtops)

(ii) Software, and/or computer inter-connection schemes, whether or not co-supplied with (i) designed to "parallelise" digital computers (individually of any CTP rating) enabling a CTP of more than 28000 (Twenty eight thousand) million theoretical operations per second (Mtops) to be achieved by the "parallelised" configuration"

Explanatory notes
    (a)The Composite Theoretical Performance (CTP) rating is to be calculated in accordance with the calculation scheme separately notified in this regard.

    (b)Individual digital computers each with a CTP rating of 28000 (Twenty eight thousand) million theoretical operations per second (Mtops) or less do not require an export license to any destination or end-user, unless supplied with (ii)

    (c) "Digital Computers" includes (1) hybrid computers incorporating "digital computers" or specified in (i) above, systolic array computers, neural computers, optical computers, biological computers, vector processors, digital signal processors, logical processors (2) digital electronic equipment designed for "image enhancement" or signal processing other than when supplied as integral adjuncts to medical imaging (eg CAT-scanning) equipment.

7C002 Specially designed software, and/or related specially designed analogue or hybrid computers, for modelling, simulation, or design integration of rocket systems.
 
7D Information technology including information security
 
7D001 Data processing security equipment, data security equipment and transmission and signalling line security equipment, using ciphering processes.
 
7D002 Identification, authentication and keyloader equipment and key management, manufacturing and distribution equipment.
 
7E [Reserved]

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