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; |
3D004: |
Equipment related to P3, P4 facilities such as protective suits and class III safety cabinets. |
3D005: |
Complete containment facilities at P3, P4, containment level as specified in the WHO biosafety manual. |
(Entry 3D004 & 3D005 has been added vide NTF. NO. 11/2004, DT. 16/12/2004) |
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. 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;
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 |
Micro-light Aircraft and powered hang-gliders and their parts.
[OLD-Microlight aircraft and powered ‘hang-gliders’ ]
(Entry 5F has been amended vide NTF. NO. 11/2004, DT. 16/12/2004) |
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] -] |