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GOODS FALLING WITHIN SPECIFIC CHAPTERS OF ITS (HS) CLASSIFICATION

Code Item Description Policy Nature of Restriction
1 2 3 4


Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products Not Elsewhere Specified OR Included

1404 Cotton Linters Free Export is allowed on obtaining No Objection Certificate, General or Specific, from Member (Ammunitions & Explosives), Ordnance Factory Bord, 10-A, S.K. Bose Road, Calcutta - 700 001.

Code No. 1404 has been added vide Ntf. No. 28(RE-01), Dt. 10/9/2001.


Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animals or Vegetable Waxes

1503 Tallow, fat and/or oils of any animals origin excluding fish oil

P

Not permitted to be exported
1508 Groundnut oil in consumer pack

 R

Export to be under licence
1513 Vegetable oils namely:- (a) Coconut oil F  
1512 Vegetable oils namely:- (b) Cotton seed oil F  
1512 Vegetable oils namely:- (c) Corn oil F  
1515 Vegetable oils namely:- (d) Kardi oil F  
1515 Vegetable oils namely:- (e) Linseed oil F  
1514 Vegetable oils namely:- (f) Mustard oil F  
1515 Vegetable oils namely:- (g) Niger oil  F  
1511 Vegetable oils namely:- (h) Palm oil F  
1513 Vegetable oils namely:- (i) Palm kernel oil  F  
1514 Vegetable oils namely:- (j) Rape seed oil F  
1515 Vegetable oils namely:- (k) Rice bran oil  F  
1516 Vegetable oils namely:- (l) Salad oil F  
1512 Vegetable oils namely:- (m) Sunflower oil F  
1515 Vegetable oils namely:- (n) Sesame oil  F  
1507 Vegetable oils namely:- (o) Soyabean oil F  

Sugars and Sugar Confectionery

1701 Sugar

F

(i) Quantitative ceilings as may be notified by DGFT from time to time.

(ii) Registration-cum-Allocation Certificate issued by Agricultural and Processed Foods Export Development Authority (APEDA)

2. In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 4.11 of the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002, ( incorporating amendments made upto 31.3.2000 ) and as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade has decided to allocate a quantity of 10,000MTs ( Ten thousand MTs ) of Sugar out of free sale portion of 2000-2001 season’s production for export to Maldives under Articles VIII & IX of the Trade Agreement between Government of Republic of India and the Government of Republic of Maldives for the year 2001 and place the same at the disposal of Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) for the purpose of issuing Registration-cum- Allocation Certificate (RCAC) to M/s Indian Sugar and General Industry Export Import Corporation Ltd., New Delhi.

DGFT has decided that the RCACs may be issued to the Sugar mills/exporters of sugar by Agrivultural and Processed Food Products Export Development authority on Production of firm and valid contract orders until the quantitative ceiling is notified

The validity period for export of sugar may be extended upto 31.5.2001 only for the Registration-cum-Allocation- Certificates (RCACs) issued till 31.3.2001.

(This code No. amended vide Schedule 2 Appendix 1 of this book.)

1702 Deleted

 

 

Preparation of Vegetable, Fruits Nuts or other parts of plants

0713 Processed pulses except those in consumer packs upto 5 kgs. and those made out of the pulses imported under the Duty Exemption Scheme or by an EOU/Unit in the EPZ

R

Export permitted nder licence

Residues and Waste from the Food Industries; Prepared Animal Fodder

2306 Deoiled groundnut cakes containing more than 1% oil and and groundnut expeller cakes 

R

-do-

2302 Fodder, including wheat and rice straw

R

-do-

2302 Rice bran, raw and boiled

R

-do-

 

Salt; Sulphur; Earths and Stone; Plastering Materials, Lime and Cement

2505 Sand and Soil

R

Export to Maldives permitted as per ceiling, mentioned below subject to issue of  No Objection Certificate within the annual ceiling by the Chemical and Allied Product Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL) who shall monitor the ceiling and send a quarterly report to Policy Cell-III in DGFT.

(a) For the financial year 1999-2000. (enhanced ceiling for 1999-2000). Stone Aggregate - From 1,00,000 MTs  to 1,15,000 MTs River Sand From 1,10,000 MTs to 1,25,000 MTs.

(b) For the financial year 2000-2001, 2001-2002 and  2002-2003 (on annual basis) Stone Aggregate : 1,90,000 MTs Sand 2,10,000 MTs 

2525 Mica waste (including factory C cutting) and scrap which is obtained by processing mica and which because of size and colour is considered below the specification of processed mica 

C

Export through MMTC Limited, New Delhi
2516 Stone Boulders 

F

Subject to MEP as may be notified by DGFT from time to time

Ores, Slag and Ash

2610(a) Chrome ore, other than (i) beneficiated chrome ore fines/concentrates (average feed grade to be less 33% Cr2O3) and (ii) those categories of chrome ores mentioned in (b) and (c) below as canalised

R

Export permitted under licence
2610(b) (b) Chrome ore lumps with Cr2O3 not exceeding 40 percent

C

Export through MMTC Ltd.
2610(c) (c) Low silica friable/fine ore with Cr2O3 not exceeding 52 percent and silica exceeding 4 percent 

C

Export through MMTC Ltd.
2610(d)Low Silica friable/fine Chromite ore with Cr2O3 in the range of 52-54% and Silica exceeding 4% State Trading Enterprises(s) Export through MMTC Limited.
(Code No. 2610(d) has been added vide Ntf. No. 47(RE-01), Dt. 12/02/2002)
2614 Rare Earths (including Yttrium) ores, concentrate and compound thereof

C

Export through Indian Rare Earths Limited, Mumbai
2617 Other minerals containing the following substances as accessory ingredients including ;
(a) Samerskite
(b) Uraniferrous allanite-Radium ore and concentrates

C

Export through ndian Rare Earths Limited, Mumbai and Kerala Minerals & Metal Limited, Kollam
2618 Granular sillimanite produced by Indian Rare Earths Ltd., Mumbai and Kerala Minerals & Metal Limited, Kollam C

-do-

2601 Iron ore However, export of the following types of iron ore are not canalised; Canalised

Export through MMTC Limited

2601(a) Iron ore of Goa origin when exported to China, Europe, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan irrespective of the Fe content; Free

 

2601(b) Iron ore of redi origin to all markets, irespective of the Fe content; Free

 

2601(c) All Iron ore of Fe content upto 64% Free

 

2601(d) Iron ore conecntrate prepared by benefications and or concentration of low grade ore containing 40 percent or less of iron produced by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company limited. Canalised

Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, Bangalore.

2601(e) Iron Ore pellets manufactured by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited out of concentrates produced by it. Canalised

Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited, Bangalore.

2601(f) Rejects of iron ore chips and like generated from the manufacturing process after using imported raw material subject to the following conditions :-

(i) The quantity of export of such rejects shall not be more than 10% of the imported raw material i.e. pellets.

(ii) The size of the rejected pellet chips (fines) shall be less than 6 mm.
Free

 

2606 Deleted    
2602 Manganese Ore excluding the following :
Lumpy/blended Manganese ore with more than 46 percent manganese 

C

Export through 
(a) MMTC Limited
(b) Manganese Ore India Limited (MOIL) for manganese ore produced in MOIL mines
2602 Lumpy/blended Manganese ore with more than 46% manganese 

R

Export permitted under licence

Minerals Fules; Mineral oils and Products of their Distillation; Bituminous Substance; Mineral Waxes*

**2710 (a) Petroleum product, namely
(a) Aviation turbine fuel 

F

Export Contract to be registered with the OCC
2714 (b) Bitumen (asphalt) paving grade F  
2710 (c) Furnace Oil F  
**2710 (d) High speed diesel  F

-do-

2710 (e) Kerosene  C Export through Indian Oil Corporation Limited
**2710 (f) Motor spirit  F Export contracts to be registered with the OCC
2710 (g) Naphtha F  
2709 Crude oil C

-do-

2710 Liquefied Petroleum gas (LPG) C

-do-

2713 Raw petroleum coke F  

 

Organic Chemicals*

 

2901 (a) Acetic Anhydrides
(b) Di-isoproply amine
(c) Poly Brominated Biphenyls
(d) Poly Chlorinate Biphenyls
(e) Poly Chlorinate triphenyls
(f) Tris (2, 3 Di-bromopropyl) phosphate,
(g) Crocidlite
(h) Ephedrine/Pseudoephdrine

F

(a) No Objection Certificate from Department of Chemical, Ministry of Chemical and Fertilizers New Delhi in respect of item (b) to (g) in column (2)
(b) No Objection Certificate from Narcotics Commissioner of India, Gwalior in respect of item (a) and (h) in column (2)
2902 Chemicals included in Annexure A and B to the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the Ozone Layer as specified in Schedule 2 Appendix 5 of this book R Exports permitted under Licence subject to the condition that the export is made to a country which is a party to the "Montreal Protocol on substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer".  However export to countries which are not parties to the Montreal Protocol is prohibited.

Pharmaceutical Products

3002 Whole human blood plasma & all products derived from human blood except gamma globulin & human serum albumin manufactured from human placental blood; Raw placenta; Placental blood plasma R Export permitted under licence

Fertilisers

3102-3103 Chemical Fertilisers, all types, including super-phosphate R

- do -

3105 Micronutrient fertilizers & mixtures thereof containing NPK, excluding those specified in Schedule I, Part A 1 (f) of Fertilizers (Control) Order, 1985 R

- do -

Miscellaneous Chemical Products*

3301 Sandalwood oil F Subject to Quantitative ceilings as may be notified by the Director General of Foreign Trade from time to time

(Pl. refer P.N. No. 47(RE-01), Dt. 5/11/2001, Regarding Quantitative ceiling for the export of Sandalwood Oil for the financial year 2001-2002 with procedure )

Raw Hides & Skins (Other than Furskins) & leather

4101,
4102,
4103

Hides & Skins, namely:

 

(i)  Raw hides and Skins, all types excluding lamb fur skin

 

      (ii)  Fish hides & skins

 

  (iii)  All categories of semi-processed hides & skins & wet blue hides & skins & crust leather excluding E.I. tanned hides & skin

 

     [ OLD(ii)  E.I. tanned hides & Skin

 

(c)  Clothing leather fur suede/hair, hair-on suede/shearing suede leathers

 

(d)  Fur leathers

 

(e)  Cuttings & fleshing of hides & skins used as raw materials for manufacturing of animal glue gelantine

Free 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exports permitted under licence

 

- do -

 

 

For 4101-4103

The exporters shall be required to register the export contracts indicating the price, quantity etc. with the Council for Leather Exports/ or MPEDA in case of item no. (ii) i.e. Fish Hides and Skins.

(Above bold lines has been amended vide PN. No. 54(RE-01), Dt. 05/12/2001.)

 

Export permitted under licence

 

 

 

- do -

 

 

- do -

4104

4105

4106

4107

Finished leather, all kinds

 

F

Subject to the definition of finished leather notified by the DGFT from time to time

4109

4111

Industrial leathers, namely:

(a)  Cycle saddle leathers

(b)  Hydraulic/packing/belting/harness/washer/ leathers

(c)  Picking band leathers

(d)  Starp/combing leathers

R

R

 

R

R

Exports permitted under licence

Exports permitted under licence

 

- do -

- do -

4104

Lining leathers namely:

(a)  Lining suede from cow & buffalo hides & calf skins

 

(b)  Lining sued from goat, kid, lamb & sheep skins

R

R

- do -

4202 (c)  Luggage leathers - case hide or side/suit case/hand bag/luggage/cash bag leather R

- do -

4205

Miscellaneous leathers, Namely:

(a)  Book binding leathers

(b)  Skiver leathers

(c)  Transistor case/Camera case leather

 

R

R

R

 

Exports permitted under licence

- do -

- do -

4606

Shoe upper leathers, namely:

(a)  Bunwar leather

(b)  Kattai silpper/sandal leather

(c)  Sole leather chrome tanned sole leather

 

R

R

R

 

- do -

- do -

- do -

 

Furskins & Artificial Fur; Manufactures thereof

 

4301 Deleted vide Ntf. No. 40(RE-00), Dt.20/10/00.  

 

Wood & Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal

4401 Wood & wood products in the form of logs, timber, stumps, roots, bark, chips, powder, flakes, dust, pulp & charcoal except sawn timber made exclusively out of imported logs/timber (subject to conditions specified at code 4402) P Not permitted to be exported
4403 Sawn Timber made exclusively out of imported logs/timber of the following species of wood:
  1. Teak
  2. Acajoru d" Afrique
  3. Aformosia
  4. Awoura
  5. Azobe
  6. Bubinga
  7. Dibetou
  8. Doussie
  9. Iroko
  10. Izombe
  11. Makore
  12. Moabi
  13. Naga
  14. Ovengkol
  15. Padouk d" Afrique
  16. Pao rosa
  17. Sapelli
  18. Sipo
  19. Zingana
F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. The export would be confined to the species which has been imported.
  2. The importer & exporter will be the same party/firm & the import & export will have to be effected from the same port.  The scheme will be operational only from the ports of Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Vishakhapatnam, Kandla, Mangalore & Tuticorin.
  3. The export of sawn products derived from imported logs shall not exceed 60% of the imports in volume terms;
  4. The value addition of such exports shall be not less than 30%;
  5. The Saw Mill of the exporter, where imported timber is sawn shall be registered with the State Forest Department & shall be located away from the forest area in a location approved by the Conservator of Forests of the State Government.
  6. The exporter must undertake exports within a period of 6 months from the date of import;
  7. The export contracts shall be registered with the Chemicals and Allied Products Export Promotion Council (CAPEXIL) who will monitor them to ensure that the scheme i$ not abused;  
  8. The laws and rules framed by the Central Government and the State Government regulating timber in transit shall be followed by the exporters.

4403

 Sandalwood - 
Those forms of sandalwood
as specified, subject to such conditions and procedures as may be laid down in this behalf in the Public Notice issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade from time to time

 

R

Export permitted under licence
4403

Red Sanders wood in any form, whether raw, processed or unprocessed but excluding such value added products of Red sanders wood as specifies; and Subject to the conditions laid down in schedule 2 Appendix 4 of this book

 

P

No permitted to be export
4403i Sandalwood in any form, but excluding : (i) Finished and polished handicraft products of sandalwood Free 
4403ii (ii) Machine finished sandalwood products and Free 
4403iii (iii) Sandalwood Oil subject to the conditions as specified in Schedule 2 Appendix 1 of this book. Free 
4403iv(iv) Sandalwood De-oiled Spent Dust subject to the conditions and procedures as specified in the Public Notice issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade Restricted Exports permitted under licence
4403v (v)Thos forms of sandalwood as specified, subject to such conditions and procedures as may be laid down in this behalf in the Public Notice issued by the Director General of Foreign Trade from time to time. Restricted Exports permitted under licence

(Pl. refer P.N. No. 46(RE-01), Dt. 5/11/2001, Regarding Quantity of 2000 Mts of "Sandalwood Chip Classes" for the export of the licensing year 2001-2002 with conditions and procedures)

Pulp of wood or other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste and Scrap of Paper or Paperboard

4707 Waste paper

R

Export permitted under licence

Silk

5001 Silk worms, silkworm seed and silk worm cocoons

R

-do-

Cotton*

5201 Deleted
(Code No. 5201 has been deleted vide Ntf.No.18(RE-01), Dt. 2/7/2001.)

[Raw Cotton]

F

Certificate from the Textile Commissioner on the registration, allocation, quality and quantity of export

5202 Soft cotton waste/hard cotton waste Free Deleted

(Restriction at code 5202 has been deleted vide Ntf. No. 38(RE-01), Dt. 16/11/2001)

[OLD
Certificate from the Textile Commissioer, Mumbai on the registration, allocation, quality and quantity of export. However, EOU / EPZ units will not require any such registration and these units shall inform the office of Textile Commissioner of the quantity of cotton waste exported each quarter.]
5205 Cotton yarn

F

Deleted

(The restrictions shown at Column 4 in respect of item at Code No. 5205 have been deleted. Cotton Yarn is free for exports without any restrictions in so far as ITC(HS)Classification of Export & Import is concerned vide PN No. 59(RE-01), Dt. 03/01/2002.)


[OLD
(a) Quantitative ceilings as may be notified by Government from time to time; (b) Certificate from the Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council; and (c)Fulfillment of the hank yarn obligation as determined by the Textile Commissioner
[Above(c)Deleted vide PN No. 51/(RE-98)/97-02 Dated 26-10-1998]

(For Previous Pl.refer P.N.No.31 (RE-2001)/1997-2002, Dt.1/08/2001)]

Man-made Staple Fibers

5501 Viscose staple fibre (regular) excluding polynosic rayons

R

Export permitted under licence

Wadding, Felt and Nonwovens; Special Yarns; Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cable and Article thereof

5601 Coir and Coir products

F

MEP as may be announced by the Ministry of Textiles and notified by the Coir Board from time to time

Carpet and Other Textile floor coverings

5701 Hand knotted carpets and Floor coverings, excluding Cotton durries and Floor coverings

F

Export allowed subject to production of Registration -Cum- Membership Certificate from Carpet Export Promotion Council (CEPC), New Delhi.
5702 Handmade woolen carpets including other floor coverings like woolen durries, druggels, gabbas and namdhas

F

Exports on the basis of documents against acceptance (D/A) shall not be allowed unless backed by bank guarantee. However exporters having their own Subsidiaries/Trading Companies/Office-cum- warehouses. opened after due approval of Reserve Bank of India, shall be exempted from the conditions as mentioned above subject to the fulfillment of RBI rules concerning the terms of payment.

Vehicles other than Railway or Tramway rolling stock, and part and accessories thereof

8703

Vintage motor cars, parts and components thereof manufactured prior to 1.1.1950

R

Export permitted under licence
8711

Vintage motorcycles, parts and components thereof manufactured prior to 1.1.1940

 

R

-do-

Arms and Ammunition; Part and Accessories thereof

9303 Arms and ammunition viz" muzzle loading weapons and breach loading or bolt action weapons such as shot guns, revolvers, pistols and their ammunition

F

(a) Licence under Arms Act and Rules framed there- under;

(b) Certificate from the Archaeological Survey of India certifying that the firearms to be exported are not antiques/rare specimens nor manufactured in India prior to 1956; and 

(c) Firearms to be exported shall bear appropriate marks of identification and proof tests

Miscellaneous Goods*

9907 Replicas of antique weapons

F

Certificate from the District Magistrate concerned/Com- missioner of Police under whose jurisdiction the replica has been manufactured and has been rendered innocuous

904 Family Planning Devices such as condums, Contra captives Pills, etc.

F

No objection Certificate from Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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