Unless otherwise specifically provided, import / export will be valid from / to any country except Iraq. However, there shall be no ban on the export of items to Iraq or import of items from Iraq in case where the prior approval of the concerned sanctions committee of the United Nation"s Security Council has been obtained.

(The above paragraph has been amended vide Public Notice No.41(RE-2000)/1997-2002 dt.the 3rd November,2000)