NOTIFICATION NO. 37/2005, DT. 09/01/2006

Amendments in Import Policy at Cellular telephone (85252017, 85252019 & 85252099)

S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy-2004-09, the Central Government hereby amends the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 2004-09 as under:

1. The Import Policy of the following items shall be amended to read as follows:

Exim Code	Item Description	Policy	Policy Conditions
85252017	Cellular telephone	Free	Import of Fixed wireless Phones is free.
85252019	Other	Free	Radio communication equipment including VHF, UHF and microwave communication equipment not permitted to be imported except against a licence to be issued by the WPC wing of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
85252099	Other	Free	Not permitted to be imported except against a licence to be issued by the WPC wing of Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

2. The Import Licensing Notes No. (1) of Chapter 85 to Schedule-1 (Imports) stands deleted.

3. The words “Ministry of Communication” appearing in Column-4 against Exim Codes-85251010, 85251020, 85252015 and 85252092 of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, 2004-09 shall be amended to read as “Ministry of Communications and Information Technology”.

4. This issues in public interest.

F. No.01/93/180/47/AM06/PC-1B

(K.T. Chacko)
Director General of Foreign Trade
And Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India

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