S.O. (E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and Section 14A of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to Notification No. 5/2015-2020 dated 24.04.2017, with respect to the existing dispensation for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, with immediate effect:

Existing Entry:

"1C Export of Chemicals listed in 1C 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, Chemicals Weapons 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 (Aayat Niryat Form) 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 We apons Convention shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed only against an export licence and a Government signed End-Use-Certificate, and in that case also exporters shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery".
 

The revised dispensation for export of chemicals under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items shall be substituted as under:

Revised Entry:

"1C Export of chemicals listed in 1C below is allowed to the countries specified in Table 1 without an export authorisation subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention (NACWC), Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals, Disarmament & International Security Affairs (D&ISA) Division of Ministry of External Affairs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), within 30 days of such export, in the prescribed format [Aayat Niryat Form (ANF) - 2O] along with the End-Use Certificate (EUC) in the prescribed proforma [Appendix 2S(ii)] and also submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery.

List of 1C chemicals:
 

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovnia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.

Export of chemicals listed in Category 1C to the countries other than those specified in Table 1 shall be allowed only against an export authorisation. The exporter shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery. Further, applications for export of chemicals in this category to countries not Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) shall be submitted along with a Government signed End-Use-Certificate (EUC)".

2. Effect of this notification:

Export policy for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items has been amended.
 

(A.K. Bhalla)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/73/AM10/EC(S)]