Amendment of import policy condition of Petcoke.

To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-ll, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii) Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi Notification No.5 /2015-2020 Dated the)7 August, 2018

Subject: - Amendment of import policy condition of Petcoke.

S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby, inserts chapter policy condition No.6 in Chapter 27 of ITC (HS) 2017, Schedule 1 (Import Policy):

|Exim Code | Item Description|Exim Code | Item Description||Policy|Existing|(Policy|Revised Policy|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Policy||conditions|
|||Conditions|||
|2713|PETROLEUM||||
||COKE,||||
||PETROLEUM||||
||BITUMEN AND||||
||OTHER||||
||RESIDUES OF||||
||PETROLEUM||||
||OILS OR OF||||
||OILS OBTAINED||||
||FROM||||
||BITUMINOUS||||
||MINERALS||||
||Petroleum coke:||Prohibited||As per Policy|
|||||condition No.6 of|
|||||the chapter.|
|27131100||Not calcined|Free|Prohibited||As per Policy|
|||||condition No.6|
|||||below.|
|27131200||Calcined|Free|Prohibited||As per Policy|
|||||condition No.6|
|||||below.|
|27132000||Petroleum|Free|Prohibited||As per Policy|
||bitumen||.|condition No.6|
|||||below.|
|27139000||Other residues of | Free||Prohibited||As per Policy|
||petroleum oils or|||condition No.6|
||of oils obtained|||below.|
||from bituminous||||
||minerals.||||

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Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

Import of pet coke for fuel purpose is prohibited. However, import of Pet coke is "free" for cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gassification industries for use as feed stock or in the manufacturing process only on Actual User basis. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in consultation with Customs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade, will bring out detailed guidelines on regulating and monitoring the imported Petcoke.

2. Effect of this Notification: Import of Pet Coke is allowed for only cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification imdustries, when used as feed stock or in the manufacturing process on Actual User Condition. Kk. (ALOK VARD CHATURVEDI) Directo eral of Foreign Trade & Ex-Officio Additional secretary to Government of India Email: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from F.No. 01/93/180/03/AM-10/PC-2[A]/Part-l / e — 5719]