Import policy for Electronics and IT Goods under Schedule — | (Import Policy) of ITC (HS), 2017.

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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 Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan Notification No-5 /2015-2020 New Delhi Dated 7 May, 2019

Subject: Import policy for Electronics and IT Goods under Schedule — | (Import Policy) of ITC (HS), 2017.

S.0.(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 amends Note No 2(c) under the General Notes Regarding Import Policy and_ inserts Policy Condition No 2 under Chapter 84 and as Policy Condition No. 5 under Chapter 85 of ITC (HS) 2017 as under:

(c) Import policy for electronics (c)Import policy for Electronics and IT Goods: and IT Goods: The import of Notified Goods under | The import of Goods (new as well as the “Electronics and_ Information | second hand, whether or not Technology Goods (requirement of refurbished, repaired or Compulsory Registration) Order, reconditioned) notified under the 2012, as amended from time to time, | “Electronics and Information will be allowed subject to registration Technology Goods (Requirement of with the Bureau of Indian Standards Compulsory Registration) Order, (BIS), or on specific exemption letter | 2012, as amended from time to time, from Ministry of Electronics and | is prohibited unless they are Information Technology (MeitY) for a registered with the Bureau of Indian particular consignment, as

012, as amended from time to time, from Ministry of Electronics and | is prohibited unless they are Information Technology (MeitY) for a registered with the Bureau of Indian particular consignment, as_ per | Standards (BIS) and comply to the provisions of Gazette Notification SO Labelling Requirements’ published No. 3022 dated 11.09.2013. by BIS, as amended from time to Accordingly, import of unregistered/ | time’, or on specific exemption letter non- compliant notified products as | from Ministry of Electronics and in CRO, 2012, as amended is | Information Technology (MeitY) for “prohibited”. a particular consignment, as _ per Import provisions of Gazette Notification SO consignments without valid | No. 3022 dated 11.09.2013. registration with BIS shall be reexported by the importer failing | The importer shall re-export such which Customs shall deform the | prohibited Goods reaching Customs goods and dispose them as scrap | Ports else the Customs Authorities under intimation to MeitY. shall deform the goods beyond use and dispose of the goods as scrap under intimation to MeitY. ti

Policy Condition: As under Chapter 84 and 85 of ITC (HS) 2017:

The import of Goods (new as well as second hand, whether or not refurbished, i repaired or reconditioned) notified under the “Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012, as amended from time to time, is prohibited unless they are registered with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and comply to the ‘Labelling Requirements’ published by BIS, as amended from time to time’, or on specific exemption letter from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for a particular consignment, as per provisions of Gazette Notification SO No. 3022 dated 11.09.2013.

The importer shall re-export such prohibited Goods reaching Customs Ports else the Customs Authorities shall deform the goods beyond use and dispose of the goods as scrap under intimation to MeitY.

2 Further, Para 2.31(l) (a) of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 is revised as under:-

stoms Authorities shall deform the goods beyond use and dispose of the goods as scrap under intimation to MeitY.

2 Further, Para 2.31(l) (a) of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 is revised as under:-

||Goods||||||||
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||__| Second HandCapitalGoods<br>Cd<br>(a)<br>i. Desktop Computers<br>,<br>Restricted<br>Importable<br>against|||||||||
||||||Authorization||||
||ii.<br>refurbished/|re-conditioned|||||||
||spares of re-furbished||parts of||||||
||Personal Computers/||Laptops||||||
||iii.<br>Air Conditioners||||||||
||iv. Diesel generating sets||||||||
|(b)|All electronics|and<br>IT Goods|||Restricted.|(i) Importable|against|||
||notified under|the Electronics|||Authorization||||
||and IT Goods (Requirement of<br>Compulsory<br>Registration)||||subject<br>conditions||to<br>laid||
||Order, 2012 as|amended from|||down|under|||
||time to time.||||“Electronics||and||
||||||Information||||
||||||Technology|Goods|||
||||||(Requirement||_ of||
||||||Compulsory||||
||||||Registration)||||
||||||Order,<br>2012,||as||
||||||amended||from||
||||||time to time.||||
||||||(ii) Import||of||
||||||unregistered|/|non-||
||||||compliant|notified|||
||||||products<br>as_||in||
||||||CRO,<br>2012,||as|\a|

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3 Effect of this Notification: Import Policy and Policy condition for import of Electronics and IT Goods is laid down. This issues with the approval of Minister ofson and Industry.

(Alok V: an Chaturvedi) Director G al of Foreign Trade & Ex Officio Add|. Secretary to the Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from file No. 01/89/180/39/AM-13/PC-2(A)/e 2261]

• Note: The principal notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17th January, 2017 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 172 (E), dated the 17th January, 2017 and amended vide notification No. 50/2015-2020, dated the 8th January, 2019 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 128(E) dated the 8th January, 2019.