Amendment in import policy of biofuels

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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

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Subject: Amendment in import policy of biofuels.

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 amends the import policy of biofuels under Chapter 22, 27 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule — | (Import Policy.

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|Item|Description|[Present||Existing|Revised||Revised|
|Policy|_‘|Policy|Policy|Policy|
|Condition|Condition|
|2207|20|00|jEthyl|alcohol|andjRestricted|Import|is|Restricted|
|other|spirits,|allowed|only|
|denatured,|of|an|or|non-fuel|
|strength.|purposes|
|subject|to|
|Actual|Use|
|condition.|
|2710|20|00||Petroleum|oils|andjRestricted||Import|is|Restricted|
|oils|obtained|from|allowed|only|
|Gewkas|(|__|[bituminous|
|minerals|(othe_|_|for|purposesnon-fuel|
|than|crude)|and|subject|to|
|preparations|no|Actual|User|
|elsewhere|condition.|
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|included,|
|containing|b|
|eight|70%|o|
|more|of|petroleum|
|oils|or|of|oils|
|obtained|from|
|bituminous|
|minerals,|these|
|oils|being|the|basic;|
|constituents|of|the|
|preparations,|
|containing|
|biodiesel,|othe|
|than waste oils.|

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3826 00 00 [Biodiesel and|Restricted |Import is Restricted mixtures _ thereof, allowed only not containing or for non-fuel containing less purposes than 70 % by subject to weight of Actual User petroleum oils and condition. oils obtained from bituminous minerals.

Effect of the Notification: Policy condition providing for free import of bio-fuels by actual users is deleted. Import policy of bio-fuels is “restricted” for all purposes and its import will require import licence from DGFT. This issues with the approval of Minister of Commerce & Industry. pe

(AlokVardhanChat i) Director General of Eeteign Trade& Ex- officio Add!. Secretary to the Gévérnment of India

(F.No. 01/89/180/01/AM-19/PC-2(A) / e — 11101)

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Note: The principal notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17th January, 2017 was publisheddated the in17ththeJanuary,Gazette 2017of India,andExtraordinaryamended videvidenotificationnumber S.O.No. 27/2015-172 (E), 2020, dated the 21st August, 2018 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O. 4054 (E), dated the 21st August, 2018.