Amendment in Para 2.25 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20.

To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-Il, Section-3, Sub-Section (Il) Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade NewNotificationDelhi, Dated:\2"December, eres 12015-20202019

Subject: Amendment in Para 2.25 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20.

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 Para 2.25 of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015-2020 as under:

|Existing|Para 2.25 of FTP, 2015-2020|Para 2.25 of FTP, 2015-2020|Para 2.25 of FTP, 2015-2020|Para 2.25 of FTP, 2015-2020|Para 2.25 of FTP, 2015-2020|Para 2.25 of FTP, 2015-2020|Revised Para 2.25 of FTP, 2015-2020||
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|Import|of|gifts|shall be||‘free' where | Import of goods,<br>including those purchased||||
|such|goods||are|otherwise||freely | from<br>e-commerce<br>portals,<br>through<br>post||or|
|importable under ITC (HS). In||||||other | courier, where Customs clearance is sought||as|
|cases,||such|imports”||shall _ be| gifts, is prohibited except for life saving drugs/||||
|permitted||against||an|authorisation|||medicines and Rakhi (but not gifts related|to|
|issued|by|DGFT.|||||Rakhi).||
||||||||Explanation:||
||||||||1. Rakhi (but not gifts related to Rakhi) will|be|
||||||||covered under Section 25(6) of Customs Act,||
||||||||1962 that reads “...... no duty shall be collected||
||||||||ifthe amount ofduty leviable is equal to orless||
||||||||than Rs.100/”||
||||||||2. Import ofgoods as gifts with payment of|full|
||||||||applicabledutiesisallowed||

Effect of the Notification: Para 2.25 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20 revised prohibiting import of goods, including those purchased from e-commerce portals, through post or courier, where Customs clearance is sought as gifts, except for life saving drugs / medicines and Rakhi (but not gifts related to Rakhi). Rakhi will be exempted as under Section 25(6) of Customs Act, 1962. Further, import of goods as gifts with payment of full applicable duty is permissible. This issues with the approval of Minister of Commerce & Industry. ———— (Amit Yadav) Director General of Foreign Trade& Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India

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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.