Amendment in Export Policy of Personal Protection Equipment / Masks

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

Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhavan New Delhi Notification No. 47 /2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated: 8th February 2020

Subject: - Amendment in Export Policy of Personal Protection Equipment/Masks

S.0.(E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes following amendment in the Notification No. 44 dated 31.01.2020 related to export of Personal Protection Equipment and Masks:

||||ITCHS Codes|Description|||Present Policy|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||207A|A|901850|All Personal ProtectionEquipments|||Prohibited||
||||901890<br>9020|including Clothingand<br>Masks[Coveralls (Class 2/3/4) and|||||
||||392690|N-95 Masks] except the following||||
||||621790|items:||||
||||630790<br>:|1.<br>Surgical Masks/ Disposable|||||
||||||Masks( 2/3 Ply)<br>2. A**l**lGloves(exceptNBR<br>G oves)|||||
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+2 Effect of this Notification:

The Notification No. 44 dated 31.01.2020 is amended to the extent that the items such as Surgical Masks/Disposable Masks (2/3 Ply) and all Gloves except NBR Gloves are allowed freely for export. However, export of all other Personal Protection Equipment including N-95 and other Personal Protection Equipment accompanying Masks and Gloves not specified in the exceptions above shall remain Prohibited.

a ae (Amit Yadav) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC)