Amendment in Export Policy of Personal Protection Equipments/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.48 /2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated:2 £ February 2020

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

|S.O. (E)|S.O. (E)|In exercise of|powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade|powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade|(Development &|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.|||22 of 1992), asamended, read with Para 1.02 ofthe|Foreign Trade Policy,||
|2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes followingamendment in the||||Notification No. 47||
|dated08.02.2020 related to export of Personal Protection Equipment and Masks:||||||
|||ITC HS Codes|||Present Policy|
||||All Personal Protection Equipment including Clothing<br>and Masks[Coveralls (Class 2/3/4) and N-95 Masks].||Prohibited|
||||However, the following items are freely exportable:|||
|||901850|1. Surgical Masks/DisposableMasks(2/3Ply)<br>2.<br>All Gloves exceptNBR Gloves.|||
||207 A|901890<br>9020<br>392690|3.<br>All Ophthalmic instrumentsandappliances |<br>~<br>underITCHS901850except Medical Goggles<br>4.<br>Surgical Blades|||
|||621790|5.<br>Non-Woven Shoe covers (Disposable)|||
|||630790|6.<br>Breathing appliances used byAirmen,|||
||||Divers, mountaineers or Firemen|||
||||7.<br>Gas Masks with chemical absorbent for|||
||||filtration against poisonous vapour, smoke,|||
||||gases|||
||||8.<br>HDPE Tarpaulin/Plastic Tarpaulin|||
||||9.<br>PVC conveyor belt||:|
||||10.Biopsy Punch|||
|3.|Effect of this Notification:|||||
|The <br>Serial|Notification No. 47 dated 08.02.2020 isamended to the extent thatthe items <br>Serial No, 1 to 10 above are allowed freely for export. However, export of all||||specified under<br> other Personal|
|Protection<br>shall|Protection Equipment including N-95 masks or other items not specified in the exceptions above,<br>shall remain Prohibited.|||||
||||||Bhj\ro<br>(Amitvad here|
||||Director General of Foreign Trade|||
||||Ex-Officio Additional Secretary, Government of India|||
|||||E-mail:dgft@nic.in||

The Notification No. 47 dated 08.02.2020 is amended to the extent that the items specified under Serial No, 1 to 10 above are allowed freely for export. However, export of all other Personal Protection Equipment including N-95 masks or other items not specified in the exceptions above, shall remain Prohibited.

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