Amendment in Export Policy of Diagnostic Kits/Laboratory Reagents/Diagnostic Apparatus.

(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 Bhawan New Delhi

Notification No. 09/2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated: 10" June 2020

Subject: - Amendment in Export Policy of Diagnostic Kits/Laboratory Reagents/Diagnostic Apparatus.

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 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Schedule 2 of the ITCHS Export Policy related to export of Diagnostic Kits, with immediate effect:

A.. The export policy of Diagnostic kits/laboratory reagents is revised by amending the Notification No. 59 dated 04.04.2020 as under:

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|—|ITCHS|Codes|Description|Policy|
|¢|VTM|kits|and|reagents|
|207G|Exanae|e¢|RNA extraction|kits and|reagents|:|
|e|RT-PCR|kits and reagents|Restrinnee|

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B. The export policy of following diagnostic instruments/apparatus/reagents ‘Restricted’.

is amended to

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|Ex39269099|‘|
|507|H|Ex701790|15ml_|falcon|tube|or|:|
|Ex84199090|cryovials|
|Ex90189099|
|Ex3822|
|Swabs|sterile|synthetic|fibre|
|207|||Ex300590|swabs|(Nylon,Polyester,|ee|Restricted|
|Ex3822|Rayon,|or|Dacron)|
|207|J|Ex90279090|Silicon|columns|
|Ex3822|
|207|K|Ex38220090|Poly|adenylic|Acid|or|Carrier|
|Ex38220019|sash|,|

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207 L	Ex38220090	Proteinase K
	Ex38220019
207M	Ex9027	Magnetic stand
	Ex3822
	Ex38220019
2070	£x38220090<br>Ex38220019	Probes (specificforCOVID-<br>19 testing)
207 P	Ex38220090<br>Ex38220019	Primers (specificforCOVID-<br>19 testing)
207Q	Ex3507	aq Polymerase enzyme
	Ex3822
207 R	£x3507	Reverse transcriptase
	Ex3822	phere
2075	Ex2934	Deoxy nucleotide
	Ex3822	riphosphates

2. All other diagnostic kits/reagents/instruments/apparatus falling under the HS codes above are freely exportable subject to submission of an undertaking, to the concerned Customs Authorities, duly signed by the authorised signatory on the company letterhead, stating the following,

“ The Diagnostic kits/reagents/instruments/apparatus to be exported under the Shipping bill Number - ****** dated DD/MM/YYYY does not contain any item that is restricted for export as per the Notification No. 09/2015-20 dated 10.06.2020”.

3. Effect of this Notification:

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The Notification No. 59 dated 04.04.2020 is amended to the extent that only diagnostic kits/reagents as described in para 1(A) and all diagnostic instruments/apparatus/reagents as described in para 1(B) falling under any HS code, including HS codes specified above, are ‘restricted’ for exports whether as an individual item or as a part of any diagnostic kits/reagent. All other diagnostic kits/reagents/instruments/apparatus falling under the HS codes above are freely exportable subject to submission of an undertaking by the exporter to the Customs Authorities at the time of export.

1o \ ©o6 Ire (Amit Yadav) © Director General of Foreign Trade Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from file No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC/E-21044)