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 Bhawan New Delhi

Notification No. 14 /2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated: 22° June, 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 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes following amendment in the Notification No. 44 dated 31.01.2020 read with Notification No. 06 dated 16.05.2020 amending the Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy related to the export of Personal Protection Equipments/masks as under:

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----- Start of picture text -----<br> Serial ITC HS Description Export<br>Number Codes Policy<br>Following Personal Protection|<br>Equipments(PPEs) exported either as part of kits<br>901850 (°T 88 individual items -<br>207A pits 1.Medical Coveralls of all Classes/Categories<br>392690 2.Medical Goggles , Prohibited<br>621790 3.All masks other than non-medical/non-surgical<br>630790 masks(Cotton, Silk, Wool , Polyester, Nylon,<br>Rayon, Viscose — Knitted, Woven or Blended)<br>4. Nitrile/NBR Gloves<br>5. Face Shield<br>----- End of picture text -----<br>

2 Effect of this Notification:

Notification No. 44 dated 31.01.2020 read with Notification No. 06 dated 16.05.2020 is amended to the extent that only items as described above, exported against the mentioned HS codes or falling under any other HS code, are prohibited for export, as part of prohibition on personal protection equipments. All other items are freely exportable.

tN (Amit22166 toe\ re ed 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)