Amendment in Export Policy of Personal Protection Equipment/Masks

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(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. 21 /2015-2020 New Nalh:Delhi, Dated:Thatod. 28"20° July,Im, 2020907

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

S.O. (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. 20 dated 21.07.2020 read with Notification No. 16 dated 29.06.2020 amending the Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy 2018 related to the export of Personal Protection Equipments/Masks, incorporating earlier amendments, as under:

|Serial|Serial||ITC HS|Description|Export||Policy Condition|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|umber}||Codes||Policy||;|
||||Following<br>Personal<br>Protection||||
||||Equipments(PPEs) exported — either||||
||||as<br>part<br>of<br>kits<br>or<br>as<br>individual||||
||||items -||||
|||901850|‘Medical<br>Coenlie<br>of di<br>;<br>.<br>.|Prohibited|<br>Classes/Categories (Except Surgical<br>5;<br>;<br>drapes,<br>isolation aprons, surgical<br>wrapsandX- raygowns)||OOeee<br>as Surgical drapes,<br>:<br>;<br>‘<br>isolation aprons, surgical<br>wrapsandX-raygowns<br>are freely exportable.||
|||901890|||Monthly export quota of||
|207|A}|9020<br>392690|,<br>a: Meatioa Coveralls forCONT:Te|Restricted||50 Lakh units ofMedical<br>|Coveralls forCOVID-19||
|||621790|||||
|||630790||Restricted|||Monthly export quota|
||||3. Medical Goggles|||of20 Lakh units of|
|||||||Medical Goggles|
||||4.All_<br>masks<br>other<br>than<br>Non-<br>:<br>;<br>medical/non-surgical masks (cotton,<br>silk, wool, polyester, Nylon, Rayon<br>is<br>:<br>Sor<br>’<br>| <br>Viscose—<br>Knitted,<br>Woven.<br>or<br>Blended)|Prohibited|Nonsmedivay<br>non<br>surgical masks (cotton,<br>:<br>alk; woul, palyester,<br> |Nylon, Rayon, Viscose—<br>j<br>Knitted,Woven or<br>Blended) are allowed||
|||||||freelyforexport.|

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----- Start of picture text -----<br> Restricted| Monthly Export Quota<br>5. 2/3 Ply Surgical Masks of4 Crore 2/3 Ply<br>surgical masks<br>6. Nitrile/NBR Gloves Posbibiied<br>7. Face Shields : Free Face Shields are freely<br>exportable<br>----- End of picture text -----<br>

ea Effect of this Notification:

Notification No. 20 dated 21.07.2020 read with Notification No. 16 dated 29.06.2020 is amended to the extent that the export policy of 2/3 Ply Surgical masks, Medical Goggles is amended from “Prohibited” to “Restricted” category and export of Face Shields has been made “free”.

A monthly export quota of 4 crore units per month has been fixed for 2/3 Ply Surgical masks and 20 lakh units per month for Medical Goggles for issuing export licenses to eligible applicants as per the criteria to be separately issued in a Trade Notice.

(Amit28] © alae© 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/E-21933)