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 UdyogBhawan New Delhi

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

|S.0. (E)|S.0. (E)|In exercise of powers conferred by|In exercise of powers conferred by|Section 3|Section 3|of the Foreign Trade (Development &|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,<br>2015-20, the<br>Central Government hereby makes following amendment<br>in the|||||||
|Notification No. 21|||dated 28.07.2020 amending the Schedule 2 of the||||ITC (HS) Export Policy 2018|
|related to||the export of Personal Protection Equipments/Masks,as under:||||||
|Serial | ITC HS|||Description|||Export Policy|Policy Condition|
|||Codes||||||
|Number|||||||:|
||||Following<br>Personal|Protection||||
||||Equipments(PPEs) exported either||as|||
||||part of kits or as individual|items -||||
||||1.<br>Medical<br>Coveralls|of|all||PPE medical coveralls are|
||||Classes/Categories||||freelyexportable.|
|||901850||||Restricted||Monthly exportquota of20|
|||901890||2. Medical Goggles||||Lakh units of Medical|
|207|A}|9020|||||;<br>Goggles|
|||392690<br>621790|3. N95/FFP2 masksor itsequivalent|||Restricted | Monthly export<br>quotaof<br>=r<br>’<br>50 Lakh units||
|||630790|||||Allmasks(except|
||||4. All masks ( Except N95/FFP2 masks||||N95/FFP2 masks or its|
||||or its equivalent)||||equivalent) arefreely|
||||||||exportable|
||||5.Nitrile/NBRGloves|||Prohibitedpoe S|||
||||6. Face Shields|||Free|Face Shields are freely|
||||||||exportable|

2. Effect of this Notification:

Notification No. 21 dated 28.07.2020 is amended to the extent that the export policy of 2/3 Ply Surgical masks, medical coveralls of all classes and categories (including medical coveralls for COVID-19) is amended from “Restricted” to “Free” category and these coveralls( including gowns and aprons of all types) are now freely exportable. Medical goggles continue to remain in restricted category with monthly quota of 20 Lakh units and Nitrile/NBR gloves continue to remain prohibited.

The export policy of N-95/FFP2 masks or its equivalent masks is revised from “Prohibited” to “Restricted” category. A monthly export quota of 50 lakh units has been fixed for N-95/FFP2 masks or its equivalent, for issuing export licenses to eligible applicants as per the criteria to be separately issued in a Trade Notice.

en Woden) waleplore 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)