Amendment in Export Policy and insertion of Policy Condition under Chapter 29 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2018 – regarding

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

Notification No. 62/2015-2020 New Delhi, Dated: 23" March, 2022

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy and insertion of Policy Condition under Chapter 29 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2018 — regarding

S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (as amended from time to time) read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes amendment in the Export Policy of Chapter 29 and 38, ITC (HS), Export Policy, 2018, for the following HS codes as under:

|S.No. | HSCode<br>Item Description|Present|Revised|
|---|---|---|
||Export|Export Policy|
||Polic||
|151 C |29034300 |Fluoromethane<br>(HFC-41), |Free||Restricted|
|1,2-difluoroethane<br>(HFC-|||
|152) and 1,1-difluoroethane|||
|(HFC- 152a)|||
|151 D_ |29034400 | Pentafluoroethane<br>(HFC-| Free||Restricted|
|125),<br>1,1,1-<br>trifluoroethane|||
|(HFC-143a)<br>and = 1,1,2-|||
|trifluoroethane (HFC-143)|||
|ISLE |29034500 | 1,1,1,.2-<br>Tetrafluoroethane| Free||Restricted|
|(HFC-134a)<br>and<br>1,1,2,2-|||
|tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134)|||
|151 F |2903 46 00| 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-|Free|Restricted|
|Heptafluoropropane (HFC-|||
|227ea),|||
|1,1,1,2,2,3-|||
|hexafluoropropane (HFC-|||
|236cb), 1,1,1,2,3,3-|||
|hexafluoropropane (HFC-|||
|236ea) and|||
|1,1,1,3,3,3-|||
|hexafluoropropane (HFC-|||
|236fa)|||

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|151G_|| 2903|47 00| 1,1,1,3,3-<br>Free|Restricted|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Pentafluoropropane<br>(HFC-||
|||245fa)<br>and<br>1,1,2,2,3-||
|||pentafluoropropane<br>(HFC-||
|||245ca)||
|151H||2903|48 00| 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluorobutane | Free|Restricted|
|||(HFC-365mfc)<br>and||
|||1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-||
|||decafluoropentane (HFC-43-||
|||10mee)||
|1511||29035100 | 2,3,3,3-<br>Tetrafluoropropene| Free||Restricted|
|||(HFO-1234yf),<br>1,3,3,3-||
|||tetrafluoropropene||
|||(HFO1234ze)<br>and =<br>(z)-||
|||1,1,1.4,4.4-hexafluoro-2-||
|||butene (HFO-1336mzz)||
|||(HFC-23)||
|151K||38275900 |Other<br>-<br>Containing<br>other| Free||Restricted|
|||Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)||
|||but<br>not<br>containing||
|||chlorofluorocarbons<br>(CFCs)||
|||or hydrochlorofluorocarbons||
|||(HCFCs)||
|151L|| 3827 61 00 | Containing 15% or more by| Free||Restricted|
|||mass<br>of<br>LAs<br>-||
|||trifluoroethane (HFC -143a )||
|151M_||| 3827 62 00 | Other, not included in the| Free||Restricted|
|||sub<br>-heading<br>above,||
|||containing 55% or more by||
|||mass<br>of<br>pentafluoroethane||
|||(HFC<br>-125)<br>but<br>not||
|||containing<br>unsaturated||
|||fluorinated<br>derivatives<br>of||
|||acyclic<br>hydrocarbons||
|||(HFOs)||
|151 N_|| 38276300|Other, not included<br>in the| Free||Restricted|
|||sub<br>-headings<br>above,||
|||containing 40% or more by||
|||mass<br>of<br>pentafluoroethane||
|||(HFC -125 )||
|1510|| 3827 6400 | Other, not included<br>in the| Free||Restricted|
|||sub<br>-headings<br>above,||
|||containing 30% or more by||
|||mass<br>of<br>Lit<br>-||

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a A new policy condition no. 1 is incorporated in Chapter 29 and 38 respectively of ITC (HS), Schedule — 2 (Export Policy).

“Export of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) is permitted with an Export authorization subject to NOC of Ozone Cell, MoEF&CC”.

3. Effect of this Notification

Export Policy of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) has been revised from ‘Free’ to ‘Restricted’ category with immediate effect and export Authorisations would be issued based on NOC from MoEF&CC.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi) Director General of Foreign Trade Ex- officio Addi. Secretary to the Government of India E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/180/028/AM22/EC /E-30957)