Amendment in import policy of Cigarette lighters covered under CTH 9613 of Chapter 96 of Schedule –I (Import Policy) of ITC (HS) 2022

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 Vanijya Bhawan

Notification No. 15 /2023 New Delhi, Dated: 29 June, 2023

Subject: Amendment in import policy condition of Cigarette lighters Covered under CTH 9613 of Chapter 96 of Schedule -I (Import Policy) of ITC (HS) 2022.

S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 and Section 5 of Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, as amended from time to time, the Central Government amend the import policy condition for the following HS Codes covered under Chapter 96 of the ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule -I (Import Policy) as under:

|||Item Description|Item Description|Existing||Revised|New Policy|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||Policy|Policy|Condition|||
|96131000|||Pocket<br>lighters,|gas | Free||Prohibited||However,|import|is|
|||fuelled,|non-|||“Free” if CIF|value is|Rs.|
|||refillable||||20/- or above|per lighter||
|96132000|||Pocket lighters,||Free|Prohibited||However,|import|is|
|||gasfuelled,refillable||||“Free” if CIF|value is|Rs.|
|||||||20/-orabove|perlighter||

2. EffectNotification: of the

The import policy of Cigarette lighters under ITC (HS) Codes 96131000 and 96132000 is revised from "Free" to “Prohibited”. However, import shall be free if CIF value is Rs. 20/- or above per lighter.

This issue with the approval of Minister of Commerce & Industry.

(ck 2 (Rajesh Agrawaty Director General of Foreign Trade & Addl. Secretary to Govt. of India Email: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/93/180/misc.39/AM-20/PC.1I(B) /E-22950)