Modification of SIONs at Sl No.C-1188,1206,1207,1208,1209,1314,1702 and 1971.

(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary) (Part-I- Section-1)

                                      Government of India 

Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Public Notice No.43 (RE: 2012)/2009-2014 New Delhi: Dated: 2nd January, 2013

Subject: Modification of SIONs at Sl No.C-1188,1206,1207,1208,1209,1314,1702

and 1971

In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1), the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby makes following amendment in
Handbook of Procedure Vol.II (SION Book):-

The description of import items in respect of following SIONs is amended as under:- S. No SION S.No. Export items
Existing import items Amended import items
1 C- 1188 Silver Bearing Copper
Strip/Sheets/Foil 1.Copper Scrap or Copper Wire Bar 2.Silver bullion of Purity 99.99%

1. Copper Scrap or Copper Wire Bar
2. Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/
   Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% and above/ Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% and above 2 C- 1206 Silver Cadmium Oxide Contact Silver bullion Purity 99.9% Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/
   and above/ and above 3 C- 1207 Silver Graphite Contact Silver bullion Purity 99.9% Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/
   and above/ and above 4
   C- 1208 Silver Nickel Contacts 1.Silver bullion Purity 99.9% 1.Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/

6 C- 1314 Silver Brazing Alloy in the form of Strips/Wire/Powd er/Foils/ Blanks/Discs/Pro file/Sheet/Rod as per ASTM/JIS/DIN/BI S/ IBS Standard or equivalent 1.Silver Bullion (Minimum purity 99%)
2. Copper (Minimum purity 99%) 3. Zinc (Minimum purity 99%) 4. Cadmium (Minimum purity 99%) 5. Nickel (Minimum Purity 99%) 6. Tin (Minimum Purity 99%) 1.Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/
and above/ and above 2.Copper (Minimum purity 99%) 3. Zinc (Minimum purity 99%) 4. Cadmium (Minimum purity 99%) 5. Nickel (Minimum Purity 99%) 6. Tin (Minimum Purity 99%) 7 C- 1702 Silver Contacts/Silver Alloyed contacts or Wire/Silver profiles contacts/Silver Bimetal Contacts/Silver Bimetal Profiles/Sheet Contacts/Silver Contacts on Carrier/Silver Alloyed Contacts on Carrier/Non- Ferrous Metal Contacts.

1. Unwrought Silver having purity more than 99.9%
2. Any other relevant metal (s)/ alloying metal(s)
3. Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/
   and above/ and above
4. Any other relevant metal (s)/ alloying metal(s) 8 C- 1971 Silver Targets/Discs 1.Silver Ingots 99.9% purity OR Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/
   2.Nickel 99.8% purity and above/ and above
5. Nickel 99.8% purity 5 C- 1209 Silver Tungsten Graphite Contact 1.Silver bullion Purity 99.9% 2.Tungsten Graphite 99.95% purity
6. Unwrought Silver of purity 99.9% and above/
   and above/ and above
7. Tungsten Graphite 99.95% purity

99.9% purity Scrap Silver/Used Silver Targets/Discs and above/ and above OR Scrap Silver/Used Silver Targets/Discs

There is no change in description/quantity of export products or quantity of import items. 3. Effect of Public Notice:- Different forms of silver have now been uniformly allowed as inputs for the export products in the above mentioned SIONs.

(Anup K. Pujari ) Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/81/162/82/AM12/DES-II)