PN 20/2026

[To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary (Part-I, Section-])] Government of India Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi

Public Notice No. 20/2026-27

Dated: 13'" July, 2026

Subject: Amendments under Para 2.92 and Appendix-2A of Handbook of Procedure 2023 for inclusion of TRQs under India — Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) -reg.

In exercise of powers conferred under paragraph 1.03 read with 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023, as amended from time to time, the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby amends Para 2.92 and Appendix-2A of the Handbook of Procedure, 2023 to incorporate the items mentioned and related provisions for Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ) under India — Oman Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) as follows:

2. Para 2.92 of the HBP, 2023, is amended to include the following annual Import TRQs under India-Oman CEPA:

|HS Code|Description||MEN||"<br>TRQ Modality|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Rate||
|BE|ek||eewithTRQofupto2,000tonnes<br>(cumulative for both lines)||
|25151210}-Marble|and travertine: ---||40%||TR to 25 %, MIP ofUSD 150 perMT and|
|Blocks||||maximum import quota of 100 KTA|
|25151220)-Marble|and travertine|: ---|40%||TR to 25 %, MIP ofUSD 25 per sq mtr and|
|Slabs||||maximum import quota of 1.5 mn sq mtr per|
|||||annum|
|29053100)Ethylene Glycol (Ethanediol)|||[5%||TR of 50% phased in 5 years (TRQ of 150|
|||||KTA)|
|3817001 1|LinearAlkylbenzenes|||7.5%|[TR of50% over 5 years withTRQ (3-year|
|||||average import forCY 2018, 19, 21)|
|38170019|Alkylbenzenes (mixed), Other|||||
|39011010/LLDPE—|— Ethylene monomer|7.5%||7.5%||TR of 50% over 5 years (CumulativeTRQ of|
|contributes >95% by weight of||||150 KTA for 7 TLs phased over 7 years with|

kylbenzenes (mixed), Other|||||
|39011010/LLDPE—|— Ethylene monomer|7.5%||7.5%||TR of 50% over 5 years (CumulativeTRQ of|
|contributes >95% by weight of||||150 KTA for 7 TLs phased over 7 years with|
|total polymer content||||75 KT in Year 1)|
|39011020/Low Density Polyethylene||||7.5%||
|(LDPE)|||||

eh? a ee

|39011090/Other|7.5%||
|---|---|---|
|39012000)Polyethylene havinga specific|75%||
|gravity of 0.94 or more|||
|39014010)/LLDPE— Ethylene monomer | 7.5%|||
|contributes <95% by weight of|||
|total polymer content|||
|39021000|Polypropylene|eaof 50% over5years(CumulativeTRQof<br>75 KTA for 3 TLs phased over 7 years)||
|39023000|Propylene Copolymers|||
|39022000/Poly Iso-Butylene|7.5%||TR over 7 years(TRQ up to 125%of3FY|
|||average volume)|
|39031100/Expansible|eelsof50%over5yearswithTRQ(3-year<br>average import forCY 2018, 19, 21)||
|39031910|Moulding Powder|||
|39033000|Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-|7.5%||
|Styrene (ABS) Copolymers|||
|39041010)BindersforPigments|abe|ERof50%over5yearswithTRQ(3-year<br>average import forCY 2018, 19, 21)|
|39041020|Suspension GradePVC Resin|||
|39043010|Poly(Vinyl Derivatives)|||
|39044000/Other Vinyl Chloride|10%||
|Copolymers|||
|39046910/Poly(Vinyl Fluoride)— in one|||7.5%||
|ofthe forms mentioned in Note|||
|6(b) to this Chapter|||
|39049010IChlorinatedPolyVinyl|||

| |

000/Other Vinyl Chloride|10%|| |Copolymers||| |39046910/Poly(Vinyl Fluoride)— in one|||7.5%|| |ofthe forms mentioned in Note||| |6(b) to this Chapter||| |39049010IChlorinatedPolyVinyl|||

| | 

```text
|Chloride (CPVC) Resin||||
|---|---|---|---|
|390761 10|PET Flake (Chip)—viscosity|||7.5%||TR of 50% over 5 years withTRQ (cumulative|
|number of78 ml/g or higher|||10KT for 39076110, 39076190, 39076930|
|39076190|Other Primary Form|||phased over5 years)|
|39076930|PET Flake (Chip)||||
|39095000)Polyurethanes||7.5%||TR of50% over 5 years withTRQ (3-year|
||||average import forCY 2018, 19, 21)|
|68022110|MarbleBlocks/Tiles<br>68022 120|Marble Monumental Stone||Fecesto25%in 3years(CumulativeTRQof1.5<br>mnsq.mtr forthethree TariffLines)||
|74081110|\CopperWeld Wire (diameter||5%|{TEP over 5 years (TRQ of150% of3-year|
|6mm)|||moving average volume)|
|74081910|\Copper Weld Wire (diameter||5%||
|<6 mm)||||
|74081920|Welding Wire||||
|76011010|Ingots (Aluminium,||7.5%||TEP over 10 years withTRQ (preceding 3-year|
|unwrought, not alloyed)|||moving average imports for Years 1 to 3;|
|st<br>76012010iIngots(Aluminium alloys,<br>unwrought)||1.970|115%ofpreceding 3 yearsTRQutilization<br> eons YearA onwards)|
|76012020)Billets (Aluminium alloys,||7.5%||
|unwrought)||||
|76051100|Aluminium wire (not alloyed)|||7.5%||
|cross-sectional dimension||||
|||:||
|exceeds<br>7 mm||||
|TEI = Tariff Elimination Immediate|||TEP|= Tariff Elimination Phased<br>|<br>TR = Tariff|
|Reduction<br>| TRQ = Tariff Rate Quota|||KTA =|Kilo TonnesperAnnum.|

ension||||
|||:||
|exceeds<br>7 mm||||
|TEI = Tariff Elimination Immediate|||TEP|= Tariff Elimination Phased<br>|<br>TR = Tariff|
|Reduction<br>| TRQ = Tariff Rate Quota|||KTA =|Kilo TonnesperAnnum.|
|3,<br>Import would be subject to the|relevant||Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)|
|Notification No. 20/2026-Customs dated||31‘ May, 2026 (as amended from time to time) relating||
|toIndia-OmanCEPA.||||

4. At the time ofclearance of the import consignment, the importer in India shall produce a Certificate of Origin issued by the competent authority in Oman.

3; The year for the purposes of these imports shall be the period from Ist April to 31st March, i.e., the financial year in India.

|

6. All applications for grant of TRQ authorisations shall be submitted online through the DGFT website (https://dgft.gov.in) --> under Import Management System -->Tariff Rate Quota (TRQ)

7. The application, along with the requisite fee, shall be filed online. The last date for submission of applications for annual allocation for FY 2027-28 and onwards shall be 28th February of the preceding financial year.

8. For the Financial Year 2026-27, the details of the application window for filing TRQ applications will be communicated through a separate Public Notice for allocation of the eligible quota quantity on a pro-rata basis for the remaining part of the Financial Year, reckoned from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

a separate Public Notice for allocation of the eligible quota quantity on a pro-rata basis for the remaining part of the Financial Year, reckoned from the date of entry into force of the Agreement.

9. The TRQ authorisation shall contain the following particulars: the name and address of the importer, Importer-Exporter Code (IEC), Customs notification number, applicable tariff item, quantity, and validity period of the authorisation.

10. The TRQ authorisation shallbe issued electronically by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade and transmitted to the Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System (ICES). 11. Imports against the TRQ shall be allowed only upon electronic debit of the authorised quantity in the ICES system.

12: The TRQ authorisation shall be valid for a maximum period of 12 months or till the end of the Financial Year, whichever is earlier. Imports under a TRQ authorisation may be cleared through Indian Customs only during the validity period of the TRQ authorisation. 13; Procedure for application for imports under TRQ under India-Oman CEPA, as enumerated above, shall be incorporated as Annexure VIII to Appendix 2A of the Handbook of Procedures 2023. Effect of this Public Notice: The procedure for allocation of Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQs) under the India-Oman CEPA is hereby notified.

(Lav Agarwal) Director General of Foreign Trade & Addl. Secretary to the Government of India Email: dgft@nic.in

[Issuedfrom File No. 01/89/180/07/AM-26/PC-2(A)/E-46336]