Eximkey - India Export Import Policy 2004 2013 Exim Policy

APPENDIX - 3



Export of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) listed below shall be permitted only against an export license issued in this behalf unless it is prohibited or permitted without a licence subject to fulfillment of conditions, if any, as indicated under / against any specific category or item.

Note 1: Export or attempt to export in violation of any of the conditions of license to export shall, inter alia, and without prejudice to prosecution under any other Act for the time being in force, invite criminal prosecution under the Customs Act, 1962.

Note 2:Export of items listed in this schedule, (other than those listed under Catego-ries 0, 1 and 2) solely for the purposes of display/exhibition abroad are subject to condition of re-import within a period not exceeding six months fromthe date of exports. Exporters are entitled to apply for a standard SCOMETexport license for such items exhibited abroad if offered for sale during theexhibition abroad. Such sale shall not take place without a valid SCOMET license.

Exhibition licenses will not require any end-use/end-user certifications.

(No exhibition licences shall be issued for items under categories 0, 1 and 2 )

Note 3:The export of items in Category 2 of this list may also be controlled by other applicable guidelines issued from time-to-time. Exporters of items in this category are advised to seek guidance from the DGFT.

Note 4:Destination License : Exporters are entitled to apply for a "destination license" for countries and/or group of countries for export to which only re-export conditionalities need be imposed. Exporters may also request that only such conditions need be imposed as are the subject of government-to-government instruments of accord over export of some or all SCOMET items.

Category 0: Nuclear materials, facilities and related equipment

Note:The licensing authority for items in this category is the Department of Atomic Energy. Export of these items is regulated under Sections 14 & 16 of the Atomic Energy Act, 1962 and rules framed, and notifications/orders issued thereunder from time-to-time by the Department of Atomic Energy. An application for licenses to export prescribed equipment or/and prescribed substances shall be made in writing to the Joint Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Anushakti Bhavan, Chatrapathi Shivaji Marg, Mumbai - 400 001.

0APrescribed substances

0A001Uranium, its compounds and minerals/ores/concentrates containing uranium including tailings containing uranium.

0A002Thorium, its compounds and minerals/concentrates containing thorium including monazite.

0A003Zirconium, its alloys and compounds and minerals/concentrates including zircon.

0A004Beryllium, its compounds and its minerals/concentrates including beryl but excluding beryllium windows used for medical x-ray machines and gamma ray machines.

0A005Lithium, its compounds and its minerals/concentrates including lepidolite.

0A006Deuterium and its compounds (including Heavy Water)

0A007Plutonium and its compounds.

0A008Neptunium and its compounds.

0A009Columbite and Tantalite.

0A010Titanium ores and concentrates (ilmenite, rutile, and leucoxene)

0A011Nuclear grade graphite

0A012Tritium and its compounds.

0BPrescribed equipment

0B001Nuclear reactors; associated equipment, components and systems specially designed or adapted or used or intended to be used in such reactors.

0B002Plants for processing of Prescribed Substances, associated equipment, components and systems specially designed or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants.

0B003Plants for reprocessing of irradiated nuclear fuel and plants for treatment of radioactive wastes from nuclear reactors or from plants for processing Prescribed Substances or from nuclear reprocessing plants, associated equipment, components and systems specially designed or adapted or used or intended to be used in such plants.

0B004Plants or systems for production, handling, storage and transportation of radioisotopes in quantities exceeding 100 Curies (3.7 x 1012 (ten-raised-to-the-power-twelve) Becquerel).

0B005Equipment specially used for handling, storage and transportation of:

a) radioactive wastes from nuclear reactors or from plants for processing Prescribed Substances or from nuclear reprocessing plants;
b) irradiated nuclear fuel;
c) plutonium;
d) plutonium containing fuel.

0B006All systems, associated equipment and components for use in isotope enrichment.

0B007All systems, associated equipment and components for the manufacture of nuclear fuel.

0B008Neutron generators including neutron chain reacting assemblies and fusion assemblies of all kinds for producing fissile materials.

0B009High power lasers giving an output in excess of 10 joules in a pulse duration less than 100 pico seconds, or an oscillator-amplifier laser chain capable of delivering greater than 500 joules in 1 nano second.

Category 1: Toxic chemical agents and other chemicals:

1AExport of the following chemicals is prohibited:
( This corresponds to Schedule 1 to the Chemical Weapons Convention )

Note:Where reference is made below to groups of dialkylated chemicals, followed by a list of alkyl groups in parentheses, all chemicals possible by all possible combinations and alkyl groups listed in parentheses are considered prohibited unless explicitly exempted.

(1) O-Alky(< C10 , incl. Cycloalkyl) alky1
(Me, Et,n-Pr or I-Pr) phosphonofluoridates

e.g. Sarin:O-Isopropy1 methylphosphonofluoridate

Soman:O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonofluoridate

(2) O-Alkyl(, incl. Cycloalkyl) N,N-dialky1 (Me Et,n-Pr or I- Pr)
phosphoramidocyanidates

e.g. Tabun:O-Ethyl N,N,-dimethyl phosphoramidocyanidates
(3) O Alkyl(H or, incl. Cycloalkyl)S-2-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr)-aminoethyl alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr)phosphonothiolates and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts

e.g. VX:O-Ethyl S-2-disopropylaminoethyl methylphosphonothiolate

(4) Sulfur mustards:

2-Chloroethylchloromethylsulfide
Mustard gas: Bis(2-chloroethyl)sulfide
Bis(2-chloroethylthio) methane
Sesquimustard:1,2-Bis(2-chloroethylthio) ethane
1,3-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-propane
1,4-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-butane
1,5-Bis(2-chloroethylthio)-n-Pentane
Bis(2-Chloroethylthiomethyl)ether
O-Mustard: Bis(2-Chloroethylthiomethyl)ether

(5) Lewisites:
Lewisite 1: 2-Chlorovinyldichloroarsine
Lewisite 2: Bis (2-Chlorovinyl) chloroarsine
Lewisite 3: Tris (2-Chlorovinyl) arsine

(6) Nitrogen mustards:

HN1: Bis(2-chloroethyl) ethylamine
HN2: Bis(2-chloroethyl) Chloroarsine
HN3: Tris(2-chloroethyl) amine

(7) Saxitoxin
(8) Ricin
(9) Alkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or I-Pr) phosphonyldifluorides e.g. DF: Methyl phosphonyldifluoride
(10) O-Alkyl (H or , incl. Cycloalkyl) O-2 dialkyl (Me, Et, n- Pr or I-Pr)-aminoethylalkyl (Me, Et N-Pr or I-Pr)

Phosphonites and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts

e.g. QL: o-Ethyl O-2-diisopropylaminoethyl methyl phosphonite

(11) Chlorosarin: O-Isopropyl methylphosphonochloridate

(12) Chlorosoman: O-Pinacolyl methylphosphonochloridate

1BExport of chemicals listed in 1B below is permitted only to States party to the Chemical Weapons Convention:

( This corresponds to Schedule 2 to the Chemical Weapons Convention )

{Notes to Exporter: (a) A list of States parties can be obtained from the Disarmament & International Security Affairs Division of the Ministry of External Affiars (Room No. 40-G South Block, New Delhi) or at the official website of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons at www.opcw .org.

(b) A general Permission vaild for a period of two years may be applied for by exporter for export of chemical in this category. This permission shall be subject to the condition that for each export consignment expoters shall, within 30 days of exports, notify the details to the National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; Ministry of External Affairs(D&ISA); Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery.}

(Note to Exporter shall be added vide Notification No. 20(RE-2000)/1997-2002 Dated 14-6-2000)

Note: Where reference is made below to groups of dialkylated chemicals, followed by a list of alkyl groups in parentheses, all chemicals possible by all possible combinations and alkyl groups listed in parentheses are considered prohibited unless explicitly exempted.

(1) Amiton 0,0-Diethyl S-[2-(diethylamino) ethyl)] phosphorothiolate and corresponding alkylated or protonated salts

(2) PFIB: 1,1,3,3,3,-Pentafluoro-2-(trifluoromethyl)1-propene

(3) BZ: 3-Quinuclidinyl benzilate (*)

(4) Chemicals, except for those listed in Schedule 1, containing a phosphorus atom to which is bonded one methyl, ethyl or propyl (normal or iso) group but not further carbon atoms,

e.g. Methylphosphonyl dichloride Dimethyle ethylphosphonate

Exemption:- Fonofos: O-Ethyl S-phenyl ethylphosphonothiolothionate

    (5) N, N-Dialkyl (ME, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) phosphoramidic dihalides

    (6) Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) N, N-dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i- Pr)-phosphoramidates

    (7) Arsenic trichloride

    (8) 2,2-Diphenyl-2 hydroxyacetic acid

    (9) Quinuclidine-3-ol

    (10) N,H-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethyl-2 -chlorides and corresponding protonated salts

    (11) N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2 -ols and corresponding protonated salts


Exemptions: N,N-Dimethylaminoethanol and corresponding protonated salts

N,N-Diethylaminoethanol
and corresponding protonated salts

    (12) N,N-Dialkyl (Me, Et, n-Pr or i-Pr) aminoethane-2-thiols and corresponding protonated salts

    (13) Thiodiglycol: Bis(2-hydroxyethyl) sulphide

    (14) Pinacolyl alcohol: 3,3-Dimethylbutane-2-ol


1CExport of Chemical as Specified below is allowed to states parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention without an export licence subject to the condition that exporter shall notify within 30 days of exports, to the National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; Ministry of External Affairs(D&ISA); the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade of such export in the prescibed format (appendix 18-B as reproduced in the Handbook of procedures, 1997-2002) alongwith the End Use Certificate and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery.

Export of Chemical as specified below to State not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention Shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed against an export licence and in that case also exporters shall submit to DGFT a copy of bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of export."

(1C shall be amended vide Notification 20/(RE-2000)/1997-2002 Dated 14-6-2000)

(This corresponds to Schedule 3 to the Chemical weapons Convention )

    (1) Phosgene: carbonyl dichloride
    (2) Cyanogen chloride
    (3) Hydrogen cyanide
    (4) Chloropicrin: Trichloronitromethane
    (5) Phosphorus oxychloride
    (6) Phosphorus trichloride
    (7) Phosphorus pentachloride
    (8) Trimethyl phosphite
    (9) Triethyl phosphite
    (10) Dimethyl phosphite
    (11) Diethyl phosphite
    (12) Sulfur monochloride
    (13) Sulfur dichloride
    (14) Thionyl chloride
    (15) Ethyldiethanolamine
    (16) Methyldiethanolamine
    (17) Triethanolamine


Category 2:Micro-organisms, toxins

2ABacteria, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2A001.Bacillus anthracis

2A002.Bordetella bronchoseptica

2A003. Brucella abortus,

2A004.Brucella melitensis

2A005.Brucella suis

2A006.Chlamydia psittaci

2A007.Clostridium botulinum

2A008.Clostridium perfringes

2A009.Corynebacterium diphtheriae

2A010.Francisella tularensis

2A011.Klebsiella pneumoniae

2A012.Legionlla pneumophila

2A013.Leptospira interrogans - all serotypes reported in India

2A014.Mycobacterium bovis

2A015.Mycobacterium tuberculosis

2A016.Mycoplasma mycoides - var mycoides

2A017.Mycoplasma mycoides - var Capri

2A018.Neisseria meningitidis

2A019.Paseturella multicoda type B

2A020.Pseudomonas mallei

2A021.Pseudomonas pseudomallei

2A022.Salmonella paratyphi

2A023.Shigella dysenteriae

2A024.Staphylococcus aureus

2A025.Streptococcus pneumoniae

2A026.Vibrio cholerae elter

2A027.Vibrio Cholerae 0139

2A028.Yersinia pestis

2BFungi, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2B001.Blastomyces dermatitidis

2B002.Coccidiodes immitis

2B003.Histoplasma capulatum

2B004.Nocardia asteroides

2B005.Paracoccidioides braziliensis

2CParasites, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2C001.Entamoeba histolytica

2C002.Babesia microti

2C003.Babesia divergens

2C004.Blostidium coli

2C005.Cryptosporidium spp.

2C006.Leishmania species

2C007.Naegleria australiensis

2C008.Naegleria fowleri

2C009.Plasmodium falciparum

2C010.Pneumocystis carinii

2C011.Schistosoma mansoni

2C012.Schistosoma japonicum

2C013.Schistosoma hemotobium

2C014.Toxoplasma gondii

2C015.Trichinella spiralis

2C016.Trypanosoma bruiei

2DViruses, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2D001.African Horse Sickness virus

2D002.African Swine Fever virus

2D003.Avian influenza virus

2D004.Blue tongue virus

2D005.Camel pox virus

2D006.Chikungunya virus

2D007.Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus

2D008.Dengue virus

2D009.Eastern equine encephalitis virus

2D010.Ebola fever virus

2D011.Encephalomyocarditis virus (EMC)

2D012.Foot and Mouth Disease virus (all serotypes and subtypes)

2D013.Guanirito virus

2D014.Goatpox virus

2D015.Hantaan virus

2D016.Herpes virus simiae (monkey B virus)

2D017.Herpes ateles, Herpes saimiri

2D018.HIV- 1 & HIV-2 and other strains of SIV

2D019.Hog cholera virus

2D020.Human T-cell Leukemia virus

2D021.Junin virus

2D022.Japanese encephalitis virus

2D023.Kyasanur Forest Disease virus and Central European encephalitis viruses.

2D024.Korean hemorrhagic fever virus

2D025.Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCM)

2D026.Lassa virus

2D027.Marburg virus

2D028.Murrey valley encephalitis virus

2D029.Marchupo virus

2D030.Mason-pfizer monkey virus

2D031.Monkey pox virus

2D032.Newcastle disease virus

2D033.Omsk hemorrhagic fever virus

2D034.Peste des petits ruminant virus

2D035.Porcine enterovirus type I

2D036.Powassan virus

2D037.Rabies virus -all strains

2D038.Respiratory syncitial virus

2D039.Rift Valley Fever virus

2D040.Rinderpest virus

2D041.Sabia virus

2D042.Sheep pox (field strain)

2D043.Sin Nombre virus

2D044.Smallpox virus

2D045.St.Louis encephalitis virus

2D046.Swine Fever virus

2D047.Tick-borne encephalitis virus (Russian Spring Summer Encephalitis virus)

2D048.Teschen disease virus (Porcine entero virus type 1)

2D049.Variola virus

2D050.Venezuelan encephalitis virus

2D051.Vesicular stomatitis virus

2D052.Western encephalitis virus

2D053.Yellow fever virus, 17 D vaccine strain

2ERickettsials, whether natural, enhanced or modified, either in the form of isolated live cultures or as material including living material which has been deliberately inoculated or contaminated with such cultures for the following:

2E001.Coxiella burnetti

2E002.Rickettsiae rickettsii

2E003.Rickettsia quintana

2E004.Rickettsia prowazebi

2FToxins

2F001.Abrins

2F002.Aflatoxins

2F003.Anatoxins

2F004.Botulinum toxin (s) (clostradium botulinum)

2F005.Bungarotoxins

2F006.Clostridium perfringens toxins

2F007.Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxins

2F008.Cyanginosins (Microcystins) (Microcystic aeuginosa)

2F009.Enterotoxin (Staphylococcus aureus)

2F010.Neurotoxin (Shigella dysenteriae)

2F011.Ricins

2F012.Shigatoxins

2F013.Saxitoxins

2F014.Trichothecene mycotoxins

2F015.Tetanus toxin (clostridium tetani)

2F016.Tetrodotoxin (Spheroides rufripes)

2F017.Verrucologen (M. verrucadia)

2GPlant pathogens

2G001.Bemisia tabaci

2G002.Colletotrichum coffeanum var. virulans

2G003.Clavicep purpurea

2G004.Dothistroma pini (Scirrhia pini)

2G005.Erwinia amylovora

2G006.Frankliniella occidentalis

2G007.Microcyclus ulei

2G008.Peronospora hyoscyami de Bary f.sp. tabacina (Adam) skalicky

2G009.Phytophthora infestans

2G010.Puccinia graminis

2G011.Puccinia erianthi

2G012.Puccinia striiformiis (Puccinia glumarum)

2G013.Pyricularia oryzae

2G014.Pseudomonas solanacearum

2G015.Peronospora hyscyami de Bary

2G016.Ralstonia solanacearum

2G017.Sugar cane Fiji disease virus

2G018.Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

2G019.Tilletia indica

2G020.Thrips palmi

2G021.Ustilago Maydis

2G022.Xanthomonas albilineans

2G023.Xanthomonas campestris pv citri

2G024.Xanthomonas campestris pv oryzae

2HGenetically Modified Organisms

2H001.Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences associated with pathogenicity and are derived from organisms specified above in 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 2H.

2H002.Genetically-modified micro-organisms or genetic elements that contain nucleic acid sequences coding for any of the toxins specified above in 2F.

Category 3:Special Materials, Materials Processing Equipment, and related technologies

3ASpecial Materials

3A001Magnesium of purity greater than 99.9%.



3A002Maraging steel except forms in which no linear dimension exceeds 75 mm

3A003Tungsten, Molybdenum, and alloys of those metals in the form of uniform spherical or atomized particles of 500 micrometer diameter or less with a purity of 97% or higher.

3A004Germanium

3A005Gallium

3A006Hafnium

3A007Indium

3A008Niobium

3A009Titanium – Uranium alloys

3A010Articles made of materials (including waste & scrap) appearing at items 3A005 to 3A009 above and items at 3A011.

3A011Aluminium alloys in any form ‘capable of acquiring’ an ultimate tensile strength of 460 Mega pascals or more at 293 K(20 Degree C)



Note: The phrase ‘capable of acquiring’ encompasses alloys before or after heat treatment.

3BMaterials processing equipment and related technologies:

3B001Remote manipulators that provide mechanical translation of human operator actions by electrical, hydraulic or mechanical means and operating arm and terminal fixture that can be used to provide remote actions.

3B002Equipment, technical data and procedures for the production of structural composites for rocket systems including:-

(a) Carbon – carbon composites;
(b) Filament winding machines of which the Motion for positioning wrapping and winding fibers are coordinated and programmed in three or more axes; and coordinating and programming controls;
(c) Tape-laying machines of which the motions for positioning and laying tape and sheets are coordinated and programmed in two or more axes;
(d) Multidirectional, multidimensional weaving and interlacing machines, including adapters and modification kits for weaving, interlacing or braiding-fibers to fabricate composite structures except textile machinery which has not been modified for the above end;
(e) Equipment designed or modified for production of fibrous or filamentary materials as follows: converting polymeric substances; vapour deposition on heated filament substrates; wet spinning or refractory ceramics.
(f) Technical data (including processing conditions) and procedures for the regulation of temperature, pressure or atmosphere in autoclaves when used for the production of composites or partially processed composites.

3B003Pyrolytic deposition and densification equipment:

(a) Technology for producing pyrolytically derived materials formed on a mould, mandrel or others substrate from precursor gases;
(b) Specially designed nozzles for the above process;
(c) Equipment and process controls and specially designated software therefor, specially designed for densification and pyrolysis of structural composite rocket nozzles and re-entry vehicle nose tips.

3B004Production technology or production equipment specially designed or modified for production, handling, mixing, curing, fasting, pressing, machining or acceptance testing of the solid or liquid rocket propellants or rocket propellant constituents.

3B005Sputter ion pumps

3B006Refrigeration units and equipment capable of cooling hydrogen or helium to 250 degrees Celcius (23k) or lower..

3B007Continuous nitrators;

3B008dehydration presses;

3B009Screw extruders specially designed or modified for military explosive extrusion;

3B010Cutting machines for the sizing of extruded propellant;

3B011Sweetie barrels (tumblers) 1.85 m or more in diameter and having over 227 Kg product capacity;

3B012Continuous mixers for solid propellants;

3B013Fluid energy mills for grinding or milling the ingredients military explosive;

3B014Equipment to achieve both sphericity and uniform particle size in metal powders.

3C[Reserved]



3DChemical and biomaterial manufacturing and handling equipment and facilities:

3D001Reaction vessels, reactors or agitators, storage tanks, containers or receivers, heat exchangers or condensers, distillation or absorption columns, valves, remotely operated filling equipment, multi-walled piping, bellows, diaphragm pumps, vacuum pumps, fans, compressors, blowers, gas (including air) handling or other substance-tranfer equipment wholly or partly made from any of the following materials:

(i) Nickel, or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight.
(ii) Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight (e.gs: ‘Hastelloy’, ‘Illium’, ‘Inconel’, ‘Incoloy’)
(iii) Fluoropolymers.
(iv) Glass or glass lined (including vitrified or enameled coating)
(v) Graphite
(vi) Tantalum or tantalum alloys
(vii) Titanium or titanium alloys
(viii) Zirconium or zirconium alloys
(ix) Ceramics
(x) Ferrosilicon

Note: 3D001 does not control the following items:
      (i) Open vessels fabricated from glass sheets (such as aquariums, water tanks etc.); or cookware, table-ware, decorative glass or ceramic items (such as vases, art objects etc.)

      (ii) Ceramic or glass-ware (whether or not metal-jacketed) or glass-lined reaction vessels or reactors, whether or not equipped with agitators, provided that the total internal (geometric) volume of each vessel or reactor is greater than 20,000 litres (20 m3) or less than or equal to 100 litres (0.1m3). Examples of the latter capacity glass or ceramic-ware include standard laboratory equipment such as test-tubes, flasks, retorts, crucibles etc.

3D002Incinerators designed to destroy any chemicals specified in Category 1.

3D003Combustors or pyrolysers capable of a heat-zone (‘burner’) temperature greater than 1,273 K (1,000 Degree Centigrade), and in which any surfaces that come into direct contact with material coming into the containing chamber are made from, or lined with, any of the following materials:

(i) Alloys with more than 25% nickel and 20% chromium by weight; (e.gs: ‘Hastelloy’, ‘Illium’, ‘Inconel’, ‘Incoloy’)
(ii) Nickel, or alloys with more than 40% nickel by weight; or
(iii) Titanium;
(iv) Ceramics;

(In above part of APPENDIX-3 3A (Special Materials), 3B, 3C & 3D has been amended vide Ntf. No. 35(RE-01), Dt. 15/10/2001.)


Category 4Avionics and Navigation

(i) Guidance systems and their components such as gyros and inertial reference units

(ii) Compasses, gyroscopes, accelerometers and inertial equipment and specially designed software therefor and specially designed components therefor for use in rocket systems;

    (a) Integrated flight instrument systems;
    (b) Gyro-astro compasses;
    (c) Accelerometers;
    (d) Gyroscopes;
    (e) Inertial or other equipment using accelerometers or systems incorporating such equipment, and specially designed integration software therefor;


(iii) Encrypted telemetry systems, equipment and software therefor.

(iv) Flight control system for use in rocket systems as follows as well as the specially designed test, calibration, and alignment therefor.

    (a) Hydraulic, mechanical, electro-optical or electromechanical flight control systems (including fly-by-wire systems) specially designed or modified for rocket systems;
    (b) Attitude control equipment specially designed or modified for rocket system;
    (c) Design technology for integration of flight control, guidance, and propulsion data into a flight management system for optimization of rocket system trajectory.


(vi) Integrated flight instrument systems;

(vii) Avionics equipment specially designed or suitable for use in rocket systems and specially designed software and components therefor for use in rocket systems, including but not limited to.

    (a) Radar and laser radar system;
    (b) Electronic assemblies and components for rocket system;
    (c) Design technology for protection of avionics and electrical subsystems against electromagnetic pulse (EMP) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) hazards from external sources.
    (d) Passive sensors for determining bearings, electromagnetic sources or terrain characteristics
    (e) Global Positioning System (GPS) capable of operating at speeds greater than 500 m/s and at altitudes greater than 18 kms.


(viii) On-board electronic equipment, devices and their design and manufacturing know-how (except warhead fuses, timers and sequencers), and embedded or specially designed software therefor, for rocket systems.

(ix) Telemetering and telecontrol equipment suitable for use with rocket systems;

(x) Precision tracking systems and related software.

Category 5:Aerospace materials, equipment, systems and related technologies

5AMaterials

5A001Structural materials such as:

(a) Composite Structures, laminates, and manufacturers thereof, including resin impregnated fibre prepregs and metal coated fibre preforms therefor, specially designed for use in rocket systems and subsystems made either with an organic matrix or metal matrix utilizing fibrous or filamentary reinforcements;

(b) Resaturated pyrolized (i.e. Carbon-Carbon) materials specially designed for rocket systems;

(c) Fine grain artificial graphites and pyrolytic or fibrous reinforced graphites for rocket nozzles and reentry vehicles nosetips;

(d) Ceramic composite materials for use in missile radomes and nose tips;

(e) Structured materials and coatings for reduced radar reflectivity

5A002Rocket propellants and constituent chemicals for propellants as follows:-

(a) Propulsive substances-Hydrazine, Monomethylhydrazine (MMH), Unsymmetrical di-methyl hydrazine (UDMH), ammonium perchlorate, spherical aluminium powder, Nitroamines (Cyclotetetramethylene-tetranitramine (HMX), cyclotetramethylenetrinitramine (RDX),

(b) Metal Fuels consisting of any of the following: Zirconium, titanium, uranium, tungsten, boron, zinc, and alloys of thesemagnesium, Misch metal, when specially formulated as propulsive substances;

(c) Polymeric substances: Carboxyl-terminated polybutadiene (CIPB), Hydroxy-Terminated Polybutadiene (HTPB); Glycidyl azide polymer (GAP), Polybutadiene acrylic acid (PBAA), Polybutadiene acrylic acid acrylonitrile (PBAN);

(d) Composite propellants and composite modified double base propellants;

(e) High energy density fuels such as boron slurry;

(f) Oxidizers/fuels - Perchlorates, chlorates or chromates mixed with powdered metals or other high energy fuel components; Dinitrogen trioxide, Nitrogen dioxide / Dinitrogen tetroxide, Dinitrogen pentoxide, Inhibited red fuming nitric acid (IRFNA), Ammonium perchlorate, Ammonium Dinitramide (ADM);

(g) Bonding agents - Tris (1-2 (2-methyl)) aziridinyl phosphine oxide (MAPO), Trimesoyl-1-(2-ethyl) aziridene (HX-868, BITA), Tepanol (HX-878), Tepan (HX-879), HX-752,HX-874, HX-877;

(h) Curing agents and catalysts - Triphyenyl bismuth (TPB);

(i) Burning rate modifyers - Catocene, N-butyl ferrocene, Butacene, Ferrocene derivatives, Carboranes, Decarboranes, Pentaboranes;

(j) Esters and plasticizers - Triethylene glycol dinitrate (TEGDN), Trimethloethane trinitrate (TMETN), 1,2,4-Butanetriol trinitrate (BTTN), Diethylene glycol dinitrate (DEGDN)

(k) Stabilisers - 2-Nitrodiphenylamine, N-methyl-p-nitroaniline

5A003High explosives, propellants or substances or mixtures containing more than 2% of any of the following;

(a) Cycloteramethylenetetranitramine (HMX);

(b) Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine (RDX);

(c) Triaminotrinitrobenzene (TATE);

(d) Hexanitrostilbene (HNS).

5BEquipment and systems

5B001Pulsed electron accelerators

5B002Hardware, technology, production facilities and components for missiles and rockets (other than JATO units, unguided rocket-propelled munitions, and propulsion units for flares ejection seats and like emergency escape equipment), including:

(a) complete rocket systems, individual rocket stages with or without engines such as:

(b) solid or liquid fuel rocket engines and their control systems, except for satellite control;

(c) Heat shields fabricated of ceramic or ablative materials;

(d) Electronic equipment specially designed or modifiable for use in rockets.

5B003Sub-systems, design, technology, know-how components and manufacturing equipment for missiles and rockets including:-

(a) Rocket motor cases, interior lining, insulation and nozzles;

(b) Rocket staging mechanisms, separation mechanisms and inter-stages;

(c) Liquid and slurry propellant control systems, and components thereof, specially designed or modified for resistance to vibration.

(d) Re-entry systems, heat-shields;

(e) Solid or liquid propellant rocket engines;

(f) Guidance systems and their components such as gyros and inertial reference units;

(g) Thrust-vector control;

(h) Hybrid rocket motors and components therefor

5B005Launch and ground support equipment and facilities usable for rocket system as follows:-

(a) Apparatus and devices specially designed or modified for launching of the system.

5CTest Equipment

5C001Supersonic, hypersonic and hypervelocity wind tunnels; gun tunnels; aeroballistic ranges.

5C002Test facilities designed to handle solid or liquid fuel rockets except for satellite control.

5C003Vibration test equipment and components using digital control techniques and feedback or closed loop test equipment and software therefor

5C004Environmental chambers simulating altitudes above 15 km, temperature ranging between minus 50 and plus 125 degrees centigrade.

5C005Acoustic test facility with sound pressure level greater than 140 dB or rated power output greater than 4KW.

5DManned-aircraft, aero-engines, related equipment and components:

NoteThis category does not control an Indian military aircraft carrying a military registration number.

a. Combat "aircraft" and specially designed components therefor;

b. Other "aircraft" specially designed or modified for military use, including military reconnaissance, assault, military training, transporting and air-dropping troops or military equipment, logistics support, and specially designed components therefor;

c. Aero-engines specially designed or modified for military use, and specially designed components therefor;

d. Airborne equipment, including airborne refuelling equipment, specially designed for use with the aircraft controlled by 5Da or 5Db or the aero-engines controlled by 5Dc, and specially designed components therefor;

e. Pressure refuellers, pressure refuelling equipment, equipment specially designed to facilitate operations in confined areas and ground equipment, developed specially for "aircraft" controlled by 5Da or 5Db or for aero-engines controlled by 5Dc.;

f. Pressurized breathing equipment and partial pressure suits for use in "aircraft" anti-g suits, military crash helmets and protective masks, liquid oxygen converters used for "aircraft" or missiles, and catapults and cartridge actuated devices for emergency escape of personnel from "aircraft";

g. Parachutes:

    1. Paragliders, drag parachutes, drogue parachutes for stabilization and attitude control of dropping bodies, (e.g. recovery capsules, ejection seats, bombs);

    2. Drogue parachutes for use with ejection seat systems for deployment and inflation sequence regulation of emergency parachutes;

    3. Recovery parachutes for guided missiles, drones or space vehicles;

    4. Approach parachutes and landing deceleration parachutes;


h. Automatic piloting systems for parachuted loads, equipment specially designed or modified for military use for controlled opening jumps at any height, including oxygen equipment.

Note 15Db does not control "aircraft" or variants of those "aircraft" specially designed for military use which:

(i) Have been certified for civil use by the civil aviation authority of India, and

(ii) Are not configured for military use and are not fitted with equipment or attachments specially designed or modified for military use;

Note 2The control in 5Db and 5Dc on specially designed components and related equipment for non-military "aircraft" or aero-engines modified for military use applies only to those military components and to military related equipment required for the modification to military use.

5EUnmanned airborne vehicles and related equipment, specially designed or modified for military use as follows, and specially designed components therefor;

(a) Unmanned airborne vehicles including remotely piloted air vehicles (RPVs) and autonomous programmable vehicles;

(b) Associated launchers and ground support equipment;

(c) Related equipment for command and control.

NoteThis category does not control unpowered airborne vehicles such as gliders, hot air balloons etc.

5FMicrolight aircraft and powered "hang-gliders"

Category 6[RESERVED]

Category 7:Electronics, computers, and information technology including information security

7AElectronics

7A001High-power microwave tubes, travelling wave tubes and microwave phase shifters.

7B[Reserved]

7CComputers

7C001Digital computers and software as follows:

(Amendmend as per Notification No. 14(RE-2000)/1997-2002 Dated 8-5-2000)

(i) "Digital computers having a composite theoretical performance (CTP) exceeding 28000 (twenty eight thousand) million theoretical operations per second (Mtops)

(ii) Software, and/or computer inter-connection schemes, whether or not co-supplied with (i) designed to "parallelise" digital computers (individually of any CTP rating) enabling a CTP of more than 28000 Mtops to be achieved by the "parallelised" configuration"

Explanatory notes

      (a) The Composite Theoretical Performance (CTP) rating is to be calculated in accordance with the calculation scheme separately notified in this regard.

      (b) Individual digital computers each with a CTP rating of 28000 Mtops or less do not require an export license to any destination or end-user, unless supplied with (ii)

      [Amended vide Notification No.09/(RE-2001)/97-02 Dated 31-3-2001]

      (c) "Digital Computers" includes (1) hybrid computers incorporating "digital computers" or specified in (i) above, systolic array computers, neural computers, optical computers, biological computers, vector processors, digital signal processors, logical processors (2) digital electronic equipment designed for "image enhancement" or signal processing other than when supplied as integral adjuncts to medical imaging (eg CAT-scanning) equipment.

7C002Specially designed software, and/or related specially designed analogue or hybrid computers, for modelling, simulation, or design integration of rocket systems.

7DInformation technology including information security

7D001Data processing security equipment, data security equipment and transmission and signalling line security equipment, using ciphering processes.

7D002Identification, authentication and keyloader equipment and key management, manufacturing and distribution equipment.

7E [Reserved]



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