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 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby amends ‘ITC(HS) 2022, Schedule-I (Import Policy)’ in sync with the Finance Act, 2022 dated 30th March, 2022.

2. The List of ITC(HS) codes introduced/deleted/amended/split/merged as per the Finance Act, 2022 is annexed herewith (Annexure-I).

3. The modifications/amendments in the Section Notes, Chapter-wise Main Notes, Supplementary Notes, Chapter heading, sub-headings and description of ITC(HS) codes as per the Finance Act, 2022 are annexed herewith (Annexure-II).

4. The updated ITC(HS) 2022 shall be available on the website of DGFT (https://dgft.gov.in).

Effect of this Notification: ITC(HS) 2022 Schedule-1 Import Policy is amended in sync with the Finance Act, 2022. This shall come into force with immediate effect.

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

[F. No. 01/89/180/27/AM-21/PC-2[A]/Part-I/E-31913]
 

SANTOSH KUMAR SARANGI,
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex-officio Addl. Secy

ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in DGFT Notification No. 20/2015-20 dated 07/07/2022 regarding ‘Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) of Import Items, 2022 [ITC (HS), 2022]’
 

ANNEXURE-II

Annexure referred to in DGFT Notification No. 20/2015-20 dated 07/07/2022 regarding ‘Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) of Import Items, 2022 [ITC (HS), 2022]’

(1) in Chapter 7, after Note5, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely :-

“ Supplementary Note:

(1) (a) For the purposes of this Chapter, “Rose Onion” refers to a variety of onion defined and recognised by the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry against the GI no. 212 under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (48 of 1999).

(b) Produced/cultivated by a person certified/recognised and mentioned as a user in the Geographical Indication Registry against the said GI no. 212”;

(2) in Chapter 16, in the Chapter heading, for the word “crustaceans”, the words “of crustaceans” shall be substituted;

(3) in Chapter 21, in clause (e) of Note 1, for the words “blood, fish”, the words “blood, insects, fish” shall be substituted;

(4) in Chapter 23, for the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 2309 90 32, the following entry shall be substituted, namely:— “Fish feed in powdered form”;

(5) in Chapter 26,––

(i) in clause (f) of Note 1, for the brackets, word and figures “(heading 7112)”, the brackets, words and figures “(heading 7112 or 8549)” shall be substituted;

(ii) after sub-heading Notes, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely:––

“Supplementary Note: 1. For the products of heading 2601, the percentage of Fe content, wherever specified, shall be calculated on the Dry Weight or Dry Metric Tonne (DMT) basis.”;

(6) in Chapter 28, after Supplementary Note 1, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely:—

“2. In this Chapter, reference to any standard of the Bureau of Indian Standards refers to the last published version of that standard.”;

(7) in Chapter 29,––

(i) in the heading of sub-chapter IV, for the words “ETHER PEROXIDES”, the words “ETHER PEROXIDES, ACETAL AND HEMIACETAL PEROXIDES” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 2909 60 00, for the words “ether peroxides”, the words “ether peroxides, acetal and hemiacetal peroxides” shall be substituted;

(8) in Chapter 34,––

(i) in the entry in column (2) occurring after heading 3402 and the entries relating thereto, for the words “surface active agents”, the words “surface- active agents” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the entry in column (2) occurring after tariff item 3402 39 00 and the entries relating thereto, for the words “surface active agents”, the words “surface-active agents” shall be substituted;

(9) in Chapter 39, after Sub-heading Notes, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely:—

“Supplementary Note:

1. In this Chapter, reference to any standard of the Bureau of Indian Standards refers to the last published version of that standard.”;

(10) in Chapter 44, in Sub-heading Note 2, for the words “by products” and “saw dust”, the words “by-products” and “sawdust” shall respectively be substituted;

(11) in Section XI,–

(i) in clause (b) of Note 1, for the words “straining cloth”, the words “filtering or straining cloth” shall be substituted;

(ii) after Sub-heading Notes, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely:—

“Supplementary Note:

1. In this Section, reference to any standard of the Bureau of Indian Standards or ASTM International refers to the last published version of that standard.”;

(12) in Chapter 55, after the Note, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely:—

“Supplementary Note:

For the purposes of this Chapter, inherent Fire Retardant (FR) fibres, as specified in IS 11871, IS 13501, IS 15742, IS 15742 A, are those in which the FR properties are naturally part of the polymer backbone and can never be worn away or washed out.”;

(13) in Chapter 58, after the Notes, the following Supplementary Note shall be inserted, namely:—

“Supplementary Note:

1.(a) For the purposes of this Chapter, “Lucknow Chikan craft” refers to a type of embroidery defined and recognised by the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry against the GI no.119 under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999(48 of 1999).

(b) Produced/manufactured by a person certified/recognised and mentioned as a user in the Geographical Indication Registry against the said GI no.119.”;

(14) in Chapter 62,–

(i) the Supplementary Note shall be numbered as “Supplementary Note 1” thereof, and after the Supplementary Note as so numbered, the following Supplementary Notes shall be inserted, namely:—

“2. For the purposes of this Chapter, inherent Fire Retardant (FR) fibres, as specified in IS 11871, IS 13501, IS 15742, IS 15742 A, are those in which the FR properties are naturally part of the polymer backbone and can never be worn away or washed out.

3. (a) For the purposes of this Chapter, “Lucknow Chikan craft” refers to a type of embroidery defined and recognised by the Geographical Indication (GI) Registry against the GI no.119 under the Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 (48 of 1999).

(b) Produced/manufactured by a person certified/recognised and mentioned as a user in the Geographical Indication Registry against the said GI no.119.”;

(15) in Chapter 67, in clause (a) of Note 1, for the words “straining cloth”, the words “filtering or straining cloth” shall be substituted;

(16) in Chapter 69, for the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 6903 10 00, the entries “Containing by weight more than 50 % of free carbon” shall respectively be substituted;

(17) in Chapter 70, for the entry in column (2) occurring against heading 7001, the following shall be substituted, namely:—

“CULLET AND OTHER WASTE AND SCRAP OF GLASS, EXCLUDING GLASS FROM CATHODE-RAY TUBES OR OTHER ACTIVATED GLASS OF HEADING 8549; GLASS IN THE MASS”;

(18) in Section XV, in clause (d) of Note 9, for the words and figures, “products of heading 8001”, the word “products” shall be substituted;

(19) in Chapter 81,–

in the entry in column (2) occurring against heading 8112, for the brackets and word “(COLUMBIUM)”, the brackets and words “(COLUMBIUM AND)” shall be substituted;

(20) in Chapter 84,–

(i) in Note 2,–

(a) in the opening portion, for the word and figure “Note 9”, the word and figures “Note 11” shall be substituted;

(b) in clause (a), in sub-clause (v), for the words “Machinery or plant”, the words “Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment” shall be substituted;

(21) in Chapter 85,–

(i) in the entry in column (2) occurring against heading 8541, for the words “SEMICONDUCTOR BASED TRANSDUCERS”, the words “SEMICONDUCTOR-BASED TRANSDUCERS” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 8549 21 00, for the words “cathode ray tubes”, the words “cathode-ray tubes” shall be substituted;

(iii) in the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 8549 31 00, for the words “cathode ray tubes”, the words “cathode-ray tubes” shall be substituted;

(iv) in the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 8549 91 00, for the words “cathode ray tubes”, the words “cathode-ray tubes” shall be substituted;

(22) in Chapter 88,–

(i) in the entry in column (2) occurring against heading 8802, for the words, figures and brackets “OTHER AIRCRAFT, EXCEPT UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OF HEADING 88.06 (FOR EXAMPLE, HELICOPTERS, AEROPLANES) ”, the words, brackets and figures “OTHER AIRCRAFT (FOR EXAMPLE, HELICOPTERS, AEROPLANES), EXCEPT UNMANNED AIRCRAFT OF HEADING 8806” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 8807 30 00, for the word “airplanes”, the word “aeroplanes” shall be substituted;

(23) in Chapter 95,–

(i) in clause (u) of Note 1, for the words “Electric garlands”, the words “Lighting strings” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 9503 00 10, for the word “Of wood”, the word “Electronic” shall be substituted;

(iii) in the entry in column (2) occurring against tariff item 9503 00 20, for the word “Of metal”, the word “Non electronic” shall be substituted;

(iv) in the entry in column (2), occurring against heading 9504, for the words “BANK NOTES”, the word “BANKNOTES” shall be substituted;

(24) in Chapter 97,–

(i) in clause (A) of Note 5, for the words and figures “Notes 1 to 3”, the words and figures “Notes 1 to 4” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the entry in column (2) occurring against heading 9705, for the words “PALEONTOLOGICAL, OR NUMISMATIC”, the words “PALEONTOLOGICAL OR NUMISMATIC” shall be substituted