FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
2021-22

Notification No. 62/2015-2020, Dated: 23rd March, 2022

Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Department of Commerce

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Subject: Amendment in Export Policy and insertion of Policy Condition under Chapter 29 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2018 - regarding

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 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes amendment in the Export Policy of Chapter 29 and 38, ITC (HS), Export Policy, 2018, for the follow ing HS codes as under:

S.No.	HS Code	Item Description	Present Export Policy	Revised Export Policy
151 A	29034100	Trifluoromethane (HFC-23 )	Free	Restricted
151 B	29034200	Difluoromethane (HFC-32)	Free	Restricted
151 C	29034300	Fluoromethane (HFC-41), 1,2-difluoroethane (HFC-152) and 1.1-difluoroethane (HFC- 152a)	Free	Restricted
151 D	29034400	Pentafluoroethane (HFC- 125), 1,1,1- trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) and 1,1,2-trifluoroethane (HFC-143)	Free	Restricted
151 E	29034500	1,1,1,2- Tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) and 1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134)	Free	Restricted
151 F	2903 46 00	1.1.1.2.3.3.3- Heptafluoropropane (HFC-227ea), U, 1,2,2,3- hexafluoropropane (HFC-236cb), 1,1.1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236ea)and 1.1.1.3.3.3- hexatluoropropane (HFC-236fa)	Free	Restricted
151 G	2903 47 00	1,1,1,3,3- Pentafluoropropane (HFC-245 fa) and 1,1,2,2,3- pentafluorppropane (HFC-245ca)	Free	Restricted
151 H	2903 48 00	1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc) and 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decalluoropentane (HFC-43-1 Omee)	Free	Restricted
151 I	290351 00	2,3,3,3- Tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), 1,3,3,3- te trail uoropropene (HF01234ze) and (z)-1,1,1,4.4,4-hexafluoro-2-butene (HFO-1336mzz)	Free	Restricted
151 J	382751 00	Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23)	Free	Restricted
151 K	382759 00	Other - Containing other Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) but not containing chloro fluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)	Free	Restricted
151 L	3827 61 00	Containing 15% or more by mass of 1,1,1 trifluoroethane (HFC -143a )	Free	Restricted
151 M	3827 62 00	Other, not included in the sub -heading above, containing 55% or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC -125) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs)	Free	Restricted
151 N	3827 63 00	Other, not included in the sub -headings above, containing 40% or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC-125 )	Free	Restricted
151 0	3827 64 00	Other, not included in the sub -headings above, containing 30% or more by mass of 1,1,1,2 tetrafluoroethane (FIFC 134a) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs)	Free	Restricted
151 P	3827 65 00	Other, not included in the sub -headings above, containing 20% or more by mass of difluoromethane (FIFC -32) and 20% or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC -125 )	Free	Restricted
151 Q	3827 68 00	Other, not included in the sub-headings above, containing substances of subheadings 29034100 to 29034800	Free	Restricted

2. A new policy condition no. 1 is incorporated in Chapter 29 and 38 respectively of ITC (HS), Schedule - 2 (Export Policy).

"Export of Hydrofluorocarbons (MFCs) is permitted with an Export authorization subject to NOC of Ozone Cell MoEF&CC".

3. Effect of this Notification

Export Policy of Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) has been revised from 'Free' to 'Restricted' category with immediate effect and export Authorisations would be issued based on NOC from MoEF&CC.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)

Director General of Foreign Trade

Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F. No. 01/91/180/028/AM22/EC /E-30957)