FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
2021-22

Notification No. 59/2015-2020, Dated: 9th March, 2022

Government of India

Ministry of Commerce & Industry

Department of Commerce

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Subject: Amendment in import policy and insertion of policy condition under Chapter 29 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule - I (Import Policy).

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 amends the Import Policy and inserts Policy Condition under Chapter 29 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule - I (Import Policy) for the following HS codes as under:

HS Code	Item Description	Existing Import Policy	Existing Policy Condition	Revised Import Policy	Revised Policy Condition
29034100	--Trifluoromethane (HFC-23 )	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29034200	-- Difluoromethane (HFC-32)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29034300	-- Fluoromethane (HFC-41), 1,2-difluoroethane . (HFC-152) and 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC- 152a)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29034400	- - Pentafluoroethane (HFC-125), 1,1,1- trifluoroethane (HFC-143a) and 1,1,2- trifluoroethane (HFC-143)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29034500	- - 1,1,1,2- Tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a) and 1,1,2,2- tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29034600	- - 1,1,1,2,3,3,3-Heptafluoropropane (HFC-227ea), 1.1.1.2.2.3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236cb), 1,1,1,2,3,3-hexafluoropropane (I IFC-236ea) and 1.1.1.3.3.3-hexafluoropropane (HFC-236fa)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29034700	-- 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluoropropane (HFC-245fa) and 1,1,2,2,3- pentafluoropropane (HFC- 245ca)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29034800	-- 1,1,1,3,3-Pentafluorobutane (HFC-365mfc) and 1,1,1,2,2,3,4,5,5,5-decafluoropentane (HFC-43- 1 Omee)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
29035100	- - 2,3,3,3- Tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf), 1,3,3,3- tetrafluoropropene (HF01234ze) and (z)- 1,1,1,4,4,4-hexafluoro2-butene (HFO-1336mzz)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 5
38275100	Containing trifluoromethane (HFC-23)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6
38275900	Other - Containing other hydrofluorocarbons(HFCs) but not containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or hydrochloro fluorocarbons (HCFCs)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6
38276100	- - Containing 15% or more by mass of 1,1,1 - trifluoroethane (HFC -143a)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6
38276200	- - 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	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6
38276300	- - Other, not included in the sub -headings above, containing 40% or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC -125 )	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6
38276400	-- Other, not included in the sub -headings above, containing 30% or more by mass of 1,1,1,2- tetrafluoroethane (HFC -134a ) but not containing unsaturated fluorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons (HFOs)	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6
38276500	- - Other, not included in the sub -headings above, containing 20% or more by mass of difluoromethane (HFC -32) and 20% or more by mass of pentafluoroethane (HFC -125 )	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6
38276800	Other, not included in the subheadings above, containing substances of subheadings 29034100 to 29034800	Free	-	Restricted	Subject to Policy Condition No. 6

2. A new Policy Condition No. 5 is added in Chapter 29 and Policy Condition No. 6 is added in Chapter 38 of lTC (HS) 2022, Schedule -1 (Import Policy) as under :

"Import of Hydro fluorocarbons (HFCs) is permitted with an import authorization subject to recommendation of Ozone Cell, MoEF&CC".

Effect of this Notification

3. Import policy of Hydrofluorocarbons (MFCs) has been revised from 'Free' to 'Restricted' subject to NOC from MoEF&CC.

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

(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. 01/89/180/49/AM-10/PC-2[A]/E-1671)