Subject: - Amendment in Export Policy of Diagnostic Kits/Laboratory Reagents/Diagnostic Apparatus.

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the Schedule 2 of the ITCHS Export Policy related to export of Diagnostic Kits, with immediate effect:

A.. The export policy of Diagnostic kits/laboratory reagents is revised by amending the Notification No. 59 dated 04.04.2020 as under:

B. The export policy of following diagnostic instruments/apparatus/reagents is amended to 'Restricted'.

2. All other diagnostic kits/reagents/instruments/apparatus falling under the HS codes above are freely exportable subject to submission of an undertaking, to the concerned Customs Authorities, duly signed by the authorised signatory on the company letterhead, stating the following,

" The Diagnostic kits/reagents/instruments/apparatus to be exported under the Shipping bill Number - ****** dated DD/MM/YYYY does not contain any item that is restricted for export as per the Notification No. 09/2015-20 dated 10.06.2020".

3. Effect of this Notification:

The Notification No. 59 dated 04.04.2020 is amended to the extent that only diagnostic kits/reagents as described in para 1(A) and all diagnostic instruments/apparatus/reagents as described in para 1(B) falling under any HS code, including HS codes specified above, are 'restricted' for exports whether as an individual item or as a part of any diagnostic kits/reagent.

All other diagnostic kits/reagents/instruments/apparatus falling under the HS codes above are freely exportable subject to submission of an undertaking by the exporter to the Customs Authorities at the time of export.

(Amit Yadav)

Director General of Foreign Trade

Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/21/AM-20/EC/E-21044)