FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
2018-19

Notification No. 25/2015-2020, Dated, 17th August, 2018

Subject: - Amendment of import policy condition of Petcoke.

In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby, inserts chapter policy condition No.6 in Chapter 27 of ITC (HS) 2017, Schedule 1 (Import Policy):

Exim Code	Item Description	Policy	Existing Policy Conditions	Policy	Revised Policy conditions
2713	PETROLEUM COKE, PETROLEUM BITUMEN AND OTHER RESIDUES OF PETROLEUM OILS OR OF OILS OBTAINED FROM BITUMINOUS MINERALS
	Petroleum coke:			Prohibited	As per Policy condition No.6 of the chapter.
2713 11 00	Not calcined	Free	-	Prohibited	As per Policy condition No.6 below.
2713 12 00	Calcined	Free	-	Prohibited	As per Policy condition No.6 below.
2713 20 00	Petroleum bitumen	Free	-	Free	As per Policy condition No.6 below.
2713 90 00	Other residues of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals.	Free	-	Free	As per Policy condition No.6 below.

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

Import of pet coke for fuel purpose is prohibited. However, import of Pet coke is "free" for cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide, gassification industries and graphite electrode for use as feed stock or in the manufacturing process only on Actual User basis. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, in consultation with Customs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade, will bring out detailed guidelines on regulating and monitoring the imported Petcoke.

2. Effect of this Notification: Import of Pet Coke is allowed for only cement, lime kiln, calcium carbide and gasification industries, when used as feed stock or in the manufacturing process on Actual User Condition.

(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)

Director General of Foreign Trade &

Ex-Officio Additional secretary to Government of India

Email: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from F.No. 01/93/180/03/AM-10/PC-2[A]/Part-l / e - 5719]