FOREIGN TRADE NOTIFICATION
2017-18

Notification No. 13 /2015-2020, Dated, 28th June, 2017

Subject: Amendment in export policy for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items.

S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and Section ] 4A of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as amended, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to Notification No. 5/2015-2020 dated 24.04.2017, with respect to the existing dispensation for export of chemicals listed under 5 COMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, with immediate effect:

Existing Entry:

"1C Export of Chemicals listed in 1C below is allowed to State Parties to the CWC without an export licence subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify within 30 days of export to the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; the Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); the Department of Chemicals & Petro-chemicals, and the DGFT of such exports in the prescribed format (Aayat Niryat Form) along with the Eid-Use Certificate and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery.

Export of chemicals as specified below to states not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed only against an export licence and a Government signed End-Use-Certificate, and in that case also exporters si all submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery".

SI.No.	SCOMET Entry	Name of Chemical	Entry into Schedule	CAS numbers	ITC (HS) codes
1	1C001	Phosgene : (Carbonyl dichloride)	3A01	75-44-5	28121010
2	1C002	Cyanogen chloride [(CN) Cl]	3A02	506-77-4	28530091
3	1C003	Hydrocyanic acid	3A03	74-90-8	28111910
4	1C004	Chloropicrin: Trichloronitro-Methane	3A04	76-06-2	29049080
5	1C005	Phosphorus Oxychloride	3B05	10025-87-3	28121030
6	1C006	Phosphorus trichloride	3B06	2125683	28121021
7	1C007	Phosphorous Pentachloride	3B07	10026-13-8	28121022
8	1C008	Trimethyl Phosphite	3B08	121-45-9	29209041
9	1C009	Triethyl Phosphite	3B09	122-52-1	29209042
10	1C010	Dimethyl Phosphite	3B10	868-85-9	29209043
11	1C011	Diethyl Phosphite	3B11	762-04-9	29209044
12	1C012	Sulphur monochloride	3B12	10025-67-9	28121042
13	1C013	Sulphur dichloride	3B13	10545-99-0	28121043
14	1C014	Thionyl Chloride	3B14	2125597	28121047
15	1C015	Ethyldiethanolamine	3B15	139-87-7	29221211
16	1C016	Methyldiethanolamine	3B16	105-59-9	29221212
17	1C017	Triethanolamine	3B17	102-71-6	29221300

The revised dispensation for export of chemicals under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items shall be substituted as under:

Revised Entry:

"1C Export of chemicals listed in 1C below is allowed to the countries specified in Table 1 without an export authorisation subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention (NACWC), Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals, Disarmament & International Security Affairs (D&ISA) Division of Ministry of External Affairs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), within 30 days of such export, in the prescribed format [Aayat Niryat Form (ANF) - 2O] along with the End-Use Certificate (EUC) in the prescribed proforma [Appendix 2S(ii)] and also submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery.

List of 1C chemicals:

SI.No.	SCOMET Entry	Name of Chemical	Entry into Schedule	CAS numbers	ITC (HS) codes
1	1C001	Phosgene : ( Carbonyl dichloride)	3A01	75-44-5	28121010
2	1C002	Cyanogen chloride [(CN) C1 ]	3A02	506-77-4	28530091
3	1C003	Hydrocyanic acid	3A03	74-90-8	28111910
4	1C004	Chloropicrin: Trichloronitro-Methane	3A04	76-06-2	29049080
5	1C005	Phosphorus Oxychloride	3B05	10025-87-3	28121030
6	1C006	Phosphorus trichloride	3B06	2125683	28121021
7	1C007	Phosphorous Pentachloride	3B07	10026-13-8	28121022
8	1C008	Trimethyl Phosphite	3B08	121-45-9	29209041
9	1C009	Triethyl Phosphite	3B09	122-52-1	29209042
10	1C010	Dimethyl Phosphite	3B10	868-85-9	29209043
1 1	1C011	Diethyl Phosphite	3B11	762-04-9	29209044
12	1C012	Sulphur monochloride	3B12	10025-67-9	28121042
13	1C013	Sulphur dichloride	3B13	10545-99-0	28121043
14	1C014	Thionyl Chloride	3B14	2125597	28121047
15	1C015	Ethyldiethanolamine	3B15	139-87-7	29221211
16	1C016	Methyldiethanolamine	3B16	105-59-9	29221212
17	1C017	Triethanolamine	3B17	102-71-6	29221300

Table 1

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.

Export of chemicals listed in Category 1C to the countries other than those specified in Table 1 shall be allowed only against an export authorisation. The exporter shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery. Further, applications for export of chemicals in this category to countries not Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) shall be submitted along with a Government signed End-Use-Certificate (EUC)".

2. Effect of this notification:

Export policy for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items has been amended.

(A. K. Bhalla)

Director Geneial of Foreign Trade

E-mail: dgft@nic.in

[Issued from F. No. 01/91/171/73/AMI0/EC(S)]