**Policy Summary: Amendment to Import Policy Condition for Cabinet Hinges (Notification No. 14/2025-26)**
**Date:** May 2, 2025
**Issuing Authority:** Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
**Subject:** Amendment in Import Policy Condition of Cabinet Hinges covered under Chapter 83 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule I – Import Policy.
**Legal Basis:** Section 3 and Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023, as amended.
**Policy Change:** The Central Government amends the import policy condition for specific HS codes under Chapter 83 of the ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule I Import Policy, pertaining to cabinet hinges.
**Specific HS Codes Affected:** 83021010, 83021090, 83024200, and 83024900.
**Details of Amendment:** Import of cabinet hinges under the specified ITC HS codes having a CIF (Cost, Insurance, and Freight) value of less than ₹280 per kilogram is now **Restricted**. Previously, the import policy condition for these items was Free.
**Effect of Notification:** This notification restricts the import of cabinet hinges with a CIF value below ₹280 per kilogram under the specified HS codes.
**Contact Information:** Ajay Bhadoo, Director General of Foreign Trade & Addl. Secretary to Govt. of India, Email: dgft@nic.in.
**File No.:** 018918087AM24PC2AE42040
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Trade Development Regulation Act, 1992: A law providing the central government powers regarding foreign trade.
Foreign Trade Policy FTP 2023: A policy document governing import and export regulations.
ITC HS, 2022, Schedule I Import Policy: Indian Trade Classification based on Harmonized System of Coding, 2022 version, Schedule I, pertaining to Import Policy.
Cabinet Hinges: A specific type of hinge whose import policy is being amended.
Chapter 83: A chapter in the ITC HS, 2022, Schedule I Import Policy, covering articles of base metal.
Ministry of Commerce Industry: The Indian government ministry responsible for commerce and industry.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: A department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry responsible for implementing foreign trade policy.
Ajay Bhadoo: Director General of Foreign Trade and Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section-3, Sub-Section (ii)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan
Notification No. 14 /2025-26
New Delhi, Dated:2¢"May 2025
Subject: Amendment in Import Policy Condition of Cabinet Hinges covered under Chapter 83
of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule -I (Import Policy)-regarding.
S.O. (E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 and Section 5 of Foreign Trade (Development
& Regulation) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023,
as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby amends the Policy Condition of items
covered under specific HS codes of Chapter 83 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule — I (Import Policy), as
under:
ITC(HS) |Description Import | Existing Policy Revised Policy
Code Policy Condition Condition
83021010 |} Hinges--- Of steel Free s However, import of Cabinet]
Hinges having a CIF value
83021090 |- Hinges--- Other Free _ jof less than %280 per
kilogram is ‘Restricted’.
83024200 | Other mountings, fittings | Free
land similar articles : --
Other, suitable for
furniture
83024900 |- Other mountings, fittings | Free
land similar articles : --
Other
Effect of the Notification:
Import of Cabinet Hinges under ITC (HS) Codes 83021010, 83021090, 83024200 and
83024900, having a CIF value of less than 2280 per kilogram, is ‘Restricted’.
This is issued with the approval of the Minister of Commerce & Industry.
(Ajay Bhadoo)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Addl. Secretary to Govt. of India
Email: dgft@nic.in
[Issued from File No. 01/89/180/87/AM-24/PC-2(A)/E-42040]