Date: 2025-05-26Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: India
Amendment in Import Policy Condition of Roller chain and parts
thereof covered under Chapter 73 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule –I
(Import Policy)-regarding.
**Policy Summary: Amendment in Import Policy Condition for Roller Chains and Parts Thereof**
**Date:** May 7, 2025
**Issuing Authority:** Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
**Subject:** Amendment to the import policy condition for roller chains and parts thereof, classified under Chapter 73 of the ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule I (Import Policy).
**Notification No.:** 13/2025-26
**Authority:** Exercised under Section 3 and Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, and paragraphs 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023, as amended.
**Amendment:** The policy condition for the import of items under the following ITC (HS) codes is amended with immediate effect:
* **73151100:** Articulated link chains and parts thereof: Roller chains
* **73151900:** Articulated link chains and parts thereof: Parts
* **73159000:** Other parts
**Revised Policy Condition:** Import of roller chains and parts thereof under ITCHS codes 73151100, 73151900 and 73159000, having a CIF value of less than ₹235 per kilogram, is now **Restricted**. Previously, these items were under a "Free" import policy, but with a restriction based on CIF value for 73151100.
**Effect of the Notification:** Establishes import restrictions on roller chains and their parts with CIF values below ₹235 per kilogram.
**Contact:** Director General of Foreign Trade, Email: dgft@nic.in
**File No.:** 018918087AM24PC2AE42040
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Commerce and Industry: The Indian government ministry responsible for international trade and commerce.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The agency of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry responsible for implementing the Foreign Trade Policy in India.
Foreign Trade Development Regulation Act, 1992: An Indian law that provides the legal framework for the development and regulation of foreign trade.
Foreign Trade Policy FTP 2023: The current foreign trade policy of India, which outlines the framework for promoting exports and regulating imports.
ITC HS, 2022, Schedule I Import Policy: Indian Trade Clarification based on Harmonized System of Coding, which is used for classifying goods for import and export purposes.
Chapter 73 of ITC HS: This chapter of the Indian Trade Clarification (ITC) Harmonized System (HS) code likely pertains to articles of iron or steel, which includes the roller chains mentioned in the notification.
Roller chain: The specific item being regulated by the import policy condition outlined in the notification.
New Delhi: The location of the notification's issuance; the capital 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. 13 /2025-26
New Delhi, Dated: 7;4WMay 2025
Subject: Amendment in Import Policy Condition of Roller chain and parts thereof
covered under Chapter 73 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 73 of ITC
(HS), 2022, Schedule — I (Import Policy), with immediate effect, as under:
ITC(HS) |Description Import | Existing Revised Policy Condition
Code Policy Policy
Condition
73151100 |Articulated link Free _ However, import of Roller
chain and parts chains and parts thereof having al
thereof : -- Roller CIF value of less than = 235 per
chain kilogram is ‘Restricted’.
73151900 |- Articulated link Free _
chain and parts
thereof : -- Parts
73159000 |- Other parts Free
Effect of the Notification:
Import of Roller Chains and parts thereof under ITC(HS) codes 73151100, 73151900
and 73159000, having a CIF value of less than % 235 per kilogram, is ‘Restricted’.
This is issued with the approval of the Minister of Commerce & Industry.
es on
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]