Executive Summary:
This order, issued by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce, amends the Foreign Trade Exemption from Application of Rules in Certain Cases Order, 1993. Effective from the date of its publication on July 25, 2017, it defines terms and specifies exemptions from certain foreign trade regulations. The order aims to update and clarify the rules governing international trade activities.
Key Points / Main Content:
Definitions:
"Act" refers to the Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992, as amended in 2010.
"Import Trade Regulations" includes the Act, related rules, orders, and export/import policy.
"Rules" means the Foreign Trade Regulation Amendment Rules, 2015.
Exemptions from Rules (Imports):
The rules do not apply to the import of goods by the Central Government for defense purposes or by government entities, including those placed through the Directorate General Supplies and Disposals.
Exemptions exist for goods in transit or bonded for re-export, including ship stores and goods for diplomatic/consular personnel and UN officials.
Duty-free shop sales, passenger baggage within limits, and goods for personal use through postal services are exempt, subject to regulations.
Goods for transmission to Afghanistan or other countries (excluding Nepal and Bhutan) with duty exemptions/refunds are also exempt, provided specific conditions are met.
Re-imports for repair and re-export, and temporary imports for fairs/exhibitions under ATA carnets are included.
Imports according to the Treaty or Agreement on Transit with Nepal and Bhutan are also exempt.
Exemptions from Rules (Exports):
The rules do not apply to goods exported by or under the authority of the Central Government.
Stores or equipment of outgoing vessels/conveyances, and personal baggage (excluding certain wildlife items) are exempt.
Transshipped goods, goods bonded for re-export (excluding Nepal and Bhutan), and goods in transit by post are excluded.
Goods exported under a Customs order and products from specific export zones (subject to conditions) are exempt.
Exports of specific blood types for research/emergency and samples of petroleum products for evaluation are also exempt.
Impact Analysis
Central Government/Agencies:
Impact: Granted exemptions for imports related to defense and other official purposes, streamlining trade processes.
Action Required: Ensure compliance with specific conditions attached to exemptions and stay updated on any further amendments or notifications.
Diplomatic Personnel/Consular Officers/UN Officials:
Impact: Continued exemption from duty payments on imports and exports, facilitating their operations in India.
Action Required: Adhere to relevant notifications and regulations to maintain duty-free status and comply with customs procedures.
Importers/Exporters:
Impact: Benefit from clarified and updated exemptions for various categories of goods, potentially reducing compliance burdens.
Action Required: Review the updated order to understand applicable exemptions and ensure compliance with relevant conditions and regulations.
Customs Authorities:
Impact: Required to administer and enforce the updated exemptions, ensuring compliance with the specified conditions.
Action Required: Implement the revised guidelines, monitor compliance, and update internal procedures to reflect the changes.
Key Entities Referenced
Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992: An Indian legislation governing foreign trade, which is amended by the Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Amended Act, 2010.
Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Amended Act, 2010: An Indian legislation amending the Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992.
Foreign Trade Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases Order, 1993: An order related to exemptions from foreign trade rules, which is being amended by this notification.
Foreign Trade Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases Amendment Order, 2017: The order being issued, amending the 1993 order regarding exemptions from foreign trade rules.
Foreign Trade Regulation Amendment Rules, 2015: Rules related to foreign trade regulation.
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: The issuing authority for the order, under the Ministry of Commerce, Government of India.
Customs Act, 1962: An Indian legislation related to customs duties and regulations.
Nepal: A country bordering India, mentioned in the context of trade and transit agreements.
Bhutan: A country bordering India, mentioned in the context of trade and transit agreements.
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MINISTRY OF COMMERCE
(DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF FOREIGN TRADE)
ORDER
New Delhi, the 25th July, 2017
S.O. 2322(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3, read with section 4, of the Foreign
Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992), as amended by the Foreign Trade (Development
and Regulation) Amended Act, 2010 the Central Government hereby amends the Foreign Trade (Exemption
from application of Rules in certain cases) Order,1993 to read as under:
1. Short title and commencement.—
(1) This Order may be called the Foreign Trade (Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases)
Amendment Order, 2017.
(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.—
In this order, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) "Act" means the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992) as amended by the
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amended Act, 2010;
(b) "Import Trade Regulations" means the Act and the rules and order made there under and the export and
import policy;
(c) "Rules" mean the Foreign Trade (Regulation) Amendment Rules, 2015;
(d) Words and expressions used in this Order and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meanings
respectively assigned to them in the Act.
3. Exemption from the application of rules.—
(1) Nothing contained in the Rules shall apply to the import of any goods,
(a) by the Central Government or agencies, undertakings owned and controlled by the Central Government for
Defence purposes;
(b) by the Central Government or any State Government, Statutory Corporation, public body or Government
Undertaking run as a joint Stock Company;6 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
(c) by the Central Government, any State Government or any statutory corporation or public body or
Government Undertaking run as a joint Stock Company, orders in respect of which are placed through the
Directorate General Supplies and Disposals, New Delhi;
(d) by transit or imported and bonded on arrival for re-export as ship’s stores to any country outside India
except Nepal and Bhutan or imported and bonded on arrival for re-export as aforesaid but subsequently
released for use of Diplomatic personnel, Consular Officers in India and the officials of the United Nations
Organisation and its specialised agencies who are exempt from payment of duty under the relevant
notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) and the United
Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 (46 of 1947) respectively;
(e) imported and bonded on arrival for sale at approved duty-free shops, whether to outgoing or incoming
passengers;
(f) which are in transit through India by post or otherwise, or are redirected by post or otherwise to a
destination outside India, except Nepal and Bhutan, provided that such goods, while in India, are always in the
custody of the postal or customs authorities;
(g) for transmission across India by air to Afghanistan or by land to any other country outside India, except
Nepal and Bhutan, under claim for exemption from duty or for refund of duty either in whole or in part:
(i) Provided that such goods are imported by or on behalf of the Government or a country bordering
on India or that the importer undertakes to produce within a specified period evidence that such
goods have crossed the borders of India or in default to pay such penalty as the proper officer of
customs may deem fit to impose on such goods:
(ii) Provided further that nothing contained in this order will exempt any goods from the Import Trade
Regulations;
(h) by the person as passenger baggage to the extent admissible under the Baggage Rules for the time being in
force:
Provided that in the case of imports by a tourist, articles of high value whose re-export is obligatory
under Baggage Rules, 2016, shall be re-exported on his leaving India, failing which such goods
shall be deemed to be goods the import of which has been prohibited under the Customs Act, 1962
(52 of 1962);
(i) by any person through the post or otherwise for his personal use subject to compliance of other
Laws/Rules/Orders/Regulations in force:
(j) by or on behalf of diplomatic personnel, consular officers and Trade Commissioners in India who are
exempted from payment of Customs duty under the relevant Notification of the Government of India in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue);
(k) from any country, which are exempted from Customs duty on re- importation under section 20 of the
Customs Act, 1962 (52 of 1962);
(l) of Indian manufacture and foreign made parts of such goods, exported and received back by the
manufacturer from the consignee for repair and re-export:
Provided that
(i) the customs authorities are satisfied that the goods received back by the said manufacturers are
the same which were so exported; and
(ii) in the case of goods on re-importation under a bond executed by the importer with the customs
authority at the port concerned to the effect in accordance with Customs Notification;
(m) by officials of the United Nations Organisation and its specialised agencies who are exempted from
payment of Customs duty under the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947 (46 of1947);
(n) deleted;
(o) being vehicles as defined in Article I of the Customs Convention on the Temporary Importation of Private
Road Vehicles or the component parts thereof referred to in Article 4 of the said Convention and which are¹Hkkx IIμ[k.M 3 (ii)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 7
exempted from payment of customs duty under the relevant notification of the Government of India in the
Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue):
Provided that
(i) such vehicles or component parts are re-exported within the period specified in the said
notification or within such further period as the customs authorities may allow;
(ii) the provisions of the said notification or of the "trip tyque or Carnel-De-Passage" permit are not
contravened in relation to such vehicle or component parts:
Provided further that nothing contained in this Order shall prejudice the application to the
said vehicles or component parts of any other prohibition or regulation affecting the import
of goods that may be in force at the time of import of such goods;
(p) being goods imported temporarily for display or use in fairs, exhibitions or similar events specified in
accordance with relevant Customs Notification against ATA carnets under the Customs Convention on the
ATA Carnets for temporary admission of goods (ATA Convention) done at Brussels on the 30th July, 1963:
Provided that
(i) such goods are exported within a period of six months from the date of clearance or such
extended period as the Central Government may allow in each case; and
(ii) the provisions of the said notification or of the ATA convention are not contravened:
Provided further that nothing contained in this item shall prejudice the application to the
said goods of any other prohibition or regulation affecting the import of goods that may
be in force at the time of import of such goods;
(q) any goods imported in accordance with the Treaty or Agreement on Transit with Nepal and Bhutan;
(r) of Indian manufacture or by the Central Government or any State Government for repair and re-export to
Indian Embassies abroad or to any other office of the Central Government or State Government in a foreign
country;
(s) being food grains, by Food Corporation of India:
Provided that at the time of clearance, a declaration to the effect that the import in question has been
approved by the Central Government is furnished by the importer to the Customs authorities;
(t) deleted.
(2) Nothing contained in the Rules shall apply to –
(a) any goods exported by or under the authority of the Central Government;
(b) any goods other than food-stuffs constituting the stores or equipment of any outgoing vessel or
conveyance;
(c) any goods constituting the bona fide personal baggage of any person, including a passenger or
member of a crew in any vessel or conveyance, going out of India:
Provided that the Wild Life (as defined in the wild life (Protection) Act,1972 (as amended from time
to time) shall not be treated as part of such personal baggage;
(d) deleted;
(e) any goods transshipped at a port in India after having been manifested for such transshipment at the
time of despatch from a port outside India;
(f) any goods imported and bonded on arrival in India for re-export to any country outside India, except
Nepal and Bhutan;
(g) any goods in transit through India by post or any goods re- directed by post to a destination outside
India except Nepal and Bhutan:
Provided that such goods, while in India, are always in the custody of the postal authorities;8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
(h) any goods imported without a valid import license and exported in accordance with an order for the
export of such goods made by the proper officer of Customs;
(i) products approved for manufacture in and export from the respective free Trade Zones/Export
Processing Zones and 100 per cent Export Oriented Units except textile item covered by bilateral
agreements, exports to Rupee Payment countries under the Annual Trade Protocol and Exports
against payment in Indian Rupees to former Rupee payment countries:
Provided that conditions imposed in the letter of approval/letter of intent on Export Oriented
Unit or Export Processing Zone will be binding on such a unit;
(j) export of Blood group Oh (Bombay Phonotype) meant for scientific research or emergency medical
treatment as life saving measure on humanitarian grounds by the Director, National Blood Group
Reference Laboratory, Bombay on the basis of a certificate issued by him to this effect in each case;
(k) export of samples of lubricating oil additives, Lube Oil, crude oil and other related petroleum products
and raw materials used to manufacture Lube Additives by Lubrizols India Limited, Hindustan Petroleum
Corporation Limited and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, from their installation in India to
Lubrizol's Laboratories in the United States of America and the United Kingdom for evaluation and
testing purposes.
[F. No. 01/93/180/16/AM-16/PC-2(B)]
ALOK VARDHAN CHATURVEDI, Director General of Foreign Trade
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