**Policy Summary: Notification No. 54/2015-2020**
**Subject:** Amendment to Import Policy for HS Code 33074900 (Preparations for perfuming or deodorizing rooms, including odoriferous preparations used during religious rites: Others)
**Issuing Authority:** Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India.
**Date:** January, 2021
**Purpose:** To insert a policy condition regarding the import of specific odoriferous preparations under HS Code 33074900 of Chapter 33 of the ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule I (Import Policy).
**Key Change:** The import policy for odoriferous preparations such as room fresheners/car fresheners that *do not* operate by burning, falling under HS Code 33074900, is revised from "Restricted" to "Free".
**Legal Basis:** This notification is issued in exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended.
**Effect:** This notification makes the import of non-burning odoriferous preparations such as room fresheners and car fresheners under HS Code 33074900 permissible without restriction.
**Authority:** Amit Yadav, Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
**File No.:** 01/89/180/MISC-25/AM-03/PC-2[AE2248]
Key Entities Referenced
Directorate General of Foreign Trade: A department under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, responsible for implementing the Foreign Trade Policy.
Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992: An act of the Parliament of India to provide for the development and regulation of foreign trade by facilitating imports and increasing exports and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020: A policy document outlining the guidelines and objectives for promoting and regulating India's foreign trade during the period 2015-2020.
HS Code 33074900: A specific code within the Harmonized System (HS) of nomenclature, relating to preparations for perfuming or deodorizing rooms, including odoriferous preparations used during religious rites: Others.
ITC HS, 2017, Schedule I Import Policy: Indian Trade Clarification based on Harmonized System of Coding, 2017, Schedule I Import Policy, which classifies and regulates imported goods.
Ministry of Commerce and Industry: A ministry of the Government of India responsible for formulating and implementing policies related to commerce, industry, and trade.
Amit Yadav: Director General of Foreign Trade and Ex officio Additional Secretary to the Government of India.
New Delhi: The capital of India, where the notification was issued.
To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section-3, Sub-
Section (Il)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Notification No.54/2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated: /;+January, 2021
Subject: Insertion of a Policy Condition for items under HS Code 33074900
of Chapter- 33 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule-I (Import Policy).
S.0.(E): 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 following
Policy Condition against HS Code 330749 00 (preparations for perfuming or
deodorizing rooms, including odoriferous preparations used during religious rites:
Others) of chapter 33 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule — | (Import Policy).
Existin :
HS Code |Description|Import Policy Polley, bat geiint es
Condition Conifon
Import of odoriferous
preparations such as|
room fresheners/car
330749 00 Others Restricted - fresheners that do not
operate by burning is
free".
2: Effect of the Notification: Import of odoriferous preparations such as
room fresheners/car fresheners that do not operate by burning under HS Code
33074900 is "free".
This issues with the approval of Minister of Commerce & Industry.
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(Amit Yadav)
Director General of Foreign Trade&
Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the Government of India
(File No. 01/89/180/MISC-25/AM-03/PC-2(A)/E-2248)