DGFT amends Export Policy of PPEs or Masks

(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
Udyog Bhawan
New Delhi

Notification No. 20/2015-2020

New Delhi, Dated: 21st, July 2020

Subject: – Amendment in Export Policy of Personal Protection Equipment/Masks

S.O. 2405(E).— In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government hereby makes following amendment in the Notification No. 14 dated 22.06.2020 amending the Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy 2018 related to the export of Personal Protection Equipments as under:-

2. Effect of this Notification:

Notification No. 14 dated 22.06.2020 is amended to the extent that only surgical drapes, isolation aprons, surgical wraps and X-Ray gowns are removed from prohibition under the medical coveralls of all classes and categories. All other items as described above, including other types of medical coveralls of all classes and categories, exported against the mentioned HS codes or falling under any other HS code, continue to remain prohibited for export, as part of prohibition on personal protection equipments.

[F. No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC/E-21933]

AMIT YADAV,
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Add. Secy