Government allows export of Second Generation (2G) Ethanol [Read Notification]

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, under the Department of Commerce, has released an official notification (No. 32/2025-26), dated September 24, 2025, regarding the Export Policy of Second Generation (2G) Ethanol.

The Central Government has made amendments to the Notification No. 62/2015-20 dated March 22, 2023, and added an extra policy condition under Schedule-II (Export Policy) of ITC (HS) 2022, under ITC (HS) Code 22072000, with immediate effect. The government has taken this action in exercise of powers granted under Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992, read with Para 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2023.

The inserted policies in the initial notification dated March 22, 2023, are as follows:

ITC(HS) Code & Description	Export Policy	Additional Export Policy Condition
22072000-Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength	Restricted	Export of Second Generation (2G) Ethanol – i.e. Ethanol produced through cellulosic material such as bagasse, wood waste, other renewable resources, industrial wastage, lignocellulosic feedstocks (e.g. agricultural and forestry residues such as rice and wheat straw, corn and stover, bagasse, woody biomass), non-food crops (e.g. grasses, algae) and residue streams, and having low CO2 emissions or high GHG reduction, and which do not compete with food crops for land use and meets IS 15464 specifications (as amended from time to time) — is permitted for fuel and non-fuel purposes, subject to a valid Export Authorisation and feedstock certification from the relevant competent authority.

Refer to the official notification for complete information.