Clarification regarding Import Policy Provisions for Laptops, Tablets, All-in-one Personal Computers and Ultra Small Form Factor Computers, Servers under HSN 8471 - DGFT - Policy Circular No. 09/2023-24

Government of India Ministry of Commerce Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi Dated: 12th January, 2024 Policy Circular No. 09/2023-24 To, 1. All Customs Commissionerate(s) 2. Members of Trade Industry Subject: Clarification regarding Import Policy Provisions for Laptops, Tablets, All-in-one Personal Computers and Ultra Small Form Factor Computers, Servers under HSN 8471-reg. Attention is drawn to DGFT Notification No. 23/2023 dated 03rd August 2023 read with Notification No. 26/2023 dated 4th August 2023 and Notification No. 38/2023 dated 19th October 2023 and in continuation to Policy circular no. 6/2023- 24 dated 19.10.2023 , whereby Import of certain specified IT Hardware was Restricted . In this regard, the following clarifications are provided: Only the import of Laptops, Tablets, All-in-one Personal Computers, Ultra small form factor Computers and Servers falling under HSN 8471 is Restricted and import should be allowed against a valid Import authorisation only for above five item categories. The given Import Restriction does not apply to any other goods such as Desktop Computers, etc. under tariff head 8471 . This is issued with the approval of Competent Authority. (Md. Moin Afaque) Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade E-mail: ddg1import-dgft@gov.in (Issued from F. No.01/89/180/39/AM-13/PC-2[A]/E-2261)