Indian Trade Classification(Harmonised System) of Export and Import Items, 2012 [ITC(HS),2012]. - 111(RE-2010) / 2009-14 - Foreign Trade Policy

TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY PART-II, SECTION-3, SUB SECTION (ii) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY NOTIFICATION No. 111(RE-2010) / 2009-14 NEW DELHI, DATED THE 18 th April, 2012. S.O. (E) In exercise of powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) read with Paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, the Central Government hereby notifies Indian Trade Classification (Harmonised System) of Export and Import Items, 2012 [ITC (HS), 2012] as enclosed in the Annexure to this Notification. 2. ITC (HS), 2012 contains Schedule 1 - Import Policy and Schedule 2 - Export Policy . Against each item of these two schedules, the current import / export policy has been indicated; alongwith policy conditions to be fulfilled, if any. 3. This shall come into force with immediate effect. Effect of this Notification: ITC (HS) 2012 is being notified incorporating the changes till now and after harmonising it with both the HS 2012 of World Customs Organisation and Tariff Schedule of Customs. Sd/- (Anup K. Pujari) Director General of Foreign Trade e-mail: dgft@nic.in (Issued from F. No. 01/89/180/66/AM-12/PC.2A) Annexure to the Notification No. 111/RE(2010)/2009-2014 dated 18.4.2012 ITC(HS) Schedule-1 (Import Policy) ITC (HS), 2012 CONTENTS Schedule 1 - Import Policy Chapter No. Chapter Descriptions Page No. Explanatory Note for Row and Column Description of this Schedule i Schedule 1 - Import Policy General Notes Regarding Import Policy 1 Section I - Live Animals; Animal Products 1 Live Animals 11 2 Meat and Edible Meat Offal 16 3 Fish and Crustaceans, Molluscs and other Aquatic Invertebrates 21 4 Birds'Eggs; Natural Honey; Edible Products of Animal Origin, not elsewhere specified or included 35 5 Products of Animal Origin, not elsewhere specified or included 40 Section II - Vegetable Products 6 Live Trees and other Plants; Bulbs Roots and the Like; Cut Flowers and Ornamental Foliage 48 7 Edible Vegetables and certain Roots and Tubers 52 8 Edible Fruit and Nuts; Peel of Citrus Fruit or Melons 57 9 Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices 63 10 Cereals 72 11 Products of the Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin Wheat Gluten 77 12 Oil Seeds and Oleaginous Fruits; Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit; Industrial or Medicinal Plants; Straw and Fodder 80 13 Lac; Gums, Resins and Other Vegetable Saps and Extracts 93 14 Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products not elsewhere specified or included 96 Section III - Animals or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes 15 Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or Vegetable Waxes 98 Section IV - Prepared Foodstuffs; Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar; Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substituted 16 Preparations of Meat, of Fish or of Crustaceans, Molluscs or other Aquatic Invertebrates 112 17 Sugars and Sugar Confectionery 115 18 Cocoa and Cocoa Preparations 119 19 Preparations of Cereals, Flour, Starch or Milk; Pastrycook's Products 121 20 Preparations of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts or other Parts of Plants 125 21 Miscellaneous Edible Preparations 130 22 Beverages, Spirits and Vinegar 135 23 Residues and Waste from the Food Industries; Prepared Animal Fodder 140 24 Tobacco and Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes 144 Section V - Mineral Products 25 Salt; Sulphur; Earths and Stone; Plastering Materials, Lime and Cement 148 26 Ores, Slag and Ash 161 27 Mineral Fuels; Mineral Oils and Products of their Distillation; Bituminous Substances; Mineral Waxes 167 Section VI - Products of the Chemical or Allied Industries 28 Inorganic Chemicals; Organic or Inorganic Compounds of Precious Metals, of Rare-earth Metals, of Radioactive Elements of Isotopes 177 29 Organic Chemicals 199 30 Pharmaceutical Products 242 31 Fertilisers 254 32 Tanning or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins and their Derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and other Colouring Matter; Paints and Varnishes; Putty and other Mastics; inks 258 33 Essential Oils and Resinoids; Perfumery Cosmetic or Toilet Preparations 273 34 Soap, Organic Surface- Active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing or Scouring Preparations, Candles and Similar Articles, Modelling Pastes, "Dental Waxes" and Dental Preparations with a Basis of Plaster 280 35 Albuminoidal Substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes 287 36 Explosives; Pyrotechnic Products; Matches; Pyrophoric Alloys; Certain Combustible Preparations 291 37 Photographic or Cinematographic Goods 294 38 Miscellaneous Chemical Products 302 Section VII - Plastics and Articles thereof; Rubber and Articles thereof 39 Plastics and Articles thereof 320 40 Rubber and Articles thereof 348 Section VIII - Raw Hides and Skins, Leather, Furskins and Articles thereof; Saddlery And Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags and Similar Containers; Articles of Animal Gut (other than Silk-Worm Gut) 41 Raw Hides and Skins (Other than Furskins) and Leather 361 42 Articles of Leather; Saddlery and Harness;Travel Goods, Handbags and similar containers;Articles of Animal Gut (other than Silk-worm Gut) 366 43 Furskins and Artificial Fur; Manufactures thereof 371 Section IX - Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal; Cork and Articles of Cork; Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork 44 Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal 374 45 Cork and Articles of Cork 388 46 Manufactures of Straw, of Esparto or of other Plaiting Materials; Basketware and Wickerwork 389 Section X - Pulp of Wood or of other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste and Scrap of Paper or Paperboard; Paper and Paperboard and Articles thereof 47 Pulp of Wood or of other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste and Scrap of Paper or Paperboard 391 48 Paper and Paperboard; Article of Paper Pulp, of Paper or of Paperboard 393 49 Printed Books, Newspapers, Pictures and other Products of the Printing Industry; Manuscripts, Typescripts and Plans 413 Section XI - Textiles and Textile Articles 50 Silk 417 51 Wool, Fine or Coarse Animal Hair, Horse Hair Yarn and Woven Fabric 427 52 Cotton 433 53 Other Vegetable Textile Fibres; Paper Yarn and Woven Fabrics of Paper Yarn 451 54 Man-made Filaments 455 55 Man-made Staple Fibres 466 56 Wadding, Felt and Nonwovens; Special Yarns; Twine, Cordage, Ropes and Cables and Articles thereof 476 57 Carpets and Other Textile Floor Coverings 481 58 Special Woven Fabrics; Tufted Textile Fabrics; Lace; Tapestries; Trimmings; Embroidery Terry towels 485 59 Impregnated, Coated, Covered or Laminated Textile Fabrics; Textile Articles of a Kind Suitable for Industrial Use 491 60 Knitted or Crocheted Fabrics 499 61 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories, Knitted or Crocheted 502 62 Articles of Apparel and Clothing Accessories not Knitted or Crocheted 514 63 Other Made Up Textile Articles; Sets; Worn Clothing And Worn Textile Articles; Rags 528 Section XII - Footwear, Headgear, Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-Sticks, Seat-Sticks, Whips, Riding-Crops and Parts thereof; Prepared Feathers and Articles made therewith; artificial Flowers; Articles of Human Hair 64 Footwear, Gaiters And The Like; Parts Of Such Articles 534 65 Headgear And Parts Thereof 539 66 Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-sticks, Seat-sticks, Whips, Riding crops, And Parts Thereof 541 67 Prepared Feathers and Down and Articles Made of Feathers or of Down; Artificial Flowers; Articles of Human Hair 542 Section XIII - Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials; Ceramic Products; Glass and Glassware 68 Articles of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica or Similar Materials 544 69 Ceramic Products 552 70 Glass and Glassware 557 Section XIV - Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious or Semi-precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin 71 Natural Or Cultured Pearls, Precious Or Semi- precious Stones, Precious Metals, Metals Clad with Precious Metal, and Articles thereof; Imitation Jewellery; Coin 565 Section XV - Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal 72 Iron and Steel 577 73 Articles of Iron or Steel 607 74 Copper and Articles thereof 622 75 Nickel and articles thereof 632 76 Aluminium and articles thereof 637 77 Reserved for Possible future use 646 78 Lead and Articles thereof 647 79 Zinc and articles thereof 651 80 Tin and Articles Thereof 655 81 Other Base Metals; Cermets Articles thereof 658 82 Tools, Implements, Cutlery, Spoons and Forks, of Base Metal; Parts Thereof of Base Metal 663 83 Miscellaneous Articles of Base Metal 670 Section XVI - Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Electrical Equipment; Parts thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of such Articles 84 Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery and Mechanical Appliances; Parts thereof 675 85 Electrical Machinery and Equipment and Parts Thereof; Sound Recorders and Reproducers, Television Image and Sound Recorders and Reproducers, and Parts and Accessories of such articles 738 Section XVII - Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and Associated Transport Equipment 86 Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; rail-way or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signaling equipment of all kinds 776 87 Vehicles other than Railway or Tramway rolling-stock, and parts and accessories thereof 782 88 Aircraft, Spacecraft and parts thereof 798 89 Ships, Boats and floating structures 801 Section XVIII - Optical, Photographic, Cinematographic, Measuring, Checking, Precision, Medical or Surgical Instruments and Apparatus; Clocks and Watches; Musical Instruments; Parts and Accessories thereof 90 Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, medical or surgical instruments and apparatus; parts and accessories thereof 804 91 Clocks and Watches and parts thereof 822 92 Musical Instruments Parts and Accessories of such articles 827 Section XIX - Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories thereof 93 Arms and Ammunition; Parts and Accessories thereof 829 Section XX - Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 94 Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions and similar stuffed furnishings; Lamps and Lighting Fittings, not elsewhere specified or included; Illuminated signs, Illuminated name-plates and the like; Prefabricated Buildings 834 95 Toys, Games and Sports Requisites; Parts and Accessories thereof 840 96 Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles 846 Section XXI - Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques 97 Works of Art, Collectors' Pieces and Antiques 854 98 Project Imports; Laboratory Chemicals; Passengers' Baggage; personal importations by air or post; ship stores 857 Appendix No. Appendices to Schedule 1 Import Policy I List of import of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances under the NDPS Act and NDPS Rules 861 II Chemicals included in the Chemical Weapons Convention of the United Nations 876 III List of items under compulsory registration with BIS 881 IV List of countries which are party to the Montreal Protocol 889 ITC(HS) Schedule-2 (Export Policy)