Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Udyog Bhawan
Notification No. 39(RE-2010)/2009-2014
New Delhi, The 31st March, 2011
Subject : Import policy of Vehicles.
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 of the Foreign Trade
(Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2009-2014, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments
in the Schedule 1 (Imports) of the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import
Items :
- Existing policy (prior to this amendment) as available at page 709-710,
Chapter 87 of ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items is extracted
below :
Import Licensing Notes:
- The import of vehicles (as classified under this Chapter) by Foreign
Diplomats and Other Privileged Persons in this category, who are exempt from
payment of customs duty, shall be exempt from the conditions specified at
Sl.No.1 & 2 above. However, such imported vehicles cannot be sold in India
except to another diplomat or privileged person and are compulsorily required to
be re-exported.
- After amendment the entry would read as below :
Import Licensing Notes:
- The import of vehicles (as classified under this Chapter) by Foreign
Diplomats and Other Privileged Persons in this category, who are exempt from
payment of customs duty, shall be exempt from the conditions specified at
Sl.No.1 & 2 above. Such imported vehicles shall be disposed off in the manner
specified in the Foreign Privileged Persons (Regulation of Customs Privileges)
Rules, 1957, as amended from time to time
- The effect of this Notification :-
The sale of vehicles imported by Foreign Diplomats and Other Privileged Persons
is now permitted to other non privileged persons also in the manner specified in
Foreign Privileged Persons (Regulation of Customs Privileges) Rules, 1957, as
amended.
Sd/-
(Anup K. Pujari)
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail : [email protected]
[Issued from F. No. 01/89/180/28/AM-10/PC-2(A)]