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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Notification No.
06/2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated 24
May, 2019
Subject: Amendment in import policy of biofuels.
S.O.
(E): In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of FT (D&R) Act, 1992, read
with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-2020, as amended
from time to time, the Central Government hereby amends the import policy of
biofuels under Chapter 22, 27 and 38 of ITC (HS), 2017, Schedule — I (Import
Policy.
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Exim Code |
Item Description |
Present Policy |
Existing Policy Condition |
Revised Policy |
Revised Policy Condition |
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2207 20 00 |
Ethyl alcohol and other spirits, denatured, of any strength. |
Restricted |
Import is allowed only for non-fuel purposes
subject to Actual User condition. |
Restricted |
- |
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2710 20 00 |
Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals (other han
crude) and preparations not
elsewhere specified or included. containing by weight 70% or
more of petroleum oils or of oils obtained from bituminous minerals,
these
oils being the basic constituents of the preparations,
containing biodiesel, other
than waste oils. |
Restricted |
Import is allowed only for non-fuel purposes subject to Actual User
condition. |
Restricted |
- |
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3826 00 00 |
Biodiesel and’Restricted mixtures thereof, not containing or, containing
less than 70 % by weight of
petroleum oils and, ,oils obtained from bituminous minerals. |
Restricted |
Import is allowed only for non-fuel purposes subject to Actual User
condition. |
Restricted |
- |
Effect of the Notification: Policy condition providing for free import of
bio-fuels by actual users is deleted. Import policy of bio-fuels is “restricted”
for all purposes and its import will require import licence from DGFT.
The issues with the approval of minister of Commerce & Industry
(F.No. 01/89/180/01/AM-19/PC-2(A) / e — 11101)
(Alok Vardhan Chaturvedi)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex- officio Addl. Secretary to the
Government of India
Note: The principal
notification No. 36/2015-2020, dated the 17th January, 2017
was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number S.O.172(E),
dated the 17th January, 2017 and amended vide notification No. 27/2015-2020,
dated the 21st August, 2018 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary
vide number S.O. 4054 (E), dated the 21st August, 2018.
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