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                                                 [M.C. & I. (D.C.) Notification No. 10/2015-20, dated 11-6-2020]

                                     Personal Protection Equipment  — Export Policy revised to
                                         allow export of  50 lakh PPE Medical Coverall for
                                         COVID-19 units per month
                                            Subject :  Amendment in Export Policy of Personal Protection Equipment.
                                            In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 of the Foreign Trade (Devel-
                                     opment & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No. 22 of 1992), as amended, read with Para
                                     1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2015-20, the Central Government here-
                                     by makes following amendment in the Notification No. 14, dated 22-6-2020 amend-
                                     ing the Schedule 2 of the ITC (HS) Export Policy related to the export of Personal
                                     Protection Equipment as under :

                                       Serial   ITC HS          Description         Current       Revised
                                      Number     Codes                               Policy        Policy
                                       207A      392690   PPE Medical Coveralls for  Prohibited  Restricted
                                                 621790   Covid-19                            (For   monthly
                                                 630790                                       Export Quota of
                                                 901890                                       50 Lakh PPE
                                                                                              Medical Cover-
                                                                                              alls for  COVID-
                                                                                              19)
                                            2.  Other  items  that  are part  of PPE kits and listed  in  the description
                                     against Serial No. 207A in the Notification No. 14, dated 22-6-2020, however con-
                                     tinue to remain prohibited for exports whether exported as individual items or as
                                     part of PPE kits and monthly quota shall not be applicable on export of these
                                     items.
                                            3.  Effect of this Notification :
                                            Notification No. 14, dated 22-6-2020 is amended to the extent that PPE
                                     medical Coveralls for COVID-19, exported against the mentioned HS codes or
                                     falling under any other  HS code, are now ’’restricted” for exports.  A monthly
                                     quota of 50 Lakh PPE medical Coverall for covid-19 units has been fixed for issu-
                                     ance of export licenses to the eligible applicants to export PPE medical Coveralls
                                     for COVID-19 as per the criteria to be separately issued in a Trade Notice.
                                            All items that are part of PPE kits and listed in the description in the No-
                                     tification No. 14, dated 22-6-2020, however, continue to remain “prohibited” for
                                     export whether exported as individual item or as part of PPE kits and monthly
                                     quota shall not be applicable on export of these items.
                                                 [M.C. & I. (D.C.) Notification No. 16/2015-20, dated 29-6-2020]

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