Chemicals Listed under SCOMET to Specified Countries

[Ref: DGFT Notification No. 13/2015-2020 dated 28 June 2017]

Effect of this notification: Export policy for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items has been amended

Subject: Amendment in export policy for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items.

In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 and Section l 4A of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992), as an tended, read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment to Notification No. 5/2015-2020 dated 24.04.2017, with respect to the existing dispensation for export of chemicals listed under SCOMET Category 1C of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, with immediate effect:

Existing Entry:

"1C Export of Chemicals listed in 1C below is allowed to State Parties to the CWC without an export licence subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify within 30 days of export to the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; the Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); the Department of Chemicals & Petro-chemicals, and the DGFT of such exports in the prescribed format (Aayat Niryat Form) along with the E 1d-Use Certificate and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30 days of delivery.

Export of chemicals as specified below to states not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed only against an export licence and a Government signed End-Use-Certificate, and in that case also exporters shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery".

SI.No.

SCOMET Entry

Name of Chemical

Entry into Schedule

CAS numbers

lTC (HS) codes

 

IC001

Phosgene : (Carbonyl dichloride)

3A0I

75-44-5

28121010

2

IC002

Cyanogen chloride [(CN) C l]

3A02

506-77-4

28530091

3

IC003

Hydrocyanic acid

3A03

74-90-8

28111910

4

IC004

Chloropicrin: Trichloronitro- Methane

3A04

76-06-2

29049080

5

IC005

Phosphorus Oxychloride

3B05

10025-87-3

28121030

6

IC006

Phosphorus trichloride

3B06

2125683

28121021

7

IC007

Phosphorous Pentachloride

3B07

I 0026-13-8

28121022

8

IC008

Trimethyl Phosphite

3B08

121-45-9

29209041

9

IC009

Triethyl Phosphite

3B09

122-52-1

29209042

10

IC010

Dimethyl Phosphite

3B10

868-85-9

29209043

11

IC011

Diethyl Phosphite

3B11

762-04-9

29209044

12

IC012

Sulphur monochloride

3B12

I 0025-67-9

28121042

13

IC013

Sulphur dichloride

3B13

I 0545-99-0

28121043

14

IC014

Thionyl Chloride

3B14

2125597

28121047

15

IC015

Ethyldiethanolamine

3B15

139-87-7

29221211

16

IC016

Methyldiethanolamine

3B16

105-59-9

29221212

17

IC017

Triethanolamine

3B17

102-71-6

29221300

 

The revised dispensation for export of chemicals under SCOMET Category 1C  of Appendix 3 of Schedule 2, ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import Items shall be substituted as under:

Revised Entry:

"IC Export of chemicals listed in lC below is allowed to the countries specified in Table I without an export authorization subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention (NACWC), Cabinet Secretariat, Department of Chemicals & Petro-Chemicals, Disarmament & International Security Affairs (D&ISA) Division of Ministry of External Affairs and Directorate General of Foreign Trade :OGFT), within 30 days of such export, in the prescribed format [Aayat Niryat Form (ANF) - 20] along with the End-Use Certificate (EUC) in the prescribed proforma [Appendix 2S(ii)] and also submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of delivery.

List of 1C chemicals:

SI.No.

SCOMET Entry

Name of Chemical

Entry into Schedule

CAS numbers

lTC (HS) codes

1

ICOOl

Phosgene : (Carbonyl dichloride)

3A0I

75-44-5

28121010

2

IC002

Cyanogen chloride [(CN) Cl]

3A02

506-77-4

28530091

3

IC003

Hydrocyanic acid

3A03

74-90-8

28111910

4

IC004

Chloropicrin: Trichloronitro- Methane

3A04

76-06-2

29049080

5

IC005

Phosphorus Oxychloride

3805

I 0025-87- 3

28121030

6

IC006

Phosphorus trichloride

3806

2125683

28121021

7

IC007

Phosphorous Pentachloride

3807

I0026-13- 3

28121022

8

IC008

Trimethyl Phosphite

3808

121-45-9

29209041

9

IC009

Triethyl Phosphite

3809

122-52-1

29209042

10

IC010

Dimethyl Phosphite

3810

868-85-9

29209043

II

IC011

Diethyl Phosphite

3811

762-04-9

29209044

12

ICOI2

Sulphur monochloride

3812

I 0025-67-

28121042

13

ICOI3

Sulphur dichloride

3813

I0545-99- )

28121043

14

ICOI4

Thionyl Chloride

3814

2125597

28121047

IS

ICO IS

Ethyldiethanolamine

3815

139-87-7

29221211

16

ICOI6

Methyldiethanolamine

3816

I05-59-9

29221212

17

ICOI7

Triethanolamine

3817

I02-71-6

29221300

 

Table 1

Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland , Ireland , Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal , Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden , Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States.

Export of chemicals listed in Category l C to the countries other than those specified in Table I shall be allowed only against an export authorization. The exporter shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days o · delivery. Further, applications for export of chemicals in this category to countries not Party to the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) shall be submitted along with a Government signed End-Use­ Certificate (EUC).