General Note for Fuel in Handbook of Procedures Amended to Harmonise with SION Entry C-593

[DGFT Public Notice No. 13 dated 30^th July 2012]

Subject: Amendment in General Note for Fuel for the Product Group at Sl. No. 23.

In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009- 2014 and Paragraph 1.1 of Handbook of Procedures (Vol. 1), the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendment in the Handbook of Procedures, Vol. 2, 2009-2014.

2. The export product under SION C-593 was modified from “Carbon Steel Submerged Arc Welded Pipes as per API Grade/ASTM Grade or equivalent OR Hot Formed Steel Bends as per API, ASTM Grade or equivalent grade Degree: 0-180 Degree” to “Non Alloy/Alloy Steel Submerged Arc Welded Pipes as per API Grade/ ASTM Grade or equivalent OR Hot Formed Steel Bends as per API, ASTM Grade or equivalent grade Degree: 0-180 Degree” vide Public Notice No. 51/2010 dated 02.06.2011.

3. The General Note for fuel at Sl No. 23 in Handbook of Procedures, Vol. 2 (SION Book) continues to mention the export product as “Carbon Steel submerged Arc welded pipes coated/ uncoated” which was the description prior to amendment of SION C-593.

4. Accordingly, Sl No. 23 in the General Note for fuel is amended and will now read as under:-

“Non Alloy/Alloy Steel Submerged Arc Welded Pipes Coated/ Uncoated.”

5. Effect of Public Notice.

Description of Sl. No. 23 of General note for fuel in HBP Vol. II has been amended to harmonise it with SION C-593, as modified on 02.06.2011.