Amendments in SCOMET Items
List
[Ref: Notification
No. 29/2015-2020 dated 21 September 2017]
Effect of this Notification: Appendix 3 (SCOMET items) to Schedule - 2 of ITC (HS) Classification
of Export and Import Items, 2012 has been amended.
Subject: Amendment in Appendix 3 (SCOMET items) to Schedule- 2 of ITC (HS)
Classification of Export and Import Items, 2012
S.O.(E) - In exercise of the powers conferred by
Section 5 and Section 14A of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act,
1992, as amended, read with Para 1.02 of the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-2020, the
Central Government hereby makes the following amendment, with immediate effect,
in the Appendix 3 to Schedule -2 of ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import
Items as notified in DGFT Notification No. 5/2015-20 dated 24th April 2017 and No.
13/2015-20 dated 28.06.2017:-
A. Under
the heading "Items on the SCOMET List are organized in the following categories" :
(i) Category 2: Micro-organisms,
toxins:
The entry under Category 2H shall be substituted with the following:
Genetic Elements and Genetically-modified
Organisms'
(ii)
Category 7: Electronics, computers, and information technology including
information security: The entry against Category 7 containing sub-categories
7A, 7B, 7C, 7D and 7E and the entries relating thereto shall be substituted with
the with the following:
'[Reserved]'
B. In
the SCOMET Glossary after the definition of "Microprogram"
and the entry relating thereto, the following expression shall be inserted:-
"Military use"
shall mean incorporation into military items listed in SCOMET Categories 5D or 6
or for the use, development, or production of military items listed in these categories'.
C. For
SCOMET entry "2H Genetically Modified Organisms" and the entry "2H001",
the following shall be substituted:-
'2H Genetic Elements and Genetically-modified
Organisms:
2H001 Any genetically-modified
organism which contains, or genetic element that codes for:
(1) Gene(s)
specific to virus, bacterium, fungus, parasites or plant pathogens listed in Categories
2A, 2B, 2C, 2D and 2G and which
a. in
itself or through its transcribed or translated products represents a significant
hazard to human, animal or plant health, or
b. could
endow or enhance pathogenicity
(2) Toxin(s)
or their sub-unit(s) listed in Category 2F.
Technical note:
(1) Genetically-modified
organisms include organisms in which the nucleic acid sequences have been created
or altered by deliberate molecular manipulation.
(2) Genetic
elements include, inter alia: chromosomes, genomes, plasmids, transposons, vectors,
and inactivated organisms containing recoverable nucleic acid fragments, whether
genetically modified or unmodified, or chemically synthesized in whole or in part.
For the purposes of the genetic elements control, nucleic acids from an inactivated
organism, virus, or sample are considered recoverable if the inactivation and preparation
of the material is intended or known to facilitate isolation, purification, amplification,
detection, or identification of nucleic acid(s).
(3) Endow
or enhance pathogenicity is defined as when the insertion or integration of the
nucleic acid sequence(s) are likely to enable or increase a recipient organism's
ability to be used to deliberately cause disease or death. This might include alterations
to (not limited to) inter alia: virulence, transmissibility,
stability, route of infection, host range, reproducibility, ability to evade or
suppress host immunity, resistance to medical countermeasures, or detectability.'
D. In
SCOMET entry 3D001(1), the following shall be inserted
after entry 3D001(1)(ii) (h):-
'(iii)
Prefabricated repair assemblies and their
specially designed components, that:
a. are designed for mechanical attachment to glass-lined
reaction vessels or reactors that meet the parameters above; and,
b.
have metallic surfaces that come in direct
contact with the chemical(s) being processed which are made from tantalum or tantalum
alloys'.
E.
Existing SCOMET entry 3D001(2) shall be
re-numbered 3D001(2)(i)
and thereafter the following shall be inserted:-
'(ii)
Prefabricated repair assemblies and their
specially designed components,
a.
are designed for mechanical attachment to
glass-lined reaction vessels or reactors that meet the parameters above; and,
b. have
metallic surfaces that come in direct contact with the chemical(s) being processed
which are made from tantalum or tantalum alloys '.
F. SCOMET
entry 3D004 shall be substituted as follows :-
'3D004 Toxic gas monitors and monitoring
systems, and their dedicated detecting components as follows: detectors; sensor
devices; replaceable sensor cartridges; and dedicated software for such equipment;
a. designed
for continuous operation and usable for the detection of chemical warfare agents
or Category 1 chemicals at concentrations of less than 0.3 mg/m3; or
b. designed
for the detection of cholinesterase-inhibiting activity.'
G. SCOMET
entry 3D006 shall be substituted as follows:-
'3D006 Fermenters
(1) Fermenters
capable of cultivation of micro-organisms or of live cells for the production of
viruses or toxins, without the propagation of aerosols, having a total internal
volume of 20 litres or greater;
(2) Components
designed for such fermenters, as follows:-
a. cultivation
chambers designed to be sterilized or disinfected in situ;
b. cultivation
chamber holding devices; or
c. process
control units capable of simultaneously monitoring and controlling two or more fermentation
system parameters (e.g. temperature, pH, nutrients, agitation, dissolved oxygen,
air flow, foam control).
Technical Note:
Fermenters include bioreactors (including
single-use (disposable) bioreactors), chemostats and continuous-flow
systems.'
H. In
SCOMET 3D014, the following shall be inserted:-
'3D014 Nucleic acid assemblers and synthesizers,
which are partly or entirely automated, and designed to generate continuous nucleic
acids greater than 1.5 kilobases in length with error
rates less than 5% in a single run.'
I. SCOMET
entry 4A007 shall be substituted as follows:-
'Vacuum or other controlled atmosphere metallurgical
melting and casting furnaces and related equipment, as follows:-
a. Arc
remelt furnaces, arc melt furnaces and arc melt and casting
furnaces having both of the following characteristics:-
1. Consumable
electrode capacities between 1000 and 20000 cm3; and
2. Capable
of operating with melting temperatures above 1973 K (1700 °C);
b. Electron
beam melting furnaces, plasma atomisation furnaces and
plasma melting furnaces, having both of the following characteristics:
1. A
power of 50 kW or greater; and
2. Capable
of operating with melting temperatures above 1473 K (1200 °C);
c. Computer
control and monitoring systems specially configured for any of the furnaces specified
in 4A007.a. or 4A007.b;
d. Plasma
torches specially designed for the furnaces specified in 4A007.b.having both of
the following characteristics:-
1. Operating
at a power greater than 50kW; and
2. Capable
of operating above 1473 K (1200°C);
e. Electron
beam guns specially designed for the furnaces specified in 4A007.b.operating at
a power greater than 50kW. '
J. After
the SCOMET entry 4A031 and the entry relating thereto, the following entry shall
be inserted:-
'4A032 Target assemblies and components
for the production of tritium as follows:-
a. Target
assemblies made of or containing lithium enriched in the lithium-6 isotope specially
designed for the production of tritium through irradiation, including insertion
in a nuclear reactor;
b. Components
specially designed for the target assemblies specified in 4A032.a.
Technical Note:
Components specially designed for target
assemblies for the production of tritium may include lithium pellets, tritium getters,
and specially-coated cladding.'
K. SCOMET
entry 5C013 shall be substituted as follows:-
'5C013
a. Radiation
Hardened microcircuits usable in protecting rocket systems, unmanned aerial vehicles
and cruise missiles against nuclear effects (e.g. electro-magnetic pulse (EMP),
X-rays, combined blast and thermal effects);
b. Analogue-to-digital
converters, usable in the systems specified in 5A, having any of the following characteristics:
1. Designed
to meet military specifications for ruggedised equipment;
or
2. Designed
or modified for military use and being any of the following types:
(i) Analogue-to-digital converter "microcircuits",
which are "radiation hardened" or have all of the following characteristics:
a. Rated
for operation in the temperature range from below -54°C to above +125°C; and
b. Hermetically
sealed;
or
(ii) Electrical
input type analogue-to-digital converter printed circuit boards or modules, having
all of the following characteristics:
a. Rated
for operation in the temperature range from below -45°C to above +80C; and
b. Incorporating
"microcircuits" specified in 5C013.b.2.(i)'
L. The
SCOMET entry against Category 7 containing sub-categories 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D and 7E
and the entries relating thereto shall be substituted with the with the following:
'[Reserved]'
M. SCOMET
entry 8A301 b shall be substituted as follows:-
'8A301 b Microwave or millimetre wave items, as follows:-
Technical Notes
1. For
purposes of 8A301.b, the parameter peak saturated power output may also be referred
to on product data sheets as output power, saturated power output, maximum power
output, peak power output, or peak envelope power output.
2. For
purposes of 8A301.b 1, 'vacuum electronic devices' are electronic devices based
on the interaction of an electronic beam with an electromagnetic wave propagating
in a vacuum circuit or interacting with radio-frequency vacuum cavity resonators.
'Vacuum electronic devices' include klystrons, travelling-wave tubes, and their
derivatives.
3. 'Vacuum
electronic devices' and cathodes, as follows:-
Note 1: 8A301.b 1 does not apply to 'vacuum electronic
devices' designed or rated for operation in any frequency bands and having all of
the following:-
a. Does
not exceed 31.8 GHz; and
b. Is
"allocated by the ITU" for radio-communications services, but not for
radio-determination.
Note 2: 8A301.b.1 does not apply to non-"space-qualified"
'vacuum electronic devices' having all of the following:
a. An
average output power equal to or less than 50 W; and
b. Designed
or rated for operation in any frequency band and having all of the following:-
1.
Exceeds 31.8 GHz but does not exceed 43.5 GHz; and
2. Is
"allocated by the ITU" for radio- communications services, but not for
radio determination."