Second Hand Capital Goods and Second Hand Goods Policy Clarified

[Please note that scrap is different from second hand goods. The import of this is generally free. Thus steel scrap is different from used steel. Second steel in production is different from steel left over after use by a consumer – Editor/07.03.2013]

[DGFT Notification No. 35 (RE-2012)/2009-2014 Dated 28 February, 2013]

Subject: Policy on Second Hand Goods:

In exercise of powers conferred under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendment in Para 2.17 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014:-

2. Para 2.17 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014 is revised to read as under:-

SNo.	Categories of Second Hand Goods	Import Policy	Conditions, if any
I	Second Hand Capital Goods
(a)	i. Personal computers/laptops including their refurbished/re-conditioned spares	Restricted	Importable against authorization
	ii. Photocopier machines/ Digital multifunction Print & Copying Machines
	iii. Air conditioners
	iv. Diesel generating sets
(b)	i. Refurbished/re-conditioned spares of Capital Goods	Free	Subject to production of Chartered Engineer certificate to the effect that such spares have at least 80% residual life of original spare.
(c)	i. All other second hand capital goods {other than (a) &( b) above}	Free
II	Second Hand Goods other than capital goods	Restricted	Importable against authorization

3. Effect of this Notification

While the import policy (in the third column) remains unchanged for various categories of second hand goods, more clarity has been imparted both in Categories (second column) and in Conditions (fourth column).