In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 5 read with Section 3 (2) of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 (No.22 of 1992) and also read with Para 1.3 and Para 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004-09, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import items, 2004-09.
In view of the difficulties expressed by trade and industry, as a special case, it is clarified that, import of items classified under ITC (HS) Code 2846 (Compounds, in-organic or organic, of rare-earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of mixtures of these metals) shall be considered ‘Free’, retrospectively with effect from 01.01.2007.
