Government of India
Ministry of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
(P.C-IV Division)
Policy Circular No. 3 (RE-2000)/2000-01
Dated 7.4.2000
ALL LICENSING AUTHORITY
ALL COMMISSIONERS OF CUSTOMS
Subject : Consideration of application under paragraph 6.8 of Handbook (Vol.1) without reference to Headquarters EPCG Committee.
Attention is invited to Paragraph 6.8 of the Handbook (Vol.1) wherein it has been stated that in such cases where nexus norms have already been communicated by Headquarters in any case or the same is already established on the basis of the EPCG licences issued in the past by the Port Offices, such applications may not be forwarded to Headquarters EPCG Committee.
In addition to the items covered by the Lists given in Annexure-I, II and III of the Policy Circular No. 52 (RE-99)/99-2000 dated 18.2.2000, for Hotels, Textile Sector and Garments Sector respectively, it has been decided that in respect of the items given in the Annexure to this Circular, EPCG licences upto Rs. 50 crores may be issued by RLAs concerned without referring such applications to Headquarters EPCG Committee.
This issues with the approval of DGFT.
(A.K. SRIVASTAVA)
Dy. Director General of Foreign Trade
(F.No. 01/94/180/Handbook/AM-01/Policy-IV)
ANNEXURE TO POLICY CIRCULAR NO.3(RE-2000)/1997-2002 Dt.7.4.2000
A. CHEMICALS & ALLIED PRODUCTS:
| (a) Drugs and Pharmaceuticals:- |
| (1) |
Various types of vaccines |
- Lyophiliser (Freeze Dryer)
- Washer
- Elisa Plate Reader
- Elisa Plate Washer
- Carbon Dioxide Incubatore
- Fermentor System
- Robotic Cell Culture System
- Cell Disruption System
- Cross Flow Micro Filtration system
- Chromatography
- Ultracentrifugation system
- Vibromixer
- Dosing Pumps
- Vaccum Pump
- Hapa Printing and Labelling Machine
- Mobile Storage System
- Automatic Sealing Machine
- Inverted Microscope
|
| (2) |
Bulk Drugs, Intermediates and Pharmaceutical formulations |
- Quad Bridge
- Pressure Transducer
- Force Displacement transducer
- Haemosys Pressure Bridge Amplifier
- Constant Pressure Lagendroff
- CO 101 Cardistar Cardiac Output Computer
- Bio Imaging Analysis System with imaging plates
- EPC-9 Patch Clamp amplifier and software and chart recorder
- Harward Single syringe pump
- Homeothermic Blanket
- Carl Zeiss Inverted Microscope Axiovert 25C with phase and Varel contract
- Controlled Rate Cryofreezer
- DNA Sequencer (with Filmless Autoradiography)
- Animal Cell Culture Fermentor
- Microbial Cell Culture Fermentor
|
| (b) Glass and Glass Products:- |
| (1) |
Glass Beads, Necklaces, Rosaries Tasbees, Glass Bead, Fashion Jewellery |
- Bead Grinding Machine
- Furnance
- Flate Wheel Grinders
- Tumblers for Polishing
- Table Cutting machines
|
| (c) Paper and Paper products:- |
| (1) |
Paper and paper board including coated paper |
- Stock Preparation and Approach Flow System
- On Machine Coater
- Colour Kitechen
- Paper Rewinder and Rereeler
- Off Machine Paper Coater
- Paper Calendering System
- Paper Machine Hood
- Paper Laminating Machine
- Paper Sheet Cutters
- Paper Ream Wrapping Machine
- Paper Rolls Handing and Wrapping System
- DCS & QCS and Web Inspection system
- AC variable speed drives for paper machine
|
| (d) Petro-chemical Products |
| Sl.No. |
Export Product |
Capital Goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Linear Alkyl Benzene |
- Temperature Controlled Reactor
- LHCS
- Sodium Pump
- Degassing Drum BTM Pump
- Vent Pump
- Plugging Meter
- Nuclear Level Instruments
- Flow Meters
- Vessels
- Variable Frequency Drives
- Heat Tracer Panels
- Sodium Heater Burner
- Firing Gas Burner
- Coil for Sodium Heater
- 30″ Gate Valves
- Cable for Instruments
|
| (2) |
Petrochemicals, Polymers, Fibre Intermediates, Polyesters, Textile Items |
- Cracked Gas Compressor
- Ethylene Refrigerant Centrifugal Compressor
- Propylene Refrigerant Centrifugal System
- Fuel Gas Compressor System
- Quench Oil Circulation Pumps
- Quench Water Circulation pumps
- Diluation Steam generator feed pumps
- Demethaniser Reflux Pumps
- De-ethaniser Reflux Pumps
- Ethylene Rectifier Bottom Pumps
- Ethylene Rectifier Reflux Pumps
- C3 Hydrogenation feed pumps
- Propylene Transfer pumps
- Propylene Tower Reflux / Product Pumps
- HP Boiler feed water pumps
- Methane Product Heater
- Control Valves
- Viscometer
- Vibration cubicles
- Analyser houses
- Level Transmitter Displacer
- Nucleonic Level Transmitter
|
| (1) |
Calcined Alumina |
- Equipment & Accessories for Apron Feeder – Detailed list
- Equipment, Accessories for Tooth Crusher – Detailed list
- Calcination-Detailed list.
- Equipment & Spares for evaporation.
|
| (2) |
Chlorine, Caustic Soda |
- Gas Turbine Engine
- Naptha
- Heat Recovery Steam Generator
- D.M. Water Plant System Skid
|
| (3) |
Cement |
- Gas Turbine Generator
- Steam Turbine Generator
- DCS System
|
| (4) |
Purified Terepathalic Acid |
- Stripper Still Pot
- Residue Evaporator
- Residue Crystallizer
- Start-up Heater
- Condenser
- Cooler
- Reboiler
- Heater
- HBr Trank
- HAC Settler
- Agitator
- Belt Fitter
- CTA Dryer
- Vibrating Sieve
- Reslurry Drum
- Decanter
|
| (5) |
Soda Ash |
- Steam Tube Calciner
- Calciner Feeder
- Calciner Mixer
- Bicarbonate Feeder
- High-Efficiency Cyclones
- Return Soda Ash Star Feeder
- Dust Discharge Screw Conveyor
- Dust Star Feeder
- Discharge Star Feeder
- Calcined Chain Conveyor
- Ash Recycle Conveyor
- Gas Scrubber
|
B. Electronics Sector:
| Sl.No. |
Export Product |
Capital Goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Compact Disc (Audio & Video |
- MCL 50 CD Manufacturing System
- PC-Drying System
- Netstal Discjet Moulding Machine
|
| (2) |
Compact Disc for reproduction of sound and images, CG Rom |
- Screw Chillers
- Mieleir
- Superwasher
- Stamper
- Basic Insert
- Buffer Container
- Microfilter Spare
- Filter Spare
- Airtech Air Shower
|
| (3) |
Colour Picture Tubnes |
- Holder frame assy. Machine
- Mask Frame Welding machine
- Charcterstic test set machine
- 21″ CPT assy.machine
- 21″ gun assy.machine
- Furnace
- Yam Machine
|
| (4) |
Quartz Analong Watches and Jewellery watches |
- Digital Micro Vickers Hardness Tester
- Automatic Movement Assembly Line
- Centrifugal Polishing Machine
- Test Appliance
- CNC Engraving Machine
- Vibration Testing Machine
|
C. Engineering Sector:
| (1) |
Passenger Car, Passenger Car in CKD/SKD, Engine, Transmission and Automobile Components. |
- Engine and Transmission Shop
- Press Shop
- Body Shop
- Assembly Shop
- Quality Control Shop
|
| (2) |
Commercial Vehicles, Jeep type vehicles and passenger cars. |
- Heilbronn
- Walter
- Sumitomo
- Sampuensili
- Sicmat
- SNK
- Lamb
- ELB
- WACO
- Tschudin
- Oerlikon
|
| (3) |
Two Wheelers, Three Wheelers, parts accessories etc. |
- CNC gear hobbing machine
- Multi-purpose, chamber furnace
- Auto clamping machine
- CNC Angular wheelhead grinding machine
- CNC Cam Grinding machine
- Motokubo NC Cam Milling machine
- High Speed Horizontal machining centre
- NTC make, Vertical machining centre
|
| (4) |
Gears & Gear Boxes, Synchronisers for off road and on road vehicles |
- Resharpening Machine
- Shaving Cutter
- Drilling Machine
- Turning Machine
- Broaching Machine
- Milling Machine
- Shaping Machine
- Hobbing Machine
- Grinding Machine
- Clipping Machine
- Gear Tooth Rounding Machine
- Universal measuring Machine
- Sawing Machine
|
| (5) |
Crankshafts/ Front Axlebeams (Forged & Machined) |
- Hot Forging Press
- Material Handling Equipment
- Forging Roll
- Quick Tool Change System
- Water Spraying Mechanical Appliance
- Combustion System
- Material Handling System
|
| (b) Industrial Machinery:- |
| Sl.No. |
Export Product |
Capital Goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Fuel Injection Equipment & Components thereof |
- Emission Analysis system
- Mini Dilution System
- Charge amplifiers
- Thermal Air-mass flow meter
- Infinium Oscilloscopes
- Gun Drill Grinding Machine
- Sedi Graph
- Lab Car MLBA2
- Hand held digital storage
- Digital Real Time
- Vibration time system
- Servohydraulic system
- Durability Test Systems/table top
|
| (2) |
Anti Explosion Special alloy Based filler Material |
- Mesh making machine
- Mesh balls making machine Spherematic-10
- Mesh balls making machine Spherematic-35
- Detailed list
|
| (3) |
Various Engine Parts |
- Gravity Casting M/c
- Melting Furnace
- Holding Furnace
- Ladle
- Burning Furnace
- Core Making M/c
- Core Knockout M/c
- Shot Blasting M/c
- Degassing Unit
- Impregnation
- Moulds
- Milling M/c
- Washing M/c
- Cutting M/c
- Machining Centre Verticle
- Multi Drilling M/c
- Gun Drilling M/c
- Inserting M/c
- Leak Tester
- Caulking M/c
- Assembly line
- Sub-facility
- Inspecing M/c
- Index Unit
- Spectrometre
- D Layout M/c
- C/F Guage
- Gauges, Micrometer, Calipers
- Rotary Index Table
- Lathe
- Milling M/c
- Drilling M/c
- Radial Drilling M/c
- Grinding M/c
- Tool Grinder
|
| (4) |
Electric Motors and Geared Motors |
- Couth make Marking Machine
- Pressure Die Casting Dies
- Winder
- Inserter
- Endform Press
- Drift Press
- Wedge Maker
- CNC Universal Cylindrical Grinding Machine Studer
- Twine Spindle CNC turning lathe
- Die Casting Machine
|
| (c) Bicycle and Bicycle Parts:- |
| (1) |
Bicycle & its parts |
- Continuous Medium Strip Mills for HR Steel Strips
- Special Purpose Grinding Machine
- Spectro Mobile Spectrometer with spares
|
| (d) Iron and Steel Items:- |
| (1) |
Cold Rolled Steel strips (CR)/galvanised strips |
- Hi Cold Reversing Mill
- Bearings for Rolling Mill
- Eddy current Tester
- D.G. Sets
|
| (2) |
Steel Forgings |
- Spline Milling Machine
- Shaver Sharpening Machine
- Centreless Grinder
- Verson 500 Ton Press
- CNC Internal Grinder
- Shapper Cutter Sharpener
- Height Guage
- Gear Shaving Machines
- Spline Hobbing Machine
- Thread Grinding Machine
- Smeral Press
- Bliss Press
- Gear Tooth Deburing & Chamfering Machine
- Micro Hardness Tester
- Broach Sharpening Machine
- Helix Lead & Profile Tester
- Radial Drilling Machine
- Horizontal Milling Machine
- 25 Ton Broaching Machine
- Polishing Machine
- CNC Gear Grinding Machine
- Profile Projector
- Turret Lathe
- Bevel Gear Cutter Sharpening Machine
- Surface Roughness Tester
- Pillar Drilling Machine
- Bevel Bear Lapping Machine
- Twin Spindle Machine
- Tool & Cutter Grinder
- Surface Grinding Machine
- High Speed Gear Shapping Machine
- Gear Hobbing Machine
- Spectrometer
- Spline Grinding Machine
- Hydraulic Press
- Gear shapping Machine
- Angular Wheel Head Grinder
- Gleason Lapping Machine
- Rotary Indexing SPM Machine
- Gear Honning Machine
- 300 Ton Cold Forging Hydraulic Press
- 750 Ton Cold Forging Hydraulic Press
- Cleveland Machanical press
- 120 Ton Cold Forging Hydraulic Press
- 350 Ton Cold Forging Hydraulic Press
- 275 Ton Cold Forging Hydraulic Press
- Twin Spindle
|
| (3) |
CR, CRGP, CRGC, SHEETS, STRIPS, COILS, Steel Pipes, Steel tubes, galvanised tubes, galvanised pipes |
- Roll Grinder
- Compressor
- Water Chilling Machine
- Pump for AC Plant
- Welder
- Steel Cutting Equipment
- Testing machine
|
| (4) |
Iron or Steel, Engine, Motors, Aluminum, Transmission Shaft, Cranks, Gears and Gearings, Screws, Pulleys, Tarque converters |
- Automatic Moulding Machine
|
| (5) |
CR or GP Coils/ Sheets |
- Hi Reversing Cold Rolling cum skin pass mill
- Tapered Roller Bearings
- 5310 PC Computerised Americium
- F-52806 3 Curie Americium Source Assembly
- Timken Tapered Roller Bearings
- HI Skin Pass Mill
- Tension Leveller
- Auxiliary Lines
- Roll Grinding Machine
|
| (6) |
Hot Rolled Coils/Sheets/ Plates |
- Air Separation Plant
- Tunnel Furnace
- Gantry Cranes and Magnets.
|
| (1) |
Table Ware of Stainless Steel |
- Rolling Mill
- Knuckle Joint Press
- Heat Treatable Tool
- Grinding Machine
- Serrater Machine
- Grinding Machine Type AS1/2-H
- Machine RJC
- Detailed list
- Detailed list
- Cutlery Role
- Automatic Round Table
- Welding Machine
- Automatic Wet-Grinding Machine
- Automatic Tig-Welding System
- Knucke Joint Press Type 1000
- Ostling
- Cleaning & Polishing Accessories
|
| (2) |
Fabricated Structural products of iron and steel, Highmssts Conical Poles, Lattice Towers |
- Galvanising Plant
- Equipment for material handling
- Precision Hydraulic Press
- Automatic Whelding Machine
- Vaccum lifting unit
- CNC profile cutting machine
- CNC punching and sharing system
|
| (3) |
Copper Cathode LME Grade ‘A’, Copper Anodes/ Cathodes, Blister Copper Slag, Copper Scrap & Waste, Zinc Baring Residues, Lead Bearing Residues, Anode Sline, Nickel Sulphate, Blast Furnance Slag |
- Cathode Plate
- DC Bus Bar
- Automatic Refinery Crane
|
| (4) |
Pressure Die Cast Components of Aluminium |
1. ARL Metals Analyzer |
| (5) |
Atomized Products: Grains- Metal Alloys, Brazing and Soldering Alloys, Paste, Powder, Sputtering Material, Fabrication: Gold Bars, Medallions, pendants, coins, slabs |
- Gas Atomiser Unit
- Pour Box and Fixture
- Drying Oven
- Melting Furnace
- Modular Vault System
- Building Alarm
- Metal Detector
- Closed Circuit Television System
- Atomic Absorption Spectometer
- Spark Spectrometer
- X-Ray Spectrometer
- Fire Assay Furnace
- Cupellation Furnace
- Mettler Balances
- Belt Surfacer
- Instrument Tables
- Melting Lift Up Furnance
- Rolling Mill
- Blanking Press
- Coining Press
- Annealing Furnace
- Casting Furnace
- Graining Furnace
- Casting Equipments
|
D. Food Products
| Sl. No. |
Export Product |
Capital goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Dairy Products |
- Pasta Cutting Machine
- Planetary Mixing, Stirring & Whisking Machine
- Vacuum Chamber Machine-C-500
- Conveyorised Vaccum Chamber Machine
- Vertical Form Fill & Seal Wrapper
- Electronic Weigher
- Cube Cutting Machine
- Sam Slicing Systems
- HTST Sterilisation process & packing line
|
| (2) |
Frozen Sea Foods, Vegetables and Foods |
- Industrial Freezers
- Rack Station
- Rich Trucks for Freezers
- Truck Refrezeration Unit
- Thermoking
|
| (3) |
Frozen Meat & Meat Products |
- Mechanised Abbatoir Line
- Continuous Processing Plant
- Refrigeration System
|
E. Leather Products
| S.No. |
Export Product |
Capital Goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Leather Manufacture goods |
- Hydraulic Clicking Machine (Bottom)
- Lining trimming Machine
- Lining Stamping Machine
- Thermo Cementing & Folding Machine
- Taping & Sxeam Rubbing Machine
- Automatic Punching & Eyeletting
- Hydraulic Splitting Machine
- Plating & Ironing Machine
- Flat Bed Single Needle Industrial Sewing Machine
- Flat Bed Double Needle Industrial Sewing Machine
- Post Bed Single Needle Industrial Sewing Machine
- Post Bed Double Needle Industrial Sewing Machine
- Zig Zag Flat Bed Industrial Sewing Machine
- Cylinder Bed Industrial Sewing Machine
|
| (2) |
Leather Shoe Uppers/Shoes |
- Mocassin Preforming Machine
- Insole Attaching Machine
- Back Part Moulding Machine
- Roughing Machine for Uppers/Soles/ Insoles
- Pilling Over and Cement Lasting Machine
- Humidifier for uppers
- Tack Heel Seat Lasting Machine
- Pounding/Beating/ Ironing Machine or Combined Machine
- Heat Setting Plant
- Reactivating Plant
- Pre-Lasting Conditioner
- Twin Sole Attaching Machine
- Ironing & Conditioning Machine
- Unlasting Machine
- Heel Nailing Machine
- Stamping Machine
- Heel and Sole Brushing Machine
- Heel and Sole Buffing Machine
- Edge Pre-Trimming Machine
- Channel Closing Machine
- Cutsole Stiching Machine
|
| (3) |
Leather Garments |
- Lockstich Machine
- Cutting Machine
- Leather Polishing Machine
- Automatic Drying Machine
- Button Hole Machine
- Hydraulic Fleshing Machine
- Hydraulic Rotating Staking and Edging Machine
- Knife Grinding/ Reblading Machine
- Bandknife Splitting Machine
- Hydraulic Setting and Sammying Machine
- Hydraulic Shaving Machine
- Automatic Spraying Machine
- Leather Buffing Machine
- Computerised Sewing Machine
- Compact Flushing Press
|
F. Plastic Sector
| Sl.No. |
Export Product |
Capital Goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Polyester Film Biaxially |
- C.T. & Coater
- Recycling System
- Diesel Generating Set
- Oil Heat Exchanger
- Extruder Screw
- CPF System
- Blending Hopper
- Granulators with Motor, Blower, Spares & Accessories
- Auto Flex VI-A
- Extrusion Unit
- All Metal Separater
- MX Proline Gauge
- Circulation/Transfer Pump
- 3 Way Polymer Valve
- Pearl Mill
- Edge Trim
- Thyristorised Heating Control
- Oil Heating Unit
|
| (2) |
PVC Cushion Vynil Flooring, Articles for packing and packing Industries of manufacture of plastics |
- Colour Printing line and its electrical panel
- Wagner-Electric order Picker with Turret Head
- Cooling Mixers
- Calender Machine
- Automatic Winder
- Coating machine
|
G. Miscellaneous Sector
| (a) Agricultural products:- |
| (1) |
Rice, Cereals |
Rice Polishing Machine, Grain Sorter Machine |
| (2) |
Starch |
- Root Washer pit Structure
- Inclined Root Conveyor Belt
- Root Chopper
- Root Rasper
- Extractor
- Seperator
- Hydrocyclone
- De-hydrating Centrifuge
- Paddle Mixing Conveyor
- Screw Conveyor
- Starch Sifting & Bagging Cabinet
- Cooling Blower
- Starch Milk Pump
- Starch Percentage Detector
|
| Sl.No. |
Export Product |
Capital Goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Coir Products, Jute, Sisal, Cotton, Grass & Wool items. |
Forklift truck |
| (1) |
Cut & Polished Diamonds |
- CNC Lathe
- Loop Grader
- Ball Mill
- Automatic Grader
- Sarin Machine
- Bruting Machine
- Rico Levelling Scales
|
| (1) |
Ceramic Glazed Floor & Wall Tiles |
Battery |
| (2) |
Figured & Wired Glass |
- Cullet Scale Hopper with Cont. panel
- Overflow Drain out tweel
- Spout equipment
- Roll out machine complete with control panel
- LEHR Driving equipment complete with control panel
- Temperature Control Equipment complete with control panel
- Forced cooling equipment complete with control panel
- Main line conveyor
- Cutting equipment complete with control panel
- Glass unloading equipment complete with control panel
|
| (3) |
Tarpaulin |
Hydrolic Looms |
| (4) |
Fibre Glass |
- Refractories for Fibreglass furnance (Chrome Oxide Refractories)
- Recuperator Hot Air Piping, Accessocies for HAP
- Hot air oil Burners & Acc
- Bushing Environment Equipment
|
H. SERVICE SECTOR
| Sl.No. |
Export Product |
Capital Goods which can be imported |
| (1) |
Maritime port service |
|
| (2) |
Construction service |
- Tower Crane
- Crawler/Mobile Crane
- Stationery Concrete Pump
- Skip Hoist
- Welding Machines
- Punematic Tyre Roller
- Tandem Roller
- Paver
- Bulldozer
- Winch
- Niton Analyser (Spectameter)
|
| (3) |
Topographic Survey in the High Way Sector and Survey Data |
- Tribrach
- Camcorder Battery
- Wooden Telescopic Tripod
- PCMCIA Flash Ram Card
- Data transfer cable Lemo
- Battery charger
- Circular prism
- Reflector pole
- Dual Strut
|
| (4) |
Computer Software |
- Personal Computer Pentium III
- Video Conferencing System
- IBM Think Pad
- Valve Mounted Actuator
- Immersion Temp. Sensor
- Excel 500 CPU Module
- System Software
- Projection Systems
- CD Rom Writer
- Photocopiers
- Line Matrix Printers
- Laser Printer
- Network HUB
- INKJET Printers
- Pentium Server
- DEC Alpha 1200
|
| (5) |
Construction of Industrial Plants & Pipe Lines. Rental and Leasing Services. |
- Dozer
- Ripper
- Excavator
- Motor Grader
- Pipe Bending Machine
- Pneumatic Bending Mandrel
- Internal Peumatic Line Clamp
- Directional Boring Machine
- Tandem Roller
- Vibratory Roller
- PTR
- Rock Breaker
- Horizontal Boring Machine
- Ground Probing System
- Crane
- Welding Machine
|
| (6) |
Cellular Roaming |
- Microwave communication Equipment
|
| (7) |
Satellite Cable T.V. distribution and reception services |
- Satellite Stereo Receiver – Panda
- C-Band Receiver
- Adj. Channel Modulator
- Headend Modulator
- Hetrodyne Signal Processor
- Channel Processor
- Splitter
- Channel Combiner
- Distribution Amplifier
- LNA L-Band Receiver
- Feeder Cable
- Minitruck Amplifier
- Equalizer
- Tap off
- Housing F Connectors
- Splice
- F Terminator
- Heat Shrink
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