The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), under the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, has issued Public Notice No. 26/2024-2025, dated 04-10-2024, announcing amendments to Appendix 10M of Paragraph 10.15 in the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023. These amendments expand the range of items covered under the Global Authorization for Intra-Company Transfer (GAICT) for SCOMET items, software, and technology. The updated list now includes additional items such as advanced materials, technology for electromagnetic absorption, hydrophone arrays, and specialized software for real-time processing. The amendments aim to simplify the export and re-export process for SCOMET items between intra-company entities in countries listed in Table 1 of Paragraph 10.15 in the HBP 2023. The revision is part of the government’s efforts to promote easier trade within global companies while maintaining export control on sensitive items.
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan
Public Notice No. 26/2024-2025 – DGFT | Dated 07-10-2024
Subject: Amendment in Appendix 10M of Para 10.15 in the Handbook of Procedures of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023 to include more items under the purview of Global Authorization for Intra-Company Transfer (GAICT) of SCOMET items/software/technology- reg
S.O.(E) In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 1.03 read with Paragraph 2.04 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) hereby amends the Appendix 10M as referred to in Para 10.15 of the Handbook of Procedures (HBP) 2023 with immediate effect.
Amended Appendix 10 M – Annexed with the Public Notice
2. Effect of this Public Notice:
With the amendment in Appendix 10M in the Handbook of Procedures 2023, the coverage of items under GAICT Policy for export/re-export of items, including software and technology under SCOMET Category 8 has been expanded and new items have been brought under the liberalised policy to facilitate the Intra Company Transfer of SCOMET items to only the countries listed in Table 1 of Para 10.15 of HBP 2023.
(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade &
Ex-officio Additional Secretary to the Gol
E-mail: [email protected]
Annexure to Appendix 10M
| SI. no. | SCOMET category/ Item
No. |
Description
(See updated SCOMET list for full text and details) |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| 1 | 8A102.a.1 | “Composite” structures or laminates, as follows: a. Made from any of the following: 1. An organic “matrix” and “fibrous or filamentary materials” specified by 8C110.c, 8C110.d or |
| 2 | 8C101 | Materials specially designed for absorbing electromagnetic radiation, or intrinsically conductive polymers, as follows: |
| 3 | 8C112 | Materials as follows… |
| 4 | 8E101 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment or materials specified by 8A102 to 8A105, 8A106.b, 8A107, 8B1 or 8C. |
| 5 | 8A501 b. 5. | Being digitally controlled radio receivers having all of the following….. |
| 6 | 8A501 h. | h. Counter Improvised Explosive Device (IED) equipment and related
equipment, as follows……… |
| 7 | 8D501.a. | “Software” as follows: a. “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment, functions or features, specified by 8A501; |
| 8 | 8E501.a. | “Technology” as follows: a. “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development”, “production” or “use” (excluding operation) of equipment, functions or features specified by 8A501 or “software” specified by 8D501.a. or 8D501.e…. |
| 9 | 8A601 a. 1. b.1 | a. 1. b. Systems or transmitting and receiving arrays, designed for object detection or location, having any of the following:
1. A transmitting frequency below 10 kHz; |
| 10 | 8A601 a. 2.a.1 8A601 a. 2.a.2 8A601 a. 2.a.3 8A601 a. 2.a.5 8A601 a. 2.a.6 | 1. Incorporating continuous flexible sensing elements;
2. Incorporating flexible assemblies of discrete sensing elements with either a diameter or length lessthan 20 mm and with a separation between elements of lessthan 20 mm; 3. Having any of the following sensing elements 5. Designed to operate at depths exceeding 35 m with acceleration compensation; or 6. Designed for operation at depths exceeding 1,000 m and having a ‘hydrophone sensitivity’ better than -230 dB below 4 kHz |
| 11 | 8A601 a. 2. b. | Towed acoustic hydrophone arrays… |
| 12 | 8A601 a. 2. c. | Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with towed acoustic hydrophone arrays, having “user-accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes; |
| 13 | 8A601 a. 2. e. | Bottom or bay-cable hydrophone arrays having any of the following:
1. Incorporating hydrophones… or 2. Incorporating multiplexed hydrophone group signal modules… |
| 14 | 8A601 a. 2. 1. | Processing equipment, specially designed for real time application with bottom or bay cable systems, having “user-accessible programmability” and time or frequency domain processing and correlation, including spectral analysis, digital filtering and beamforming using Fast Fourier or other transforms or processes. |
| 15 | 8A602 a. 1.c | c. “Space-qualified” solid-state detectors having a peak response in the wavelength range exceeding 1,200 nm but not exceeding 30,000 nm; |
| 16 | 8A6081.3 | (Reserved) |
| 17 | 8B608 | Pulse radar cross-section measurement systems having transmit pulse widths of 100 ns or less, and specially designed components therefor |
| 18 | 8D601 | “Software” specially designed for the “development” or “production” of equipment specified by 8A604, 8A605, 8A608 or 8B608. |
| 19 | 8D603.a. | “Software” as follows: 1. “Software” specially designed for acoustic beam forming for the “real-time processing” of acoustic data for passive reception using towed hydrophone arrays |
| 20 | 8E601 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment, materials or “software” specified by 8A6, 8B6, 8C6 or 8D6 |
| 21 | 8E602 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment or materials specified by 8A6, 8B6 or 8C6. |
| 22 | 8D703.a. | “Software” specially designed or modified to improve the operational performance or reduce the navigational error of systems to the levels specified by 8A703, 8A704 or 8A708 |
| 23 | 8D703.b. | “Source code” for hybrid integrated systems w |
| 24 | 8A801.b. | Manned, untethered submersible |
| 25 | 8A801.c.1 | Unmanned submersible vehicles having any of … |
| 26 | 8A801.d. | (Reserved) |
| 27 | 8A802.o.3.b | ‘Active noise reduction or cancellation systems’ or magnetic bearings, specially designed for power transmission systems; |
| 28 | 8D801 | “Software” specially designed or modified for the “development”, “production” or “use” of equipment or materials, specified by 8A8, 8B8 or 8C8. |
| 29 | 8E801 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” or “production” of equipment or materials, specified by 8A8, 8B8 or 8C8 |
| 30 | 8A911 | Ramjet, scramjet or ‘combined cycle engines’, and…. |
| 31 | 8D901 | “Software”, not specified in 8D903 or 8D904, specially designed or modified for the “development” of equipment or “technology”, specified by 8A9, 8B9 or 8E903. |
| 32 | 8D902 | “Software”, not specified in 8D903 or 8D904, specially designed or modified for the “production” of equipment specified by 8A9 or 8B9. |
| 33 | 8E901 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “development” of equipment or “software”, specified by 8A904 to 8A912, 8B901 to 8B910 or 8D901 to 8D905. |
| 34 | 8E902 | “Technology” according to the General Technology Note for the “production” of equipment specified by 8A904 to 8A911 or 8B901 to 8B910 |
| 35 | 8E903 a. 1. | “Technology” “required” for the “development” or “production” of any of the following gas turbine engine components or systems:
1. Gas turbine blades, vanes or “tip shrouds”, made from directionally solidified (DS) or single crystal (SC) alloys and having (in the 001 Miller Index Direction) a stress-rupture life exceeding 400 hours at 1,273 K (1,000°C) at a stress of 200 MPa, based on the average property values; |
| 36 | 8E903 a. 3. a | Components that are any of the following:
a. Manufactured from organic “composite” materials designed to operate above 588 K (315°C) |
[Issued from F. No. 01/91/180/18/AM17/EC(S) (Computer No. 2862)
