Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhawan
New Delhi
Dated: 30th July, 2020
Trade Notice No.: 20 /2020-21-DGFT
To,
1.All Members of the Trade
2.All DGFT RAs
3.All Custom Authorities
Subject: Procedure and Criteria for submission and approval of applications for export of Diagnostic Kits
Reference is invited to the DGFT Notification No. 09 dated 10.06.2020 restricting the export of Diagnostic Kits/Laboratory Reagents/Diagnostic Apparatus.
2. Export quota has been fixed for the following diagnostic kits:
| S.No. | Diagnostic Kit | Export Quota ( Units/Nos) |
| VTM Kits | 238 Lakh | |
| 2 | RNA Extraction Kits | 149 Lakh |
| 3 | RT-PCR Kits- single tube | 34 Lakh |
| 4 | RT-PCR Kits – double tube | 40 Lakh |
| 5 | RT-PCR Kits – triple tube | 40 Lakh |
2. The application procedure and criteria for export of above mentioned Diagnostic kits is outlined below:
I. Export of Diagnostic kits as per the export quota fixed above will be allowed for the month of August.
II. Exporters (Only Manufacturers) may apply online through DGFT’s ECOM system for Export authorizations (Non-SCOMET Restricted items) – Please refer Trade Notice No. 50 dated 18.03.2019. There is no need to send any hard copy of the application via mail or post.
III. Exporters who have already filed an online application for export of these diagnostic kits need not apply again. However, they need to submit the documents as described in this trade notice through email at export-dgft@nic.in mentioning the specific file number in the subject of the mail.
IV. Online applications for export of “Diagnostic Kits (VTM/RNA Extraction kits/RI-PCR Kits)” filed from 5th to 8th August, 2020 will only be considered.
V. All the applications will be examined as per the Para 2.72 of Handbook of procedures.
VI. Validity of the export license will be for 3 months only.
VII. The following eligibility criteria will be applicable for issuance of Export licenses:
i. Documentary proor of manufacturing “VTM/RNA Extraction kits/RT-PCR Kits”.
ii. Only 1 application per IEC may be considered during the month
iii. The documents to be submitted may include the following:
a. Copy of Purchase order/Invoice
b. Copy of IEC
c. Undertaking duly signed by the authorized signatory in the company letter head to be submitted by the manufacturer certifying that as on date, all domestic commitments/orders have been fulfilled.
d. All the documents must be duly self-attested by the authorized person of the firm.
VII. All the relevant documents as specified above must be submitted along with the application to verify the eligibility criteria. Incomplete applications will not be considered for any allocation. Any application received through email or submitted outside the timeline specified will not be considered.
3. This issues with the approval of Competent Authority
(Nitish Suri)
Deputy Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: nitish.suri@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/91/180/21/AM20/EC/E-21933)
