(To be published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary) (Part-I- Section-1)
Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Public Notice No.43 (RE: 2012)/2009-2014
New Delhi: Dated: 2nd January, 2013
Subject: Modification of SIONs at Sl No.C-1188,1206,1207,1208,1209,1314,1702 and 1971
In exercise of the powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14 and Paragraph 1.1 of the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.1), the Directorate General of Foreign Trade hereby makes following amendment in Handbook of Procedure Vol.II (S ION Book):-
2. The description of import items in respect of following SIONs is amended as
under:-
| S. No | SION S.No. | Export items | Existing import items | Amended import items |
| 1 | C- | Silver Bearing | 1 .Copper Scrap or | 1. Copper Scrap or Copper |
| 1188 | Copper | Copper Wire Bar | Wire Bar | |
| Strip/Sheets/Foil | 2.Silver bullion of | 2. Unwrought Silver of purity | ||
| Purity 99.99% | 99.9% and above/ | |||
| Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% and above/ | ||||
| Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% and above | ||||
| 2 | C- | Silver Cadmium | Silver bullion Purity | Unwrought Silver of purity |
| 1206 | Oxide Contact | 99.9% | 99.9% and above/ | |
| Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% and above/ | ||||
| Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% and above | ||||
| 3 | C- | Silver Graphite | Silver bullion Purity | Unwrought Silver of purity |
| 1207 | Contact | 99.9% | 99.9% and above/ | |
| Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% and above/ | ||||
| Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% and above | ||||
| 4 | C- | Silver Nickel | 1 .Silver bullion | 1 .Unwrought Silver of purity |
| 1208 | Contacts | Purity 99.9% | 99.9% and above/ |
| 2.Nickel 99.8% purity | Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% and above/
Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% and above 2. Nickel 99.8% purity |
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| 5 | C- | Silver Tungsten | 1 .Silver bullion | 1. Unwrought Silver of purity |
| 1209 | Graphite Contact | Purity 99.9% | 99.9% and above/ | |
| 2.Tungsten Graphite 99.95% purity | Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% and above/ | |||
| Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% and above | ||||
| 2. Tungsten Graphite 99.95% purity | ||||
| C- | Silver Brazing | 1 .Silver Bullion | 1 .Unwrought Silver of purity | |
| 6 | 1314 | Alloy in the form | (Minimum purity | 99.9% and above/ |
| of | 99%) | Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% | ||
| Strips/Wire/Powd | 2. Copper (Minimum | and above/ | ||
| er/Foils/ | purity 99%) | Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% | ||
| Blanks/Discs/Pro | 3. Zinc (Minimum | and above | ||
| file/Sheet/Rod | purity 99%) | 2.Copper (Minimum purity | ||
| as per | 4. Cadmium | 99%) | ||
| ASTM/JIS/DIN/BI | (Minimum purity | 3. Zinc (Minimum purity 99%) | ||
| S/ | 99%) | 4. Cadmium (Minimum purity | ||
| IBS Standard or | 5. Nickel (Minimum | 99%) | ||
| equivalent | Purity 99%) | 5. Nickel (Minimum Purity | ||
| 6. Tin (Minimum | 99%) | |||
| Purity 99%) | 6. Tin (Minimum Purity 99%) | |||
| 7 | C- | Silver | 1. Unwrought Silver | 1. Unwrought Silver of purity |
| 1702 | Contacts/Silver | having purity | 99.9% and above/ | |
| Alloyed contacts | more than 99.9% | Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% | ||
| or Wire/Silver | 2. Any other | and above/ | ||
| profiles | relevant metal | Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% | ||
| contacts/Silver | (s)/ alloying | and above | ||
| Bimetal | metal(s) | 2. Any other relevant metal | ||
| Contacts/Silver | (s)/ alloying metal(s) | |||
| Bimetal | ||||
| Profiles/Sheet | ||||
| Contacts/Silver | ||||
| Contacts on | ||||
| Carrier/Silver | ||||
| Alloyed Contacts on Carrier/Non‑ | ||||
| Ferrous Metal | ||||
| Contacts. | ||||
| 8 | C- | Silver | 1 .Silver Ingots | Unwrought Silver of purity |
| 1971 | Targets/Discs | 99.9% purity OR | 99.9% and above/ |
| 99.9% purity | Scrap Silver/Used | Silver Ingots of purity 99.9% | ||
| Silver Targets/Discs | and above/ | |||
| Silver Bullion of purity 99.9% and above | ||||
| OR | ||||
| Scrap Silver/Used Silver | ||||
| Targets/Discs |
There is no change in description/quantity of export products or quantity of import items.
3. Effect of Public Notice:-
Different forms of silver have now been uniformly allowed as inputs for the export products in the above mentioned SIONs.
(Anup K. Pujari )
Director General of Foreign Trade
E-mail: dgft@nic.in
(Issued from File No. 01/81/162/82/AM12/DES-II)
