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DGFT POLICY  CIRCULAR  NO.   11 / 2005 ( 2004-2009) dated 27.6.2005

Subject : - Re-assignment of 8 digit Codes of ITC(HS) to the Scheduled Chemicals of  CWC as given against Category 1 B and 1 C to  Appendix 3 to   Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) Classification of Export & Import items, 2004-2009 –regarding

            Attention is invited to provisions contained in ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import items, 2004-2009 relating to the export and import of Scheduled Chemicals of CWC. 

2.         The Government has re-assigned 8 digit of ITC(HS) Codes to the Scheduled Chemicals of CWC and notified them in the Customs Tariff.  Some of the  commercially important Schedule 2 Chemicals are given  at Annexure ‘A’ of this Circular.  It is reiterated that the export of these chemicals is allowed  only as per provisions in Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) after due consideration by the IMWG at DGFT (Hqrs) and not under the Advance Licence and other Export Promotion Scheme.  Also the import of these chemicals is allowed freely, except from the 25 countries given at Annexure ‘C’ of this Circular. 

3.         Most of the chemicals at Schedule 3 of CWC as given at Category 1C under Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC(HS) are also re-assigned 8 digit codes of ITC(HS) and given at Annexure ‘B’ of this Circular.   It is also reiterated that the import of these chemicals is  freely allowed.   Exports of these chemicals is also freely allowed except to the countries as given at Appendix ‘C’ of this Circular.  The exports of these chemicals to the countries at Annexure ‘C’ is permissible only against an export licence issued after due consideration by the IMWG at DGFT (Hqrs) and not against any advance licence.  In cases of applications for exports under Advance Licence and other Export Promotion Scheme,  except for countries as at Annexure ‘C’, the firms should be advised to follow the policy in detail as given against Category 1C of Appendix 3 to Schedule 2 of ITC(HS). 

4.         This issues with the approval of competent authority. 

(Ashutosh Jindal)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade

Encl : as above.

(Issued from File No.01/91/180/903/AM03/PC-III)  

Annexure A

 

List of commercially important Schedule-2 Chemicals of  CWC 

Sl.No.

Name of Chemical

Entry into Schedule

CAS Numbers

Existing ITC(HS) Classification codes

New ITC(HS) codes now incorporated by DOR in  Customs Tariff.

1.

2-Chloro N, N-Di-isopropyl ethylamine

2B10

4261-68-1

29211900

29211911

2.

Diethyl amino Ethanethiol

2B12

100-38-9

292219.00

29221910

3.

O, O, Dimethyl Methyl Phosphonate

2B04

756-79-6

292090.90

29209045

4.

2-Hydroxy N, N-Diisopropyl Ethylamine

2B11

96-80-0

292211.00

29221111

5.

N, N-Diethyl Amino ethyl Chloride Hydrochloride

2B10

869-24-9

292211.00

29221112

6.

Di-ethyl Amino ethanethiol Hydrochloride

2B12

1942-52-5

-do-

29221113

7.

Di-Methyl Amino ethyl chloride Hydrochloride

2B10

4584-46-7

-do-

29221114

8.

Di-Methyl Amino ethanethiol

2B12

108-02-1

-do-

29221115

9.

Di-Methyl Amino ethanethiol Hydrochloride

2B12

13242-44-9

-do-

29221116

10.

Phosphorothioic acid, S [2-(diethylamino) ethyl] O, O – diethyl ester

2A01

78-53-5

292010.00

29201010

11.

1-Propene, 1,1, 3, 3, 3, - Pentafluoro – 2- (trifluoromethyl) (PFIB) 

2A02

382-21-8

290330.10

29033011

12.

Benzeneacetic acid, alphahydroxy – alpha-phenyl, 1 – azabicyclo [2.2.2.] oct-3-yl ester

2A03

6581-06-2

292090.90

29392910

13.

Phosphonic Acid, Methyl-compound with (aminoimino methyl) urea (1: 1)

2B04

84402-58-4

-do-

29209047

14.

1-Propanaminium N, N, N-trimethyl – 3- [1-oxo-9 octadecenyl) amino]-. (Z)- methyl methylphosphonate

2B04

70055-71-9

-do-

29209048

15.

Phosphonic acid, [methyl bis (5-ethyl-2-methyl-2-oxido-1, 3, 2- dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl) methyl] ester

2B04

42595-45-9

-do-

29209051

16.

Phosphonic acid, [methyl-(5-ethyl-2-methyl 2-oxido-1,3,2-dioxaphosphorinan-5-yl) methyl] ester

2B04

41203-81-0

-do-

29209052

17.

Phosphonic acid, propyl-dimethyl ester

2B04

18755-43-6

-do-

29209053

18.

Phosphonous acid, methyl-diethyl ester

2B04

15715-41-0

-do-

29209054

19.

Phosphonic acid, ethyl-

2B04

6779-09-5

-do-

29209055

20.

Phosphonic acid, propyl-

2B04

4672-38-

-do-

29209056

21.

Phosphonic acid, methyl-

2B04

4206-94-4

-do-

29209057

22.

Phosphonochloridic acid, methyl-, methyl ester

2B04

1066-52-0

-do-

29209058

23.

Phosphonothioic dichloride, ethyl-

2B04

993-43-1

-do-

29209061

24.

Phosphonic acid methyl-

2B04

993-43-1

-do-

29209062

25.

Phosphonic acid, methyl-, dimethyl ester

2B04

756-79-6

-do-

29209062

26.

Phosphonic dichloride, methyl-

2B04

676-97-1

-do-

29209064

27.

Phosphonous dichloride, methyl-

2B04

676-83-5

-do-

29209065

28.

Phosphonic acid, ethyl-, diethyl ester

2B04

78-38-6

-do-

29209066

29.

Arsenous trichloride

2B07

7784-34-1

281210.90

28121060

30.

Benzeneacetic acid, alpha-hydroxy-alpha-phenyl

2B08

76-93-7

291819.00

29181910

31.

1-Azabicyclo (2.2.2.) octan-3-01

2B09

1619-34-7

292240.08

29333930

32.

Ethanamine, 2-Chloro-N, N-dimethyl-

2B10

107-99-3

-do-

29211914

33.

Ethanol, 2-[bis(1-methylethyl)amino]-

2B11

96-80-0

292219.00

29221920

34.

Ethanethiol, 2-(diethylamino)-

2B12

100-38-9

292219.00

29221930

35.

Ethanol, 2, 2’-thiobis-

2B13

111-48-8

293090.90

29309091

36.

2-Butanol, 3, 3-dimethyl-

2B14

464-07-3

290514.90

29051910

 

Annexure B

Schedule 3 Chemicals of CWC

 

Sl.No.

Name of Chemical

Entry into Schedule

CAS Numbers

Existing Classification codes

New ITC (HS) codes now incorporated by DOR in the Customs Tariff.

1.

Carbonic dichloride

3A01

75-44-5

281210.01

28121010

2.

Cyanogen chloride [(CN) C1]

3A02

506-77-4

285100.00

28510091

3.

Hydrocyanic acid

3A03

74-90-8

281119.01

28111910

4.

Chloropicrin: Trichloronitro-Methane

3A04

76-06-2

290490.08

29049080

5.

Phosphorus Oxychloride

3B05

10025-87-3

281210.03

28121030

6.

Phosphorus trichloride

3B06

7719-12-2

281210.20

28121021

7.

Phosphorous Pentachloride

3B07

10026-13-8

281210.11

28121022

8.

Trimethyl Phosphite

3B08

121-45-9

292090.06

29209041

9.

Triethyl Phosphite

3B09

122-52-1

29209008

29209042

10.

Dimethyl Phosphite

3B10

868-65-9

292090.04

29209043

11.

Diethyl Phosphite

3B11

762-04-9

292090.07

29209044

12.

Sulphur monochloride

3B12

10025-67-9

281210.07

28121042

13.

Sulphur dichloride

3B13

10545-99-0

281210.08

28121043

14.

Thionyl Chloride

3B14

7719-09-7

281210.04

28121047

15.

Ethyldiethanolamine

3B15

139-87-7

292219.02

29221211

16.

Methyldiethanolamine

3B16

105-59-9

292219.01

29221212

17.

Triethanolamine

3B17

102-71-6

292213.01

29221300

 

 ANNEXURE C

States Not Party to CWC (as on date)
(a) States that had neither signed nor acceded to the Chemical Weapons Convention

1.

Angola

2.

Antigua and Barbuda

3.

Barbados

4.

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

5.

Egypt

6.

Iraq

7.

Lebanon

8.

Somalia

9.

Syrian Arab Republic

10.

Vanuatu

 (b) Signatory States which have not yet ratified the Chemical Weapons Convention 

1.

Bahamas

2.

Bhutan

3.

Cambodia

4.

Central African Republic

5.

Comoros

6.

Congo

7.

Democratic Republic of the Congo

8.

Djibouti

9.

Dominican Republic

10.

Guinea-Bissau

11.

Haiti

12.

Honduras

13.

Israel

14.

Liberia

15.

Myanmar