Existing General Note No 2(c)

Amended General Note No.2(c)

(c) Import policy for electronics and IT Goods:

1. The import of Notified Goods under the "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012, as amended from time to time, will be allowed subject to registration with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), or on specific exemption letter from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for a particular consignment, as per provisions of Gazette Notification SO No. 3022 dated 11.09.2013. Accordingly, import of unregistered/ non- compliant notified products as in CRO, 2012, as amended is "prohibited'

2. Import consignments without valid registration with BIS shall be reexported by the importer failing which Customs shall deform the goods and dispose them as scrap under intimation to MeitY.

(c)lmport policy for Electronics and IT Goods:

1. The import of Goods (new as well as second hand, whether or not refurbished, repaired reconditioned) notified under the "Electronics and InformationTechnology Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012, as amended from time to time, is prohibited unless they are registered with the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and comply to the 'Labelling Requirements' published by BIS, as amended from time to time', or on specific exemption letter from Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) for a particular consignment, as per provisions of Gazette Notification SO No. 3022 dated 11.09.2013.

2. The importer shall re-export such prohibited Goods reaching Customs Ports else the Customs Authorities shall deform the goods beyond use and dispose of the goods as scrap under intimation to MeitY.

S.No.

Categories of Second Hand

Goods

Import Policy

Conditions, if any

I

Second Hand Capital Goods

(a)

i.  Desktop Computers

ii. refurbished/ re-conditioned spares of re-furbished parts of Personal Computers/ Laptops

iii. Air Conditioners

iv. Diesel generating sets

Restricted

Importable against Authorization

(b)

All electronics and IT Goods notified under the Electronics and IT Goods (Requirement of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012 as amended from time to time.

Restricted.

(i) Importable against Authorization subject to conditions laid down under "Electronics and Information Technology Goods (Requirement  of Compulsory Registration) Order, 2012, as amended from time to time.

(ii) Import of unregistered / non-compliant notified products as in CRO, 2012, as amended from time to time is prohibited"