Friday, 13 January 2017

Restrictions on export of chemicals as per SCOMET list

Export of Category 1A chemical is prohibited.

Export of chemicals listed in Category 1B is permitted only to States party to the Chemical Weapons Convention after obtaining a license from DGFT. The list of State Parties to the Chemicals Weapons Convention (CWC) and countries which are not State Parties is available on the OPCW website http://www.opcw.org.

 Export of Chemicals in Category 1C  is allowed  to  State  Parties  to the  CWC  without  an export licence subject to the condition that the exporter shall notify within 30 days of export to the National Authority, Chemicals Weapons Convention, Cabinet Secretariat; the Ministry of External Affairs (D&ISA); the Department of Chemicals & Petro-chemicals, and the DGFT of such exports in the prescribed format (Aayat Niryat Form ) along with the End-Use Certificate and submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination State Party within 30  days of delivery.

   Export of chemicals in Category 1C to states not party to the Chemical Weapons Convention shall continue to be restricted and will be allowed only against an export licence, and in that case also exporters shall submit to the DGFT a copy of the bill of entry into the destination country within 30 days of export.

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