No SION Specs for Petro Products in Export Cases

[DGFT Public Notice No. 86 dated 26th July 2010]

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 Procedure (Vol.I), the Director General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments/corrections in the Handbook of Procedures, Vol.II, 2009-2014, as amended from time to time.

2. In the statement of Standard Input Output Norms (SION) as contained in the Handbook of Procedures (Vol.II, 2009-2014), as amended from time to time, the following Note is appended below SION A 2687, A2688, A2689, A2690 and A 3625.

“Note 2: The specification laid down in Chapter 27 of ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import items may not apply to the export of products in the SIONs at A-2687, A-2688, A-2689, A-2690 and A 3625 so long as the products exported meet the specifications specified by the foreign buyer in purchase order.”

This issues in the Public Interest.