Electrical Energy Import Policy Clarified

Imports from SEZ Declared Free, Other Imports Restricted

Subject: Import Policy of Electrical Energy.

[DGFT Notification No. 09 dated 10^th September 2009]

In exercise of powers conferred under section 5, read along with Section 3 (2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items.

1. Import Policy for the following items will be amended as follows:

Exim Code	Item Description	Policy	Policy conditions
27160000	Electrical Energy	Restricted	Import subject to license to be issued by DGFT in consultation with Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Power and Department of Commerce, Government of India. However, import from SEZ units will be ‘Free’.

2. This issues in public interest.

[DGFT Notification No. 07 dated 8^th September 2009]

Subject: Import Policy of Electrical Energy

In exercise of powers conferred under section 5, read along with Section 3 (2) of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, also read with paragraph 2.1 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-14, the Central Government hereby makes the following amendments in the ITC(HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items.

1. Import Policy for the following items will be amended as follows:

Exim Code	Item Description	Policy	Policy conditions
27160000	Electrical Energy	Restricted	Import subject to license to be issued by DGFT in consultation with Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Power and Department of Commerce, Government of India

2. This issues in public interest.