Trade Notice No. 17/ 2020-21

Trade Notice No. 17/ 2020-21

To,

1. All Members of Trade
2. All DGFT RAs
3. All Customs Authorities

Subject: Procedure and Criteria for submission and approval of the application for the export of PPE Medical Coveralls for COVID-19.

Reference is invited to the DGFT Notification No. 16 dated 29.06.2020 restricting the export of PPE Medical Coveralls for COVID-19 and fixing the export quota of 50 Lakh PPE Coverall Units per month.

2. In this regard, the application procedure and criteria for the export of PPE Medical Coveralls for COVID-19 is outlined as under:

I. Export of only 50 lakh units of PPE Medical Coveralls for COVID-19′ will be allowed every month.

II. Exporters may apply online through DGFT’s ECOM system for Export authorizations (Non- SCOMET Restricted Items)- Please refer to Trade Notice No. 50 dated 18.03.2019. There is no need to send any hard copy of the application via mail or post.

III. Only applications for export of “PPE Medical Coveralls for COVID-19” filed from 1st to 3rd day of each month will be considered for the quota of that month.

IV. All the applications will be examined as per Para 2.72 of Handbook of procedures and all approvals/ allocations will be done by the 10th of every month.

V. The validity of the export license will be for 3 months only.

VI. The following requirements/ eligibility criteria will be applicable for issuance of an Export license:

a. The firm applying should be a manufacturer of PPE Coveralls ( Certificate of Registration from the concerned Department/ Authority to be supplied)

b. Copy of Testing/ Accreditation of PPE Medical Coveralls issued to the firm from the laboratories notified/recognized by the Ministry of Textiles for this purpose.

c. The firm shall either submit a copy of importing country’s PPE Medical Coveralls Standards Certificate obtained by it or a copy of the Bureau of Indian Standard (BIS) Certificate obtained by it if the importing country does not insist on a standard certificate.

d. The firm shall submit a Chartered Engineer’s certificate certifying that the fabrics used in the PPE Medical Coveralls were manufactured in India.

e. A copy of the IEC of the firm.

f. Only one application per IEC will be considered for a month.

g. A copy of the Purchase Order/ Invoice.

h. All documents must be duly self-attested by the authorized person of the firm.

VI. All the relevant documents as specified above must be submitted along with online application to fulfill the eligibility criteria. Incomplete applications will not be considered for any allocations.

3. This issues with the approval of the Competent Authority.

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