Canalised Items (Exports)

Following the amendments to the EXIM policy announced on 31st March'95, this category now consists of 6 enteries and 17 sub-enteries. The items deleted from this list after the amendment, are marked below with " ** ".

• Petroleum products, namely
  • Aviation turbine fuel
  • Bitumen (Asphalt) paving grade
  • Crude oil
  • Furnace oil
  • High speed diesel
  • Kerosene
  • L P G (liquified petroleum gas)
  • Motor spirit
  • Naptha
  • Raw petroleum coke
• Gum karaya
• Mica waste (including factory cuttings) and scrap which is obtained by processing mica and which because of size and colour is considered below the specification of processed mica
• Mineral ores , concentrates and compounds thereof
  • Rare earths (including Yttrium) ores, concentrates and compounds thereof
  • Other mineral containing the following substances as accesory ingredients including :-
    • Columbite **
    • Monosite **
    • Samerskite
    • Uraniferous allanite
      • Radium ores and concentrates
      • Thorium ores and concentrates **
      • Uranium ores and concentrates **
      • Uranium bearing tailings left over from ores after extraction of copper or gold **
      • Zircon ores and concentrates **
      • Titanium ores and concentrates (ilemnite, rutile, lou cexene etc.) **
  • Granular sillimanite produced by Indian Rare Earths Ltd. and Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd.
  • Iron Ore. However export of the following types of iron ore are not canalised
    • Iron ore of Goa origin when exported to China, Europe, Japan South Korea and Taiwan.
    • Iron ore of Redi origin to all markets.
  • Chrome or lumps with Chromium Oxide not exceeding 38%
    • Low silica friable/fine ore with chromium oxide not exceeding 52% and silica exceeding 4%
  • All grades of bauxite, except calcine bauxite and low grade bauxite with alumina content, Aluminium oxide less than 54% of west coast origin.
  • Manganese ores excluding the following
    • Lumpy blended manganese with more than 46% manganese
• Niger seeds
• Onions

Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy, Bombay
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Last updated: May 1995.