Restricted Items(Imports)

The negative list of imports has been pruned with the amendments announced to the EXIM policy on 31st March'95. Following this, the number of items on the restricted list has been reduced to 65 from 72. The items which have been deleted are marked with a " ** " , and the additions with a " ## ", in the list below.

• Consumer Goods: All consumer goods, howsoever described, of industrial, agricultural, mineral or animal origin, whether is SKD/CKD condition or
  • Consumer electronic goods, equipment and systems, howsoever, described.
  • Consumer telecommunication equipment.
  • Watches in SKD/CKD or assembled condition as well as movements (mechanical); watch cases; watch dials.
  • Cotton, woollen, silk, man-made and blended fabrics including cotton terry towel fabrics.
  • Concentrates of alcoholic beverages
  • Wines (tonic or medicated)
  • Saffron
  • Cloves, Cinnamon and Cassia
  • Sports goods/equipment **
  • Cameras **
  • Gifts of consumer goods **
• Precious, Semi-Precious and Other Stones
  • Cubic Zirconia
  • Stones
    • Rough diamonds;
    • Synthetic stones finished or unworked (other than synthetic ruby unworked); and
    • Emrald/rubies and sapphires, semi-precious and precious stones and pearls (real or cultured)
  • Granite, porphyry, basalt, sand and other monumental or building stone, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks or slabs.
  • Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcaeous monumental; or building stone of an apparent specific gravity of 2.5 or more, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise into blocks or slabs.
  • Onyx
• Safety, Security and Related items
  • Paper for security printing, currency paper, stamp paper and other special types of paper
  • Empty/discharged catridges of all bores/sizes
  • Fire arms
  • Ammunition
  • Explosives
  • Chloro Fluoro Hydro Carbons (Freon Gases)
    • Trichloro fluoro methane
    • Dichloro difluoro methane
    • Trichloro trifluoro methane
    • Dichloro Tetrafluoro ethane
    • Chloro pentafluoro ethane
    • Bromo chloro difluoro methane
    • Bromo trifluoro methane
    • Dibromo tetrafluoro ethane
  • Communication jamming equipment, static/mobile/manporable
  • Electronic components for (i) above, including Antennae, RF Power amplifiers, noise generators
• Acetic Anhydride
• Seeds, Plants and Animals
  • Animals, Birds and Reptlies (including their parts and products)
  • Stallions and Broodmares
  • Livestock (excluding equine), Pureline, stocks, birds eggs, frozen semen/embryo, parent stock (poultry) and commercial chicks
  • Plants, fruits and seeds
• Insecticides and Pesticides
  • Any pesticide, insecticide, weedicide, herbicide, rodenticide and miticide, which has not been registered or which is prohibited for import under the insecticides Act, 1969 and formulations thereof.
  • DDT--Technical 75 Wdp ##
• Electronic Items
  • Cathode ray tubes, the following:- 20" and 21" size colour T.V. picture tubes, sub-assembly thereof and assembly containing colour T.V. picture tube **
  • Populated, loaded or stuffed printed circuit boards **
  • Audio magnetic tapes in all forms excluding 35mm and 16mm sprocketed tapes **
  • Video magnetic tapes in hubs and reels, rolls, pancakes, jumbo rolls- in all forms **
  • Computer systems, including personal computers, upto a CIF value below Rs.1.50 lakhs or key boards or monitors, each with a CIF value of below Rs. 7,500/-. For this purpose, a Computer System will consists of a single CPU including one keyboard and monitor, and inbuilt peripherals, but excluding any add on peripherals **
• Drugs and Pharmaceuticals
  • All types of Pencillin
  • 6-APA
  • Tetracycline/Oxytetracycline and their salts
  • Streptomycin
  • Rifampicin
  • Intermediates of Rifampicin, namely
    • 3 Formyl Rifa S.V.
    • Rifa S / Rifa S Sodium; and
    • 1-Amino-4-Methyl Piperazine
  • Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2 and their salts
  • Vitamin B12 **
• Chemicals and Allied Items
  • Allyl Isothiocyanate
  • Capacitor fluids-PCB type
  • Poly Brominated Biphenlys ##
  • Poly Chlorinated Biphenyls ##
  • Poly Chlorinated Terphenyls ##
  • Tris (2, 3 Di-Bromopropyl) Phosphate ##
  • Crocidolite ##
  • Hazardous Wastes ##
  • Hazardous Chemicals ##
• Items Relating to the Small Scale Sector
  • Copper Oxychloride
  • Dimethyl Sulphate
  • DNPT (Dinitroso Pentamethylene Tetramine)
  • Flavouring essences - all types (including those for liquors)
  • Niacin/Nicotinic Acid/Niacinamide/Nicotinamide/Acidamide
  • Mixtures of odoriferous substances/mixtures of resinoids
  • Phthalate Plasticisers
  • Perfumery compounds/synthetic essential oils
  • Lead and rule cutters
  • Mounting tables **
  • Paper cutting knives of all sizes
  • Paper cutting machines, excluding machines with devices such as automatic programme cutting or three knife trimmers
  • Wire stitching machines single headed **
  • Drawing and Mathematical Instruments **
  • Domestic Water Meters ##
• Miscellaneous Items
  • Aircraft and helicopters
  • Ships, trawlers, boats and other water transport crafts
  • Commercial and Passenger automobile vehicles, including two wheelers, three wheelers and personal type vehicles.
  • Gold in any form including Liquid Gold **
  • Coir (fibre/yarn/fabrics)
  • Newsprint
  • Cotton Yarn **
  • Raw Silk/ Silk Cocoons
  • Natural Rubber
  • Diesel generating sets upto 1500 KVA (excluding DG sets with no break system) **
  • Electric portable generators upto 3.5 KVA **
  • Radio active material
  • Rare earth oxides including rutile sand
  • Cinematography feature films and video films
  • Crude palm stearin
  • Feed grade maize (i.e. maize unfit for human consumption but fit for use as poultry or animal feed)
  • Naphtha
  • Silver in any form **
  • Spinnerettes made mainly of gold **
  • Batteries and tyres of passenger auomobile vehicles including two wheelers, three wheelers and personal type vehicles ##
• Special Categories
  • (Restricted) items required by hotels, restaurants, travel agents and tour opertors
  • (Restricted) items required by recreational bodies

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