Raw hides export restrictions now require licence; fish hides permitted on open general licence under amended trade classification.
The ITC (HS) Classification is amended so that raw hides and skins (excluding lamb fur skin) are Restricted-export permitted only under licence-while fish hides and skins are Free and may be exported on Open General Licence; specified references to "Austria or" and "Finland or" are deleted and certain Appendix 1 serial entries are removed.

Export of military stores permitted without No Objection Certificate when items are specified by the Director General of Foreign Trade.
The ITC(HS) Classification is amended to designate item code 0011 and the corresponding Schedule 2 entry as "Military stores as specified by Director General of Foreign Trade," substituting prior sub-items with a detailed, enumerated list of permitted goods across categories (tents; uniforms and bedding; hand tools; cooking and heating equipment; fabricated metal and camp furniture; hospital equipment; brushes; packaging excluding ammunition boxes; engineering equipment; leather items; optical instruments; and miscellaneous camp, vehicular and protective items). Exports of these listed military stores are permitted without a No Objection Certificate from the Department of Defence Production and Supplies.

Export licensing for SCOMET items restricts transfers; licences, notifications, and end use certificates govern permitted exports.
The notification amends Schedule 2 of the ITC(HS) export policy to subject export of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) and related items to a structured licensing regime, prohibitions, or conditional licence free export. Controls are organised by categories-nuclear items (licensed under the Atomic Energy Act), chemical weapons related chemicals tied to Chemical Weapons Convention schedules, ozone depleting substances limited to Montreal Protocol parties, biological agents, toxins, GMOs, special materials, aerospace/missile technologies, and high performance electronics-each requiring licences, notifications, end use certificates, or destination licences as specified.

Import registration requirement: cotton imports on OGL must have contracts registered with the Textile regulatory office before import.
Certain cotton items are permitted free import on the Open General Licence, subject to a compulsory pre-import contract registration requirement: all import contracts for cotton (carded, combed, or not carded/combed) to be imported up to 31-3-2001 must be registered with the designated textile regulatory office prior to import.

Import licence surrender requirement mandates enhanced SIL surrender for imports; exemptions permit certain duty free and licence free categories.
The notification inserts Chapter 1A into the ITC (HS) schedule, amends specific Exim codes to classify certain items as Free or importable only against Special Import Licence (SIL), and establishes that imports under SIL require surrender of an SIL equivalent to five times the c.i.f. value unless a higher surrender applies. The Annexure lists categories permitted to import without a licence (subject to no foreign exchange remittance and compliance with other laws) including UN officials, returning professionals, mountaineering and exhibition goods (on re export), specified charitable gifts, Red Cross and relief supplies, certain defence donations, and foreign TV equipment on re export basis.

ITC(HS) classification amendments designate many commodity codes as free for import/export, with limited restricted and CITES items.
The notification amends the ITC(HS) Classifications under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act and the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002 by listing Exim codes with item descriptions and designating the large majority as Free for import and export; a few entries remain Restricted or are subject to CITES, thereby updating the operative policy status of numerous commodity headings within the FTP schedule.

Foreign Trade Policy amendment: revised Export and Import Policy notified and brought into force incorporating latest amendments.
Central Government notification amends and republishes the Export and Import Policy as a revised edition, consolidating amendments made up to the date of issuance. The revised Policy is notified as coming into force from the stated commencement date, and the notification communicates the amendment, consolidation, and formal commencement in the public interest.

Restricted export ceilings for sand and soil to Maldives increased, subject to NOC issuance and mandatory monitoring.
Exports of sand and soil to the Maldives are classified as restricted but permitted within prescribed annual ceilings subject to issuance of a no objection certificate by the Chemical and Allied Product Export Promotion Council, which shall monitor the ceiling and send quarterly reports to Policy Cell-III in DGFT; the amendment inserts the commodity into Table B of Schedule 2 and Appendix 1 of Schedule 2 and implements enhanced ceilings for the current and subsequent financial years under the authority of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992.

Import classification updated: chloroform on open general licence while methyl chloroform placed on restricted import list.
The Foreign Trade Policy amendment classifies Chloroform (Exim code 29031300) as Free on the Open General Licence, permitting import without a specific licence, while 1,1,1 trichloroethane (methyl chloroform) (Exim code 29031301) is designated as Restricted, making its import subject to licence conditions; an associated Exim code entry is deleted.

Appellate authority designation: senior ministry official empowered to hear appeals from Export Processing Zone adjudications under the Foreign Trade Act.
Central Government authorises an Appellate Authority under section 15(1)(b) of the Foreign Trade Act to hear appeals against orders of Adjudicating Authorities under section 13. The notification inserts a new table entry: for appeals from the Development Commissioner, Export Processing Zone, the Appellate Authority is the Additional Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, aided by two Joint Secretaries and a Director.

Onion export allocation allows designated agencies to export until the prescribed deadline; exports subject to a minimum export price.
Authorises a capped aggregate onion export quantity to be apportioned among specified public agencies and state marketing bodies for export within the prescribed period; exports must be completed by the deadline, selected exporters are to be chosen to prevent trading in permits, quality must be maintained, weekly permit reports submitted to the nodal body, and exports are subject to a Minimum Export Price fixed by the nodal agency.

Export liberalisation of E.I. tanned hides and skins now free; other semi-processed hides remain restricted requiring licence.
Amendment to ITC(HS) Schedule 2, Table-B splits code 4101(b): semi-processed hides, wet blue hides and crust leather (excluding E.I. tanned) remain restricted and require an export licence and registration of the export contract with the Council for Leather Exports; E.I. tanned hides and skins are made free for export under the amended policy.

Export policy corrigendum correcting transposed country designations in an export notification, restoring intended recipient names.
Director General of Foreign Trade issues a corrigendum to the Export and Import Policy 1997-2002 directing that in Notification No.43 (RE-99)/1997-2002 the word "Mauritius" in Paragraph 2 be read as "Maldives" and the word "Maldives" in Paragraph 3 be read as "Mauritius", correcting transposed country designations in the earlier notification.