Import restrictions on secondhand vehicles require testing, compliance with motor vehicle standards and port-specific import controls.
Amendments to ITC(HS) Chapter 87 define second hand and new imported vehicles and impose conditions for their importation: pre-shipment testing certificates from Central Government-notified agencies confirming compliance with the Motor Vehicles Act and original homologation; arrival testing by specified Indian agencies; configuration and equipment requirements (kilometre speedometer, right-hand steering where applicable, headlamp photometry suited to keep-left traffic); minimum roadworthiness assurance with service commitments; proof of CMVR compliance for new vehicles including rule-126 certificates and manufacturer obligations, and port-specific importation restrictions.

Biosecurity and sanitary-phytosanitary controls require import permits and compliance before customs clearance of agricultural and food products.
Imports of meat and poultry must meet sanitary, hygienic, packing, labeling and quality requirements under the Meat Food Products Order, 1973, and edible products governed by the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954 must satisfy its quality and packaging conditions before customs clearance. Primary agricultural products require a Bio Security & Sanitary-Phyto Sanitary import permit based on Import Risk Analysis in accordance with WTO SPS principles. Tea waste imports are limited to Tea Board licence-holders and textile imports must not contain government-prohibited hazardous dyes, with preshipment certificates or testing required prior to clearance.

Open general licence: numerous tariff items shifted to free import, with State Trading Enterprise commercial and nondiscrimination conditions.
Notification amends ITC(HS) classifications to move numerous tariff items to Open General Licence (OGL) (marked "Free") or to State Trading Enterprise (STE) control effective 1 April 2001, and replaces column descriptions: STE transactions must be governed by commercial considerations and nondiscrimination, and items listed as importable under public notice may be imported under any public notice issued.

Amendment to Export and Import Policy: revised edition notified under Section 5, coming into force for regulatory implementation.
Notification amending the Export and Import Policy, 1997-2002 invoked powers under Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 and paragraph 1.1 to consolidate amendments up to 31st March, 2001 into a revised edition, which is declared to come into force on 1st April, 2001 as a formal commencement and publication of the amended Policy.

Export allocation of onions permits designated agencies to export allocated quantities under prior terms, subject to a revised shipment deadline.
Amendment to the Foreign Trade Policy authorises additional export allocations of onions (excluding Bangalore Rose and Krishnapuram) under ITC(HS) Code 0703(1), assigning specified quantities to named state and cooperative agencies to export directly or through registered exporters on prior terms except for a revised shipment timeframe; all allocated quantities must be exported by the deadline stated in the notification and the change is issued in the public interest under the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act, 1992.

Bar-code implementation for exports postponed indefinitely, deferring mandatory compliance until further orders.
The Central Government, invoking statutory powers under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, amends the Export and Import Policy to postpone indefinitely the mandatory implementation of bar-coding for exports. Citing representations from trade and industry and practical difficulties with adopting international bar-code symbologies and numbering standards, the Government has decided that the earlier implementation date will not be enforced and the requirement is deferred until further orders; the amendment is issued in the public interest.

Import relief articles allowed freely for earthquake rehabilitation, subject to customs circular and prohibited-item exclusions.
Allows importation of articles intended as donations for relief and rehabilitation of persons affected by the Gujarat earthquake to be imported freely for humanitarian relief, subject to compliance with the conditions set out in the Department of Revenue circular and excluding any items classified as prohibited under the ITC(HS) list.

Onion export quota allocated to nominated agencies under foreign trade policy, subject to prior notification terms and an export deadline.
A onion export quota of fifty thousand metric tonnes is permitted through specified nominated agencies with agency-wise allocations against the ITC(HS) entry for onions in Table B of Schedule 2; exports must be made before the prescribed deadline and are to follow the same terms and conditions as earlier notification, permitting direct exports or exports through registered exporters.