Amendment of paragraph 4.1.3 of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) to allow access to duty free inputs based on actuals to manufacturer of pharma products through Non-Infringing process- regarding.

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....ry of Commerce & Industry Department of Commerce Directorate General of Foreign Trade Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. Notification No. 22 /2009-2014 (RE- 2010) The 14th February, 2011 Subject:-Amendment of paragraph 4.1.3 of Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) to allow access to duty free inputs based on actuals to manufacturer of pharma products through Non-Infringing process- regarding. S.O. 374(E): In....

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....dition that there is specific SION in respect of item(s) supplied. Amended sub-paragraph: Advance Authorisation can be issued either to a manufacturer exporter or a merchant exporter tied to supporting manufacturer(s). However, advance authorisation under paragraph 4.7A of HBP. v1 (for pharmaceutical products manufactured through Non-Infringing (NI) process) shall be issued to Manufacturer expor....

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....Patents. Therefore, benefit of SION or Adhoc norms for such products (which are still under Process Patent, but product patent of which has expired) cannot be availed by manufacturer, other than the Patent holder. Such manufacturer, who wish to manufacture and export the product through a Non-infringing (NI) Process may require inputs and input quantities, other than that prescribed as per existin....