India Lifts Safeguards on Isopropyl Alcohol Imports; IPA Now Free to Import Without Restrictions Starting April 2024.

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....The Government of India, Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Department of Commerce, Directorate General of Foreign Trade, has discontinued safeguard measures on the import of Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) under Chapter 29 of ITC (HS) 2022, Schedule-I (Import Policy). This decision was made through DGFT Notification No. 64/2015-20 dated 31.03.2023 and Public Notice No. 04/2015-20 dated 11.04.2023, imposing country-wise Quantitative Restrictions (QR) on IPA imports for the period 2023-24. The restrictions automatically ceased on 31.03.2024 as per the notification. Import of IPA under HS code 29051220 is now "Free" without any Policy Condition effective from 01.04.2024.....