09 January 2012
Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies (SCOMET) items.
Procedure for Filing applications for Export Licence for SCOMET items.
To obtain a licence for export of SCOMET items, an exporter must apply in the prescribed Aayat Niryat Form (ANF 2E and ANF 1) along with the prescribed documents to DGFT (Headquarters), Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi. These forms can be downloaded from the DGFT website www.dgft.gov.in. Detailed guidelines for filing the application have been given at the end of ANF 2E.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) notified that no export permission is required for supply of SCOMET (special chemicals, organisms, materials, equipment and technologies) items from Domestic Tariff Areas (DTA) to Special Economic Zones (SEZ).
Paragraph 7.2(a) has been amended. Accordingly, now prohibited items and SCOMET items cannot be exported from SEZ units.