HSN / HS Code 84183010

*REFER PRESS RELEASE DATED 15TH MAY, 2021 VIDE RELEASE ID: 1718815 BY MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY ON RELAXATIONS PROVIDED UNDER GAS CYLINDERS RULES, 2016, SO AS TO FAST-TRACK APPROVALS FOR IMPORTED CYLINDERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF MEDICAL OXYGEN. IN VIEW OF THE COVID PANDEMIC, VIDE SAID PRESS RELEASE, IT IS STATED THAT, BY WAY OF AN EXEMPTION, PESO SHALL NOT CARRY OUT PHYSICAL INSPECTION OF GLOBAL MANUFACTURERS PRODUCTION FACILITIES BEFORE GRANT OF REQUIRED APPROVAL FOR IMPORT OF CYLINDERS AND PRESSURE VESSELS FOR STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF MEDICAL OXYGEN. NOW, PESO SHALL GRANT SUCH APPROVALS ONLINE WITHOUT ANY DELAY ON SUBMISSION OF MANUFACTURERS PARTICULARS; ISO CERTIFICATE OF MANUFACTURER; LIST OF CYLINDERS THEIR SPECIFICATIONS, DRAWINGS & BATCH NUMBER; HYDRO TEST CERTIFICATE AND THIRD-PARTY INSPECTION CERTIFICATE. EVERY FOREIGN MANUFACTURER/IMPORTER WHO WANTS TO IMPORT OXYGEN CYLINDERS IS REQUIRED TO APPLY FOR IMPORT PERMISSION THROUGH PESO ONLINE SYSTEM. IN THIS REGARD, DPIIT HAS FURTHER CLARIFIED AS FOLLOWS - (A) IN CASE THE IMPORTER HAS APPLIED THROUGH ONLINE APPLICATION TO PESO AND THE DECISION IS PENDING IN PESO, THE EXEMPTION ALLOWS THEM TO BRING OXYGEN CYLINDERS ON URGENCY FOR COVID RELIEF ACTIVITIES IN INDIA. (B) IN CASE THE IMPORTER HAS NOT APPLIED THROUGH ONLINE APPLICATION TO PESO, THE EXEMPTION ALLOWS THEM TO BRING CYLINDERS FOR URGENT USE FOR ENHANCING OXYGEN DISTRIBUTION LOGISTICS IN INDIA (C) IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE CONSIGNEE TO FOLLOW THE PROCEDURE AS PER RELAXED CONDITIONS GIVEN IN THE TABLE OF PARA 3 OF THE PRESS RELEASE HTTPS://PIB.GOV.IN/PRESSRELEASEPAGE.ASPX?PRID=1718815 PRIOR TO THE FILLING OF THE MEDICAL OXYGEN IN THESE CYLINDERS AT REFILLERS/ FILLING PLANTS. (D) IN VIEW OF THE ABOVE, CUSTOMS IS REQUESTED TO GIVE NECESSARY CLEARANCES WITHOUT PESO APPROVALS FOR SUCH ITEMS RECEIVED AT THE PORTS/ AIRPORTS FOR COVID RELIEF WORKS. REFER INSTRUCTION NO. 12/2021-CUS DATED 25-05-2021. HTTPS://WWW.CBIC.GOV.IN/RESOURCES//HTDOCS-CBEC/CUSTOMS/CS-INSTRUCTIONS/CS-INSTRUCTIONS-2021/CS-INS-12-2021.PDF * AS PER RULE 10 OF THE OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES(ODS) RULES, 2000 AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, IMPORT OF SCHEDULE-VII ITEMS VIZ. DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL REFRIGERATION AND AIR-CONDITIONING OR HEAT PUMP EQUIPMENT E.G. REFRIGERATORS, FREEZERS, DEHUMIDIFIERS, WATER COOLERS, ICE MACHINES, AIR CONDITIONING AND HEAT PUMP UNITS AND COMPRESSORS [FOR GROUP AS MENTIONED IN COL(3)] IS SUBJECT TO LICENSE FROM THE DGFT PROVIDED THAT SUCH PRODUCTS WHICH DO NOT CONTAIN ODS SHALL CARRY A LABEL TO THAT EFFECT BEFORE ITS IMPORT. REFER GENERAL NOTE 8(A) OF IMPORT POLICY.* VFY, EXTENDED PRODUCERS RESPONSIBILITY (EPR) AUTHORIZATION, FOR IMPORT OF REFRIGERATOR, FREEZER, LARGE COOLING APPLIANCES. REFER SCHEDULE-I OF E-WASTE MANEGEMENT RULES, 2022. REFER G.S.R. 801 (E) 02-11-2022. EPR DOES NOT APPLY TO MICRO ENTERPRISES AS DEFINED IN MSME DEVELOPMENT ACT, 2006.*