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Ban on import of laptops, tablets and PCs in force

The central government banned all imports of laptops, tablets, all-in-ones and small-factor personal computers or PCs from 3 August 2023, requiring a license to bring these products into the country and sell them to consumers.

In the notification, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said that import of computers and other items under seven categories of HSN code 8471 has been prohibited.However, there will be no restriction on import under baggage rules.The new rule mandates a special license for these products, similar to the restrictions imposed in 2020 for inbound TV shipments to India.

The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) said in a notification that “up to 20 items per consignment are exempted from import licensing for research and development, testing, benchmarking and evaluation, repair and recall, product development purposes. However, such imports shall be for use only for the stated purposes and not for sale.”Import of a laptop, tablet, all-in-one personal computer or ultrasmall form factor computer including computer purchased from an e-commerce portal through post or courier is exempted from the requirement of license. It states that the applicable fee will have to be paid on this.The government has also exempted laptops, tablets, all-in-one personal computers and ultrasmall form factor computers from import license requirements if they are an essential part of capital goods.It also said that as per the Foreign Trade Policy, the return of repaired and re-imported goods repaired abroad would not require a Restricted Import License.

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