Government of India
Ministry of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Udyog Bhavan, New Delhi – 110 011.
Policy Circular No.2/2009-2014
Dated 27.08.2009
To
All Licensing Authorities;
All Commissioners of Customs;
Sub : Import of sports weapons by ‘Renowned Shooters’.
Import of sports weapons is restricted. As per Para 2.36 of Handbook of
Procedures Vol.I, an application for import of restricted items may be made in
ANF 2B along with documents prescribed therein to Regional Authority (RA)
concerned. A self-attested copy of the same is to be submitted to DGFT. As per
Para 2.37 of HBPv1, such cases are considered by Exim Facilitation Committee in
DGFT Hqrs and if approved by the Committee, licence is issued by the concerned
RA. This procedure is also applicable for import of sports weapons by ‘Renowned
Shooters’.
- In case of import of sports weapons, Exim Facilitation Committee in DGFT
relies primarily on the recommendation received from Ministry of Sports and
Youth Affairs. Thus, it has been decided to delegate issuance of licence for
sports weapons to ‘Renowned Shooters’ to the Regional Authorities of DGFT.
Accordingly, the following procedure shall be followed to reduce the time taken
in issuance of such licence:
- Application for import of sports weapons by ‘Renowned Shooters’ shall be made
to the concerned RA of DGFT. The list of RAs of DGFT along with their addresses
and jurisdiction has been provided in Appendix 1 of HBPv1. A copy of this
Appendix is available on DGFT website at www.dgft.gov.in.
- On receipt of application, concerned RA shall send a copy of the application
to Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs, Shastri Bhavan, Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Road, New Delhi for their comments. After receipt of comments from the
aforementioned Ministry, RA shall issue licence to the applicant.
- After issue of licence, RA shall forward a copy of licence to Ministry of
Sports and Youth Affairs, New Delhi with reference to their written
recommendation for information.
- In such cases, there would be no need to seek approval of DGFT Headquarters
once written recommendation from Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs has been
received.
Sd/-
(O. P. Hisaria)
Joint Director General of Foreign Trade
(Issued from File No. 01/93/180/33/AM 10/ PC-2 B)