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IEC Number Exempted Categories
2.8
IEC Number Exempted Categories
(a) IEC is compulsory for import and / or exports. However, the following categories of importers or exporters are exempted from obtaining IEC.
| Sl. No. | Categories Exempted from obtaining IEC |
| (i) | Importers covered by clause 3(1) [except sub-clauses (e) and (l)] and exporters covered by clause 3(2) [except sub-clauses (i) and (k)] of Foreign Trade (Exemption from application of Rules in certain cases) Order, 1993. |
| (ii) | Ministries / Departments of Central or State Government. |
| (iii) | Persons importing or exporting goods for personal use not connected with trade or manufacture or agriculture. |
| (iv) | Persons importing / exporting goods from / to Nepal, Myanmar through Indo-Myanmar border areas and China (through Gunji, Namgaya Shipkila and Nathula ports), provided CIF value of a single consignment does not exceed Indian Rs.25, 000. In case of Nathula port, the applicable value ceiling will be Rs. 100,000/-. |
| Further, exemption from obtaining IEC shall not be applicable for export of Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipments and Technologies (SCOMET) as listed in Appendix - 3, Schedule 2 of ITC (HS) except in case of exports by category (ii) above. | |
(b) Following permanent IEC numbers shall be used by non-commercial PSUs and categories of importers / exporters mentioned against them for import / export purposes:
| Sr. No. | Permanent IEC | Categories of Importer / Exporter |
| 1 | 0100000011 | All Ministries / Departments of Central Government and agencies wholly or partially owned by them. |
| 2 | 0100000029 | All Ministries / Departments of any State Government and agencies wholly or partially owned by them. |
| 3 | 0100000037 | Diplomatic personnel, Counselor officers in India and officials of UNO and its specialised agencies. |
| 4 | 0100000045 | Indians returning from / going abroad and claiming benefit under Baggage Rules. |
| 5 | 0100000053 | Persons / Institutions / Hospitals importing or exporting goods for personnel use, not connected with trade or manufacture or agriculture. |
| 6 | 0100000061 | Persons importing / exporting goods from / to Nepal. |
| 7 | 0100000070 | Persons importing / exporting goods from / to Myanmar through Indo-Myanmar border areas. |
| 8 | 0100000088 | Ford Foundation. |
| 9 | 0100000096 | Importers importing goods for display or use in fairs / exhibitions or similar events under provisions of ATA carnet. This IEC number can also be used by importers importing for exhibitions/fairs as per Para 2.29 of HBPv1. |
| 10 | 0100000100 | Director, National Blood Group Reference Laboratory, Bombay or their authorized offices. |
| 11 | 0100000126 | Individuals / Charitable Institution / Registered NGOs importing goods, which have been exempted from Customs duty under Notification issued by Ministry of Finance for bonafide use by victims affected by natural calamity. |
| 12 | 0100000134 | Persons importing / exporting permissible goods as notified from time to time, from / to China through Gunji, Namgaya Shipkila and Nathula ports, subject to value ceilings of single consignment as given in Para 2.8(iv) above. |
| 13 | 0100000169 | Non-commercial imports and exports by entities who have been authorized by Reserve Bank of India. |