Key Points
The government has eased the restrictions for shifting used computers, monitors, and printers by companies in special economic zones (SEZs) to domestic tariff areas (DTA) outside these duty-free enclaves..
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) in a notification amended the import policy for such products from restricted earlier to free subject toconditions...
A company can now move used IT assets (laptops, desktops, monitors, printers) from SEZ to DTA without a licence only for the purposes of further use in their DTA operations..
In cases where a unit is closing down its operations in SEZ and relocating to the DTA, the import of these items is allowed without a licence subject to a condition that those products should not be older than five years from the date of manufacturing, the DGFT said...
Import of any used IT assets which do not fulfil these criteria shall be subject to licence for restricted import, the DGFT said, adding that these relaxations will be applicable on the condition that no exemption has been availed from any regulatory requirements such as Compulsory Registration Order (CRO), restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS), and WPC (wireless planning and coordination) import licence...
