Get License to Import Lubricants from Outside India

 

 

Get License to Import Lubricants from Outside India

Lubricants are the vital part for any applications running in any industry. Without proper lubrication process selection & without proper lubricants, running an application is like impossible. There are couple of Indian lubricants manufacturers are available in India but there are also couple of foreign lubricants manufacturers are there who are in the specialty lubricants segment. If we need to reduce the lubricants consumption by increasing the re-lubrication interval, then it is very difficult with ordinary lubricants & we need to go with specialty lubricants. There are various types of specialty gear oils & specialty greases are in the market & some are specialty lubricants we need to import from outside of the India for getting better lubrication process.

What is Import License?

In India majority of products are available to import from outside India without any import licenses but as per the Govt of India’s EXIM Policy certain categories of products are prohibited without import licenses but you please don’t worry about the prohibition of products because lubricants, Gear Oils & greases are not prohibited by the Exim policy of India. Anyone can import lubricants from outside of India with Import Licenses issued by Governing body of central ministry of commerce.

 

Actually Foreign Trade Development and Regulation Act, 1992 regulates EXIM Policy of India & DGFT (Directorate General of Foreign Trade) is the main governing body in matters related to Exim Policy. Indian EXIM Policy contains various decisions related to various policy taken by Govt of India for foreign trading items. Normally Central Ministry of Commerce of India prepare and announce trading policy of India. India's Export Import Policy or Foreign Trade Policy aims to develop & improve export potential & performance & encourage foreign trade and create favorable payments balance position in India.

If anyone or any organization wants to import foreign materials then he should apply & get the import license issue by national govt of India which give anyone permission to import materials to India.

Process of Getting Import License in India:-

1. Procedure while applying to the DGFT (Directorate General of Foreign Trade):-
2. Interested person who wants to import material, have to fill online application form at DGFT website.
3. On the homepage DGFT website, the applicant can click on ‘Services’ section, where under the ‘Online ECOM Application’ section, they can select ‘License for restricted item’. 
4. Procedures for online e-Filing of application have changed. Here is the Help document about eBRC implementation before proceeding with preparation of application
5. Here is the complete process of filing online application for items which are restricted with import license. 

Here is the process flow for eBRC application. You can download this flowchart in PDF format from here.

 

 

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