DGFT Revises SCOMET List to align with Multilateral Export Control Regimes
The updated list will take effect 30 days after it is released in order to give stakeholders in the industry enough time to change
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade ( DGFT ), under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, has issued Notification No. 31/2025-26 dated 23 September 2025, announcing revisions to the SCOMET (Special Chemicals, Organisms, Materials, Equipment and Technologies) List under Appendix-3 of Schedule-II of the ITC (HS) 2022, Export Policy.
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The notification has been issued by exercising powers under the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992, read with relevant provisions of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2023. As per the amendment, the revised Appendix-3 list of SCOMET items will be uploaded on the DGFT website under the “Regulatory Updates” section and the sub-heading “Import, Export and SCOMET Policy.”
The updated list will take effect 30 days after it is released in order to give stakeholders in the industry enough time to change. It seems likely that this transitional period will assist producers and exporters in updating documentation, connecting their regulatory systems, and verifying that all controlled exports are licensed in compliance with the most recent regulations.
Recently, the DGFT has issued another clarification on the spices ineligible for the imports under Duty-Free Import Authorisation (DFIA) scheme. It was clarified that, except for the narrowly defined purposes in sub-categories (a) and (b), all other uses of spices fall within the residual category (c), which carries a pre-import condition with a six-month EOP.
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