In the move, India introduced the import restriction on tablets, laptops and personal computers. The regulations stipulate that any company or entity seeking to bring electronic devices from abroad for sale will secure a “ Valid license for restricted import laptops in India.
The brand that is affected by development is Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, Apple, HP, and many others. They are required to swift the import activities for devices that are restricted to come in the Indian market. These restrictions are imposed under HSN code 8471 on categories of electronic items.
What the HSN code 8471 say
The HSN code, The Harmonised System of Nomenclature is, referred to a classification system that is used to determine products for taxation of purposes. Data processing machines fall under HSN code 8471. This code is used to determine the devices that are able to perform the data processing tasks.
Why laptop import banned in India
A portion of personal computers or laptops in India come from Chinese manufacturing. Due to the new rule, the government decide to shift all gadgets to India. Due to this, the price of devices is reduced. So the companies decide that people need to apply for special permits to bring laptops to India. Thus, it promotes domestic production. This promotion is done under the PLI scheme, a production-linked incentive for IT hardware. The last date to apply for this scheme is 30 August.
This strategy is employed in the smartphone manufacturing world. The emanating directive from the general directorate of foreign trade was revealed on Thursday morning. It makes the shift in the approach of the country to the importation of electronic items.
The import of laptops, personal computers, tablets, and ultra factor small form computers and servers fall under restricted, and import will be allowed against banned imports’ valid license, said by notice.
Import of laptops banned in India. Can you buy it abroad and bring it with you?
The answer to this fact is both yes and no. People who travel to international countries bring tablets, laptops, all-in-one computers, or small ultra-form factor computers in their baggage without restrictions when returning to India. The exemption applied to products obtained from online e-commerce platforms and shipped through courier or post.
Moreover, the import licenses get the exemption to ship up to 20 items at one time, especially for testing, research, re-export, repair, and product development. These imports are allowed under the condition that they use for a single purpose, not sold, and either re-export or unusable after designated use.
Conclusion
Yes, you can buy the laptops abroad and bring them to India. You can easily bring laptops, tablets, computers, etc., to India for gifting purposes or personal use. Moreover, you also need to pay duty customs charges to get it to India. But if you buy 20 items from abroad and want to bring them to India, you should give reasons like testing and research purposes for importing to India. Once the purpose is complete, you either destroy or re-exported the devices that you want to bring to India.
