Decision on import management system for laptops, tablets to be given post-September after evaluating data: Official
tablets after evaluating the import data, which it is monitoring, an official said. In October last year, India put in place an import management system under which importers of these products have to seek authorisation from the government.
The system is aimed at monitoring shipments of laptops, tablets and computers into the country without hurting market supply or creating a cumbersome licensing regime.
The importers are allowed to apply for multiple authorisations and those authorisations would be valid up to September 30, 2024. The authorisations will be issued for any number of consignments for imports till September next year.
About the post-September 2024 scenario, the official said: «We are monitoring the imports, we are looking at the data.
So whatever that data will throw, further steps will be based on that».
On November 1, 2023, the government cleared 110 of the total 111 applications, including those of Apple, Dell and Lenovo, which sought permission for imports of these IT hardware products worth nearly USD 10 billion, on the first day of implementation of the new system.
«The government has already given authorisations for imports more than what it used to be imported annually.
So which are the companies, what kind of supplies are coming, that has to be looked into before taking a decision,» the official added.
India is also promoting domestic manufacturing of these goods and has taken several steps such as rolling out a production linked incentive (PLI) scheme for large scale electronics manufacturing.
The remarks assume significance as the US on January 12 during the Trade Policy Forum (TPF) meeting raised the issue of India's new import requirements for computers, tablets, and asked New Delhi to
