US trade bodies push back against India’s IT hardware import curbs
New Delhi: Major global information technology and electronics manufacturing giants such as Apple, Intel, Google, Lenovo, Dell Technologies, HP, and others have called on the US government to “use every available forum” to push India to reconsider implementing the import restriction policy on IT hardware and launch a formal stakeholder consultation to solicit recommendations from the industry.
The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has placed electronics items such as laptops, tablets, all-in-one-personal computers, small form factor computers and servers under the restricted imports category, thereby requiring companies to seek an additional licence to bring these goods into the country.