Global Trade Alert

At present, conversion to equity is permitted for import of capital goods/ machinery/ equipment (including second-hand machinery). It has been represented before Government that the Indian capital goods sector, including the machine tools industry, construction machinery and textile machinery, has been suffering because of import of cheaper second hand machinery, which is often sub-standard. With a view to incentivising machinery embodying state-of-the-art technology, compliant with international standards, in terms of being green, clean and energy efficient, second-hand machinery has now been excluded from the purview of this provision.