Question : IMPORT OF SECOND HAND GARMENTS

(a) whether the Government is proposing to put a ban on the import of second hand readymade garments from abroad considering the possibility of incoming of various kinds of diseases alongwith these clothes;

(b) if so, the time by which the Government will take its decision in this regard; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

MINISTER OF TEXTILES ( SHRI SHANKERSINH VAGHELA )

(a) to (c) Government has placed “worn clothing and other worn articles” covered under HS Code 6309 under restricted list of imports vide Notification No. 7/2004-09 dated 27-10-2004.