Notification of PCB/PCBA

under CRO
Types Printed Circuit Board(s)
Populated PCB or PCB assembly (PCBA) :
Bare PCB

PCBA of products non ITA are open for duty

Covered under ITA
PCB's – Market Size and Production
As per Industry (FY19-20)
Global Market Size Domestic Market Size Domestic Production
Category
Value (Cr) Volume (Mn) Value (Cr) Volume (Mn) Value (Cr) Volume (Mn)
PCB's 4,55,000 - 12,000 - 1,500 -

As per GSTN (FY19-20)

Product Production Value (Cr) Demand Value (Cr)
PCB's 2,101 5,608

Production Value met by Demand Domestic Demand Vs Domestic Production Global Vs Domestic Market Size (Value in
(FY19-20) (Value in Crores) Crores)
14,000 500,000 455,000
12,000 450,000
12,000 400,000
2,101; 350,000
3,508; 37% Production 10,000
300,000
63% (Cr) 8,000 250,000
200,000
Trading 6,000 150,000
(Cr) 4,000 100,000
1,500 50,000 12,000
2,000 0
Global Volume Domestic Volume
0
Demand Production
Source: ICEA
Source: GSTN
 PCB's– Import and Exports
Top Countries - Import
Import (Cr) Export (Cr)
HS Code Description Country % Share
FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 China 44%
85340000 Printed Circuits 2,864 4,780 4,366 834 963 859 Hong Kong 30%
Korea 9%
PCB's Total 2,864 4,780 4,366 834 963 859
Thailand 3%
Taiwan 3%
Top Countries - Export
Imports (Cr) Exports (Cr)
Country % Share
PCB's (Cr) PCB's (Cr) Austria 38%
800 6,000 140 1,000 USA 21%
963
700 4,780 5,000
135 950 France 10%
4,366
600
130 Mexico 6%
4,000 900 Germany 4%
USD Million
500
USD Million

INR Crore

INR Crore
2,864 125 859
400 3,000
834 850
300
2,000 120 % Growth (Value)
200
115 800   2018-19 2019-20
1,000
100
110 750
Import 67% -9%
0 0 FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20
FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 Export 15% -11%

* Import/Export values above are taken from DGCIS website.

PCBA(s)

• PCBAs are used across the sectors.

• The PCBA of some electronic items are classified under 85177010,

85299090, 85049090,84733099, 85229000 etc.

• The Several PCBA are not classified as parts of respective equipment e.g.
consumer electronics, medical electronics and hence the import data of
PCBA is not explicit.
• The import export data for such categories are placed at annex.
However the percentage of PCBA in total is not clear.
PCBAs for electronic items – Market Size and Production
As per Industry (FY19-20)
Global Market Size Domestic Market Size Domestic Production
Category
Value (Cr) Volume (Mn) Value (Cr) Volume (Mn) Value (Cr) Volume (Mn)
PCBAs - - - - - -

As per GSTN (FY19-20)

Product Production Value (Cr) Demand Value (Cr)
PCBAs 19,714 37,881

Production Value met by Demand (FY19-20)

18,167 19,714
; 48% ; 52% Production (Cr)
Trading (Cr)

Source: GSTN
 PCBAs for electronic items – Import and Exports
Import (Cr) Export (Cr) Top Countries - Import
HS Code Description
FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 Country % Share
*Others: Computer Cabinet Parts,
84733099 Chassis, Graphics Card, Ram, Etc. 3,016 3,300 3,276 449 306 291 China 51%
85049090 Prts Of Othr Electric Pwr Mchnry Of Hd
2,052 3,205 3,266 491 614 786 Hong Kong 15%
8504
Vietnam 8%
Populated Pcbs Of Mobile Phone And
85177010 Telecom Equipment 31,304 14,686 4,945 286 510 1,045 Taiwan 4%
85229000 Music System Parts, Dvr Parts, Car
316 363 443 5 7 3 Malaysia 3%
Audio Parts
Parts Of Telecom Equipment'S And Top Countries - Export
85299090 Television Sets 8,724 9,197 9,324 433 649 961
PCBAs Total 45,411 30,752 21,254 1,664 2,086 3,087 Country % Share
China 26%
Imports (Cr) Exports (Cr) USA 21%
France 7%
PCBA (Cr) PCBA (Cr) Israel 7%
8,000 45,411 50,000 500 3,087 3,500 Belgium 5%
7,000 3,000
40,000 400
6,000 2,500
USD Million
30,752 2,086
USD Million

% Growth (Value)

INR Crore
INR Crore

5,000 30,000 300 1,664 2,000

4,000 21,254
20,000 200 1,500   2018-19 2019-20
3,000
2,000 1,000
10,000 100 500 Import -32% -31%
1,000
0 0 0 0
FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 FY17-18 FY18-19 FY19-20 Export 25% 48%

* Import/Export values above are taken from DGCIS website.

Concerns
• PCB /PCBA are one of the items having major imports .
• PCB has been included in the list of 371 items identified by Dept of Commerce for imposition
or TR.
• Since it is basic building block for every electronic item, ensuring its safety is utmost important.
• The most common hazard by substandard PCB is fire hazard.
• Earlier, ( October, 2019) MeitY had consulted industry for imposition of TR on bare PCB.
Industry has opposed the move indicating that it would create inverted kind of regulation
wherein the bare PCB are regulated but populated PCBs are not regulated.
• The Hon’ble CIM has desired to impose import licensing measure on PCBAs. However, the
industry opposed the move.
• The Department of Commerce has suggested to impose horizontal regulation on PCB and
PCBAs wherein all types of PCB/ and PCBA would be included in the regulation.
Proposal
• Inclusion of PCB and PCBA under the schedule of “Electronics and
Information technology Goods(requirement of Compulsory
Registration) Order, 2012” for compliance of IS/IEC 60695: 2013 Part
11 section 10 ( Fire Hazard testing).
• This will applicable for each PCB /PCBA independently
manufactured /imported.
Thank you