GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
PUBLIC NOTICE NO. / 2009-2014
NEW DELHI DATED THE November, 2009
In exercise of powers conferred under Paragraph 2.4 of the Foreign Trade Policy
2009-2014, the Director
General of Foreign Trade hereby makes the following amendments in Handbook of
Procedures, (Vol.1), 2009-14.
1. After amendment, paragraph 2.32.2 shall be read as under:
“2.32
Import of Metallic Waste and Scrap.
2.32.1
Import of any form of metallic waste, scrap will be subject to the condition
that it will not contain hazardous, toxic waste, radioactive contaminated waste
/ scrap containing radioactive material, any type of arms, ammunition, mines,
shells, live or used cartridge or any other explosive material in any form
either used or otherwise.
2.32.2
Import of following types of metallic waste and scrap will be free subject to
conditions detailed below:
Sr. No. |
ITC Code |
Item description |
1. |
720410 00 |
Waste and scrap of cast iron |
2. |
720421 90 |
Other |
3. |
720429 20 |
Of High speed steel |
4. |
7204 29 90 |
Other |
5. |
7204 3000 |
Waste and scrap of tinned iron or steel |
6. |
7204 4100 |
Turnings, shavings, chips, milling waste, saw dust, fillings, trimmings and
stamplings, whether or not in bundles. |
7. |
7204 4900 |
Other |
8. |
7204 5000 |
Remelting scrap ingots |
9. |
7404 0010 |
Copper scrap |
10. |
7404 0022 |
Brass scrap |
11 |
7503 0010 |
Nickel scrap |
12. |
7602 0010 |
Aluminium scrap |
13. |
7902 0010 |
Zinc scrap |
14. |
8002 0010 |
Tin scrap |
15. |
8104 2010 |
Magnesium scrap |
Shredded Form:
Import of metallic waste and scrap listed above in shredded form shall be
permitted through all ports of India subject to following conditions:
- Importer shall furnish following documents to customs at the time of
clearance of goods:
- Pre-shipment inspection certificate as per the format in Annexure-I to
Appendix 5, from any of the Inspection & Certification agencies given in
Appendix-5, to the effect that the consignment was checked for radiation level
and scrap does not contain radiation level (gamma and neutron) in excess of
natural background. The certificate shall give the value of background radiation
level at that place as also the maximum radiation level on the scrap; and
- Copy of the contract between the importer and the exporter stipulating that
the consignment does not contain any radioactive contaminated material in any
form.
Import from Hodaideh, Yemen and Bandar Abbas, Iran will be in shredded form
only.
Unshredded compressed and loose form:
Import of metallic waste, scrap listed in para 2.32.2 above in unshredded
compressed and loose form shall be subject to the following conditions:-
- Importer shall furnish the following documents to the Customs at the time of
clearance of goods.
- Pre-shipment inspection certificate as per the format in Annexure-I to
Appendix 5 from any of the
Inspection & Certification agencies given in Appendix-5 to the effect that:
(i) the consignment does not contain any type of arms, ammunition, mines,
shells, cartridges or any
other explosive material in any form either used or otherwise, and that the
consignment was
checked for radiation level and it does not contain radiation level (gamma and
neutron) in
excess of natural background. The certificate shall give the value of background
radiation level
at that place as also the maximum radiation level on the scrap.
(ii) The imported item is actually a metallic waste/scrap/seconds/defective as
per the
internationally accepted parameters for such a classification.
- Copy of the contract between the importer and the exporter stipulating that
the consignment does not contain
any type of arms, ammunition, mines, shells, cartridges radioactive
contaminated, or any other explosive material in any form either used or
otherwise.
- Import of scrap would take place only through followingng designated ports and
no no exceptions would be allowed even in case of EOUs, SEZs :-
1. Chennai, 2. Cochin, 3. Ennore, 4.JNPT, 5.Kandla 6. Mormugao, 7. Mumbai
8. New Mangalore, 9. Paradip, 10. Tuticorin, 11. Vishakhapatnam,12. ICD Loni, Ghaziabad, 13. Pipava, 14. Mundra, 15 Kolkata, 16. ICD Ludhiana,
17. ICD Dadri (Greater Noida), 18. ICD, Nagpur, 19. ICD, Jodhpur, 20. ICD Jaipur
2.32.2.A
In case any agency wishes to be enlisted under Appendix-5,
they may furnish an application to the office of Director
General of Foreign Trade with the following documents in the
format in Appendix-5-A, which will be considered by an
Inter-Ministerial Committee.
- A brief on the activities of the agency, its history,
membership, organisational structure, manpower, etc.
- Infrastructural setup, logistics, testing labs etc. for
carrying out the inspection of metallic scrap.
- List of companies / agencies for which testing has
been carried out.
2.32.3.
However, import of other kinds of metallic waste and scrap will
be allowed in terms of conditions of ITC(HS).
2.32.4
Import policy for second and defective , rags, PET bottles /
waste, and ships is given in ITC(HS)”.
21. ICD Udaipur, 22. CFS Mulund, 23. ICD Kanpur, 24. ICD Ahmedabad,
25. ICD Pitampur and 26. ICD Malanpur.
- Accordingly, Annexure-I to Appendix-5 in Handbook of Procedures, Vol. I is
modified and attached to this Public Notice.
- This issues in public interest.
(R.S. Gujral)
Director General of Foreign Trade
And Ex-Officio Additional Secretary to the Govt. of India
(Issued from File No. 01/89/180/Misc. 65/AM 05/ PC-II (B)