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DGFT Hand Book of Procedures Foreign Trade Procedure (upto 07/04/2005) PARA 2.32

Import of Second hand Goods/Waste Scrap/ Seconds/ Rags
2.32

The following items may be imported without a licence/ certificate/ permission.

(i) Any form of metallic waste, scrap, seconds and defectives, other than those which are of a value below the value specified for any such items by a notification issued in this behalf, and excluding hazardous, toxic waste, radio active contaminated waste/ scrap containing radio active material;

However, import of any form of metallic waste, scrap referred to above shall be subject to the following conditions:-

a) Import of metallic waste and scrap in shredded form shall be permitted through all ports. Such imports will not require a pre-shipment inspection certificate in terms of Appendix-8 at the time of clearance of goods.

(b) The import of metallic waste and scrap in unshredded, compressed and loose form shall be permitted through the following ports only:

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 Tughlakabad, 13. Pipava, 14. Mundra, 15. Kolkata, 16. ICD Ludhiana, 17. ICD Dadri, Greater Noida and 18. ICD Nagpur, 19. ICD Jodhpur, 20. ICD Jaipur and 21. ICD Udaipur.

(Above (b) has been amended vide PN. No. 65/2004, DT. 29/03/2005)

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(b) The import of metallic waste and scrap in unshredded, compressed and loose form shall be permitted through the following ports only :

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 Tughlakabad, 13. Pipava, 14. Mundra, 15. Kolkata, 16. ICD Ludhiana, 17. ICD Dadri, Greater Noida and 18. ICD Nagpur. ]

(Above (i) b) will be amended vide PN. NO. 54/2004-09, DT. 15/02/2005)

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b) The import of metallic waste and scrap in unshredded, compressed and loose form shall be permitted through the following ports only:

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 Tughlakabad, 13. Pipava, 14. Mundra, 15. Kolkata, 16. ICD Ludhiana and 17. ICD Dadri, Greater Noida.]
(Above (i) b) will be amended vide PN. NO. 38/2004-09, DT. 27/12/2004)

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b) Import of metallic waste and scrap in unshredded,, compressed and loose form shall be permitted through the following ports only:

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Moreover, in case of such imports the exporter shall furnish the following documents to the customs at the time of clearance of goods:

(I) Pre-shipment inspection certificate as per the format in Annexure I to Appendix 28 from any of the Inspection & Certification agencies given in Appendix-28 to the effect that:

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(Above (i) (I) (c) has been deleted vide PN. NO. 38/2004-09, DT. 27/12/2004)

(Above (I) has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 18/2004-09, DT. 21/10/2004)

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(I) Pre-shipment inspection certificate as per the format in Annexure I to Appendix 8 from any of the Inspection & Certification agencies given in Appendix-28 to the effect that:

(a) The consignment does not contain any type of arms, ammunition, mines, shells, cartridges, radio active contaminated or any other explosive material in any form either used or otherwise.

(b) the imported item(s) is actually a metallic waste/scrap/ seconds/defective as per the internationally accepted parameters for such a classification.

(c) The country of origin of the metallic waste & scrap. ]

(II) 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, radio active contaminated, or any other explosive material in any form either used or otherwise.

In case any agency wishes to be enlisted under Appendix 28, they may furnish an application to the office of the Director General of Foreign Trade with the following documents:

(a) A brief on the activities of the agency, its history, membership, organisational structure, manpower etc.

(b) Infrastructural setup, logistics, testing labs etc for carrying out the inspection of metallic scrap.

(c) List of companies/ agencies for which testing has been carried out.

DGFT will review the performance of the Inspection and Certification Agencies in Appendix 28 on a regular basis.

(ii) Woolens rags/ synthetic rags/ shoddy wool in completely mutilated form subject to the condition that mutilation must conform to the requirements as specified by the customs authorities.

(iii) PET bottle/waste

(iv) Import of all types of ships may be made without a licence/certificate/permission on the basis of guidelines issued by Ministry of Shipping and as per the age/residual life norms prescribed by the Ministry of Shipping.

(Above Para 2.32 has been amended vide P.N. No. 16/2004-09, DT. 15/10/2004)

All kinds of metal scrap which has been shipped or has arrived in India on or before 25.10.2004 and has not been cleared for home consumption will be given the option to :

(a) produce a pre-shipment inspection certificate as laid down in Appendix-28 (Annexure-I); or

(b) subject the consignment to 100% physical examination in terms of Custom Circular No. 56 / 2004 dated 18.10.2004.

(Above paragraph at the end has been added vide PN NO. 51/2004, DT. 31/01/2005)

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The following items may be imported without a licence/ certificate/ permission.

(i) Metallic waste, scrap, seconds and defectives, other than those which are of a value below the value specified for any such items by a notification issued in this behalf, and excluding hazardous, toxic waste, radio active contaminated waste/scrap containing radio active material. Import of metallic waste and scrap shall be permitted in shredded and compacted form only; however, metallic waste and scrap in unshredded and uncompacted form may be imported through the major ports (covered by the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963) and the Inland Container Depot at Tughalakabad, New Delhi only. The customs authorities shall carry out 100% inspection of such unshredded and uncompacted materials.

(Above sub-para (i) has been amended vide PN. NO. 15/2004-09, DT. 09/10/2004)

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(i) Any form of metallic waste, scrap, seconds and defectives, other than those which are of a value below the value specified for any such items by a notification issued in this behalf, and excluding hazardous, toxic waste, radio active contaminated waste/ scrap containing radio active material; ]

(ii) Woolens rags/ synthetic rags/ shoddy wool in completely mutilated form subject to the condition that mutilation must conform to the requirements as specified by the customs authorities.

(iii) PET bottle/waste

(iv) Import of all types of ships may be made without a licence/certificate/permission on the basis of guidelines issued by Ministry of Shipping and as per the age/residual life norms prescribed by the Ministry of Shipping.

Provided in case of import of metal scrap originating from a country affected by rebellion or war, the exporter shall furnish the following documents to the Customs at the time of clearance of goods:

(Above proviso has been amended vide PN. NO. 15/2004-09, DT. 09/10/2004)

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Provided in case of import of metal scrap originating from a country affected by war, the exporter shall furnish the following documents to the Customs at the time of clearance of goods:]

(I) Pre-shipment inspection certificate as per the format in Annexure I to Appendix 8 from any of the Inspection & Certification agencies given in Appendix-28 to the effect that:

a) The consignment does not contain any type of arms, ammunition, mines, shells, cartridges, radio active contaminated or any other explosive material in any form either used or otherwise.

b) the imported item(s) is actually a metallic waste/scrap/ seconds/defective as per the internationally accepted parameters for such a classification.

(II) A 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, radio active contaminated, or any other explosive material in any form either used or otherwise.

In case any agency wishes to be enlisted under Appendix 28, they may furnish an application to the office of the Director General of Foreign Trade with the following documents:

a) A brief on the activities of the agency, its history, membership, organisational structure, manpower etc.

b) Infrastructural setup, logistics, testing labs etc for carrying out the inspection of metallic scrap.

c) List of companies/ agencies for which testing has been carried out.

DGFT will review the performance of the Inspection and Certification Agencies in Appendix 28 on a regular basis. ]

(Please refer CUS CIR NO. 60/2004 DATE 26/10/2004)

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