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 Annexure I to Appendix-5 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, 18. ICD Nagpur, 19. ICD Jodhpur, 20. ICD Jaipur, 21. ICD Udaipur, 22. CFS Mulund, 23. ICD Kanpur, 24. ICD Ahmedabad, 25. ICD Pithampur and 26. ICD Malanpur.

(Above (i)(b) has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 39/2005, DT. 16/08/2005)

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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, 19. ICD Jodhpur, 20. ICD Jaipur, 21. ICD Udaipur and 22. CFS Mulund. [OLD- 22. ICD Mulund.]]

(In (b) Sl.No. 22. has been corrected vide PN NO. 33/2005, DT. 26/07/2005)

(Above (i)(b) has been amended vide PUBLIC NOTICE NO. 10/2005, DT. 20/05/2005)

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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:

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. Kolkatta. 16. ICD Ludhiana, 17. ICD Dadri, Greater Noida, 18. ICD Nagpur, 19. ICD Jodhpur, 20. ICD Jaipur and 21 ICD Udaipur.]

c) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Paragraphs above, import of scrap will be allowed only in shredded form from the ports listed in Annexure - II to Appendix - V of the Handbook of Procedures.

(Above (i)(c) has been added vide PN NO. 53/2005, DT. 19/09/2005)

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 5 from any of the Inspection & Certification agencies given in Appendix-5 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) 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 5, 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 5 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.

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-5 (Annexure-I); or

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