2.32.2

Import of Metallic Waste and Scrap

Import of following types of metallic waste and scrap will be free subject to conditions detailed below :
 

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: -

a. Importer 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 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

II) Copy of the contract between the importer and the exporter stipulating that the consignment does not contain any radio active 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:-

a. Importer 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:

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 (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.

b Import of scrap would take place only through following designated ports and 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, 21.ICD Udaipur, 22.CFS Mulund, 23.ICD Kanpur, 24.ICD Ahmedabad, 25.ICD Pitampur and 26.ICD Malanpur”.