Import of seconds/secondary/defective/offcut Hot Dipped Galvanized Steel sheets/coils - It is IS:277 and not IS:227
ONE of the prime objectives of the Steel and Steel Products Quality Control Order is to restrict/prohibit production/sale/import of substandard material. Therefore, import of any substandard product (Second/secondary/defective/offcut etc.) in respect of any of the product covered in the Indian Standard covered under the Quality Control Order is not permitted. Accordingly, import of seconds/secondary/defective/offcut Hot Dipped Galvanized Steel sheets/coils is not permitted as per the Quality Control Order. It is mainly because though the material is similar to IS:277 in description, it fails to meet the technical requirement prescribed in the standard. Further storage, sale, distribution of such substandard product whether produced domestically or imported is prohibited in domestic market.
The above were the instructions contained in the Circular No. 14/2013 - Customs dated the 5th April, 2013 and which the Board wanted the field formations to comply with.
Board has realized that there has been a gaffe in the Circular and now wishes to set it right. So, by a corrigendum the Board informs that in sub paragraph (2) in paragraph (2), the words “Electro Galvanized sheets and Galvanized sheets/strips,” should be read “Electro Galvanized sheets and Galvaneeled sheets/strips ”. Also, the words and number “IS:227” wherever appearing in the Circular should read as “IS:277”.
Now, that's a worthy correction.