Import of certain categories of processed metallic scrap, at designated ports
DGFT has inserted paragraph 2.54 A in the Handbook of Procedures of FTP 2015-20, and Appendices 2N-2, 2G-1 and 2FI-1 in Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of FTP 2015-20:
Import of processed metallic scrap, may be allowed at designated ports (with Scanner/RDE facility), as listed in Appendix 2G-1 of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of FTP 2015-20, without PSIC subject to fulfillment of certain conditions:-
(a) The importer shall have to submit a self declaration cum legal undertaking, as given in Appendix 2 N-2 of Appendices and Aayat Niryat Forms of FTP 2015-20, along with a Pre-shipment Inspection Certificate in Format 2FI-1, issued by the Inspecting Agency/Scrap Yard.
(b) Importer shall furnish bank guarantee of Rupees 10,00,000/- (Rupees ten lakh) to the Customs as security amount.
(c) Importer shall also have to submit a copy of contract with the exporter stipulating that the consignment does not contain any type of arms, ammunition, mines, shells, cartridges, radioactive contaminated material, or any other explosive material.
(d) All scrap consignments, so imported at the designated ports, shall have to compulsorily pass through the Scanner / Radiological Detection Equipments (RDEs), installed at these ports, before being cleared by the Customs.
DGFT Public Notice No. 23/2015-20 New Delhi: Dated June 30, 2015