To be Published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part-II, Section - 3, Sub-Section (ii)

Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Department of Commerce
Directorate General of Foreign Trade
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi

Notification No. 32/2015-2020
New Delhi, Dated: 14th September, 2022

Subject: Amendment in Import Policy Condition under Chapter 39 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule – I (Import Policy).

S.O. 4331(E).—In exercise of powers conferred by Section 3 read with Section 5 of the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (as amended from time to time) read with paragraph 1.02 and 2.01 of the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP), 2015-2020, the Central Government hereby amends the Import Policy and revises the Condition No.2 of Chapter 39 of ITC (HS), 2022, Schedule – I (Import Policy) as under:

HS Code Item Description Existing Import Policy Existing Policy Condition Revised Import Policy Revised Policy Condition
39076110 39076930 — PET flake (chip) Prohibited

The import of PET bottle waste/ scrap/ PET flakes made from used PET bottles etc is "Prohibited" as per OM No. 23-4/ 2009-HSMD dated 30-08-2016 and O.M. No.23/66/2019-HSM dated 03/10/2019 of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

Prohibited

The import of PET bottle waste/scrap made from used PET bottles etc is "Prohibited" as per OM No. 23-4/2009-HSMD dated 30-08-2016 and O.M. No.23/66/2019-HSM dated 03/10/2019 of Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC)

However, import of PET Flakes has been permitted under an authorisation from DGFT and subject to NOC from MoEF&CC, in accordance with their O.M. No. 23/66/2019-HSMD dated 23.08.2022, subject to following conditions :

i. A unit should be eligible for import only if it has used domestic waste to the extent at least 70% of the capacity in the previous year. (e.g. production of 2021-22 to be considered for 2022- 23 permissions).
ii. The imports for the year 2022-23 should be restricted to 20% of the production in the year 2021-22 and thereafter, 15% of the actual capacity utilized in the preceding year.
iii. An additional import up to 10% may be considered against exports of the products.
iv. Units would be eligible for import after at least one year of production.

2. Effect of the Notification:

Import of PET Flakes has been permitted subject to NOC from MoEF&CC and an authorisation from DGFT.

This issues with the approval of Minister of Commerce and Industry.

(Santosh Kumar Sarangi)
Director General of Foreign Trade
Ex-Officio Addl. Secretary, of the GOI
E-mail: dgft@nic.in

(Issued from F.No. 01/89/180/M-32/AM-03/PC-2 (A)/E-1554)