The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (“Ministry”) has notified the Special Economic Zones (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2024 permitting the sale of non-hazardous metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible form within the Domestic Tariff Area. These wastes must be free of contaminants listed under Basel No. B1010 in Part D of Schedule III of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, and generated from reconditioning, repair, or re-engineering processes.
Such sales are subject to the payment of applicable customs duties, will be treated as imports, and are allowed only for actual users or traders acting on behalf of actual users authorized by the State Pollution Control Board. This authorization is granted on a one-time basis and requires verification of documents specified in Schedule VIII of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, by the Customs Authority.
Source: Ministry of Commerce and Industry
