Earlier this fall the Indian Ministry of Finance, Department of Excise & Customs, filed two notices that immediately banned seven inspection agencies and refuse any pre-shipment inspection certificates issued by these agencies for the import of scrap metal.
The notices were filed Sept. 15 and Oct. 5.
A problem arose as the two notices were not widely circulated. Pre-inspection certificates were still issued after the dates, resulting in shipments of scrap metal being shipped to India, where they were denied entry.
The Bureau of International Recycling, with the assistance of its Indian Ambassador, Ikbal Nathani, sent a letter late last week to the DGFT of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, urging government authorities to clear the cargo with the certification from any of the seven banned inspection agencies for which certified consignments were already in transit.
The end result, according to a policy circular dated Nov. 21, Indian authorities have decided that consignment of metal scrap where the bill of lading is Dec. 1 and where certificates have been issued by these agencies will be cleared by customs, but with 100 percent inspection, according to Custom Circular No. 56.
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