MANU/CUST/0044/2022

Ministry : Ministry of Finance

Department/Board : Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Instruction No. : 09/2022-Customs

Date : 22.06.2022

Notification/ Circulars Referred : 12.08.2021 (G.S.R. 571(E)) MANU/ENVT/0094/2021;Copy enclosed MANU/ENVT/0021/2022

Citing Reference:
12.08.2021 (G.S.R. 571(E)) MANU/ENVT/0094/2021  Referred

Copy enclosed MANU/ENVT/0021/2022  Referred

To,

All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioner of Customs
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioner of Customs (Preventive)
All Principal Chief Commissioners/Chief Commissioner of CGST & Customs
All Principal DGs/DGs under CBIC
All Principal Commissioners/Commissioners of Customs

Restrictions on import of products made of plastic

Madam/Sir,

1. Kind attention is invited to letter No. B-17011/7/UPC-II-PWM (MLP)/2021/12900 dated 01.02.2022 received from Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (MoEFCC) bringing into attention the changes in Plastic Waste Management Rules notified vide its Notification dated 12.08.2021 (G.S.R. 571(E)) (copy enclosed) and Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022 notified vide Notification dated 16.02.2022 (Copy enclosed).

2. The key changes in the notification dated 12.08.2021, relating to import are listed below:

(i) Rule 4(1)(c): Carry bag made of virgin or recycled plastic, shall not be less than seventy-five microns in thickness with effect from the 30th September, 2021 and one hundred and twenty (120) microns in thickness with effect from the 31st December, 2022.

(ii) Rule 4(2): The manufacture, import, stocking, distribution, sale and........