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........