India India publishes notification for prohibiting import of PET flakes in Trade Policy

On October 24, 2019, India’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry published the notification for prohibiting import of PET flakes made from used PET bottles in 2015-2020 Foreign Trade Policy.

The notification provides as follows.

Existing Policy Condition No.2 Revised Policy Condition No.2
The import PET bottle waste/scrap is “Prohibited” as per OM No. 23-4/2009-HSMD dated 30-08-2016. 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.

The notification can be downloaded from the following URL (in English)
http://dgft.gov.in/sites/default/files/notification%20No.%2026%20dated%2024.10.2019%20in%20E.pdf

 

NOTE:
On September 14, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India published Notification No.32/2015-2020 to revise rules on pet flakes import. See more details below:
India allows import of PET flakes on a conditional basis

Author / Responsibility

YAMANOUCHI Kengo

Senior Research Associate, Research & Consulting Dept. EnviX Ltd.

Business Performance

In charge of South Asia (India, Bangladesh, etc.), South Korea, Latin America (Mexico, Colombia, etc.) and Turkey for managing infomation on the environmental regulations

Background

MA, Environment, Development and Policy, University of Sussex

YAMANOUCHI Kengo