India allows import of PET flakes on a conditional basis

On September 14, 2022, the Ministry of Commerce and Industry of India published Notification No.32/2015-2020, which permits PET flakes to be imported subject to approval from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and a permit (NOC) from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), in connection with the ban on the import of PET bottle waste, scrap, and PET flakes derived from used PET bottles in the foreign trade policy. In addition, as a condition to qualify for import, the domestic waste utilization rate for production capacity and production performance for a certain period of time or more are set, and operators meeting these conditions can apply for approval/permission from the authorities.