PET flake (chip)
PET flake (chip), recycled polyester feedstock
HSN 3907 69 30 (PET flake (chip)) is subject to Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) no-objection clearance under O.M. No. 23/66/2019-HSMD dated 23-08-2022, with import also requiring an authorisation from the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the ITC (HS) Restricted-import policy, Chapter 39. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) EPR-portal registration verification and Chapter 39 mandatory additional qualifiers apply as customs-level overlays.
- NOC from MoEF&CC
- Import Authorisation from DGFT
- EPR portal registration from CBIC
Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
- 1Obtain a no-objection certificate from MoEF&CC and an import authorisation from DGFT before shipment. Eligibility requires that the importing unit used domestic waste to at least 70% of capacity in the previous year, and imports are capped at 20% of prior-year production (falling to 15% of actual capacity utilised in the preceding year thereafter).O.M. No. 23/66/2019-HSMD dated 23-08-2022 · S.O. 4331(E) dated 14-09-2022 · DGFT Notification 32/2015-20 dated 14-09-2022 · ITC (HS) policy condition 2 of Chapter 39
- 2At the bill of entry stage, verify that the importer's proof of registration on the centralised EPR portal for plastic packaging is current and upload it in e-Sanchit. Customs proper officers will verify EPR registration before granting out-of-charge.CBIC Instruction 21/2025-Customs dated 02-07-2025
- 3Include all mandatory additional qualifiers in the import declaration for Chapter 39 commodities as stipulated in paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2 of CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus. This requirement has been operative from 15 October 2023 and non-compliance leads to bill-of-entry detention.CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus dated 30-09-2023
The most common error on this tariff line is conflating the DGFT import authorisation with the MoEF&CC NOC: both are independently required, and a current DGFT authorisation does not substitute for the MoEF&CC clearance. Beyond the dual-clearance trap, note the production-history eligibility gate: a unit must have at least one year of production and must demonstrate 70% domestic-waste utilisation in the preceding year — importers who cannot document this threshold face outright ineligibility, not merely a documentation shortfall, and consignments shipped without confirmed eligibility are liable to seizure under the Customs Act, 1962.