Chemical
Chemical pulp from recovered paper or fibrous cellulosic material
HSN 4706 92 00 (Chemical pulp from recovered fibrous material) is subject to the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016, administered by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC), as this product falls under Part D of Schedule III of those Rules. Import is permitted only to actual users or to traders acting on behalf of actual users, with authorisation from the relevant State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) granted on a one-time basis and subject to document verification per Schedule VIII of the Rules.
- One-time import authorisation from SPCB
- Schedule VIII documents from actual user
- MoEF&CC compliance declaration
- 1Obtain a one-time import authorisation from the State Pollution Control Board before the consignment is shipped. The authorisation must be held by the actual user or by a trader expressly acting on behalf of the actual user; imports without SPCB authorisation are prohibited under Part D of Schedule III and Rules 12 and 13 of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016.Part D, Schedule III · Rules 12 and 13 · Schedule VIII · Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 · Para 8(B) of General Notes of Import Policy
- 2Ensure all documents specified in Schedule VIII of the Hazardous and Other Wastes (Management and Transboundary Movement) Rules, 2016 are collated and available for verification at the bill-of-entry stage. Additionally, confirm that the consignment complies with the revised specifications for non-paper materials in waste paper consignments issued by MoEF&CC.O.M. dated 10-01-2023 issued vide F.No. 23/107/2022-HSMD by MoEF&CC · Schedule VIII of HWM Rules, 2016
The most common error on this tariff line is conflating the trader's role with that of the actual user: the SPCB authorisation is tied to the actual user, and a trader importing without documented agency authority from a named actual user is treated as importing without authorisation — exposing the consignment to seizure and the importer to liability under the Hazardous and Other Wastes Rules, 2016. The MoEF&CC O.M. of 10 January 2023 introduced revised specifications on permissible non-paper materials in waste paper consignments; consignments that pre-date compliance with those specifications are liable to rejection at port.