Report by the Secretariat (WT/TPR/S/249):III. TRADE POLICIES AND PRACTICES BY MEASURE: (2) Measures Directly Affecting Imports: (i) Customs procedures: Page 39, paragraph 18:
The Secretariat report indicates that India has mandatory preshipment inspections requirements for imports of metallic waste and scrap. Has India notified such requirements to the WTO? If not, when will India submit its notification of these preshipment inspection requirements? Does India plan to phase out these requirements? If so, when?
Reply: Indian will be notifying the requirement to WTO shortly; however, the procedure to import the metallic waste and scrap is given at para 2.32 of the Handbook of Procedures Volume 1 and a copy of the same is available at http://dgft.gov.in.
U.S. Follow-Up Question: Does India plan to phase out these requirements? If so, when?
Reply: There is no such plan at present on account of safety and security concerns.
