BIR | The world recycling body BIR has been informed that since 23 March 2009, Indian customs are participating in 'Operation DEMETER' (Green Earth). Until 11 May 2009 customs will strictly control 'waste' shipments and in particular imports of waste paper and recovered paper.Customs will examine and check whether:
• the waste paper imported is correctly classified under HSN
• the waste paper imported is re-usable/recyclable
• it pertains to hazardous nature or contains other commodities of hazardous nature
• it contains any other commodity waste other than paper
They will look at:
• track on the use of imported waste paper
• valuation of the waste paper
• false declaration on the quantity of the waste paper
• descriptions of the product
• proper packing and labelling
• routing of the shipments
• track record of the importers of the waste paper
The world recycling body says they are convinced that its members supply and export non-hazardous materials in accordance with the international legislation and with the rules imposed by importing and exporting countries.
