Import of paper to be brought under compulsory registration from October 2022
FirstpostNew Delhi: The import policy of major paper products has been amended from ‘free’ to ‘free subject to compulsory registration under Paper Import Monitoring System,’ the Union Ministry of Commerce & Industry said on Thursday. “This order shall be applicable on a range of paper products, such as newsprint, handmade paper, wallpaper base, duplicating paper, coated paper, uncoated paper, Litho and offset paper, tissue paper, parchment paper, carbon paper, wallpaper, envelops, toilet paper, cartons, account books, labels, bobbins, etc,” the ministry said in a statement. Paper products like currency paper, bank bond and cheque paper, security printing paper, etc have been excluded from this policy change. The domestic paper industry has been raising issues of dumping of paper products in the domestic market by way of under-invoicing, entry of prohibited goods by mis-declaration, re-routing goods through other countries in lieu of trade agreements.
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