A No Objection Certificate (NOC) is a certificate that is mandatory for steel products that have different specifications. If the product is under voluntary certification, the Ministry of Steel issues exemption or NOC on the consignment coming to India.
As there are some steel product which comes under Compulsory certification of BIS but having different specification as compare to the Indian Standard of the particular product. The applicant requires the NOC for steel (No objection certificate)/ Clarification from Ministry of steel to avoid any delays and penalties.
Steel products is one of the major products imported to India on a large scale. Due to heavy imports, there are high chances of product dumping. Therefore, as per the BIS Guidelines, most of the steel product are already under the compulsory certification of BIS Bureau of Indian Standards (ISI Mark).
Some of the steel product are still under Voluntary certification (Exempted from Compulsory Certification of BIS). These require a NOC for steel importers (No Objection Certificate) from Ministry of Steel for import and custom clearance
Ministry of Steel has constituted a Technical Committee for inspection and analysis of the applications received for issuance of Registration, whether the products are covered under the purview of the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2020 notified on 22nd December, 2020. NOC will be granted by MOS on per grade per consignment basis.
For applications seeking “Clarification in Advance”
The following documents requires for submission of application under Ministry of steel: -
For applications in which the “material is in transit”, legible copy of all relevant documents viz. Invoice, Bill of lading, Actual Mill Test Certificates etc. must be submitted.
In case the material reaches the port of destination, in addition to the above documents, a Bill of Entry is also required to be submitted. In recurrence cases, a copy of the earlier clarifications (Previous NOC) from the Ministry of Steel must be submitted along with the application.
The covering letter of the application should also include the following consignment wise information listed below: -
S No |
INFORMATION |
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1 |
Importer |
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2 |
ITC HS code |
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3 |
Description of the Item |
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4 |
Grade |
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5 |
Quantity |
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6 |
Invoice no. |
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7 |
Mill test certificate |
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8 |
Packing list, no |
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9 |
Insurance no |
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10 |
Bill of Lading |
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11 |
Bill of Entry (If material is in port) |
The applicant may apply to the higher committee (Empowered Committee), if the case decision received from the technical committee is not in favour.
For application to Empowered Committee, the application should include the following information
Application for NOC - Ref to information / documents given + Technical Justification Letter + Regret letters
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