The CBIC issued Instruction No. 21/2025-Customs dated July 02, 2025, regarding the Registration of Importers of Plastic Raw Material on Centralized EPR Portal for Plastic Packaging as per Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016 (as amended).
Reference is invited to the CBIC Instruction No. 14/2023-Customs dated 17.04.2023 and Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) letter F. No. CP-20/10/2024-UPC-II-HO-CPCB-HO-Part(3) dated 13.06.2025 (copy enclosed), on the above subject.
As per the provisions of Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2024 dated 14-03-2024, Importer means “a person who imports for commercial use, any plastic packaging or any commodity with plastic packaging or carry bags or plastic sheets or like material, or plastic raw material including in the form of resin or pellets, or intermediate material to be used for manufacturing plastic packaging such as films or preforms” and all such importers are required to be registered on the EPR Plastic Portal as per Section 6 of the EPR Guidelines.
In view of the above, it is requested that necessary action may be taken to sensitize officers under your jurisdiction for verification of proof of Registration on the ‘Centralized EPR Portal for Plastic Packaging’ as importers of plastic raw material at the time of clearing their consignments of Plastic raw material.
The Instructions can be accessed at: https://a2ztaxcorp.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cs-ins-21-2025.pdf
