Minimum Qty for Testing at Chemical Lab Specified

[Public Notice No: 16/2020 dated February 2020]

The following Public Notice was issued by the Office of the Commissioner of Customs, New Custom House, Ballard Estate, Mumbai

Sub: List of commodities tested & minimum quantity required for Chemical Examination at NCH Laboratory, Mumbai.

Attention of Importers, Customs Brokers, other members of Trade and Industry is invited to list of facilities available in the New Custom House Laboratory, NCH Mumbai, to test the items/commodities mentioned in column no.3 of table below. In order to standardize the requirement and avoid unnecessary delays in sample testing, the minimum quantity of the sample required for complete analysis for different items/commodities are mentioned in column no.4 of the list. Every sample bottle/packet/container is to be mandatorily sealed in a tamper proof manner and labelled properly in a legible manner with individual test memo forwarded to New Custom House Laboratory, NCH Mumbai (in duplicate).

2. All the officers posted at Docks/Groups are hereby directed to forward the sample for items in column 3 with minimum quantity mentioned against them in the column 4 of the table below to New Custom House Laboratory, NCH Mumbai for testing:

Commodities analysed in DYCC laboratory, NCH, Mumbai

Sr. No.

Chapter heading

Samples analysed

Minimum quantity required of each sample

1

2

3

4

1

Chapter 15

Vegetable oil Fats

500 ml.

2

Chapter 22

Alcohol, denatured Alcohol

500 ml.

3

Chapter 25

Salt, Sulphur, Graphite, All kind of Sands and Silica, Clay, All kinds of Ore and Minerals, Natural Stones, Mica, Barytes, Fluorite, Pyrite, Calcite, Dolomite, limestone, gypsum, quick line, flourspar.

500 gm.

4

Chapte26

Ores, Slag and Ash, Copper, Iron, Nickel, Aluminum, Chromium, Molybdenum, Titanium, Zirconium, Antimony, Slag ash.

500 gm.

5

Chapter 27

Coal, Lignite, Peat, coke, benzol, toluene ,xylene, naphthalene, aromatic hydrocarbon mixture, pitch, petroleum oils ,base oil, Lube oil, petroleum jelly, bitumen, grease, paraffin wax, etc.

Coal = 2 kg

Coke = 2 kg Liquid = 1ltr. Semi solid =500 gm.

6

Chapter 28

Inorganic chemicals, Metal Oxide & their salt.

500 gm.

7

Chapter 29

Organic Chemicals, acyclic Hydrocarbon & their derivatives Aromatic Hydrocarbon & their derivatives.

Liquid(solvent) =500ml Solid = 100 gm.

8

Chapter 34

Soap, Organic Surface active Agent, Scouring preparations.

250 ml./gm

9

Chapter 35

Starch, glue.

250 gm.

10

Chapter 38

Industrial mono carboxylic acid.

250 gm.

11

Chapter 39

All types of Samples.(Polymer/Plastics) off grade & sweeping.

500gm.

12

Chapter 41

Vegetable & Chrome Tanned leather.

1 meter

13

Chapter 50

Silk, and article thereof.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

14

Chapter 51

Wool, woven fabric and article thereof.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

15

Chapter 52

Cotton and article thereof.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

16

Chapter 53

Vegetable textile fibre, and article thereof.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

17

Chapter 54

Man made filament and man made textile material and article thereof.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

18

Chapter 55

Man made staple fibre and article thereof.

1meter fabric & Article full piece.

19

Chapter 56

Wadding, felt and non-woven, special yarns, twine, cordage, ropes, and cables, and article thereof.

1meter fabric & Article full piece.

20

Chapter 57

Carpets and other textile floor covering.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

21

Chapter 58

Special woven fabrics, tufted, textile fabrics, lace, tapestries, trimmings, embroidery and articles thereof.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

22

Chapter 59

Impregnated, coated, covered, or laminated, textile fabrics, textiles articles of a kind suitable for industrial uses.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

23

Chapter 60

Knitted fabrics.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

24

Chapter 61

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories, knitted.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

25

Chapter 62

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories not knitted.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

26

Chapter 63

Other made up textile article sets, worn clothing and worn textile article.

1 meter fabric & Article full piece.

27

Chapter 72

Iron, Steel, Ferro-alloys.

 500 gm.

28

Chapter 73

Article of Iron or Steel.

 Full piece

29

Chapter 74

Copper, copper scrap druid & articles thereof.

500 gm. /Full piece

30

Chapter 75

Nickel & Articles thereof.

500 gm. /Full piece

31

Chapter 76

Aluminum & Articles thereof.

500 gm. /Full piece

32

Chapter 78

Lead, lead scrap & Articles thereof.

500 gm. /Full piece

33

Chapter 79

Zinc, zinc dross & Articles thereof.

500 gm. /Full piece

34

Chapter 80

Tin & Articles thereof.

500 gm. /Full piece

35

Chapter 81

Molybdenum, Magnesium, Zirconium, Manganese, Titanium.

500 gm.

36

Chapter 82

Parts of base metal.

Unit

37

Chapter 83

Miscellaneous article of base metal.

Unit

 

Note- All the samples should be packed in a tamper proof container & sealed with departmental seal.

-    Liquid samples should be leakage proof & sealed in plastic container/bottle.

-    Capacity of the containers required.

A: - 1 litre / 1000 gm.

B: - 500 ml. /500 gm.

C: - 250 ml. /250 gm.

-    Only one sample should be forwarded by the proper officer as authorized by Commissioner Customs (Import/Export) of Mumbai Customs, Zone-I with one test memo to the DYCC laboratory. The duplicate sample is to be kept in the Central Sampling Cell/investigating unit as the case may be.

This public notice should be considered as Standing Order for the purpose of officers and staff of NCH and is applicable to all the Commissionerates of Mumbai Zone-I.

3.     Any difficulty in implementation of this public notice may be brought to the notice of Addl. Commissioner of Customs (G) in charge of NCH lab.

4.    This issues with the approval of Principal Chief Commissioner, Customs, Mumbai, Zone-I

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