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
F.No.
S/23-112/2019 Lab