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

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

Dated February 2020

OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS, NEW CUSTOM HOUSE, BALLARD ESTATE, MUMBAI, MAHARASHTRA – 400 001

PUBLIC NOTICE No: 16/2020

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

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).

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

                       (Prachi Saroop) 
   

Commissioner of Customs G) Copy to:

1. The Principal Chief Commissioner of Customs, Mumbai, Zone-I.

2. The Commissioner of Customs, (Import-I, II & Export), Mumbai, Zone-I.

3. All Additional/Joint Commissioner of Customs, NCH, Mumbai

4. All Deputy/Assistant Commissioner of Customs, NCH, Mumbai

5. DC/AC, EDI for uploading on Mumbai, Zone-I website immediately.

             (Prachi Saroop) 
   

Commissioner of Customs G)