Industries

Every cargo carries the standard pack. Some carry more, because the regulation says so, and those extra documents are the ones that arrive late. One page per cargo: the documents the law attaches to it, cited by notice and circular, and how thesix jobs apply to it.

• Agri commodity imports: two agencies between the ship and the gate — What an agricultural import into India must carry: the plant-quarantine permit and phytosanitary certificate, the FSSAI clearance, and where each clock starts.
• Chemical import documents, Singapore: licence then permit — Importing chemicals into Singapore needs an NEA hazardous substances licence before the permit, and dangerous cargo gets less terminal free time, sometimes none.
• Metal scrap import: the documents, the ports and the clock — What an Indian metal scrap import must carry, which ports take it without a pre-shipment inspection certificate, and what customs does when the PSIC is missing.
• Plastic waste import documents: Singapore thresholds — Importing plastic waste into Singapore turns on measured purity: 0.5% other plastics, 2.5% total non-plastic. Above that the shipment needs a Basel permit.
• Importing used clothing and rags into India, line by line — Worn clothing under HS 6309 is Restricted for import into India. So are the 6310 rag lines, unless the material arrives completely mutilated. The line decides.