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DGFT exercised its delegated authority under sections 3 and 5 of the FTDR Act 1992 to amend Schedule-I (Import Policy) of ITC (HS) 2022 for the whole of CTH 2843 (colloidal precious metals; inorganic or organic compounds of precious metals; amalgams), shifting it from "Free" to "Restricted" with immediate effect. Affected lines include colloidal gold (28431010), colloidal silver (28431020), silver nitrate (28432100), gold compounds (28433000), sodium aurous thiosulphate (28439011), noble-metal (platinum/rhodium/ palladium) solutions (28439012), and amalgams of precious metals (28439020).
Notification No. 19/2025-26 was issued the same day as Notification No. 18/2025-26, which restricted gold-bearing palladium/rhodium/iridium alloys under CTH 7110 (filed separately at 2025-06-17-india-dgft-pgm-alloys-import-licensing). Both notifications were announced in a single PIB press release and address the same underlying concern: gold entering India in disguised, non-bullion forms to sidestep gold-specific import duties and RBI nominated-agency channelling requirements. Chemical-compound and colloidal form was the CTH 2843 loophole; alloy form was the CTH 7110 loophole.
noble-metal catalyst precursor solutions for electroplating, photography, and catalyst manufacture must now obtain DGFT authorisation per consignment, adding lead time.
(electronics, electrical, specialised chemical manufacturing) retain access via authorisation, so the measure is designed to preserve input continuity for these sectors while closing the bullion-arbitrage route.
colloidal suspensions to avoid the tighter bullion-import regime, complementing the CTH 7110 alloy restriction announced the same day.
CTH 2843 authorisation applications?
deficit management), or is compound/colloidal-form import too small a share of total disguised-gold flows to matter?
precious-metal catalysts under other chapters)?