Lithium Ion Battery

• Batteries are classified in two categories, Primary & Secondary

• Primary Batteries are all non rechargeable batteries in the form of AAA / AA / Coin cells etc. with import volume of
$ 95 Million per annum

• Secondary Batteries are all rechargeable batteries like Lithium Ion, Lead Acid, Nickle Cadmium batteries etc. with
imports of $ 3.725 Billion per annum as per DGFT data.

• Import Date for Secondary Battery is as below.

Import analysis for Lithium Ion Battery – HSN 85076000

• More than 50% imports are done by top 10 importers majorly into business of automotives and power systems.

• 95% imports are done from China followed by South Korea, Vietnam and Japan
License Requirements for Lithium Ion Battery Imports

1. Pollution NOC (CTE/CTO) from State pollution Control Board (Pre-condition & takes 2-3 months)

2. Extended producer’s responsibility (EPR) registration from CPCB & MoEFCC (Pre-condition & takes 1-2 months)

3. BIS certification for quality of goods. (At the time of Customs clearance. Not required if supplier is BIS certified)

4. Recycling Targets under Battery waste management & handling rules, BWM rules (Annual compliance)

EPR registration

1. EPR registration is required for hazardous waste (battery) | Plastic packaging waste | E waste (Electrical &
electronics) | rubber Tyers |Used / waste Oil.

2. Registration under “producers” category (cause generation of such goods in India)

3. Documents required for the licenses are,

• Company documents like IEC | GST | PAN | CIN
• Type of battery to be imported with composition of the battery (%age of Lithium, Nickle, Copper etc)
• Warehouse to keep such goods (batteries) with adequate and appropriate storage
• Submission of requisite fee as notified
Annual Compliance – EPR guidelines

• The new rules as per EPR demands that the producers of the battery make provisions for the collection, disposal,
and recycling of the battery.
• This rule also empowers the producer to delegate its responsibility to a third party with respect to the collection
and disposal of waste.
• Collection / Recycling targets are assigned by the Government which are to be met. Such targets can be bought
from collectors / recyclers.
o Annual return to this effect shall be submitted by 30th June (All relevant sales is to be reported with Invoices)
o The composition of batteries should be considered while importing
o Cost (per Kg as mentioned below) for purchase of recycling targets has to be taken into consideration while
importing batteries.

Example
If we import 50 MT of battery with 10% lithium composition and 50% is
our recycling target then our additional cost shall be (50 MT X 50% X 10%
X cost per MT for recycling credits) = (50 X 50% X 10% X 19 lakhs) = 47.50
lakhs. Cost for other metal in proportion to their composition shall be
additional.
This cost is around ₹ 12 per KG in case of E-waste (electricals /
electronics)

* Information collected from Compliance portals like Corpbiz, Corpseed, Yash Liasion Servcies (referred by our Forwarding agent)