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Baled aluminium scrap stacked on pallets in an Indian secondary aluminium recycling plant, with a forklift and a glowing remelt furnace in the background

Editor’s PickGovernment26 Oct 20266 minMetal, Non-Ferrous, Aluminium

The last duty standing: why India still taxes your aluminium scrap, and who is fighting to change it

Aluminium scrap is the only major base-metal scrap India still charges an import duty on, after copper, zinc and lead went to nil. Two industry bodies now want that 2.5% changed in opposite directions, and the decision lands at the February 2027 Budget. If you import, trade or remelt aluminium scrap, this fight sets your landed cost for the next year.

Import Restriction

Editorial image for India Widened the Fast Lane for Imported Metal Scrap on 21 October. Europe Fills a Third of That Lane, and It Is Preparing to Leave.

Editor’s PickGovernment21 Oct 202612 minFerrous, Steel, Aluminium, Copper

India Widened the Fast Lane for Imported Metal Scrap on 21 October. Europe Fills a Third of That Lane, and It Is Preparing to Leave.

A DGFT notice dated 21 October 2026 lets certificate-free scrap from six safe regions enter India through 11 ports instead of 8, and be cleared at inland container depots. Official trade data show those six regions supplied about half of India's ₹1.17 lakh crore metal scrap import bill in 2025-26. The European Union, about a third of that flow, has proposed stopping metal scrap exports to India from 21 May 2027, and its final list is due by 21 November 2026.

Import Restriction

Compliance7 Oct 20266 minFerrous, Non-Ferrous, Aluminium, Copper

GST on Metal Scrap: When the Buyer Pays the Tax and When 2% TDS Applies

Since 10 October 2024, two rules decide how GST is handled on almost every metal scrap deal in India. If the seller is unregistered, the registered buyer pays the GST under reverse charge. If the seller is registered, the buyer deducts 2% TDS on larger deals. Here is how each works, with examples, and what has changed since.

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Copper and brass scrap piled at a dealer's yard at sunset, with a weighbridge, trade paperwork and a stamp — GST and the scrap trade.

Editor’s PickIndustry Trends4 Oct 20265 min

GST Council Meets on 7 October After More Than a Year: What Scrap Dealers Should Watch, From Input Credit Safeguards to Copper's 5% Request

The GST Council meets in New Delhi on 7 October 2026, its first meeting in over a year. Reports say the agenda is about fixing procedures rather than cutting rates. For India's metal scrap trade, where buyers pay 18% GST in cash up front and lose credit when a supplier defaults, those procedures may matter more than any rate change. Here is what is expected, what is not, and what it could mean for your cash flow.

Editorial image for “Top 10 Stories You Shouldn't Miss From September 2026”, illustrating pet.

Editor’s PickIndustry Trends30 Sept 202611 minPET, HDPE, PP, Ferrous, Aluminium, Copper, Lead, Zinc, E-Waste, Glass

India's Scrap Pipeline From Europe Could Shut in 2027. 16 October Is the Last Chance to Push Back.

A draft EU list published on 18 September 2026 leaves India out of the countries allowed to receive European metal scrap after 21 May 2027. On 24 September, the Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) asked the Commerce Ministry to step in. The list is not final: comments close on 16 October and the first list is due by 21 November 2026. The outcome depends largely on whether the Commission accepts that Indian recyclers handle metal scrap safely.