Centre restricts import of certain precious metal alloys containing gold –

Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has restricted the import of certain alloys containing more than one per cent gold by weight. In a statement, the DGFT said that the import of Palladium, Rhodium and Iridium alloys with over one per cent gold is restricted with immediate effect. However, the import of Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, Osmium, and Ruthenium in unwrought or powder form, as well as in other forms, remains free. The DGFT has also restricted the import of colloidal precious metals and amalgams of precious metals.