G/TBT/N/MYS/107  
6 January 2022  
(22-0058) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  MALAYSIA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
(a) Regulatory authority  
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI)  
Policy (Resource -Based)  
Industrial Development Division  
Menara MITI, Kuala Lumpur  
Tel: + (603) 6208 4603  
Fax: + (603) 6211 2401  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Inspection Agency which is responsible for the issuance of certificate of approval:  
SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd.  
Building 8,  
1, Persiaran Dato' Menteri,  
Section 2, P.O. Box 7035  
40700 Shah Alam  
Selangor, Malaysia  
Telephone: + (603) 5544 6400  
Facsimile: + (603) 5544 6810  
Website: http://www.s irim-qas.com.my   
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [X], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  i. 
Recovered (waste and scrap) paper and paperboard: HS Code 4707.10: Unbleached kraft 
paper or paperboard or corrugated paper or paperboard HS Code 4707.20: Other paper 
or paperboard made mainly of bleached chemical pulp, not coloured in the mass HS Code  
4707.30: Paper or paperboard made mainly of mechanical pulp (for example, 
newspapers, journals and similar printed matter) ii. Waste and scrap metal: HS Code 
7204: Ferrous waste and scrap; re -melting scrap ingots of iron or steel HS Code 7404: 
Copper wast e and scrap HS Code 7602: Aluminium waste or scrap; (HS: 470710 , 470720 
, 470730 , 7204 , 7404 , 7602 )  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  1. Customs 
(Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) (No. X) Order 2021 (7 pages in Mal ay and English) 
2. Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Waste Paper, December 2021, Edition No: 
1 (33 pages in English) 3. Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Metal Scrap, 
December 2021, Edition No: 1 (35 pages in English)  G/TBT/N/MYS/107  
 
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  6. Description of content:  All wastepaper and metal scrap intended to be imported into 
Malaysia are subject  to inspection process and issuance of Certificate of Approval  as per 
the Customs (Prohibition of Imports) (Amendment) (No.X) Order 2021.  
The requirements on all i ncoming importation of wastepaper and metal scrap into 
Malaysia are specified in the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Waste Paper  and 
the Guidelines for Importation and Inspection of Metal Scrap.  
The two guidelines have been published on SIRIM QAS website for comments from  27 
February 2021 until 15 March 2021.  
Various engagements with local and international stakeholders have been conducted from 
February 2021 until November 2021.  
Interim measure have been enforced pending the implementatio n of the Guidelines for 
Importation and Inspection of Metal Scrap.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  To facilitate genuine importation while protecting the environment from 
hazardous contaminants in line  with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 
(SDG) Goal 12: Ensure Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns as well as in 
upholding the Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) principles.; Protection of the 
environment  
8. Relevant documents:   
Customs (Prohibition of Imports) Order 2017 [ P.U. (A) 103/2017]  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  10 January 2022  
10. Final date for comments:  9 January 2022  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
SIRIM QAS International Sdn. Bhd.  
Building 8  
1, Persiaran Dato' Menteri  
Section 2, P.O. Box 7035  
40700 Shah A lam 
Selangor, Malaysia  
Telephone: + (603) 5544 6400  
Facsimile: + (603) 5544 6810  
Website: http://www.sirim -qas.com.my