Semiconductor companies and electronics producers are going through challenges to importing vital specialised uncooked supplies which embrace gold wire, solder paste, epoxy compounds and lead frames, business executives stated. Whereas import of a few of these gadgets requires a licence from the Directorate Basic of International Commerce, others appeal to excessive customized duties, impeding value competitiveness, they stated.
The business has proposed a 10-year, zero-duty import regime for these vital uncooked supplies beneath the IGCR (Import of Items at Concessional Price of Obligation) framework to reinforce value competitiveness, scale back provide chain dependencies on imports and appeal to investments from provide chain companies.
The business has recognized 25 such supplies, together with chemical compounds and gases which might be usually obtainable solely by way of a restricted variety of globally accredited distributors, making them tough for small corporations to supply.
Of those, vital supplies akin to solder balls and solder paste (important in ATMP and OSAT vegetation and for printed circuit board makers), gold-based solder alloys, palladium and gold coated copper wires, silver epoxy syringes and gold bonding wires require specialised licences from the DGFT and can’t be freely imported.
