New Delhi, June 20 -- The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has announced new import restrictions on certain precious metal alloys containing gold, as well as colloidal metals and chemical compounds.

These steps have been taken to strengthen regulatory oversight and prevent misuse of trade channels for importing gold in disguised forms.

The ministry in a statement stated that it "has issued Notification No. 18/2025-26 dated 17th June 2025, to restrict import of alloys of Palladium, Rhodium, and Iridium containing more than 1 per cent gold by weight".

In an official notification dated June 17, 2025, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) issued Notification No. 18/2025-26 to restrict the import of alloys.

This move is part of ...