Company : Sol Infotech Pvt. Ltd. Website : www.courtkutchehry.com WOOL (GRADING AND MARKING) RULES, 1975 CONTENTS 1. Short title and application 2. Definitons 3. Grade designations 4. Characteristics of various grade designations 5. Grade designation mark 6. Baling and marking 7. Inspection 8. Colour 9. Laboratory scoured yield per cent of wool 10. Vegetable matter 11. Type 12. Method of packing 13. Method of marking 14. Certificate of grading 15. Special conditions of authorisation SCHEDULE 1 :- SCHEDULE I SCHEDULE 2 :- SCHEDULE II SCHEDULE 3 :- SCHEDULE III SCHEDULE 4 :- SCHEDULE IV SCHEDULE 5 :- SCHEDULE V SCHEDULE 6 :- SCHEDULE VI SCHEDULE 6A :- SCHEDULE VIA SCHEDULE 7 :- SCHEDULE VII SCHEDULE 8 :- SCHEDULE VIII SCHEDULE 9 :- SCHEDULE IX WOOL (GRADING AND MARKING) RULES, 1975 WOOL (GRADING AND MARKING) RULES, 1975 1. Short title and application :- (1) These rules may be called the Wool (Grading and Marking) Rules, 1975. (2) They shall apply to unmanufactured wool obtained from sheep in any part of India and to wool produced in India. 2. Definitons :- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires :- (a) 'authorised packer" means a person holding a certificate of authorisation issued under sub-rule (1) of rule 3 of the General (Grading and Marking) Rules, 1937; (b) "carded", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means wool which has been subjected to the process of carding for eliminating burrs or sticks; (c) "carded wool" means wool containing an admixture of more than 25 per cent of any wool which is carded; (cc) "Certificate of Authorisation" means the Certificate of Authorisation issued under rule 3 of the General (Grading and Marking) rules, 1937. (d) "clipped", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means wool obtained from the body of sheep by shearing with a pair of hand shears or a shearing machine; (dd) "count" means number given to wool indicating its fineness and spinnability. (e) "ginned", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means short wool fibres recovered from burrs (Scissored out from burry raw wool) by passing them through a ginning machine; (f) "hill (pahari) wool", means wool known in the trade as pahari wool: (g) "hill (pahari) wool (clipped)" means such wool obtained by clipping from living sheep; (h) "hill (pahari) wool (pulled)" means such wool obtained from the pells of slaughtered sheep by pulling out the fibres either with or without the aid of salt or depilatory solutions; (i) "lot" means the quantity of wool, the quality of which is determined by drawing a representative sample from that quantity and analysing that sample as per prescribed procedure; (j) "mixed wool (clipped-carded)", means clipped wool with an admixture of carded wool lip to 25 per cent.; (k) "mixed wool (clipped-pulled)" means clipped wool with an admixture ol pulled wool up to 25 per cent.; (l) "processed wool", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means wool which has been subjected to a mechanical process of manufacture of pre-manufacture except carding and ginning done for cleaning purposes: (m) "pulled wool", in relation to any grade designation of wool, means wool which has been removed from the pelts of slaughtered sheep by pulling out the fibres with or without the aid of salt or depilatory solutions; (n) "schedule", means a Schedule appended to these rules; (o) "scoured wool", means wool which has been subjected to mechanical scouring with a detergent in a scouring plant; (p) "South Indian tannery and Aden type wool", means wool removed from lhe pelts of unimproved mutton breed of sheep from the Stales of Andhra Pradesh. Kerala, Maharashtra, Mysore and Tamil Nadu and from lhe country Aden, by pulling out Fibres from skins which have been pasted with or soaked in a depilatory solution of slaked lime; (q) "tannery wool (limed)', means wool removed from the pelts slaughtered sheep with the aid of slaked lime as a depilatory. (r) "diameter/fineness" means fibre width or mean fibre diameter prescribed in Schedule VI-A. 3. Grade designations :- The grade designations to indicate the characterist and quality of wool of specified trade descriptions shall be those set out in columi of Schedule I to Vl-A. 4. Characteristics of various grade designations :- (1) The spec characteristics of the various grade designations shall be as set out against ea designation in columns 2, 3 and 4 of Schedules I to Vl-A. (2) The general characteristics of the various grade designations shall be as under (i) Wool of the trade description Indian "clipped wool" shall be free from ginned, carded, pulled, limed, bleached and processed wool, wool was; or any other animal or vegetable fibre1or synthetic fibre or moth infested burnt wool. (ii) Wool of the trade description Indian "pulled wool" shall be free from clipped, carded, ginned, limed, bleached and processed wool, wool waste or any other animal or vegetable fibre1or synthetic fibre or moth infested burnt wool. (iii) Wool of the trade description Indian "tannery wool (limed)" shall be free from clipped, ginned, carded, pulled, bleached and processed wool, wool waste, or any other animal or vegetable fibre1or synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool. (iv) Wool of the trade description "South Indian tannery and Aden type wool shall be free from clipped, ginned, carded, pulled, bleached, and processed wool, wool waste, or any other animal or vegetable fibre1or synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool. (v) Wool of the trade description, Indian "mixed wool (clipped pulled)" shall be free from ginned, pulled, limed, bleached, and processed wool, wool waste, or any other animal or vegetable fibre1(or synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool]. (vi) Wool of the trade description, Indian "mixed wool (clipped pulled)" shall be free from ginned, limed, carded, bleached, and processed wool, wool waste, or any other animal or vegetable fibre1[or synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool]. (vii) Wool of the trade description Indian "hill (pahari) wool (clipped)" shall be free from ginned, carded, pulled, limed, plains, clipped, bleached and processed wool, wool waste or any other animal or vegetable fibre 7[or synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool]. (viii) Wool of the trade description Indian "hill (panari) wool (pulled)" shall be free from ginned, limed, carded, bleached, plains', pulled or clipped and processed wool, wool waste, or any other animal or vegetable fibre 1[ o r synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool]. (ix) Wool of the trade description Indian "ginned" wool shall be free from carded, pulled, limed and bleached wool, wool Waste, or any other animal or vegetable fibre2[or synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool]. (x) Wool of the trade description "scoured wool" shall be free from any 10animal other than sheep and vegetable Fibre 3 [or synthetic fibre or moth infested/burnt wool]. (xi) Wool of the various trade descriptions shall be reasonably free from burrs, thorns, sticks, sand, dust or any other extraneous matter and shall also be dry in feel and homogenous in characters. 1. Ins. by S.O. 1671, dated 21st April 1982. 7. Ins. by S.O. 1671, dated 21st April 1982. 10. Subs by S.O. 1671, dated 21st April, 1982 5. Grade designation mark :- The grade designation mark shall consist of a label:- (a) bearing a design as shown in Schedule VII, and (b) Indicating; (i) place and date of packing; (ii) signature of the Inspecting Officer; (iii) grade; (iv) colour; (v) yield percentage; (vi) count; (vii) place and date of marking; (viii) signature of Inspecting Officer. 6. Baling and marking :- Baling and marking of wool shall be done at wool pressing centres or ports according to the instructions issued, from time to time, by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India. 7. Inspection :- Grade designation of bales shall be declared after testing samples of wool for colour, type and yield [and diameter fineness] in either of the two Wool Testing Laboratories of the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection at Bombay and Jamnagar. 8. Colour :- (a) The colour of wool of the various grade designation shall be as prescribed in Schedules I to VI. (b) The colour of the sample drawn in accordance with the procedure prescribed by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India from time to time shall be compared with the replica of the boxed wool fibres colour standards and the colour of the fibre in the lot shall be taken to be the colour of the boxed wool fibre colour standard to which the colour of the sample most nearly approximates. (c) If the colour of the sample is found to be deeper than pale yellow, the colour of the fibre of in the lot shall be taken to be yellow. If the sample cannot be classified under any of the colour groups, it shall be taken to be all coloured. 9. Laboratory scoured yield per cent of wool :- (a) The yield of laboratory scoured wool of the various grade designations shall be as prescribed in Schedules I to VI. (b) No wool having a yield less than the minimum prescribed under coloumn 3 of the said Schedules for any grade designation shall be allowed for export. (c) The percentage of yield of laboratory scoured wool shall be determined in accordance with the methods in force from time to lime. 10. Vegetable matter :- (a) The percentage of vegetable matter present in wool of the various grade designations shall be as specified in Schedules I to VI. (b) No wool containing vegetable mailer in excess of the percentage specified shall be allowed for export. (c) The percentage of vegetable matter shall be determined in the manner approved by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India. 11. Type :- The type of the wool shall be determined by examining the sample drawn for colour as specified in rule 8. 12. Method of packing :- The wool shall he press-packed in bales with complete covering of new gunny cloth and secured with sufficient number of iron hoops, lightly placed around the bale ol customary commercial weights of 100 kgs. to 200 kgs." 13. Method of marking :- The grade designation mark shall be applied only on full or half pressed bales, as the case may be, in a manner approved by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India: Provided that an authorised packer may stamp or write his private trade mark on lhe bii!e or package, if such privale irade mark represents the same colour; quality and grade of wool, as that indicated on the Agmark label and in the Cerlificate of Agmark Grading and is duly approved by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India to that effect. 14. Certificate of grading :- (1) A certificate of Agmark Grading shall be issue by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or an office authorised by him in this behalf on a written request from the authorised packer. (2) The Certificate of Agmark Grading shall be issued in the form given in Schedule VIII, (3) In the case of lots of scoured wool, a conditioning certificate shall be issued by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or an officer authorised by him in this behalf as an appendix to the Certificate of Agmark Grading. 15. Special conditions of authorisation :- (1) Wool of one grade only shall be packed in one lot. (2) The under-mentioned conditions shall be the conditions of every Certificate of Authorisation issued for the purpose of these rules, namely :- (a) the premises of wool merchants and baling presses shall be clean and tidy and shall provide adequate space facilities for cleaning, sorting, baling, weighing, storage, official inspection and marking of wool; (b) all instructions, regarding method of sampling, testing, marking and inspection of wool before and after the pressing and maintenance of records thereof, issued by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India from time to time shall be strictly observed by all concerned; (c) grade designation marks shall only be applied to the articles mentioned in the Certificate of Authorisation and at the premises therein mentioned; (d) during the operation of the Certificate of Authorisation, the holder thereof shall, at all reasonable times, give access to the premises named therein to any person duly authorised by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or by the Central Government and shall afford him facilities for ascertaining that marking is being correctly performed; (e) the holder of the Certificate of Authorisation shall keep a record of the number of packages marked with each grade designation mark and shall permit any person duly authorised by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or by the Central Government to examine the records; (f) the holder of the Certificate of Authorisation shall permit any duly authorised person by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or by the Central Government to take samples of any graded produce or to open and inspect any package bearing a grade designation mark, provided that all samples shall be paid for; (g) any person authorised in this behalf by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser lo the Government of India or by the Central Government may cancel or remove a grade designation mark from a graded produce (should such produce be found by such person as not to comply with the definition of duality prescribed for that article; provided that whenever grade designation marks are removed from graded produce belonging to distributors, and not lo authorised packers the latter shall, when so directed by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India, make good to the former any loss sustained as result of the removal of the grade designation mark, the loss being estimated on the basis of the additional value thal properly graded produce would have obtained in the market over and above the current market value of the corresponding quantity of the ungraded product); (h) all the rules made under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937 (and all instructions regarding methods of sampling, analysis, submission of periodical returns, etc., which may be issued from time to time, by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India), shall be observed; (i) any Certificate of Authorisation may be cancelled, revoked modified or suspended by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or by any other person authorised by the Central Government in that behalf, provided that 14 days notice in writing shall be given to the Certificate holder at the address stated on the Certificate of Authorisation and an opportunity given him for showing cause why his Certificate of Authorisation shall not be cancelled, revoked, modified or suspended; (j) any holder of a Certificate of Authorisation may, with the written consent of the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India, use a replica of the Agmark design on his business papers and catalogues; (k) any stencil rubber stamp, punch or other instrument or label required for marking graded produce in the prescribed manner shall be obtained only from the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or a person authorised by him, on payment of such charges as the Central Government may from time to time, fix in this behalf, shall be kept in safe custody by the holder of the Certificate of Authorisation, and shall so far as may be, be returned to-'the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or such authorised person when the Certificate of Authorisation ceases to be valid; (l) the issue or use of grade designation mark labels or any stencil, rubber stamp, punch or other instrument required for marking graded produce in the prescribed manner may be withheld or withdrawn by the Agricultural Marketing Adviser to the Government of India or a person authorised by him in this behalf without any notice, for such period as he may consider expedient in the interest of better marketing, if he is satisfied or has reasons to believe that the authorised packer is not applying, or is not likely to apply, grade designation marks correctly; and (m) the holder of a Certificate of Authorisation shall pay such charges as may be prescribed by the Central Government from time to time, towards the expenses incurred in connection with measures for enforcing the quality control of scheduled articles marked with grade designation marks including testing of samples and inspection of such articles or with any publicity work carried out to promote the sale of any class of such articles. SCHEDULE 1 SCHEDULE I (See rules 3, 4, 8, 9, and 10) Grade Designation and Special-Characteristics of Indian Clipped and Mixed Wools Grade Colour Special characteristics Desig of nation fibre Laboratory Maximum Remarks scoured vege yield per cent table of Wool matter 1 2 3 4 5 A. CLIPPED White White over 80 over 85 5 per cent If the vegetable matter content is over 3 per over 90 cent and upto 5 per cent. it shall be indicated in the Certificate of Agmark Grading. Tinged Tinged over 77 White White over 80 over 85 5 per cent over 90 Pale Pale over 70 Yellow Yellow over 77 over 80 5 per cent Yellow Yellow over 85 over 90 Coloured Coloured over 70 over 75 5 per cent over 80 B. MIXED White White over 80 If the vegetable matter content is over 3 per over 85 5 per cent. cent and upto 5 per cent, it shall be indicated over 90 in the Certificate of Agmark Grading. Tinged Tinged over 74 White White over 77 Pale Pale over 80 5 per cent Yellow Yellow over 85 Yellow Yellow over 90 Coloured Coloured over 70 Explanation.The term "Mixed" shall mean over 75 5 per cent admixture of pulled wool and/or carded over 80 wool with clipped wool. It shall be declared as Mixed if the admixture is in excess of 10 per cent. If the percentage of admixture of pulled and/or carded wool exceeds 25 per cent. it shall be declared as pulled wool or carded wool, .is the case may be : depending upon the type of admixture.] SCHEDULE 2 SCHEDULE II (See rules 3, 4. 8. 9. and 10) Grade Designation and Special-Characteristics of Indian putted Wools Grade Colour Special characteristics Desig of nation fibre Laboratory Maximum Remarks scoured vege- yield per cent table of Wool matter 1 2 3 4 5 Pulled While over 80 If the vegetable matter content is over 3 per White over 85 5 per cent. cent. and upto 5 per cent. it shall be indicated over 90 in the Certificate of Agmark Grading. Pulled Tinged over 77 Tinged White over 80 White over 85 5 percent. over 90 Pulled Pale over 74 pale Yellow Yellow over 77 5 per cent. over 80 over 85 Pulled Pulled Yellow over 90 Explanation: Yellow over 70 5 per cent. "Pulled Wool" means other than limed pulled Coloured Coloured over 75 wool.] over 80 SCHEDULE 3 SCHEDULE III (see rules 3, 4, 8, ,9 and 10) Grade designation and special characteristics of Indian tannery wool (Limed) Grade Colour Special characteristics Desig or nation fibre Laboratory Maximum Remarks scoured vege- yield per cent table of Wool matter 1 2 3 4 5 (a) Wool other than South Indian Tannery and Aden Type Limed While over 75 If the vegetable matter content is over 3 per While over 80 5 per cent. cent and upto 5 per cent. it shall he indicated over 85 in the Certificate of Agmark Grading. over 90 Limed Tinged over 72 Tinged While over 75 While over 80 5 per cent. over 85 Limed Pale over 90 Pale Yellow over 65 Yellow over 70 Limed Yellow over 75 5 per cent. Yellow over 80 Limed Coloured Coloured (b) South Indian Tannery and Aden Type Wools Tannery White over 60 White over 65 5 per cent over 70 Tannery Tinged over 75 Tinged While over 80 White Tannery Pale Pale Yellow over 55 yellow Tannery Yellow over 60 5 per cent.] Yellow over 65 Tannery Coloured over 70 Coloured over 75 SCHEDULE 4 SCHEDULE IV (see rules 3, 4, 8, 9 and 10) Grade designation and special characteristics of Indian Hill (Pahari) wool, greasy clipped and pulled Grade Colour Special characeristics Desig- of nation fibre Laboratory Maximum Remarks scoured vege- yield per cent table of Wool matter 1 2 3 4 5 Hill White White over 60 Pulled over 65 5 per cent If the vegetable matter content is over 3 per Hill over 70 cent. and upto 5 percent, it shall be indicated White in the Certificat of Agmark Grading.] Hill over 75 Tinged Tinged While While Pulled Hill Tin- ged While Hill over 55 coloured Pulled Coloured over 60 5 per cenl. Hill coloured over 65 over 70 SCHEDULE 5 SCHEDULE V (see rules 3, 4, 8. 9 and 10) Grade designation and special characteristics of Indian ginned wool Grade Colour Special characteristics Desig of nation fibre Laboratory Maximum Remarks scoured vege yield per cent table of Wool matter 1 2 3 4 5 Ginned White over 80 If the Vegetable matter content is over 3 per White over 85 5 per cent. cent and upto 5 per cent, it shall be indicated over 90 in the Certificate of Agmark Grading.] Ginned Tinged over 77 Tinged White over 80 5 per cent White over 85 over 90 Ginned Pale over 74 Pale Yellow Yellow over 77 Ginned Yellow over 80 Yellow over 85 5 per cent. over 90 Ginned Coloured over 70 Coloured over 75 5 per cent over 80 SCHEDULE 6 SCHEDULE VI [See rules 3.4.8.9 and 10] Grade designation and special characteristics of Indian Scoured Wool Grade Colour Special characteristics Desig of nation fibre Laboratory Maximum Remarks scoured vege yield per cent table age matter Scoured White 1. If the vegetable matter is over 3 per cent White and upto 5 per cent it shall be indicated in Scoured Tinged the certificate of Agmark Grading : IS 1349- Tinged White 1964. White Scoured Pale over 95 per 5 per cent. Pale Yellow cent. 2. Any wool having percentage Yellow conditioned weight less than the Scoured Yellow minimum prescribed under coloumn Yellow 3 shall not be allowed for export.) Scoured Coloured Coloured SCHEDULE 6A SCHEDULE VIA \[See rule 2(dd),rule 2, rule 3, \rule 4,rule 8,rule 9 and rule 10] \ \ \ \Finance grades of Indian Wools _____________________________________________________________________________ Count Range for average fibre diameter in microns _____________________________________________________________________________ 48 s Under 34. 40 44 s 34.41 to 36.20 40 s 36. 21 to 38. 60 36 s 38.61 to 40.80 Coarser than 36 s Over 40. 81 _____________________________________________________________________________ SCHEDULE 7 SCHEDULE VII \ \ \ \(See rule 5) Grade designation mark to be applied to wool bales shall contain the following design Sr No. W................ Place, and \ \ \ \ \ \ \Date of packing............................................... \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \(Signature of Inspecting Officer) \ \ \ \ \ \ \Grade ................................... \ \ \ \ \ \ \Colour............................. \ \ \ \ \ \ \Yield Percentage .................. \ \ \ \ \ \ \Count................................... \ \ \ \ \ \ \Place and Date of Marking .......................... \ \ \ \ \ \ \Signature of Inspecting Officer..................... \ \ \ \ \ \ \Sr. No. W.............................. SCHEDULE 8 SCHEDULE VIII \ \ \ \ \[See rule 14(2)] \ \ \ \ \GOVERNMENT OF INDIA \ \ \ Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation \ \ \ (Department of Rural Development) \ \ \ DIRECTORATE OF MARKETING and INSPECTION \ \ \ \Certificate of Agmark Grading No.............................. \Certified that the wool bales, the particulars of which are given below have been graded in accordance with the Wool (Grading and Marking) Rules, 1956. 7 Name of the authorised packer ................. Number and date of previous certificate, if any, in respect of bales mentioned below : \ \ \ \ \PARTICULARS OF BALES Number of bales: Description of bales with particulars of grades and marks ..... .. .... Agmark Grade................................... Date of Inspection............................ Yield percentage.............................. Count ......................................... Type .......................................... Colour........................................ Agmark label numbers from .......to ........... Authorised packer's shipping numbers from... to ......... Authorised packer's marks................... Remarks if any................ \ \ \ \ \ \(Signature of the Officer with stamp) Place: Date: \ \Original meant for Customs use. \ \Duplicate not meant for Customs use. \ \Office copy. SCHEDULE 9 SCHEDULE IX \ \ \ \ \[See rule 14(3)] \ \ \ \ GOVERNMENT OF INDIA \ \ \ \Ministry of Rural Reconstruction \ \ \ Directorate of Marketing and Inspection \ \ \ \(Stamp of the Issuing Office) \ \ \ \ Conditioning Certificate \ \ \ \ Test Identification Wool Type : Scoured wool Number of bales : Number of Agmark labels issued : Total weight : Gross (Kg.) : Declared tare (Kg). : Nett. (Kg.) \ \ \ \ \ \Test Results 1. Core sample weight : Gms 2. Oven dry weight : Gms 3. Loss : Gms 4. Moisture content : % 5. Regain : % 6. Net weight, Oven dry : Kg. or % 7. Official Regain of % : Kg. or % Invoice weight as per test : Kg. or % Gain : Kg. or % Original net weight : Kg. or 100% _____________________________________________________________________________ Date Signature of the Officer with stamp. _____________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________ (1) Principal rules published as S.O. 4096 dated 4-9-1975 in the Gazette of India. Part II, Section \3(ii) dated 20-9-1975. (2) First amendment published as S.O. 1671 dated 24-2-1982 in the Gazette of India. Part II. \Section 3(ii) dated 8-5-1982. (3) Second amendment published as S.O. 97 dated 28-12-1983 in the Gazette of India, Part II, \Section 3(10 dated 14-1-1984.