Import - compliance of mandatory Indian Quality Standards - list reduced
Import of all the products as per Appendix III to Schedule I of the ITC (HS) Classifications of Export and Import Items, shall be subject to compliance of the mandatory Indian Quality Standards, which are also applicable to domestic goods. For compliance of this requirement, all manufactures/ exporters of these products to India, shall be required to register themselves with Bureau of Indian Standards(BIS).
Alternatively certification of the products under mandatory quality Indian standards will be permitted under the BIS Product Certification Scheme for Indian importers provided all the following conditions are met:
a) Items are required for captive consumption,
b) Items are required on continuous basis and
c) Items are procured from pre-identified sources.
The Indian Importers would have to apply to BIS for seeking a licence for each of the notified product he intends to import. BIS would record the application after satisfying itself that all the above conditions are met and that the applicant importer has installed the test facilities. Based on the recording of application, the Customs can clear the consignment, which will be tested by the BIS and a licence issued if the product conforms to the relevant Indian standard. The importer would use the material only after grant of licence for the first lot so imported and for the subsequent imports, after testing the product for conformance to Indian Standard.
The conditions above shall not be applicable on imports of gifts where the recipient of a gift is a charitable, religious or an educational institution registered under a law relating to the registration of societies or trusts or otherwise approved by the Central or a State Government and the gift sought to be imported has been exempted from payment of customs duty by the Ministry of Finance.
Now this Appendix III is amended. The appendix had 109 items while the amended Appendix has 68 for mandatory BIS registration.
DGFT Notification No 53 (RE-2007)/2004-09, Dated: November 21, 2007