Compliance of mandatory Indian Quality Standards - CBEC's Customs Manual 2025 - Customs

13. Compliance of mandatory Indian Quality Standards : 13.1 As per Para 2(A) of General Notes regarding Import Policy (ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import Items, Schedule I, quality of the products that are subject to mandatory Indian Standards, as applicable to domestic goods, shall be required to comply with quality specified for the product as per same Indian Standards. For compliance of this requirement, all manufactures/exporters of these products to India shall be required to obtain BIS license for using Standards mark on their product. The present list of Items under mandatory BIS certification is given in Appendix- III of Schedule-I to ITC(HS), 2022. As and when BIS notifies the quality specifications for new product(s) as an Indian Standards, the said Indian Standard would be deemed to be part of Appendix-III from the date of implementation of the said Indian Standards for the said product(s) and the import of that product(s) shall conform to that specified Indian Standard from the date of implementation as specified for the said product(s) by BIS. Non-fulfillment of the above requirement shall render such goods prohibited for import.