The Bureau of Indian Standards recently extended the quality control deadline, for the 4th time now, from 3rd April 2023 to 3rd October 2023. The BIS also moved the deadline for ethyl vinyl acetate copolymers to 3 October 2023.
Apr 5, 2023
The Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) recently extended the quality control deadline from 3rd April 2023 to 3rd October 2023 declaration which gave polyethylene (PE) producers some much-needed relief as they had been rushing to fulfill the deadline. They now have until October 3, 2023, to secure the certification they need to export their goods to India, as per a BIS extension. The extension has reduced the strain on Asia-Pacific producers who had yet to have their facilities assessed for compliance with BIS requirements. Sellers can now rest easy because the threat of their cargo being confiscated at Indian ports has been avoided.
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According to market participants, several Middle Eastern producers have reportedly passed facility inspections and secured BIS licenses in order to continue exporting to India. As the substandard cargoes won’t be allowed to enter India any longer due to the probable enforcement of BIS standards, it is anticipated that exporters of these cargoes will switch their focus to other South Asian nations like Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Nepal. The BIS additionally moved the deadline for ethyl vinyl acetate copolymers to 3rd October 2023.
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The BIS first introduced the planned adoption of new PE standards in April 2021. The deadline was later extended by six months and was originally scheduled to begin in October of the same year. Two additional extensions were subsequently issued by the BIS in April and October 2022, making the most recent one for October 2023 the fourth, since the original deadline in October 2021.
