Amid soaring aluminium imports, India brings in new QCO

The QCO is expected to impact imports from China, from where India imported aluminium products worth $1.47 billion in FY24, which rose to $1,989.84 million 1.99 billion in FY25.

New Delhi: India has issued a new quality control order (QCO) for aluminium and aluminium alloy products, mandating compliance of Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) norms by domestic and overseas firms for a wide range of products used across engineering, packaging, construction and electrical applications. India has seen a sharp rise in imports of the metal and its products in the recent past.

The order comes in the backdrop of withdrawal of over 50 quality control orders imposed on various intermediary products and the relaxation of compliance requirements for some others.

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