Of non-malleable cast iron
Cast articles of non-malleable cast iron (grey iron castings)
HSN 7325 10 00 (cast articles of non-malleable cast iron) is covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order. Conformity to IS 210:2009 is mandatory under the ISI Mark Scheme with effect from 1 September 2024 under the Cast Iron Products (Quality Control) Order, 2023. Steel Import Monitoring System (SIMS) registration administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade applies as a separate customs-clearance overlay.
Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
- 1Source only from a Bureau of Indian Standards CM/L-licensed manufacturer holding a current licence against IS 210:2009 for grey iron castings. Verify the supplier's CM/L number, licensed product scope, and manufacturing facility address on the BIS online register before placing the purchase order.Cast Iron Products (Quality Control) Order, 2023 · S.O. 2287(E) dated 13-06-2024
- 2Ensure every casting bears the ISI mark and the supplier's CM/L number under licence per Scheme-I of Schedule-II to the BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018. Marking must appear on the product itself, not on packaging alone.Scheme-I of Schedule-II to the BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018 · Cast Iron Products (Quality Control) Order, 2023
- 3Register the consignment on the Steel Import Monitoring System portal not earlier than 60 days before the expected arrival date. Fee ₹500; the registration number remains valid for 75 days from issue and must remain within validity on the date of arrival.DGFT Notification 33/2015-20 dated 28-09-2020 · DGFT Notification 28/2023 dated 28-08-2023
- 4Quote both the supplier's BIS CM/L number and the SIMS registration number on the bill of entry. Customs verifies the CM/L in real time against the BIS register and the SIMS number against the DGFT portal; either being absent, expired, or scope-mismatched triggers consignment detention.ITC (HS) policy condition 2 of Chapter 73 · BIS Act, 2016 · Customs Act, 1962
- 5If the consignment is a re-import for packaging only, or an SEZ-to-DTA movement without value addition, document the SIMS exemption basis at the bill-of-entry stage. The BIS QCO obligation under IS 210:2009 is not waived by either SIMS carve-out.DGFT policy circular 38/2015-20 dated 19-01-2022
The most consequential oversight on this tariff line is failing to account for the staggered enforcement dates under the Cast Iron Products (Quality Control) Order, 2023: the mandatory date of 1 September 2024 applies to large enterprises, while small enterprises were granted relief until 1 December 2024 and micro enterprises until 1 March 2025. An importer who sourced from a micro-enterprise supplier between September and February 2025 without confirming that supplier's enterprise classification may have imported non-compliant, unmarked castings without realising the CM/L obligation had not yet attached — exposure that surfaces only at a later customs audit.