Comploa data pages: India import compliance datasets you can check, cite and reuse

Data pages are reference datasets, not guides. Each one gathers a single kind of official information, such as every QCO or every government fee, into tables with a status date, counts and caveats, so you can check a figure fast and cite it.

Guides tell you what to do for a product or approval. Data pages tell you the numbers across all of them. If you want to know how to get a BIS CRS registration, read the guide; if you want to compare what every approval costs, use the fees dataset.

Two datasets are live, and several ledgers and lab tables work as datasets too.

From official sources first: BIS's compulsory certification lists^[2], BIS LIMS and its recognised lab list^[7], gazette notifications, and the fee schedules of BIS, DoT, TEC, BEE, CPCB, DGFT and Legal Metrology. Where only a consultant or news report exists, we say so in the sentence and mark the fact as reported. Our editorial policy explains the rules.

A verified figure comes from an official source we opened, such as BIS's fee table^[5]. A reported figure comes from a consultant, lab or news source, and the sentence says so, such as a consultant's estimate of 10 to 15 days of lab testing^[12]. We never publish a figure we could not trace to a source.

Counts and medians. Examples: the median IS 13252 lab charge across 68 labs, about Rs 63,750^[8]; lab counts by city^[11]; and QCO serial entries by year^[2]. Each computed figure names its method in the source notes, so you can reproduce it from the official list.

• In force: the order applies now, for example the toys QCO since 1 January 2021^[13].
• Upcoming: notified, with a future date, such as hand tools from 1 April 2027^[3].
• Deferred: the start date was pushed back, as for TV sets under CRS^[14].
• Suspended: temporarily inoperative, as for n-butyl acrylate^[1].
• Rescinded or withdrawn: cancelled, as for the machinery OTR^[15].
• Listed by BIS: shown on BIS's list with no rescission noted, but we have not traced its start date^[2].

Name the dataset, the page path, the status date and the date you accessed it. For example: Comploa, 'Quality Control Orders in India: dataset', /data/qco-orders-in-india, status 1 November 2026, accessed 5 November 2026.

When you quote a single number, also name the original authority (BIS, DGFT, CPCB and so on) shown in its source. That keeps the chain back to the official record, which is what a reader or auditor will check.

Yes, with a citation and a link back to the page. Do not present our counts as official totals: a count of rows in our QCO dataset is not a government count of orders in force. For legal decisions, read the underlying order or get advice; a free compliance check is a good starting point.

Datasets carry a status date and are rechecked when sources change. QCOs change often: the electronics CRS order alone has a long amendment chain^[16]. For changes between updates, use the QCO tracker and new rules 2026.

Send the page, the row and the source you think is right through contact. We check it against the official record and correct the page, changing the modified date. See the editorial policy and disclaimer.

Three findings stand out. QCO-making peaked in 2023, with 38 Scheme-I serial entries dated that year and 28 in 2020^[2]. The direction then reversed: 14 orders were rescinded in one day on 12 November 2025^[9], followed by metals the next day^[1]. And consumer-goods orders kept arriving, with the household appliances QCO in force from 1 October 2026^[17].

The dataset also shows how many ministries are involved: DPIIT, MeitY, MNRE, MoRTH, the Ministry of Steel, the Ministry of Textiles, the Ministry of Heavy Industries and the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals all issue orders. Read the QCO hub for how each order works and the toys QCO for a typical example.

Government fees are usually smaller than testing and certification costs around them. A first BIS CRS registration is Rs 52,000 in BIS fees^[5], while a single lab test for IS/IEC 62368-1 has a median of about Rs 1,25,000^[18]. Per-model fees, such as Rs 10,000 per WPC ETA^[6], add up fast across a range, and BEE's Rs 3 lakh label deposit^[19] ties up cash even though it is refundable.

For product-level totals, see BIS CRS registration costs, EPR registration costs and the BIS CRS fee calculator.

Testing capacity is concentrated. Delhi NCR has 162 of the 444 entries on BIS's lab list^[11] and 46 operative labs for IS 13252 (Part 1), against one each in Chennai and Hyderabad^[20]. Prices follow: the NCR median for IS 13252 is Rs 50,000, Bengaluru's Rs 1,15,000. See BIS labs in Delhi NCR and BIS labs in Bengaluru.

Do not treat a dataset row as a ruling on your product. Whether a QCO covers your exact item depends on the order's scope and exclusions; the 2026 appliances QCO, for example, excludes appliances covered by other orders^[17]. Do not treat our counts as official totals either; BIS itself publishes no count of QCOs in force^[1]. And check fees on the payment screen, because schedules change, as BIS's did in February 2026^[21]. For your product, the approval checker is the right starting point.

We start from BIS's Group-1 list of recognised labs, which gives each lab's state, OSL code, validity and suspension remarks^[11]. We assign each entry to a region by the city in its name. We then search BIS LIMS by IS number for 14 standards importers use most and match the results to the list by OSL code, because one company can hold several entries with different scopes.

For each lab and standard we show the first total charge LIMS displays, which we call the headline charge. Many labs list product-wise prices in their remarks, and LIMS also shows clause exclusions^[8], so the headline is a guide, not a quote. Labs whose latest remark is a suspension are flagged and left out of medians^[11].

Each fee comes from the authority's own schedule or procedure: BIS's CRS fee table^[5], DGFT's Appendix 2K for the IEC^[10], the Legal Metrology rules for LMPC^[22], TEC's MTCTE procedure, BEE's regulations and CPCB's EPR procedures. We record the unit the authority charges in, because 'per model' and 'per piece' fees grow with your range and sales.

Worked totals add only government fees, then name the non-government costs separately. Where a fee has changed but the new text is not published, as with the 2026 BIS amendment, we keep the published figure and flag the reported change^[23].

Importers planning a budget use the fee table with the compliance cost estimator. Marketplace sellers check QCO status before listing; see before listing on Amazon. Journalists and researchers cite the counts by year and ministry. Foreign brands use the lab tables to pick a test lab and the QCO deadline checker to plan dates.