BIS Compliance News · 28 November 2025
Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals rescinds six petrochemical Quality Control Orders
The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) issued six Gazette orders dated 28 November 2025, S.O. 5527(E) to S.O. 5532(E), each rescinding an earlier Quality Control Order with immediate effect. The department posted the set on its notifications page on 2 December 2025.
The orders withdrawn are the p-Xylene QCO (S.O. 3929(E) of 2021), the Toluene QCO (S.O. 5436(E) of 2021), the Methyl Acrylate and Ethyl Acrylate QCO (S.O. 5406(E) of 2021), the Vinyl Acetate Monomer QCO (S.O. 5405(E) of 2021), the Ethylene Dichloride QCO (S.O. 3928(E) of 2021) and the Vinyl Chloride Monomer QCO (S.O. 3932(E) of 2021).
This followed the rescission of fourteen PTA, MEG, polyester and polymer QCOs on 12 November 2025. With both sets withdrawn, much of the polyester and PVC value chain, from aromatics and monomers to resins, no longer needs mandatory BIS certification.
Who is affected
Importers, producers and buyers of p-xylene, toluene, methyl and ethyl acrylate, vinyl acetate monomer, ethylene dichloride and vinyl chloride monomer.
What to do
- Stop treating a BIS licence as a mandatory import condition for these six chemicals; update supplier and customs checklists.
- Existing licensees can decide whether to keep the licence for customers or tenders that still ask for it.
- Make sure purchase specifications still name the quality grade you need, since the legal floor has gone.
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