BIS Compliance News · 12 February 2026
Furniture (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026 adds three exemptions for certified manufacturers
The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has amended the Furniture (Quality Control) Order, 2025 through the Furniture (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026, issued as S.O. 774(E) dated 12 February 2026 and published in the Gazette of India on 13 February 2026. It takes effect from the date of publication. The principal order was S.O. 801(E) of 13 February 2025.
Three new provisos are added. First, a furniture manufacturer that holds a BIS licence, or has applied for one, may import up to 200 numbers of covered goods per financial year for research and development. These cannot be sold commercially, must be disposed of as scrap, and a year-wise record must be kept and furnished to the Central Government.
Second, certified (or applicant) manufacturers may keep selling or displaying furniture they made or imported before the implementation date for up to twelve months after it, provided they file a self-declaration of that stock with BIS. Third, non-BIS-marked furniture, components or sub-assemblies imported by an Indian furniture manufacturer for making export furniture are exempt, subject to a signed self-declaration on letterhead to the Central Government with invoice details and an undertaking that the goods will not be used otherwise or sold domestically.
Who is affected
Furniture manufacturers with a BIS licence or pending application, export-oriented furniture makers who import components, and their R&D teams.
What to do
- If you import samples for R&D, cap them at 200 numbers per financial year, keep a year-wise register and scrap them after use.
- List and declare pre-implementation stock to BIS by self-declaration if you intend to sell it during the 12-month window.
- Export units: prepare a letterhead self-declaration with invoice numbers for each non-BIS-marked import consignment and keep records ready for audit.
Source: BIS — Furniture (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026 (S.O. 774(E))
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