Recently BIS has issued mandatory quality control orders for plywood, block board, doors, MDF, particle board, shuttering ply etc. and advised the industry players to prepare to get BIS compatible whether it is domestic producers or import based material suppliers. The Government order has alerted overseas producers of MDF and Plywood, who export materials to the India market, and everyone has been evaluating and talking to India’s customers for their future plan. BIS order is mandatory in these categories, and the timeline has been 6 to 12 months, which means it is clear that the producers have to have a BIS standard mark.

The sources from BIS confirm that the overseas panel producing companies are approaching the BIS office for getting the certification as per IS Standard. There are many queries from them being reported where they wanted to know the producer “h