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act 011 of 2016 : Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2019

Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2019

ACTNO. 11 OF 2016
07 October, 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 16 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016 (11 of 2016) and in the supersession of the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 3966(E), dated the 13th August, 2018, except as respects things done or omitted to be done before such supersession, the Central Government being of the opinion that it is necessary or expedient so to do in the public interest and after consulting the Bureau, hereby makes the following order, namely:

Section 1. Short title, commencement and application

(1) This order may be called the Steel and Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2019.

(2) It shall come into force on the date of its publication in the Official Gazette.

(3) It shall apply to steel and steel products specified in column (3) of Table 1 and goods and articles specified in column (2) of Table 2 except steel and steel products for export which conform to any other specification required by a foreign buyer.

Section 2. Conformity to standards and essential requirements

(a) Every steel and steel product specified in column (3) of Table 1 shall conform to the corresponding Indian standards specified in column (2) of the said Table with effect from the dates specified in column (5) thereof.

(b) Stainless steel pipes and tubes shall be made from the stainless steel products specified in column (3) of Table 1 conforming to Indian Standards specified in column (2) of said Table, bearing Standard Mark and shall be accompanied with the test certificate of input material.

(c) Goods specified in column (2) of Table 2 shall conform to the corresponding essential requirement(s) specified in column (3) of the said Table under a Certificate of Conformity from the Bureau as per Scheme-V of Schedule-II of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

Section 3. Compulsory use of Standard Mark

Every steel and steel products specified in column (3) of Table 1 shall bear the Standard Mark under a licence from the Bureau as per Scheme-I of Schedule-II of the Bureau of Indian Standards (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018.

Section 4. Certification and enforcement authority

The Bureau shall be the certifying and enforcing authority in respect of the steel and steel products, goods and articles specified in this order.

Section 5. Penalty for contravention

Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this order shall be punishable under the provisions of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 2016.

Section 6. Date of effect of amendment or revision in Indian Standards

This order shall apply to any amendment or revision made by the Bureau to any of the Indian Standards specified in Table 1 with effect from the date notified by the Bureau in this behalf.

Table 1

Sl. No.

Indian Standards

Steel or steel products

Indian Trades Classification (Harmonized System) Codes (ITC(HS))

Date of implementation

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

1.

IS 1785 (Part-1): 1983

Specification for plain Hard-drawn Steel Wire For Pre-stressed Concrete; Part 1 Cold - Drawn Stress relieved Wire.

72171010

72179091

72179099

With immediate effect.

2.

IS 1785 (Part-2): 1983

Plain Hard-drawn Steel Wire for Pre-stressed Concrete; Part 2 as Drawn Wire.

72171010

72179091

72179099

With immediate effect.

3.

IS 6003: 2010

Indented Wire for Pre-stressed Concrete-Specification

72171010

72179091

72179099

With immediate effect.

4.

IS 6006: 2014

Uncoated Stress Relieved Strand For Pre-stressed Concrete Specification.

73121030

With immediate effect.

5.

IS 13620: 1993

Fusion Bonded Epoxy Coated Reinforcing Bars Specification.

72142090

72159090

With immediate effect.

6.

IS 14268: 1995

Uncoated Stress Relieved Low Relaxation Seven-wire (ply) Strand for Pre-stressed Concrete Specification.

73121030

With immediate effect.

7.

IS 277: 2018

Galvanized Steel Sheets (Plain and Corrugated) Specification.

72104100

72104900

72123010

72123090

With immediate effect.

8.

IS 2002: 2009

Steel plates for pressure vessels for intermediate and high temperature service including boilers.

72085110

72111420

With immediate effect.

72085120

72111490

72085210

72119011

72085220

72119090

72111300

9.

IS 2041: 2009

Steel Plates for Pressure Vessels Used at Moderate and Low Temperature Specification.

72085110

72111300

With immediate effect.

72085120

72111420

72085210

72111490

72085220

72119090

10.

IS 2830: 2012

Carbon steel cast billet ingots, billets, blooms and slabs for re-rolling into steel for general structural purposes Specification.

72061090

72071190

72071290

72071920

72071990

With immediate effect.

11.

IS 1786: 2008

High strength deformed steel bars and wires for concrete reinforcement-Specification except for High strength deformed steel bars and wires of sizes less than 8 mm.

72131090

72142090

With immediate effect.

12.

IS 648: 2006

Cold rolled non-oriented electrical steel sheet and strip - Fully processed type-Specification.

72251920

72261920

With immediate effect.

13.

IS 3024: 2015

Grain Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet and Strip

72251100

72261100

With immediate effect.

14.

IS 15391: 2003

Cold Rolled Non-Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet and Strip Semi-Processed Type-Specification.

72251920

72091730

With immediate effect.

72261920

72091790

72091720

15.

IS 1875: 1992

Carbon steel billets, blooms, slabs and bars for forgings.

72071120

72072010

72249040

With immediate effect.

72071190

72072090

72249091

72071220

72149190

72249099

72071290

72149990

72283029

720719

72159090

72286099

16.

IS 3502: 2009

Steel Chequered Plates.

72081000

72254019

72269190

With immediate effect.

720840

72259900

72269910

721114

72269130

72269990

721190

17.

IS 2062: 2011

Hot rolled medium and high tensile structural steel except for bars and rods of diameter or thickness less than 6 mm and structurals below 50 mm 50 mm 6 mm).

72082510

72083910

72111420

With immediate effect.

72082520

72083920

72111430

72082690

72083930

72111440

72082710

72083940

72111450

72082720

72083990

72111460

72082730

72085110

72111490

72082740

72085120

72119012

72082790

72085130

72119090

72083610

72085140

72139190

72083620

72085190

72139990

72083630

72085210

72149190

72083640

72085220

72149990

72083690

72085230

72139090

72083710

72085240

72139990

72083720

72085290

72149990

72083730

72085310

72161000

72083740

72085320

72162100

72083790

72085330

72162200

72083810

72085340

72163100

72083820

72085390

72163200

72083830

72089000

72163300

72083840

72111300

72164000

72083890

72111410

72165000

18.

IS 432: Part 1: 1982

Mild Steel and Medium Tensile Steel Bars and Hard Drawn Steel Wire for Concrete Reinforcement: Part 1 Mild steel and medium tensile steel bars.

72139190

72279090

With immediate effect.

72139990

72283019

72149190

72283029

72149990

72286099

72159090

19.

IS 432: Part 2: 1982

Mild steel and Medium Tensile steel bars and Hard Drawn Steel Wire for Concrete Reinforcement: Part 2 Hard-Drawn Steel Wire.

721710

72299040

With immediate effect.

721790

72299059

72299031

72299 090

72299033

20.

IS 513 (Part 1): 2016

Cold reduced carbon steel sheets and strip Part 1 Cold Forming and Drawing Purpose (Sixth Revision).

720915

720928

72269210

With immediate effect.

720916

72099000

72269220

720917

721123

72269920

720918

72119090

72269930

720925

72255010

72269940

720926

72255020

72269952

720927

72259900

72269990

21..

IS 513 (Part 2): 2016

Cold reduced low carbon steel sheets and strip Part 2 High Tensile and Multi-phase Steel (Sixth Revision).

720915

720928

72269210

With immediate effect.

720916

72099000

72269220

720917

721123

72269920

720918

72119090

72269930

720925

72255010

72269940

720926

72255020

72269952

720927

72259900

72269990

22.

IS 1079: 2017

Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Sheet, Plate and Strip.

720825

720840

721119

With immediate effect.

720826

720852

72119090

720827

720853

722530

720836

720854

722540

720837

72089000

72259900

720838

72111300

722691

720839

721114

722699

23.

IS 2879: 1998

Mild steel for metal arc welding electrodes.

72061090

72071990

72149990

With immediate effect.

72071190

72132010

72241000

72071290

72139110

72249091

72071920

72139910

72249099

72279090

24.

IS 5872: 1990

Cold Rolled Steel Strips (Box Strappings).

721123

721230

72269210

With immediate effect.

721129

721240

72269930

721220

721250

72269952

72262030

72269990

25.

IS 5986: 2017

Hot Rolled Steel Sheet, Plate and Strip for Forming and Flanging purposes.

720825

720852

72253090

With immediate effect.

720826

720853

72254013

720827

720854

72254019

720836

72089000

72254020

720837

72111300

72254030

720838

721114

72259900

720839

721119

722691

720840

72119012

722699

720851

72119090

26.

IS 6240: 2008

Hot Rolled Steel Plate (up to 6 mm) Sheet and Strip for the Manufacture of Low Pressure Liquefiable Gas Cylinders.

720825

720852

72119090

With immediate effect.

720826

720853

72253090

720827

720854

722540

720837

72089000

72259900

720838

721114

722691

720839

721119

722699

27.

IS 7283: 1992

Hot Rolled bars for production of bright bars and machined parts for engineering applications.

721320

721499

72283023

With immediate effect.

721391

72159090

72283029

721399

72279090

72286091

72143000

72283021

72286092

721491

72283022

72286093

72286099

28.

IS 7887: 1992

Mild steel wire rods for general engineering purposes.

72139190

With immediate effect.

72139990

72279090

29.

IS 10748: 2004

Hot Rolled Steel Strip for Welded Tubes and Pipes.

720825

720838

72119090

With immediate effect.

720826

720839

72253090

720827

72089000

72259900

720836

721114

722691

720837

721119

722699

30.

IS 11513: 2017

Hot Rolled Carbon Steel Strip For Cold Rolling Purposes.

720825

720838

721190907

With immediate effect.

720826

720839

72253090

720827

72089000

72259900

720836

721114

722691

720837

721119

722699

31.

IS 15647: 2006

Hot rolled steel narrow width strip for welded tubes and pipes.

721114

With immediate effect.

721119

72119090

32.

IS 7904: 2018

High Carbon Steel Wire Rods Specification

72139190

With immediate effect.

72139990

33.

IS 14246: 2013

Continuously pre-painted galvanized steel sheets and coils.

72107000

72259900

With immediate effect.

72124000

72109090

34.

IS 15965: 2012

Pre-painted aluminium zinc alloy metallic coated steel strip and sheet (plain).

72107000

72259900

With immediate effect.

72124000

72109090

35.

IS 280:2006

Mild steel wire for General Engineering purposes.

721710

With immediate effect.

721720

721730

36.

IS 1835: 1976

Round steel wire for ropes.

721710

72179099

With immediate effect.

721720

72299033

72179091

72299040

37.

IS 3975: 1999

Low carbon Galvanized steel wires, formed wires and Tapes for armouring of cables.

721720

With immediate effect.

721790

72179090

38.

IS 4368: 1967

Alloy Steel billets, blooms and slabs for forging for general engineering purposes.

72249091

With immediate effect.

72249099

39.

IS 4454 (part 1): 2001

Steel wires for mechanical springs, Part 1 cold drawn unalloyed steel wire.

721710

72292000

72299032

With immediate effect.

721720

72299011

72299033

721730

72299012

72299040

72179099

72299016

72299090

40.

IS 4454 (Part 2): 2001

Steel wire for mechanical springs Part 2: oil hardened and tempered steel wire.

721710

17th August, 2019.

72179091

72179099

72299034

41.

IS 4824: 2006

Bead Wires for Tyres.

721710

With immediate effect.

721730

72179099

42.

IS 11169 (Part 1): 1984

Steels for Cold Heading/Cold extrusion application Part-1 Wrought carbon and low alloy steels.

72132020

721710

72286012

17th August, 2019.

72139120

72279040

72286099

72139920

72279090

72299040

72141080

72283020

72299090

72284000

72149990

43.

IS 11587: 1986

Structural Weather resistant steel.

7208

7216

72269920

With immediate effect.

7209

72253090

72269930

7211

72254019

72269940

7212

72254020

72269951

72141090

72254030

72269952

722550

72149190

72269990

722691

72149990

722692

72279090

72269910

722870

44.

IS 15103: 2002

Fire resistant steel Specification.

7208

72253090

72269920

With immediate effect.

7209

72254019

72269930

7211

72254020

72269940

72254030

7212

72269951

722550

72141090

722691

72269952

72149190

722692

72269990

72149990

72269910

72279090

7216

722870

45.

IS 15914: 2011

High Tensile Strength Flat Rolled Steel Plate (Up To 6 mm), Sheet and Strip for the Manufacture of Welded Gas Cylinder.

720825

720853

722691

With immediate effect.

720826

720854

72269910

720827

7209

72269920

720836

7211

72269930

72253090

720837

72269940

72254019

72269951

720838

72254020

720839

72254030

72269952

720851

722550

72269990

720852

46.

IS 15961: 2012

Hot Dip aluminium Zinc alloy metallic coated steel strip and sheet (plain).

72106100

With immediate effect.

72125090

72259900

72269990

47.

IS 15962: 2012

Structural Steel for Building for Structures with improved seismic Resistance.

720840

72119090

72269120

With immediate effect.

720851

72141090

72269130

720852

72149190

72269190

72149990

721113

722870

72255030

721114

72259900

7216

72269110

721119

48.

IS 6527: 1995

Stainless Steel Wire Rod.

722100

17th August, 2019.

49.

IS 6528 :1995

Stainless Steel Wires.

72230091

72230099

17th August, 2019.

72230092

50.

IS 6603: 2001

Stainless Steel Bars and Flats.

722211

722220

17th August, 2019.

722219

722230

51.

IS 5522: 2014

72191300

721933

72199090

With immediate effect.

Stainless steel sheets and strips for utensils Specification

72191400

721934

72201290

721923

721935

72202090

721924

72199012

72209090

721932

72199013

52.

IS 6911: 2017

Stainless steel plate, sheet and strip - Specification

7219

7220

-

With immediate effect.

53.

IS 15997: 2012

Low Nickel Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip For Utensils and Kitchen Appliances Specification

72191300

72192490

72193590

With immediate effect.

72191400

72193220

72199012

72192320

72193290

72199013

72192390

72193320

72199090

72192421

72193390

72201290

72192422

72193420

72202090

72192423

72193490

72209090

72192429

72193520

54.

IS 1110: 1990

Ferrosilicon Specification

72022100

9 months from date of publication of this order.

55.

IS 4409: 1973

Specification for Ferronickel

720260 00

9 months from date of publication of this order.

56.

IS 1029: 1970

Specification for Hot rolled steel strip (bailing)

72111910

72111950

72269299

9 months from date of publication of this order.

72111920

72111960

72269951

72111930

72111990

72269990

72111940

72269210

57.

IS 2385: 1977

Specification for Hot-rolled mild steel sheet and strip in coil form for cold-reduced tinplate and cold-reduced black plate

720825

720827 90

7208 39 30

9 months from date of publication of this order.

720826

720836

7208 39 40

72082710

720837

7208 39 90

720827 20

720838

7225 30 90

720827 30

720839 10

7225 99 00

720827 40

7208 3920

58.

IS 3039: 1988

Specification for Structural steel for construction of hulls of ships

7208 40

721114 20

7214 91

9 months from date of publication of this order.

7208 51

721114 90

721499 90

7208 52

721119 10

721550 90

7208 90

721119 20

721590 90

7211 13

721119 90

7216

721114 10

721410 90

59.

IS 9550 2001

Bright steel bars - v Specification

721491 10

722810 90

722850 10

9 months from date of publication of this order.

721550 10

722830 11

722850 90

722810 10

722830 19

722860 11

722860 12

60.

IS 3748: 1990

Tool and die steels-Specification

72141090

72159090

72283019

9 months from date of publication of this order.

72149190

72281010

72283024

72149990

72281090

72283029

72155090

72283011

61.

IS 5517: 1993

Steel for hardening and tempering - Specification

72084090

72089000

72299034

9 months from date of publication of this order.

72085190

72149190

72299090

72085290

72149990

73261910

73261990

62.

IS 7291: 1981

Specification for High speed tool steels

72042920

72249030

72249099

9 months from date of publication of this order.

7208

72249040

722620

7209

72249091

72271000

722810

63

IS 7494: 1981

Specification for Steel for valves for internal combustion engines

72141090

72281090

72284000

9 months from date of publication of this order.

721491

72283029

722850

72149990

72286099

64.

IS 12146: 1987

Specification for Carbon manganese steel forgings for pressure vessels

72084090

72089000

72299034

9 months from date of publication of this order.

72085190

72149190

72299090

72085290

72149990

73261910

73261990

65.

IS 16585: 2016

Magnetic materials specification for individual material Fe based amorphous strip delivered in the semi-processed state.

722519

9 months from date of publication of this order.

72261990

72269930

72269990

66.

IS 2831: 2012

Carbon steel cast billet ingots, billets, blooms and slabs for re-rolling into structural steel (ordinary quality) - Specification

720610 90

9 months from date of publication of this order.

720711 90

720712 90

720719 10

720719 20

720719 90

720720 90

Table 2

Sl. No.

Goods and Articles

Essential Requirement(s)

Date of implementation

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

1.

Stampings/laminations/cores of transformers (with or without winding)

Made from BIS standard marked Grain Oriented Electrical Steel Sheet and Strip conforming to IS 3024:2015 or Cold rolled non-oriented electrical steel sheet and strip conforming to IS 648:2006

With immediate effect

1 Vide Notification No. S.O. 2614(E), dated 22-7-2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extra., Part II, Section 3(ii), No. 2384, dated 22-7-2019.