Government removes QCO on textile machinery imports

The Union Ministry of Heavy Industries has rescinded its order issued on August 24, 2024 relating to quality standards for machinery and electrical equipment safety.

With this, there will be no quality control standards on imported textile machinery.

Weaving and processing machinery are imported by several textile units and the textile industry has been asking for withdrawal of the quality standards order on machinery. Though the order was introduced in 2024, the government had postponed implementing it. 

Now the government has removed the quality control order on all machinery and the textile industry will be able to import quality machinery required, said sources in the textile sector.