QUALITY

CONTROL
AND •Instituted as on [24th August, 1963]
INSPECTION
ACT, 1963
 An Act to provide for the sound development of the export trade of India
through quality control and inspection and for matters connected therewith.
Brief
The Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act was enacted in the year
1963 to strengthening the export trade through quality control and pre-
shipment inspection.

The act empowers the government not only to notify the commodities
which may be subjected to compulsory quality monitoring and inspection
before export but also specify the type of quality control or inspection.

The Act prohibits the export of substandard goods as well as the products
which do not fulfil the requirements as laid down under the Act.
 However, the following categories of export are
exempted:

Star Export Houses;

Exemptions: Export Oriented Units (EOUs) and units set up in FTZs,

etc.;

Exports made against a letter from the foreign buyer

stating that he does not require pre-shipment
inspection from any official inspection agency;

Products bearing ISI mark/AGMARK.

 • For smooth operation of the Export
(Quality Control and Inspection) Act,
1963 the Government of India
Establishment established the Export Inspection
Council (EIC) on January 1, 1964, and
of the Export the Export Inspection Agencies (EIAs).

Inspection
• While the EIC acts as an advisory body
Council (EIC) to the government on matters related
to quality control and inspection, the
EIAs are the actual agencies which
inspect goods and issue the export-
worthiness certificates.
Focus All out encouragement is given to the trade and
industry for upgrading the quality of products
under the current Foreign Trade Policy to project
the image of the country as a producer and
exporter of world-class quality products.
 All imported goods are also subjected to
Other domestic laws, rules, orders, regulations,
technical specifications, environmental and
Regulations: safety norms as applicable to domestically
produced goods.
Thank You!