The Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoC&I), on February 13, 2026, issued the Furniture (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2026, to further amend the Furniture (Quality Control) Order, 2025.
The following has been amended namely:-
• To paragraph 2, after the third proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:- Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to import upto two hundred numbers of goods or articles specified in column(1) of the table for the purpose of research and development per financial year by the manufacturer of furniture certified by the Bureau or the manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification of such goods and articles with the condition that such imported goods and articles shall not be sold commercially and shall be disposed of as a scrap and the manufacturers shall maintain a record of such goods or articles year-wise and furnish the same to the Central Government:
Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to goods or articles specified in column (1) of the table domestically manufactured or imported before the date of implementation of this order by the manufacturer certified by the Bureau or the manufacturer who has applied to the Bureau for certification of the relevant goods and articles and such manufacturer shall be permitted to sell or display or offer to sell such declared stock up to twelve months from the date of implementation, subject to the condition that such manufacturer shall furnishes a self declaration to this effect to the Bureau:
Provided also that nothing in this order shall apply to non-BIS marked goods or articles or its components/sub-assemblies imported by the manufacturer of furniture in India for export of furniture subject to the condition that the manufacturer furnishes a self-declaration in its letter-head signed by its authorised signatory, to the Central Government mentioning the invoice number and other relevant details of the import consignment and an undertaking that the goods or articles so imported shall not be put to any other use or sold in the domestic market and the manufacturer shall maintain the record of such goods and articles imported and its product for verification or audit by the Government authorities concerned".
[Notification No. S.O. 774(E)]
