India to curb Chinese paper imports

In FY25, India's imports of paper and paperboard from China were recorded to have jumped 33% in volume

- Dhirendra Kumar

India is set to tighten controls on substandard paper product imports, particularly from China, with the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) in the process of introducing a new Quality Control Order (QCO) for a wide range of commonly used paper products, said two people directly involved in the process.

This mandatory quality certification will be applicable to writing and printing paper, coated paper, and boards used for packaging by the consumer products industry.

This comes in the backdrop of supply concerns following China's move to halt exports of rare earth magnets, a key component of electric vehicles, to India and other countries.