G/TBT/N/IND/269  
26 May 2023  
(23-3628) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  INDIA  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:   
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if differe nt from above:   
Shri Bikram Nath  
Deputy Director  
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  
Ministry of Commerce and Industry  
Vanijya Bhawan, New Delhi  
Telephone: +91 -11-23038939  
Email: bikram.87@gov.in  
Website: https://dpiit.gov.in/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [  ], 5.6.2 [  ], 5.7.1 [  ], 3.2 [  ], 7.2 [  ], 
other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  
Miscellaneous Steel Products  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Miscellaneous 
Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2023; (2 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  Miscellaneous Steel Products (Quality Control) Order, 2023  
• A Bar/wire Wrapped Steel Cylinder Pipes with mortar lining: A welded steel sheet 
cylinder, which may be with steel socket and spigot rings welded to its ends for 
rubber ring joints or with steel rings welded to its ends for welded joints, lined 
with cement mortar centrifugally applied within the steel cylinder and spigot ring, 
with reinfor cement consisting of continuous steel bar/wire helically wound around 
the outside of the cylinder and securely fastened by welding to the steel socket 
and spigot/ joint rings, and subsequently coated with dense cement mortar 
covering the steel cylinder and  bar/wires except for necessarily exposed socket 
and spigot joints rings. Machinery required to produce these pipes includes Steel 
Tube mill, drainage filter wrapping plant, bale pre -processing unit, blending unit, 
fleece laying unit, drainage wrapping uni t, and roll up unit etc.  
• High strength deformed stainless steel bars and wires for concrete reinforcement: 
The steel bars/ wires for concrete reinforcement are manufactured by the process 
of hot rolling followed by a suitable method of cold working and or in-line 
controlled cooling.  G/TBT/N/IND/269  
 
- 2 - 
 
  • Steel Pipe Flanges:  Forged flanges are manufactured by heating steel billets, 
slabs, or other metal stock, then compressing the material using a power 
hammer, press, or die to shape the flange from a solid state. This process 
develops a continuous grain flow for improved strength.  
• Stainless steel tubes for the food and beverage industry: There are three main 
methods of manufacturing stainless steel tubes i.e. Seamless, Electric resistant 
welded (ERW) and Drawn over mandrel (DOM) process. Seamless steel tubes are 
produced through extrusion. Extruded tubes can be formed in a hot or cold 
process. Electric resistant welded method involves passing a rolled sheet of steel 
through two weld rollers. The weld rollers have a groove around t heir 
circumference, through which the steel roll passes. There is a contact at the roll 
seam that transmits electricity at a high enough current to weld the seam closed. 
The resulting weld is very small. In Drawn over mandrel (DOM) process, a 
mandrel is a small piece of metal inserted into the tube to define a shape. It gives 
the tube extra support to prevent unwanted wrinkling during drawing. The tube 
is passed through a die that has a smaller diameter than the current tube size. 
As the tube is drawn, it s hrinks to match the size of the die's diameter. This 
process allows for tight tolerances and specifications.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Prevention of deceptive practices and consumer protection; P rotection of 
human health or safety; Protection of the environment; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:   
To be published in the Gazette of India  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  The date of notification in E -Gazette  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Six months from the date of notification in E -
Gazette  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
Shri Bikram Nath  
Deputy Director  
Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade  
Ministry of Commerce and Industry  
Vanijya Bhawan  
New Delhi – 110001, India  
Telephone: 230388939  
Email: bikram.87@gov.in  
Website: : https://dpiit.gov.in/  
https://members.wto. org/crnattachments/2023/TBT/IND/23_09847_00_e.pdf