Tag: India copper Quality Control Order QCO

India’s copper wire imports were steady in 7MCY’25, rising just 1% y-o-y to 97,168 t versus 96,007 t last year. Beneath the flat headline number, however, sourcing patterns shifted sharply under the impact of India’s expanded Quality Control Order (QCO) and mandatory Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) certification. The UAE emerged as the clear winner,…