Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) said this in a submission to the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR), detailing trade barriers technology companies are encountering while doing business around the world.
"ITI requests that the US government encourage the Government of India to hold consultations with industry and other stakeholders to bring its CRO programme into alignment with international best practices," the 11-page submission, which included ITI's concerns about other countries including China, said.
Although India is a member of the IECEE CB Scheme - an international network of product certification organisations - products in scope of the CRO must be tested again, regardless of whether it had been tested by a CB Scheme member, it said.
Also, the requirements for registration are incredibly costly to US firms, while providing no better confidence in the safety of the products.
Since 2013, the Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change (MOEFCC) had been applying importation procedures for e-waste and hazardous waste to imports of used spare parts and whole equipment.
In July 2015, MOEFCC went further and issued a Ministerial Decision, rejecting a significant number of used equipment and parts shipments.
On July 16, 2015, the MOEFCC published an official memorandum regarding imports under the India Hazardous Waste (Management, Handling and Transboundary Movement) Law 2008, which effectively banned importation of used, secondhand and refurbished computer parts and components, it added.
The ITI said: "This directly impacts normal warranty and repair operations for the technology sector, which utilises refurbished parts and international repair facilities to honor warranties for consumers, businesses, and the government."
"The uncertainty caused by the delays and restrictions on imports of these parts has already cost ITI companies millions of US dollars and threaten to severely restrict future investments in India. ITI requests that the US government include this issue in the 2016 NTE in order to push the government of India to clarify if and how it will enforce this regulation," ITI urged the USTR.
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