LMPC Certificate: An important document that you have never heard of

Posted by Jatin on June 24th, 2021

Every time you import something, officials ask for LMPC certificate. But most of the importers don’t have it and most haven’t even heard of it.

Every time you import any product, that product gets stopped at the airport. The officials present there check if you have all the relevant documents in your hand. However, more often that not, you don’t. What’s missing? Well, the LMPC Certificate of course.

LMPC, full form, Legal Metrology Packaged Commodities is a regulation used to oversee the dimension, quality, quantity, manufacturing date, expiry date, and nature of the packaged products. It’s a license that’s considered by the government to be most important. It’s the same government that except for some notifications, has done nothing to make people aware of it.

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That changes today. In this article, we are going to cover all the important aspects of an LMPC certificate. You’ll know the answers to the following questions:

•          What is LMPC certificate?
•          How to obtain it?
•          What are the documents required to get it?
•          And the secret to arrange it quickly

What is LMPC certificate?

LMPC Certificate is the result of Legal Metrology rules that state that the customer should know the ingredients of a package even before they open it. As per the rules, any packaged product should have a display pane with the following information:

•          Product’s name
•          Product’s specification
•          Product’s ingredients
•          Product’s manufacturing date
•          Product’s expiration date
•          Product’s manufacturer’s contact information

LMPC certificate is issued once the importer, manufacturer and the packer show to the legal metrology department that their display pane is in order. Without the presence of this certificate, anything displayed on the package is not considered viable.

How to obtain LMPC Registration?

Following is the process to follow to obtain LMPC certificate of import, packaging and manufacturing in India.

•          Go to the LMPC department and get the application for packer or LMPC registration
•          Fill the application form and provide the required documents.
•          Wait as your application is processed properly by the legal metrology department
•          If everything is in order, you’ll obtain the LMPC certificate.
•          However, don’t expect for everything to go as planned. If in case the application has objections against it, you have to do your due diligence to remove them. Our experts can help.

How to ensure that your application of LMPC certificate is accepted right away? Simple, provide the right documents.

What are the documents required to get LMPC registration?

The legal metrology department analyses your application based on the documents that you submit. If they are deemed correct, your application is accepted. In LMPC certificate terms, it means, you’ll obtain the right to import your product in India:

•          The applicant’s ID proof
•          The applicant’s Address proof
•          The proof of applicant’s manufacturing facility
•          The product’s nature
•          The product’s name
•          The product’s ingredients
•          A duly filled and stamped application form
•          Demand draft or the payment receipt downloaded from Bharatkosh website.

Secret to getting the LMPC certificate quickly

If your product gets stuck at the customs office, you’d need help to extract your product as quickly as possible. Thankfully, there is a provisional way to get your product and that’s where our LMPC experts come up. We can file your application, gather your documents and ensure that you get your product imported to India without any hassle.

Now that you know the important of LMPC certificate, would you apply for it? Comment and let us know.

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LMPC Certificate is a mandatory document that no one has ever heard of. Through this article, we are going to change that. Know the importance of LMPC certification here.