Import Compliance – Page 10

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September 1, 2026October 12, 2026
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CDSCO Import Registration for Skin Toner & Essence in India: Standards, Documents and the Complete Process

Skin toners, essences and the closely related "first treatment" products are the entry point of most Korean and international skincare ranges, and like every cosmetic they cannot be imported into India until they are registered with CDSCO under the Cosmetics Rules, 2020. Registration is product-level: the certificate is tied to the specific formulation, its variants

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CDSCO Import Registration for Toothpaste and Tooth Powder in India: IS 6356, IS 5383 and the Complete Process

Toothpaste is used by nearly every household in India multiple times a day, and its fluoride content and marketing claims are two of the most closely reviewed elements in any CDSCO oral care filing. A whitening or anti-cavity claim is common in the category, but each one invites CDSCO to ask whether the product is

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August 31, 2026October 12, 2026
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CDSCO Import Registration for Hair Dye and Hair Colour in India: IS 8481, IS 15205, IS 10350, IS 11142 and the Complete Process

Hair dye is the single cosmetic category where a missing sentence on the label is the most common reason for rejection. India requires a specific, statutory caution on any oxidation hair dye containing para-phenylenediamine (PPD) or related dye intermediates — warning of possible skin inflammation, requiring a patch test, and prohibiting use on eyelashes or

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CDSCO Import Registration for Hair Oil in India: IS 7123 and the Complete Process

Hair oil sits at a genuine regulatory crossroads in India. A hair oil marketed as “nourishing” is a straightforward cosmetic under CDSCO’s Fourth Schedule; the same formulation marketed with a “stops hair fall” or “promotes hair growth” claim either becomes a drug that CDSCO cannot register at all, or an Ayurvedic product that belongs with

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CDSCO Import Registration for Nail Polish and Nail Enamel in India: IS 9245 and the Complete Process

Nail polish is a cosmetic with a second regulatory identity: nitrocellulose-based nail enamel is flammable and travels internationally as a dangerous good. A CDSCO registration that is otherwise perfectly in order can still be stopped at the port if the dangerous-goods paperwork for the shipment itself is missing — a gap that has nothing to

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CDSCO Import Registration for Kajal, Kohl, Eyeliner and Mascara in India: IS 15154, IS 9832 and the Complete Process

Eye preparations sit closer to the body’s most sensitive tissue than almost any other cosmetic category, and CDSCO’s scrutiny reflects it. Traditional kohl formulations in particular carry a known lead-contamination risk, and the colourants permitted for general cosmetic use are not automatically permitted around the eye — several coal-tar colours accepted elsewhere on the face

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August 31, 2026October 12, 2026
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CDSCO Import Registration for Lipstick and Lip Colour in India: IS 9875, IS 10284 and the Complete Process

A lipstick range rarely ships as one product — it ships as a shade card, sometimes twenty or thirty variants deep. Each of those shades is a separate chargeable variant under CDSCO, and each colourant used across the range has to trace back to a permitted Colour Index number under Indian rules, whether or not

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August 27, 2026October 12, 2026
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CDSCO Import Registration for Skin Cream, Lotion and Moisturiser in India: IS 6608 and the Complete Process

Skin care is India’s largest cosmetic import category by product count, and it is also the category where marketing language most often collides with the legal definition of a cosmetic. A cream that merely moisturises is one thing; a cream that promises to “treat eczema” or “remove scars” has, in CDSCO’s eyes, become a drug.

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August 27, 2026October 12, 2026
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CDSCO Import Registration for Sunscreen and Sun Care Preparations in India: SPF Testing and the Complete Process

Sunscreen occupies an unusual position in the CDSCO framework: no Indian Standard is listed for it in the Ninth Schedule. That does not mean it is lightly regulated — it means the burden shifts to the country-of-origin standard and a stack of internationally recognised SPF, UVA and water-resistance test reports that CDSCO cross-checks directly against

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August 27, 2026October 12, 2026
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CDSCO Import Registration for Shampoo in India: IS 7884, IS 7669, IS 17117 and the Complete Process

Shampoo is bought and repurchased more often than almost any other cosmetic on the Indian market, which is exactly why CDSCO scrutinises it closely at the point of import. A synthetic-detergent shampoo, a soap-based shampoo and a baby shampoo are not interchangeable in regulatory terms — each is tested against its own Indian Standard, and