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The BIS Hallmark: Hallmarking Gold Silver Jewellery Bureau of Indian Standards India Imports Crude Trade Deficit

The document discusses the BIS hallmarking system in India for certifying the purity of gold and silver jewelry. The BIS hallmarking system ensures jewelry conforms to purity standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards. India has a huge gold jewelry market as the second biggest importer of gold, importing over 1000 tons annually. The BIS hallmark for gold jewelry consists of the BIS logo, purity grade of the gold (such as 22K for 22 carat), logo of the assaying center that tested the purity, and logo or code of the jeweler.

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The BIS Hallmark: Hallmarking Gold Silver Jewellery Bureau of Indian Standards India Imports Crude Trade Deficit

The document discusses the BIS hallmarking system in India for certifying the purity of gold and silver jewelry. The BIS hallmarking system ensures jewelry conforms to purity standards set by the Bureau of Indian Standards. India has a huge gold jewelry market as the second biggest importer of gold, importing over 1000 tons annually. The BIS hallmark for gold jewelry consists of the BIS logo, purity grade of the gold (such as 22K for 22 carat), logo of the assaying center that tested the purity, and logo or code of the jeweler.

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The BIS hallmark is a hallmarking system for gold as well as silver jewellery sold in India certifying the

purity of the metal.[1][2] It certifies that the piece of jewellery conforms to a set of standards laid by
the Bureau of Indian Standards, the national standards organization of India. India is the second
biggest market for gold and its jewellery.
India imports in excess of 1000 tons annually (including unofficially smuggled gold) with negligible local
production.[3] The annual gold imports are around 50 billion US$ next only to crude oil imports widening
the trade deficit.[4]

Gold[edit]
The BIS system of hallmarking of gold jewellery began in April 2000. The standard specifications
governing this system are IS 1417 (Grades of Gold and Gold Alloys, Jewellery/Artefacts), IS 1418
(Assaying of Gold in Gold Bullion, Gold alloys and Gold Jewellery/Artefacts), IS 2790 (Guidelines for
Manufacture of 23,22,21,20,19,19,17,16,14 and 9 carat Gold Alloys), IS 3095 (Gold solders for use in
manufacture of jewellery).[5]

The BIS hallmark[edit]


BIS hallmark for gold jewellery consists of several components:

The BIS logo.and ...


Purity of Gold either on of this 22K916 Corresponding to 22 Carat, 18K750 Corresponding to 18 Carat
and 14K585 Corresponding to 14 Carat.
Logo of the assaying centre.
Logo/code of the jeweller.

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