Importer, manufacturer and packer registration under Rule 27, filed with the Director of Legal Metrology and handled end-to-end by compliance specialists. Most files are issued within one working day. A very small number go to the next working day, and we'll tell you if yours is one of them.
Legal Metrology
LMPC is the Legal Metrology Packaged Commodities registration under Rule 27. Importers, manufacturers and packers need it before selling pre-packaged goods in India — one central registration, not state by state.
Who it covers
The form asks which one you are because the documents change. The registration itself is still one central LMPC.
Bringing packaged goods into India for sale
Indian factories packing goods for the market
Contract packing / re-packing under Rule 27
Issued centrally — valid across India
Before you call anyone else
Speed is not the hard part of LMPC — the filing is online and the turnaround is genuinely quick whoever you use. The hard part is accuracy. Your certificate prints the commodities you declared, and your packs have to carry the declarations the Rules require. Get either wrong and you have a certificate that doesn't cover what you're actually importing, or compliant paperwork sitting behind a non-compliant label. Neither shows up on day one. Both show up later, at the port or at an inspection.
Sample certificate. Client details blacked out.
What you actually receive
Not a consultant's letter and not an application receipt. You get a Certificate of Registration under Rule 27 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. We prepare and file the application. The certificate itself is issued by the authority, not by us.
Who must register
The LMPC certificate, also called the Legal Metrology certificate, is required under Rule 27 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 by anyone who manufactures, packs or imports pre-packaged goods for sale in India. If your product reaches the buyer in a sealed pack, it applies to you.
Importer registration is required before pre-packaged goods are cleared for home consumption. Customs commonly asks for the certificate number at the bill-of-entry stage.
Anyone manufacturing pre-packaged commodities needs manufacturer registration, with the declarations on each pack matching what is filed.
Legal Metrology packer registration covers businesses that pack goods made by someone else, including private-label and contract packing. Often asked for as a packing license.
Products listed on marketplaces must carry the prescribed declarations, and the entity packing or importing them must hold a valid registration.
Model approval certificate, importer registration, dealer permit and repairer license for weights, measures and weighing instruments. All handled by the same team.
Sector-specific declaration rules on net quantity, MRP, batch and consumer-care details — checked against your artwork, not just your paperwork.
Honest pricing
Every competitor on this search advertises "20% off", "30% off" or "lowest price" — against a figure they never actually publish. And almost all of them quote a a fee that has more added to it once you've committed.
Here is ours, in full. Our usual fee is ₹5,999. Right now it is ₹3,999, all inclusive of every charge. One payment. Nothing follows it, and it's the same anywhere in India.
If your case needs something outside this scope — a second state registration, a model approval, a label redesign — we tell you the cost before doing it. Never after.
If you need more than LMPC
You'll see LMPC advertised "free" inside an ₹18,999 package with EPR and other registrations. That can be good value — but only if every certificate in the box is one your product genuinely requires. Bundled into a package you didn't need, "free" costs you ₹15,000.
So here's the straight version. Our standalone LMPC price is ₹3,999, published above, so you can compare like for like. And if you do need more than one registration, we'll quote them together — your documents get collected once instead of three times.
Electronics, batteries, plastic packaging and tyres usually need EPR registration with the CPCB alongside LMPC. If that's your product, ask for both together.
If your product falls under a mandatory BIS scheme (CRS or ISI), you'll need that before import clearance as well. We handle both under one case manager.
Cosmetics and medical devices, food products, and wireless devices each carry their own approval on top of LMPC. Tell us the product and we'll map the full list.
That's the most useful thing a first call can settle. Tell us the product, the HS code if you have it, and where it's coming from — we'll tell you every registration it needs and every one it doesn't. Including the ones we don't sell. No charge for the assessment.
The process
A compliance specialist — not a sales agent — confirms which registration applies, what it costs, and how quickly it will move.
You get a single, specific checklist for your category. We review it the same day and tell you what's missing before anything is filed.
We verify your pack artwork carries every mandatory declaration. This is the step most consultants skip, and the most common reason a file is returned.
Your application goes in the day your documents are complete. You get the acknowledgement and application number straight away.
Usually within one working day. We answer any query on your behalf, send you the certificate, and keep your file ready for when you need to add products later.
If another consultant filed and the department raised a query you can't answer, send us the application number. We'll review it and tell you what it needs.
Call for a reviewDocuments required
This is the standard set. Send us what you have and we'll tell you what's missing on the first call.
Missing something? That's normal — most applicants are. Tell us what you have and we'll work out the rest.
Send what you haveOne registration, all of India
This is the part most businesses, and a fair few consultants, get wrong. The LMPC certificate is issued centrally by the Director of Legal Metrology under the Department of Consumer Affairs. Your state Controller is sent a copy for information. They do not issue it.
Which means one registration covers you across India. You do not need a separate certificate for every state you sell into, and you do not need a consultant sitting in your city to get it. If someone has told you otherwise, ask them which authority signs the certificate.
Application goes to the Director of Legal Metrology under Rule 27 — the central authority that signs and issues the certificate.
A copy goes to the Controller of Legal Metrology in your state for information, so local enforcement can see your registration on record.
Because the authority is central, the cost doesn't change from one state to the next. That's how we can quote a single all-inclusive price for the whole country.
We file LMPC registration and Legal Metrology online registration for importers, manufacturers and packers based in:
Our offices
A registered Indian company with three offices you can actually visit — not a landing page and a mobile number.
A-34, Sector 63 A, Noida,
Gautam Buddh Nagar,
Uttar Pradesh 201301
FF/17 Umannagar Shopping Center,
Opp. Essar Petrol Pump, Soma Talav,
Vadodara, Gujarat 390025
1st Floor, Abha Building, Valipeer Road,
Railway Station, Bhanunagar, Bhoiwada,
Kalyan (West), Maharashtra 421301
Why it matters
Two things go wrong for importers. The consignment sits at port while the paperwork is sorted out — demurrage, detention and a delayed launch. Or goods reach the market with declarations that don't match what was filed, and the penalty follows later.
Both are avoidable at the filing stage. That's why we audit the label before submission rather than after a query.
Where a pre-packaged commodity does not conform to the declarations on the package, the Legal Metrology Act, 2009 provides for a fine of up to ₹25,000 for a first offence, up to ₹50,000 for a second, and ₹50,000 to ₹1,00,000 and/or imprisonment up to one year for subsequent offences.
Separate penalties apply where net quantity errors exceed the prescribed limits.
Section 36, Legal Metrology Act, 2009. Summarised for general guidance — not legal advice. We're happy to walk you through how it applies to your product.
Client feedback
"We'd been quoted a one-day certificate by two other firms. Instacertify told us it would take about two weeks in Maharashtra and explained exactly why. It took thirteen days. I'd rather be told the truth upfront than chased for updates."
"The label review caught two missing declarations on our artwork that would have got the file rejected. Nobody else we spoke to even asked to see the packaging."
"Same case manager from the first call to the certificate. When the department raised a query, they handled it without asking us for more money."
FAQ
₹3,999 plus GST, all inclusive. Every charge involved in the filing sits inside that number, so nothing gets added once you've said yes. It's the same wherever in India you are. Our usual fee is ₹5,999, so this is a real reduction on a real price, not a percentage off something we never showed you.
If your case needs something extra, such as an amendment later or a second registration for another entity, we tell you what it costs before we do it.
We file the same day your documents are complete, and in most cases the certificate comes through within one working day.
A very small number go to the next working day. That usually happens when a document is missing or unclear, or the commodity list needs reworking. We'll tell you upfront if we think yours is one of those, rather than promise a day and go quiet on you.
The whole thing is done as a Legal Metrology online registration, and we file it for you. No office visit, nothing to post. You send your documents by email or WhatsApp and we take it from there.
If you would rather apply online yourself, you can. What you are paying us for is getting the commodity list and the paperwork right the first time.
Yes. An importer of pre-packaged commodities intended for sale in India needs registration under Rule 27 of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011. Customs commonly asks for the registration details at the bill-of-entry stage, which is why getting it in place before the consignment lands matters.
Call us rather than filling in the form — we'll get a specialist on it immediately. We can't shorten the department's processing time, but we can make sure the application is filed correctly and same-day, and that nothing in your documents or label triggers a query that adds another week.
They're the same thing in everyday use. "LMPC" stands for Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) — the registration made under Rule 27 of those Rules. Separately, the Legal Metrology Act also covers weights and measuring instruments, which need a model approval certificate, dealer or repairer licences. We handle both.
Only if you actually need those registrations. A package that includes LMPC "free" alongside EPR is good value when your product genuinely requires both — and poor value when it doesn't. Our standalone LMPC fee is ₹3,999, published so you can compare like for like. If you do need more than one, tell us the product and we'll quote them together, with your documents collected once rather than for each application separately.
There is no expiry date and no annual renewal to file. The registration holds good for as long as your details stay the same.
What does need a fresh filing is a change: adding products that aren't on your commodity list, moving or adding premises, or a change in the entity's name or constitution. Tell us when something changes and we'll file the amendment. We keep your file, so we already have everything.
No. The certificate is issued centrally by the Director of Legal Metrology, and a copy goes to the Controller in your state for information. One registration covers you across India.
If a consultant has told you that you need a fresh certificate for every state you sell into, ask them which authority signs it.
We handle department queries and resubmissions as part of the fee — no hourly billing and no second invoice for follow-up. Our label and document review before filing is designed specifically to keep this from happening in the first place.
Instacertify Labs Private Limited, a certification and compliance consultancy registered in Noida, Uttar Pradesh (CIN U74999UP2022PTC170291), with offices in Noida, Vadodara and Kalyan. We handle Indian and global regulatory certifications — BIS, EPR, LMPC, RoHS, REACH, CDSCO, FSSAI, WPC, ISO and CE — for importers, manufacturers and exporters. We are a private consultancy, not a government body.
Tell us what you import or pack and we'll come back within 30 minutes. You'll know which registration applies, what it costs, and how fast it will move. No obligation and no discount theatre.
