India has eased import norms on certain varieties of wool to help the domestic industry in sourcing the raw material.The Indian wool importing industry wanted the removal of the mandatory requirement of a ‘No Objection Certificate’ for wool imports as it hindered supplies and was hurting the sector. 

Of course, certain varieties of wool still need not require an NOC. This move is expected to aid the smooth inflow of wool imports, help the domestic industry engaged in value addition, making carpets, woolen clothing, garments and other woolen products and help in increasing the country's exports. 

Wool importers have been complaining of difficulty and harassment on quarantine issues for the last three years. Some quarantine officers and custom officers had stopped the clearance of wool imports seeking an animal quarantine clearance or a NOC. The imported wool is being used for producing exportable products and hence, this step, adversely affected domestic value addition and exports.