new delhi automobile industry body siam monday said vehicle manufacturers are staring at production stoppage if there is no resolution of the issues over restrictions imposed on domestic manufacturers using imported steellast month the government had extended the deadline for automobile makers to use bureau of indian standards bis certified locally produced high grade steel till februarythe automobile manufacturers had sought a years time expressing their inability to source high grade steel locally soon citing inconsistent qualityyes our production will get hampered if it is not resolved we are making representation to the government regarding the matter society of indian automobile manufacturers siam president rajan wadhera told reporters here advt he further said nearly 90 per cent of the steel used in automobile production is manufactured in india and only around 10 per cent of high grade steel which is used for meeting safety standards among others is not manufactured herethese are imported from abroad as there is no economy of scale to manufacture these in india we are talking to the government to resolve the issue wadhera addedmoreover he said there were issues with the quality and consistency of locally produced such high grade steelauto industry sources said there was no incentives for the foreign steel makers to get bis certification as volumes are low in indiain june last year with an aim to promote locally manufacturing the steel ministry had mandated bis certification for the commodity to be sold in india this included both for domestically produced and imported steelfor the auto industry december 17 2018 was set as the deadline to meet the norm but has been extended till february 17 after automakers raised their concerns over the matter pti published on jan 14 2019 at 0718 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etauto app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app automobile steel bureau of indian standards manufacturing india homenewsindustryautomakers staring at production stoppage due to restrictions on steel imports siam