SPECIFIC REGULATION RELATED TO FLORA & FAUNA AS PER THE ITC (HS) CLASSIFICATION

ITC-HS codes are divided into two schedules.

1) Schedule I

2) Schedule II

ITC(HS) code Schedule I describe the rules and guidelines related to import policies. Schedule I of the ITC-HS code
is divided into 21 sections and each section is further divided into chapters. The total number of chapters in the
schedule I is 98. The chapters are further divided into sub-heading under which different HS codes are
mentioned

Explanation about Classes of Import Trade Control – in ITC(HS) Clasiification- three policy status described .

A. Prohibited Goods The prohibited items are not permitted to be imported. An export licence will not be given in the
normal course for goods in the prohibited category,except where the import is for Scientific & research purpose
or zoo exchange between government to government owned zoo or bonafide personal use house hold effects
for which supportive documents are presented as prescribed under the law.

B. Restricted Goods The restricted items can be permitted for import under licence. The procedures / conditionalities
wherever specified against the restricted items may be required to be complied with, in addition to the general
requirement of licence in all cases of restricted items. For example if live animal is restricted than permission
from Chief Wild Life Warden of concerned state has to be obtained and licence from DGFT needs to be
obtained on the basis of recommendation from Wild Life division, Ministry of Environment,Forests & Clmate
Change and also if it is in CITES than permit from country of origin required to be produced.

C. Free Goods listed as “Free” in the import Licensing Schedule may also be imported without an import licence as
such but they are subject to conditions laid out against the respective entry. The fulfillment of these conditions
can be checked by authorized officers in the course of import. The free importability is however subject to any
other law for the time being in force.
 Extracts from itc (hs) code Schedule I for Import Items

SECTION I
LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS
NOTES:
1. Any reference in this section to a particular genus or species of an animal, except
where the context otherwise requires, includes a reference to the young of that
genus or species.

2. Except where the context otherwise requires, throughout this Schedule any
reference to “dried” products also covers products which have been
dehydrated, evaporated or freeze‐dried.

CHAPTER 1
LIVE ANIMALS

NOTE: This Chapter covers all live animals except:

(a) Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates, of heading
0301, 0306, 0307 or 0308;
(b) Cultures of micro‐organisms and other products of heading 3002; and
(c) Animals of heading 9508.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

0101 LIVE HORSES, ASSES, MULES AND HINNIES

Horses:
0101 21 00 Pure‐bred breeding animals Restricted

0101 29 Other:
0101 29 10 Horses for Polo Restricted
0101 29 90 Other Restricted

0101 30 Asses:
0101 30 10 Pure‐bred breeding animals Restricted
0101 30 20 Livestock Restricted
0101 30 90 Other Restricted

0101 90 Other:
0101 90 30 Mules and hinnies as livestock Restricted
0101 90 90 Other Restricted

0102 LIVE BOVINE ANIMALS

Cattle:
0102 21 Pure‐bred breeding animals:
0102 21 10 Bulls Restricted
0102 21 20 Cows Restricted

0102 29 Other:
0102 29 10 Bulls Restricted
0102 29 90 Other, including calves Restricted

Buffalo:
0102 31 00 Pure‐bred breeding animals Restricted
0102 39 00 Other Restricted

0102 90 Other:
0101 90 10 Pure‐bred breeding animals Restricted
0101 90 90 Other Restricted

0103 LIVE SWINE

0103 10 00 Pure‐bred breeding animals Restricted

Other:
0103 91 00 Weighing less than 50 kg. Restricted
0103 92 00 Weighing 50 kg. or more Restricted

0104 LIVE SHEEP AND GOATS

0104 10 Sheep:
0104 10 10 Sheep including lamb for breeding purpose Restricted
0104 10 90 Other Restricted

0104 20 00 Goats Restricted

0105 LIVE POULTRY, THAT IS TO SAY, FOWLS OF THE

SPECIES GALLUS DOMESTICUS,DUCKS, GEESE,
TURKEYS AND GUINEA FOWLS

Weighing not more than 185 g:

0105 11 00 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Restricted Grandparent stock of
poultry is,
however, freely
importable.
0105 12 00 Turkeys Restricted Grandparent stock of
poultry is,
however, freely
importable.
0105 13 00 Ducks Restricted Grandparent stock of
poultry is,
however, freely
importable.
0105 19 00 Geese Restricted Grandparent stock of
poultry is,
however, freely
importable.
0105 19 00 Guinea fowls Restricted Grandparent stock of
poultry is,
however, freely
importable.

Other:
0105 94 00 Fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Restricted
0105 99 00 Other Restricted

0106 OTHER LIVE ANIMALS

Mammals:
0106 11 00 Primates Restricted Subject to Policy
Condition 6 of this
Chapter.
0106 12 00 Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the Restricted Subject to Policy
order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of Condition 6 of this
the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses Chapter.
(mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia)

0106 13 00 Camels and other camelids (Camelidae) Restricted Subject to Policy

Condition 6 of this
Chapter.
0106 14 00 Rabbits and hares Restricted Subject to Policy
Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

0106 19 00 Other Restricted Subject to Policy

Condition 6 of this
Chapter.
0106 20 00 Reptiles (including snakes and turtles) Restricted Subject to Policy
Condition 6 of this
Chapter.
Birds:
0106 31 00 Birds of prey Restricted Subject to Policy
Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

0106 32 00 Psittaciformes (including parrots, parakeets, macaws Restricted Subject to Policy

and cockatoos) Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

0106 33 00 Ostriches; emus (Dromaius novaehollandiae) Restricted Subject to Policy

Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

0106 39 00 Other Restricted Subject to Policy

Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

Insects:

0106 41 Bees:
0106 41 10 Pureline Stock Restricted Subject to Policy
Condition 6 of this
Chapter

0106 41 90 Other Restricted Subject to Policy

Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

0106 49 Other:
0106 49 10 Pureline Stock Restricted Subject to Policy
Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

0106 49 90 Other Restricted Subject to Policy

Condition 6 of this
Chapter.
0106 90 00 Other Restricted Subject to Policy
Condition 6 of this
Chapter.

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) An application for grant of a licence for import of Animals, Birds and Reptiles (including
their parts and products) may be made in the Aayat Niryat form given in ANF 2B of the
Handbook of Procedures Vol. 1, to the Director General of Foreign Trade along with
the recommendation of the Chief Wild Life Warden of the State concerned.
(2) (a) An application for grant of a licence for import of Stallions and Broodmares may be
made in the Aayat Niryat form given in ANF 2B of the Handbook of Procedures Vol.
1, to the Director General of Foreign Trade along with the recommendation of
Director, Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Services of the State Government
concerned or the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying, Ministry of
Agriculture, Government of India.
(b) The import of stallions and broodmares against licences shall be subject to the following
conditions:
(i) Import of such animals shall be subject to the health regulations in force
(ii) Applications shall be considered only from stud farms which have been in existence for
at least three years and registered with the Animal Husbandry Commissioner, Department
of Agriculture and Cooperation, Government of India. However, this period of three years
may be relaxed on merits;
(iii) Policy Condition 2 (b) (iii) is revised and substituted as under:
“A health certificate as per the India’s requirements issued either by the
official veterinarian or by a veterinary doctor authorized to issue an export certificate by
the Government of the country of origin shall be furnished at the time of custom
clearance.”
(iv) Policy Condition 2 (b) (iv) is inserted as under:
“Importer shall furnish information on the age, sex and breed of horses as well as the
purpose of import with supporting documents at the time of filing application to the DGFT”.
(3) An application for grant of a licence for import of horses for polo may be made in the form
given in ANF 2B of the Handbook of Procedures Vol. 1, to the Director General of Foreign
Trade.
(4) An application for grant of a licence for Livestock (excluding equine), Pureline stocks, birds’
eggs, frozen semen/ embryo, and Commercial chicks may be made in the form given in
ANF 2B of the Handbook of Procedures Vol. 1, to the Director General of Foreign
Trade along with the recommendation of the Department of Agriculture and
Cooperation, Government of India.
(5) Import of Live animals other than wild animals as defined under Wild Life Protection
Act, 1972 is permitted against a licence to Zoos and Zoological parks, circus companies,
private individuals, on the recommendation of the Chief Wild Life Warden of a State
Government subject to the provisions of the Convention on Inter‐national Trade in
Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). For recognized scientific/research
institutions, in addition to the above requirement, recommendation of Committee for
 the purpose of Control and Supervision of Experiments on Animals (CPCSEA) under
the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 shall also be required for issuance of
Import licence.
(6) Import of Wild Animals (including their parts and products) as defined in the Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited and in respect of those species listed in CITES, is
subject to the provisions of CITES.

CHAPTER 2
MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL
NOTE:
This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Products of the kinds described in headings 0201 to 0208 or 0210, unfit or
unsuitable for human consumption;
(b) Guts, bladders or stomachs of animals (heading 0504) or animal blood
(heading 0511 or 3002); or
(c) Animal fat, other than products of heading 0209 (Chapter 15)

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE:
In this Chapter “wild animals” means wild animals as defined in Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972).

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

0201 MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FRESH AND CHILLED

0201 10 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses Restricted

0201 20 00 Other cuts with bone in Restricted
0201 30 00 Boneless Restricted

0202 MEAT OF BOVINE ANIMALS, FROZEN

0202 10 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses Restricted

0202 20 00 Other cuts with bone in Restricted
0202 30 00 Boneless Restricted

0203 MEAT OF SWINE, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN

Fresh or chilled:
0203 11 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses Free
0203 12 00 Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in Free
0203 19 00 Other Free

Frozen:
0203 21 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses Free
0203 22 00 Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in Free
0203 29 00 Other Free

0204 MEAT OF SHEEP OR GOATS, FRESH,

CHILLED OR FROZEN
0204 10 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses of lamb, fresh or chilled Free

Other meat of sheep, fresh or chilled:

0204 21 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses Free
0204 22 00 Other cuts with bone in Free
0204 23 00 Boneless Free
0204 30 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses of lamb, frozen Free

Other meat of sheep, frozen:

0204 41 00 Carcasses and half‐carcasses Free
0204 42 00 Other cuts with bone in Free
0204 43 00 Boneless Free
0204 50 00 Meat of goats Free

0205 00 00 Meat of horses, asses, mules or hinnies, fresh, chilled Free

or frozen

0206 EDIBLE OFFAL OF BOVINE ANIMALS,

SWINE, SHEEP, GOATS, HORSES, ASSES, MULES
OR HINNIES, FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN

0206 10 00 Of bovine animals, fresh or chilled Restricted

Of bovine animals, frozen:

0206 21 00 Tongues Restricted
0206 22 00 Livers Restricted
0206 29 00 Other Restricted

0206 30 00 Of swine, fresh or chilled Restricted

Of swine, frozen:
0206 41 00 Livers Free
0206 49 00 Other Free

0206 80 Other, fresh or chilled:

0206 80 10 Of sheep/goats Free
0206 80 90 Other Free

0206 90 Other, frozen:

0206 90 10 Of sheep/goats Free
0206 90 90 Other Free
0207 MEAT AND EDIBLE OFFAL, OF THE
POULTRY OF HEADING 0105, FRESH,
CHILLED OR FROZEN
Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus:
0207 11 00 Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled Free
0207 12 00 Not cut in pieces, frozen Free
0207 13 00 Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled Free
0207 14 00 Cuts and offal, frozen Free

Of turkeys:
0207 24 00 Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled Free
0207 25 00 Not cut in pieces, frozen Free
0207 26 00 Cuts and offal, fresh or chilled Free
0207 27 00 Cuts and offal, frozen Free

Of ducks:
0207 41 00 Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled Free
0207 42 00 Not cut in pieces, frozen Free
0207 43 00 Fatty livers, fresh or chilled Free
0207 44 00 Other, fresh or chilled Free
0207 45 00 Other, frozen Free

Of geese:
0207 51 00 Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled Free
0207 52 00 Not cut in pieces, frozen Free
0207 53 00 Fatty livers, fresh or chilled Free
0207 54 00 Other, fresh or chilled Free
0207 55 00 Other, frozen Free

0207 60 00 Of guinea fowls Free

0208 OTHER MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL,

FRESH, CHILLED OR FROZEN
0208 10 00 Of rabbits or hares Free
0208 30 00 Of primates Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of this
Chapter.
0208 40 00 Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the Free Subject to Policy
order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals of Condition 2 of this
the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses Chapter.
(mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia)
0208 50 00 Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles) Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of this
Chapter.

0208 60 00 Camels and other camelids (Camelidae) Free Subject to Policy

Condition 2 of this
Chapter.
0208 90 Other:
0208 90 10 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported.
0208 90 90 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of this
Chapter.

0209 PIG FAT, FREE OF LEAN MEAT AND

POULTRY FAT, NOT RENDERED OR
OTHERWISE EXTRACTED, FRESH, CHILLED,
FROZEN, SALTED, IN BRINE, DRIED OR
SMOKED

0209 10 00 Of pigs Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported.
0209 90 00 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported.

0210 MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL, SALTED,IN BRINE,

DRIED OR SMOKED; EDIBLE FLOURS AND MEALS OF
MEAT OR MEAT OFFAL

Meat of swine:
0210 11 00 Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of this
Chapter.

0210 12 00 Bellies (streaky) and cuts thereof Free Subject to Policy

Condition 2 of this
Chapter.
0210 19 00 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of this
Chapter.
0210 20 00 Meat of bovine animals Restricted

Other, including edible flours and meals of meat or

meat offal:
0210 91 00 Of primates Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of this
Chapter.
0210 92 00 Whales, dolphins and porpoises (mammals of the Free Subject to Policy
order Cetacea); manatees and dugongs (mammals Condition 2 of this
of the order Sirenia); seals, sea lions and walruses Chapter.
(mammals of the suborder Pinnipedia)

0210 93 00 Of reptiles (including snakes and turtles) Free Subject to Policy

Condition 2 of this
Chapter.
0210 99 00 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of this
Chapter.

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) An application for grant of a licence for import of Animals, Birds and Reptiles
(including their parts and products) may be made in the Aayat Niryat form
given in ANF2B of the Handbook of Procedures Vol. I, to the Director General
of Foreign Trade alongwith the recommendation of the Chief Wild Life
Warden of the State concerned.
(2) Import of wild animals (including their parts and products) as defined in
the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited and in respect of those
species listed in CITES, is subject to the provisions of CITES.

(4) “Import of all live‐stock products shall be subject to a sanitary import

permit to be issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying &

Fisheries, Government of India, as per Section 3A of Live‐stock Importation Act,
1898 as incorporated by Live Stock Importation

(Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29 th August, 2001), or as

amended from time to time.”
 CHAPTER 3

FISH AND CRUSTCEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Mammals of heading 0106;
(b) Meat of mammals of heading 0106 (heading 0208 or 0210);
(c) Fish (including livers and roes thereof) or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic
invertebrates, dead and unfit or unsuitable for human consumption by reason of
either their species or their condition (Chapter 5); flours, meals or pellets of fish or of
crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, unfit for human
consumption (heading 2301); or
(d) Caviar or caviar substitutes prepared from fish eggs (heading 1604).

2. In this Chapter, the term “pellets” means products which have been agglomerated either
directly by compression or by the addition of a small quantity of binder.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

0301 LIVE FISH

Ornamental Fish:
0301 11 00 Freshwater Restricted
0301 19 00 Other Restricted

Other Live Fish:

0301 91 00 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Restricted
Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita,
Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)

0301 92 00 Eels (Anguilla spp.) Restricted

0301 93 00 Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Restricted
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus)

0301 94 00 Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus Restricted

thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)
0301 95 00 Southern bluefin tunas Restricted
(Thunnus maccoyii)
0301 99 00 Other Restricted

0302 FISH, FRESH OR CHILLED, EXCLUDING

FISH FILLETS AND OTHER FISH MEAT OF HEADING
0304
 Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:
0302 11 00 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Free
Oncorhynchus clarki, Oncorhynchus aguabonita,
Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)

0302 13 00 Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus Free

gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta,
Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch,
Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus)

0302 14 00 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon Free

(Hucho hucho)
0302 19 00 Other Free
Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae,
Cynoglossidae,Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and
Citharidae), excluding livers and Roes:
0302 21 00 Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Free
Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus
stenolepis)
0302 22 00 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) Free
0302 23 00 Sole (Solea spp.) Free
0302 24 00 Turbots (Psetta maxima, Scophthalmidae) Free
0302 29 00 Other Free

Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe‐

bellied bonito [Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis],
excluding livers and Roes:
0302 31 00 Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus Free
alalunga)
0302 32 00 Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) Free
0302 33 00 Skipjack or stripe‐bellied bonito Free
0302 34 00 Bigeye tunas (Thunnus obesus) Free
0302 35 00 Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus Free
thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)
0302 36 00 Southern bluefin tunas (Thunnus maccoyii) Free
0302 39 00 Other Free
Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii), Free
Anchovies (Engraulis spp.), sardines (Sardina
pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), sardinella (Sardinella
spp.) brisling or sprats (Sprattus sprattus),
mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber austral
asicus, Scomber japonicus), jack and horse
mackerel (Trachurus spp.), cobia (Rachycentron
canadum) and swordfish (Xiphias gladius),
excluding livers and roes:
0302 41 00 Herrings (Clupea harengus,Clupea pallasii) Free

0302 42 00 Anchovies (Engraulis spp.)

0302 4300 Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), Free
sardinella (Sardinella spp.) brisling or sprats
(Sprattus sprattus)
0302 44 00 Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber austral Free
asicus, Scomber japonicus)
0302 45 00 Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) Free
0302 46 00 Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Free
0302 47 00 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Free

Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae,

Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae,
Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and
Muraenolepididae, excluding livers and roes:

0302 51 00 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus Free

macrocephalus)
0302 52 00 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Free

0302 53 00 Coalfish (Pollachius virens) Free

0302 54 00 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) Free
0302 55 00 Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) Free
0302 56 00 Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Free
Micromesistius australis)
0302 57 00 Other Free

Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius

spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.),
Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius,
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys
spp.,Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels
(Anguilla spp.), Nile perch ( Lates niloticus) and
snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding livers and
roes:
0302 71 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) Free
0302 72 00 Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Free
Ictalurus spp.)
0302 73 00 Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Free
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp.,Mylopharyngodon piceus)
0302 74 00 Eels (Anguilla spp.) Free
0302 79 00 Other Free

Other fish, excluding livers and roes:

0302 81 00 Dogfish and other sharks Free
0302 82 00 Rays and skates (Rajidae) Free
0302 83 00 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) Free
0302 84 00 Seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.) Free
0302 85 00 Seabream (Sparidae) Free

0302 89 Other:
0302 89 10 Hilsa Free
0302 89 20 Dara Free
0302 89 30 Pomfret Free
0302 89 90 Other Free

0302 90 00 Livers and roes Free

0303 FISH, FROZEN, EXCLUDING FISH FILLETS AND

OTHER FISH MEAT OF HEADING 0304

Salmonidae, excluding livers and roes:

0303 11 00 Sockeye salmon (red salmon) Free
(Oncorhynchus nerka)
0303 12 00 Other Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus Free
gorbuscha,Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus
tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch,
Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus
rhodurus)
0303 13 00 Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube salmon Free
(Hucho hucho)
0303 14 00 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus Free
mykiss,Oncorhynchus clarkii Oncorhynchus
aguabonita, Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus
apache and Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)

0303 19 00 Other Free

Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius

spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.),
carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius,
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus),
eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
and snakeheads (Channa spp.), excluding livers
and roes:

0303 23 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) Free

0303 24 00 Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Free
0303 25 00 Carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius, Free
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus)

0303 26 00 Eels (Anguilla spp.) Free

0303 29 00 Other Free

Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Cynoglossidae,

Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and
Citharidae),excluding livers and roes:
0303 31 00 Halibut (Reinhardtius hippoglossoides, Free
Hippoglossus hippoglossus, Hippoglossus stenolepis)

0303 32 00 Plaice (Pleuronectes platessa) Free

0303 33 00 Sole (Solea spp.) Free
0303 34 00 Turbots (Psetta maxima, Scophthalmidae) Free
0303 39 00 Other Free

Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe‐

bellied bonito [Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis],
excluding livers and roes:
0303 41 00 Albacore or longfinned tunas (Thunnus alalunga) Free

0303 42 00 Yellowfin tunas (Thunnus albacares) Free

0303 43 00 Skipjack or stripe‐bellied bonito Free
0303 44 00 Bigeye tunas (thunnus obesus) Free
0303 45 00 Atlantic and Pacific bluefin tunas (Thunnus Free
thynnus, Thunnus orientalis)
0303 46 00 Southern bluefin tunas (thunnus maccoyii) Free
0303 49 00 Other Free
Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii),
Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.),
sardinella (Sardinella spp.) brisling or sprats
(Sprattus sprattus), mackerel (Scomber scombrus,
Scomber austral asicus, Scomber japonicus), jack
and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.), cobia
(Rachycentron canadum) and swordfish (Xiphias
gladius), excluding livers and roes:

0303 51 00 Herrings (Clupea harengus,Clupea pallasii) Free

0303 53 00 Sardines (Sardina pilchardus, Sardinops spp.), Free
sardinella (Sardinella spp.) brisling or sprats
(Sprattus sprattus)
0303 54 00 Mackerel (Scomber scombrus, Scomber austral Free
asicus, Scomber japonicus)
0303 55 00 Jack and horse mackerel (Trachurus spp.) Free
0303 56 00 Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) Free
0303 57 00 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Free

Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae,

Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae,
Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and
Muraenolepididae, excluding livers and roes:

0303 63 00 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus Free

macrocephalus)
0303 64 00 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Free
0303 65 00 Coalfish (Pollachius virens) Free
0303 66 00 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) Free
0303 67 00 Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) Free
0303 68 00 Blue whitings (Micromesistius poutassou, Free
Micromesistius australis)
0303 69 00 Other Free

Other fish, excluding livers and roes:

0303 81 Dogfish and other sharks:
0303 81 10 Dogfish Free
0303 81 90 Other sharks Free

0303 82 00 Rays and skates (Rajidae) Free

0303 83 00 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) Free
0303 84 00 Seabass (Dicentrarchus spp.) Free

0303 89 Other:
0303 89 10 Hilsa Free
0303 89 20 Dara Free
0303 89 30 Ribbon fish Free
0303 89 40 Seer Free
0303 89 50 Pomfret (white or silver or black) Free
0303 89 60 Ghole Free
0303 89 70 Threadfin Free
0303 89 80 Croackers, groupers, flounders Free

Other:
0303 89 91 Edible fishmaws of wild life Free
0303 89 91 Edible sharkfins of wild life Free
0303 89 91 Other Free
0303 90 Livers and roes:
0303 90 10 Egg or egg yolk of fish Free
0303 90 90 Other Free

0304 FISH FILLETS AND OTHER FISH MEAT

(WHETHER OR NOT MINCED), FRESH, CHILLED
OR FROZEN
Fresh or chilled fillets of tilapias (Oreochromis
spp.), catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias
spp.,Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius
carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus,
Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus
spp.,Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.),
Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and snakeheads
(Channa spp.):
0304 31 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) Free
0304 32 00 Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp.,Clarias Free
spp.,Ictalurus spp.)
0304 33 00 Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) Free

0304 39 00 Other Free

Fresh or chilled fillets of other fish:

0304 41 00 Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus Free
gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus
tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus
masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic salmon
(Salmo salar) and Danube salmon (Hucho hucho)

0304 42 00 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Free

Oncorhynchus clarkii, Oncorhynchus aguabonita,
Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
0304 43 00 Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Free
Cynoglossidae,Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and
Citharidae)
0304 44 00 Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae,
Euclichthyidae, Gadidae, Macrouridae,
Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and
Muraenolepididae
0304 45 00 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Free
0304 46 00 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) Free

0304 49 Other:
0304 49 10 Hilsa Free
0304 49 20 Shark Free
0304 49 30 Seer Free
0304 49 40 Tuna Free
0304 49 90 Other Free

Other, fresh or chilled:

0304 51 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius
spp.,

Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.), carp

(Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius,
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus),
eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus)
and snakeheads (Channa spp.)

0304 52 00 Salmonidae Free

0304 53 00 Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Free
Euclichthyidae, Gadidae,Macrouridae
Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae and
Muraenolepididae
0304 54 00 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Free
0304 55 00 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) Free
0304 59 Other:
0304 59 10 Hilsa Free
0304 59 20 Shark Free
0304 59 30 Seer Free
0304 59 40 Tuna Free
0304 59 90 Other Free
Frozen fillets of tilapias (Oreochromis spp.),
catfish(Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp.,
Ictalurus spp.), carp (Cyprinus carpio, Carassius
carassius, Ctenopharyngodon idellus,
Hypophthalmichthys spp., Cirrhinus spp.,
Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels (Anguilla spp.), Nile
perch(Lates niloticus) and snakeheads (Channa spp.)
:
0304 61 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.) Free
0304 62 00 Catfish (Pangasius spp., Silurus spp., Clarias Free
0304 63 00 Nile Perch (Lates niloticus) Free
0304 69 00 Other Free
Frozen fillets of fish of families
Bregmacerotidae,Euclichthyidae Gadidae,
Macrouridae,Melanonidae, Merlucciidae, Moridae
and Muraenolepidae:

0304 71 00 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus Free

0304 72 00 Haddock (Melanogrammus aeglefinus) Free
0304 73 00 Coalfish (Pollachius virens) Free
0304 74 00 Hake (Merluccius spp., Urophycis spp.) Free
0304 75 00 Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) Free
0304 79 00 Other Free

0304 81 00 Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus Free

nerka,Oncorhynchusgorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta,
Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus
kisutch,Oncorhynchus masou and Oncorhynchus
rhodurus),Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) and Danube
salmon (Huchohucho)
0304 82 00 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Free
Oncorhynchus clarkii, Oncorhynchus aguabonita,
Oncorhynchus gilae, Oncorhynchus apache and
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)

0304 83 00 Flat fish (Pleuronectidae, Bothidae, Free

Cynoglossidae,Soleidae, Scophthalmidae and
Citharidae)
0304 84 00 Swordfish (Xiphias gladius) Free
0304 85 00 Toothfish (Dissostichus spp.) Free
0304 86 00 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) Free
0304 87 00 Tunas (of the genus Thunnus), skipjack or stripe‐ Free
bellied bonito (Euthynnus (Katsuwonus) pelamis)

0304 89 Other:
0304 89 10 Hilsa Free
0304 89 20 Shark Free
0304 89 30 Seer Free
0304 89 90 Other Free

Other, frozen:
0304 91 00 Swordfish ( Xiphias gladius ) Free
0304 92 00 Toothfish ( Dissostichus spp.) Free
0304 93 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius Free
0304 94 00 Alaska Pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) Free
0304 95 00 Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Free
0304 99 00 Other Free

0305 FISH, DRIED, SALTED OR IN BRINE;

SMOKED FISH, WHETHER OR NOT COOKED BEFORE OR
DURING THE SMOKING PROCESS; FLOURS, MEALS AND
PELLETS, OF FISH FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

0305 10 00 Flours, meals and pellets, of fish fit for human Free
0305 20 00 Livers and roes of fish, dried, smoked, salted or in Free
Fish fillets, dried, salted or in brine, but not smoked
:
0305 31 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius Free
spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp.,Ictalurus
spp.),carp(Cyprinus carpio,Carassius carassius,
Ctenopharyngodon idellus,Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus),eels

(Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and

snakeheads (Channa spp.)
0305 32 00 Fish of the families Bregmacerotidae, Free
uclichthyidae,Gadidae, Macrouridae, Melanonidae,
Merlucciidae,Moridae and Muraenolepididae
0305 39 00 Other Free

Smoked fish, including fillets, other than edible

fish offal:
0305 41 00 Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka, Oncorhynchus Free
gorbuscha, Oncorhynchus keta, Oncorhynchus
tschawytscha, Oncorhynchus kisutch, Oncorhynchus
masou and Oncorhynchus rhodurus), Atlantic
salmon (Salmo Salar) and Danube salmon
(Huchohucho)

0305 42 00 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) Free

0305 43 00 Trout (Salmo trutta, Oncorhynchus mykiss, Free
Oncorhynchus clarkii Oncorhynchus aguabonita,
Oncorhynchus gilae,Oncorhynchus apache and
Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)

0305 44 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius Free

spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp.,Ictalurus spp.),carp
(Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius,
Ctenopharyngodon idellus, Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels
(Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and
snakeheads (Channa spp.)

0305 49 00 Other Free

Dried fish, other than edible fish offal, whether or

not salted but not smoked :
0305 51 00 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus Free
macrocephalus)

0305 59 Other:
0305 59 10 Mumbai Duck Free
0305 59 20 Seer without head Free
0305 59 30 Sprats Free
0305 59 90 Other Free

Fish, salted but not dried or smoked and fish in

brine, other than edible fish offal:
0305 61 00 Herrings (Clupea harengus, Clupea pallasii) Free
0305 62 00 Cod (Gadus morhua, Gadus ogac, Gadus Free
macrocephalus)
0305 63 00 Anchovies (Engraulis spp.) Free
0305 64 00 Tilapias (Oreochromis spp.), catfish (Pangasius Free
spp., Silurus spp., Clarias spp., Ictalurus spp.),
carp(Cyprinus carpio, Carassius carassius,
Ctenopharyngodon idellus,Hypophthalmichthys
spp., Cirrhinus spp., Mylopharyngodon piceus), eels
(Anguilla spp.), Nile perch (Lates niloticus) and
snakeheads (Channa spp.)
0305 69 Other:
0305 69 10 Mumbai duck Free
0305 69 20 Seer without head Free
0305 69 30 Sprats Free
0305 69 90 Other Free

Fish fins, heads, tails, maws and other edible fish

offal:
0305 71 00 Shark fins Free
0305 72 00 Fish heads, tails and maws Free
0305 79 00 Other Free
0306 CRUSTACEANS, WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT, LIVE,
FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN, DRIED, SALTED OR IN
BRINE; SMOKED CRUSTACEANS, WHETHER IN
SHELL OR NOT, WHETHER OR NOT COOKED BEFORE
OR DURING THE SMOKING PROCESS;
CRUSTACEANS, IN SHELL, COOKED BY STEAMING
OR BY BOILING IN WATER, WHETHER OR NOT
CHILLED, FROZEN, DRIED, SALTED OR IN BRINE;
FLOURS, MEALS AND PELLETS OF CRUSTACEANS,
FIT FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION

Frozen:
0306 11 00 Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Free
Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)

0306 12 Lobsters (Homarus spp.):

0306 12 10 Whole cooked Free
0306 12 90 Other Free
0306 14 00 Crabs Free
0306 15 00 Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) Free
0306 16 Cold‐water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus
spp.,Crangon crangon):
0306 16 10 Accelerated Freeze Dried(AFD) Free
0306 16 90 Other Free

0306 17 Other shrimps and prawns :

Scampi (Macrobrachium spp.):
0306 17 11 Accelerated Freeze Dried(AFD) Free
0306 17 19 Other Free

0306 17 90 Other Free

0306 19 00 Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of Free

crustaceans, fit for human consumption

Not frozen:
0306 21 00 Rock lobster and other sea craw fish (Palinurus spp., Free
Panulirus spp., Jasus spp.)
0306 22 00 Lobsters (Homarus spp.) Free

0306 24 00 Crabs Free

0306 25 00 Norway lobsters (Nephrops norvegicus) Free
0306 26 00 Cold‐water shrimps and prawns (Pandalus spp., Free
Crangon crangon)

0306 27 Other shrimps and prawns:

0306 27 10 Powdered Free
0306 27 20 Other Free

0306 29 00 Other, including flours, meals and pellets, of Free

crustaceans, fit for human consumption

0307 MOLLUSCS, WHETHER IN SHELL OR NOT,LIVE,

FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN, DRIED, SALTED OR IN
BRINE; SMOKED MOLLUSCS, WHETHER IN SHELL
OR NOT, WHETHER OR NOT COOKED BEFORE OR
DURING THE SMOKING PROCESS; FLOURS, MEALS
AND PELLETS OF MOLLUSCS, FIT FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION

Oysters:
0307 11 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0307 19 00 Other Free
 Scallops, including queen scallops, of the
generaPecten, Chlamys or Placopecten:
0307 21 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0307 29 00 Other Free
Mussels (Mytilus spp., Perna spp.):
0307 31 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free

0307 39 Other:
0307 39 10 Clams, clam meat (bivalves‐Victorita, spp., Mertrix Free
spp. and Katalysia spp.)
0307 39 90 Other Free
Cuttle fish (Sepia officinalis, Rossia
macrosoma,Septiola spp.) and squid
(Ommastrephes spp., Loligo spp., Nototodarus spp.,
Sepioteuthis spp.):
0307 41 Live, fresh and chilled:
0307 41 10 Cuttle fish Free
0307 41 20 Squid Free

0307 49 Other:
0307 49 10 Squid tubes, frozen Free
0307 49 20 Whole squids, frozen Free
0307 49 30 Dried squids Free
0307 49 90 Other Free

Octopus (Octopus spp.):

0307 51 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0307 59 00 Other Free
0307 60 00 Snails, other than sea snails Free

Clams, cockles and ark shells (families

Arcidae,Arcticidae, Cardiidae, Donacidae,
Hiatellidae, Mactridae, Mesodesmatidae, Myidae,
Semelidae, Solecurtidae, Solenidae, Tridacnidae
and Veneridae):
0307 71 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0307 79 00 Other Free
Abalone (Haliotis spp.):
0307 81 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0307 89 00 Other Free
Other, including flours, meals and pellets, fit for
human consumption:
0307 91 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0307 99 00 Other Free
0307 99 Other:
0307 99 10 Sea shell flesh Free
0307 99 20 Jelly fish (Rhopelina spp.), dried salted or frozen Free

0307 99 90 Other Free

0308 AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES OTHER THAN

CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS,LIVE,FRESH, CHILLED,
FROZEN, DRIED, SALTED OR IN BRINE; SMOKED
AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES OTHER THAN
CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS,
WHETHER OR NOT COOKED BEFORE OR DURING THE
SMOKING PROCESS; FLOURS, MEALS AND PELLETS OF
AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES OTHER THAN
CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, FIT FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION

Sea cucumbers (Stichopus japonicus,

Holothurioidea):
0308 11 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0308 19 00 Other Free
Sea urchins (Strongylocentrotus spp.,
Paracentrotus lividus, Loxechinus
albus,Echichinus esculentus):
0308 21 00 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0308 29 00 Other Free

0308 30 Jellyfish (Rhopilema spp.):

0308 30 10 Live, fresh or chilled Free
0308 30 20 Dried, salted or frozen Free
0308 90 00 Other Free

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) An application for grant of a licence for import of Animals, Birds and
Reptiles (including their parts and products) may be made in the Aayat
Niryat form given in ANF 2B of the Handbook of Procedures Vol. I, to the
Director General of Foreign Trade alongwith the recommendation of the
Chief Wild Life Warden of the State concerned.
(2) Import of wild animals (including their parts and products) as defined in
the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited and in respect of those
species listed in CITES, is subject to the provisions of CITES.
(3)“Import of all live‐stock products shall be subject to a sanitary import
permit to be issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying
& Fisheries, Government of India, as per Section 3A of Live‐stock
Importation Act, 1898 as incorporated by Live Stock Importation
Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29 th August, 2001), or
as amended from time to time.”
 CHAPTER 4

DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRD'S EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN,
NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

NOTES:

1. The expression "milk" means full cream milk or partially or completely skimmed milk.

2. For the purposes of heading 0405:

(a) The term "butter" means natural butter, whey butter or recombined butter
(fresh, salted or rancid, including canned butter) derived exclusively from milk, with
a milk fat content of 80% or more but not more than 95% by weight and a
maximum milk solids‐not‐fat content of 2% by weight and a maximum water content
of 16% by weight. Butter does not contain added emulsifiers, but may contain
sodium chloride, food colours, neutralising salts and cultures of harmless lactic‐acid‐
producing bacteria.
(b) The expression "dairy spreads" means a spreadable emulsion of the water‐ in‐oil type,
containing milkfat as the only fat in the product, with a milkfat content of 39% or
more but less than 80% by weight.
3. Products obtained by the concentration of whey and with the addition of milk
or milkfat are to be classified as cheese in heading 0406 provided that they have the
three following characteristics:
(a) A milkfat content, by weight of the dry matter, of 5% or more;
(b) A dry matter content, by weight, of at least 70% but not exceeding 85%;
and
(c) They are moulded or capable of being moulded.

4. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Products obtained from whey, containing by weight more than 95% lactose,
expressed as anhydrous lactose calculated on the dry matter (heading 1702); or
(b) Albumins (including concentrates of two or more whey proteins,
containing by weight more than 80% whey proteins, calculated on the dry matter)
(heading 3502) or globulins (heading 3504).

SUB‐HEADING NOTES:

1. For the purposes of sub‐heading 0404 10, the expression "modified whey" means
products consisting of whey constituents, that is, whey from which all or part of the
lactose, proteins or minerals have been removed, whey to which
natural whey constituents have been added, and products obtained by mixing
natural whey constituents.

2. For the purposes of sub‐heading 0405 10, the term "butter" does not include
dehydrated butter or ghee (sub‐heading 0405 90).
 SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE:

In this Chapter "Wild Animals" means wild animals as defined in Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972).

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

0401 MILK AND CREAM,NOTCONCENTRATED

NOR CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER
SWEETENING MATTER
0401 10 00 Of a fat content, by weight, not exceeding 1% Free
0401 20 00 Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 1% but not Free
exceeding 6%
0401 40 00 Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 6% but not Free
exceeding 10%
0401 50 00 Of a fat content, by weight, exceeding 10% Free

0402 MILK AND CREAM, CONCENTRATED OR CONTAINING

ADDED SUGAR OR
OTHER SWEETENING MATTER

0402 10 In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat

content, by weight not exceeding 1.5%:
0402 10 10 Skimmed Milk Free
0402 10 20 Milk food for babies Free
0402 10 90 Other Free

In powder, granules or other solid forms, of a fat

content, by weight exceeding 1.5%:
0402 21 00 Not containing added sugar or other Free
sweetening matter

0402 29 Other:
0402 29 10 Whole milk Free
0402 29 20 Milk for babies Free
0402 29 90 Other Free
Other:
0402 91 Not containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter:
0402 91 10 Condensed milk Free
0402 91 90 Other Free

0402 99 Other:
0402 99 10 Whole Milk Free
0402 99 20 Condensed Milk Free
0402 99 90 Other Free
0403 BUTTERMILK, CURDLED MILK AND
CREAM, YOGURT, KEPHIR AND OTHER FERMENTED
OR ACIDIFIED MILK AND CREAM, WHETHER OR
NOT CONCENTRATED OR CONTAINING ADDED
SUGAR OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER OR
FLAVOURED OR CONTAINING ADDED
FRUIT, NUTS OR COCOA

0403 10 00 Yogurt Free

0403 90 Other:
0403 90 10 Butter milk Free
0403 90 90 Other Free

0404 WHEY, WHETHER OR NOT

CONCENTRATED OR CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR
OR OTHER SWEETENING MATTER; PRODUCTS
CONSISTING OF NATURAL MILK CONSTITUENTS,
WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR
OTHER SWEETENING MATTER, NOT ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

0404 10 Whey and modified whey whether or not

concentrated or containing added sugar or other
sweetening matter:
0404 10 10 Whey, concentrated, evaporated or condensed, Free
liquid or semi‐solid
0404 10 20 Whey, dry, blocks and powdered Free
0404 10 90 Other Free

0404 90 00 Other Free

0405 BUTTER AND OTHER FATS AND OILS DERIVED

FROM MILK; DAIRY SPREADS
0405 10 00 Butter Free
0405 20 00 Dairy Spreads Free
0405 90 Other:
0405 90 10 Butter Oil Free
0405 90 20 Ghee Free
0405 90 90 Other Free

0406 CHEESE AND CURD

0406 10 00 Fresh (unripened or uncured) cheese, including whey Free
cheese and curd
0406 20 00 Grated or powdered cheese, of all kinds Free
0406 30 00 Processed Cheese not grated or powdered Free
0406 40 00 Blue‐veined cheese and other cheese containing Free
veins
0406 90 00 Other cheese Free

0407 BIRDS' EGGS, IN SHELL, FRESH, PRESERVED

OR COOKED
Fertilised eggs for incubation:
0407 11 00 Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Restricted

0407 19 Other:
0407 19 10 Of ducks Restricted
0407 19 90 Other Restricted

Other fresh eggs:

0407 21 00 Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus Restricted
0407 29 00 Other Restricted

0407 90 00 Other Restricted

0408 BIRDS EGGS, NOT IN SHELL, AND EGG

YOLKS, FRESH, DRIED, COOKED BY STEAMING
OR BY BOILING IN WATER, MOULDED, FROZEN
OR OTHERWISE PRESERVED, WHETHER OR NOT
CONTAINING ADDED SUGAR OR OTHER
SWEETENING MATTER

Egg yolks:
0408 11 00 Dried Free
0408 19 00 Other Free

Other:
0408 91 00 Dried Free
0408 99 00 Other Free
0409 00 00 Natural Honey Free
0410 EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT
ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

0410 00 Edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere

specified or included:
0410 00 10 Of Wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
Imported
0410 00 20 Turtle eggs and Salanganes’ nests (“birds’ nests”) Restricted Not permitted to be
Imported
0410 00 90 Other Restricted Not permitted to
be imported

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) An application for grant of a licence for import of Animals, Birds and Reptiles
(including their parts and products) may be made in the form given in ANF 2B of the
Handbook of Procedures Vol. I, to the Director General of Foreign Trade alongwith
the recommendation of the Chief Wild Life Warden of the State concerned.
(2) Import of wild animals (including their parts and products) as defined in the Wild
Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited and in respect of those species listed in
CITES, is subject to the provisions of CITES.
(3) Import of milk and milk products (including food preparations with milk or milk solids
as an ingredient) from China is ‘Prohibited’ till 24.6.2012 or until further orders,
whichever is earlier. The transitional arrangements under para 1.5 of the Foreign
Trade Policy will not be allowed in the case of import of above products from China
for this period.
(4) “Import of all live‐stock products shall be subject to a sanitary import permit to be
issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, GOI , as per Section 3A
of Live‐stock Importation Act, 1898 as incorporated by Live Stock Importation (Amendment)
Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29 th August, 2001), or as amended from time to time.”

[Notification No. 91 (RE‐2010)/2009‐14 dated 26.12.2011]

 CHAPTER 5
PrODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN,
NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

NOTES:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Edible products (other than guts, bladders and stomachs of animals, whole and
pieces thereof, and animal blood, liquid or dried);
(b) Hides or Skins (including furskins) other than goods of heading 0505 and parings
and similar waste of raw hides or skins of heading 0511 (Chapter
41 or 43);
(c) Animal textile materials, other than horsehair and horsehair waste (Section
XI); or
(d) Prepared knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).

2. For the purposes of heading 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root
ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to
constitute working.

3. Throughout this Schedule, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar
tusks rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as “ivory”.

4. Throughout this schedule, the expression “horsehair” means hair of the manes or
tails of equine or bovine animals.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTE:
In this Chapter, the expressions “wild animal” and “wild life” have the meanings
respectively assigned to them in clauses (36) and (37) of section 2 of the Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); and the expression “wild bird” means any bird
specified in Schedules to that Act.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

0501 HUMAN HAIR, UNWORKED, WHETHER OR NOT WASHED OR
SCOURED; WASTE OF HUMAN HAIR
0501 00 Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or
scoured; waste of human hair:
0501 00 10 Human hair unworked, whether or not washed Free
or scoured
0501 00 20 Waste of human hair Free
0502 PIGS, HOGS OR BOARS BRISTLES AND
HAIR; BADGER HAIR AND OTHER BRUSH MAKING HAIR;
WASTE OF SUCH BRISTLES OR HAIR
0502 10 Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste
thereof:
0502 10 10 Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of the
Chapter.
0502 10 20 Waste of pigs' hogs' or boars' bristles and hair Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of the
Chapter.
0502 90 Other:
0502 90 10 Badger hair and other brush making hair Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of the
Chapter.
0502 90 20 Yak tail hair Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of the
Chapter.
0502 90 90 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 2 of the
Chapter.
0504 GUTS, BLADDERS AND STOMACHS OF ANIMALS (OTHER
THAN FISH), WHOLEAND PIECES, THEREOF FRESH,
CHILLED, FROZEN, SALTED, IN BRINE, DRIED OR SMOKED

0504 00 Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than

fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen,
salted, in brine, dried or smoked:
0504 00 10 Guts of cattle for natural food casings Restricted
0504 00 20 Guts of sheep and goats for natural food casings Free

Guts of other animals for natural food casings:

0504 00 31 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0504 00 39 Other Restricted

Guts other than for natural food casings:

0504 00 41 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0504 00 49 Other Restricted
Bladders and stomachs:
0504 00 51 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
0504 00 59 Other Restricted
0505 SKINS AND OTHER PARTS OF BIRDS, WITH THEIR
FEATHERS OR DOWN, FEATHERS AND PARTS OF
FEATHERS (WHETHER OR NOT WITH TRIMMED EDGES)
AND DOWN, NOT FURTHER WORKED THAN CLEANED,
DISINFECTED OR TREATED FOR PRESERVATION; POWDER
AND WASTE OF FEATHERS OR PARTS OF FEATHERS
0505 10 Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down:
0505 10 10 Of wild birds Prohibited Not permitted to be
Imported
0505 10 90 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.

0505 90 Other:
0505 90 10 Peacock tail and wing feather (trimmed or not) Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.

Other feather (excluding for stuffing purpose):

0505 90 21 Of wild birds Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0505 90 29 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.

Powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers:

0505 90 31 Of wild birds Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0505 90 39 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
Skins and other parts:
0505 90 91 Of wild birds Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0505 90 99 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
BONES AND HORN-CORES, UNWORKED,
DEFATTED, SIMPLY PREPARED (BUT NOT CUT
TO SHAPE), TREATED WITH ACID OR
DEGELATINISED POWDER AND WASTE
OF THESE PRODUCTS
0506 10 Ossein and bones treated with acid:
Bones, including horn‐cores, crushed:

0506 10 11 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported
0506 10 19 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
capter
Bone grist:
0506 10 21 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0506 10 29 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.

Ossein:
0506 10 31 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0506 10 39 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
Bones, horn cones and parts thereof, not crushed:

0506 10 41 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported
0506 10 49 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0506 90 Other:
Bone meal:
0506 90 11 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0506 90 19 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
Other:
0506 90 91 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0506 90 99 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
IVORY, TORTOISE‐SHELL, WHALEBONE AND WHALE‐
BONE HAIR, HORNS, ANTLERS, HOOVES, NAILS, CLAWS
AND BEAKS, UNWORKED OR SIMPLY PREPAREDBUT NOT
CUT TO SHAPE; POWDER AND WASTE OF THESE
PRODUCTS

0507 10 Ivory; ivory powder and waste:

0507 10 10 Ivory Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported
0507 10 20 Ivory powder and waste Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported

0507 90 Other:

0507 90 10 Hoof meal Free Subject to Policy

Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0507 90 20 Horn meal Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0507 90 30 Hooves, claws, nails and beaks Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0507 90 40 Antlers Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0507 90 50 Buffalo horns Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0507 90 60 Tortoise‐shell Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0507 90 70 Claws and waste of tortoise shell Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0507 90 90 Other Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0508 CORAL AND SIMILAR MATERIALS,
UNWORKED OR SIMPLY PREPARED BUT NOT
OTHERWISE WORKED; SHELLS OF MOLLUSCS,
CRUSTACEANS OR ECHINODERMS AND CUTTLE‐BONE,
UNWORKED OR SIMPLY PREPARED BUT NOT CUT TO
SHAPE, POWDER AND WASTE THEREOF

0508 00 Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply

prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of
molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle‐
bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to
shape, powder and waste thereof:

0508 00 10 Coral Free Subject to Policy

Conditio 3 of the
Chapter.
0508 00 20 Chanks Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0508 00 30 Cowries Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0508 00 40 Cuttlefish bones Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0508 00 50 Shells Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0510 AMBERGRIS, CASTOREUM, CIVET AND
MUSK; CANTHARIDES; BILE, WHETHER OR NOT DRIED;
GLANDS AND OTHER ANIMAL PRODUCTS USED IN THE
PREPARATION OF PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS,
FRESH, CHILLED, FROZEN OR OTHERWISE
PROVISIONALLY PRESERVED

0510 00 Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk;

cantharides;bile, whether or not dried; glands and
other animal products used in the preparation of
pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or
otherwise provisionally preserved:

0510 00 10 Bezoar, cow (goolochan) Free Subject to Policy

Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0510 00 20 Ox Gallstone Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0510 00 30 Placenta, frozen Free Subject to Policy
Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
Other:
0510 00 91 Of wild animals Prohibited Not permitted to
be imported

0510 00 99 Other Free Subject to Policy

Condition 3 of the
Chapter.
0511 ANIMAL PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; DEAD ANIMALS OF
CHAPTER 1 OR 3, UNFIT FOR HUMAN
CONSUMPTION
0511 10 00 Bovine semen Restricted
0511 91 Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other
aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3:

0511 91 10 Fish nails Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported

0511 91 20 Fish tails Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported

0511 91 30 Other fish waste Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported
0511 91 90 Other Restricted
0511 99 Other:
Silkworm pupae:
0511 99 11 Artemia Free
0511 99 19 Other Free
Sinews and tendons:
0511 99 21 Of wild life Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0511 99 29 Other Restricted
Other:
0511 99 91 Frozen semen, other than bovine Restricted

bovine embryo:
0511 99 92 Of wild life Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
0511 99 99 Other Restricted

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) An application for grant of a licence for import of Animals, Birds and Reptiles (including
their parts and products) may be made in the Aayat Niryat form given in ANF 2B of the
Handbook of Procedures Vol. I, to the Director General of Foreign Trade alongwith the
recommendation of the Chief Wild Life Warden of the State concerned.

(2) Import of Wild Animals (including their parts and products) as defined in the Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited.

(3) Imports will be subject to the provisions of CITES (Convention of InternationalTrade in

Endangered Species of wild Fauna & Flora).

(4) Import of all live‐stock products shall be subject to a sanitary import permit to be issued by
Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government of India, as per
Section 3A of Live‐stock Importation Act, 1898 as incorporated by Live Stock Importation
(Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29 th August, 2001), or as amended from
time to time.

(5) Import of Bovine Embryos shall be subject to compliance of theguidelines

issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries. The
guidelines are available at ‘www.dahd.nic.in’ under icon trade ‘Procedure
for Import’.”
 SECTION II
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
NOTE:
In this Section, the term “pellets” means products, which have been agglomerated either directly by
compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight.

CHAPTE R 6

LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS, ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND
ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE
NOTES:

1. Subject to the second part of heading 0601, this Chapter covers only live trees and
goods (including seedling vegetables) of a kind commonly supplied by nursery
gardeners or florists for planting or for ornamental use; nevertheless it does not
include potatoes, onions, shallots, garlic or other products of Chapter 7.

2. Any reference in heading 0603 or 0604 to goods of any kind shall be construed as
including a reference to bouquets, floral baskets, wreaths and similar articles made
wholly or partly of goods of that kind, account not being taken of accessories
of other materials. However, these headings do not include collages or similar
decorative plaques of heading 9701.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

BULBS, TUBERS, TUBEROUS ROOTS,

CORMS, CROWNS AND
0601 RHIZOMES,DORMANT, IN GROWTH OR IN
FLOWER; CHICORY PLANTS AND ROOTS
OTHER THAN ROOTS OF HEADING 1212

0601 10 00 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, corms and Free Import permitted in
rhizomes, dormant accordance with
import permit granted
under Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of Imports
into India) Order,
2003.
0601 20 Bulbs, tubers, tuberous roots, corms, crowns and
rhizomes, in growth or in flower; chicory plants and
roots:
0601 20 10 Bulbs, horticultural Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit granted
under Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of Imports
into India) Order,
2003.

Chicory plants and roots:

0601 20 21 Plants Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit granted
under Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of Imports
into India) Order,
2003.

0601 20 22 Roots Free Import permitted in

accordance with
import permit granted
under Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of Imports
into India) Order,
2003.

0601 20 90 Other Restricted Import permitted for

sowing or planting
without a licence in
accordance with
import permit granted
under Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of Imports
into India) Order,
2003.

0602 OTHER LIVE PLANTS (INCLUDING THEIR ROOTS),

CUTTINGS AND SLIPS; MUSHROOM SPAWN
0602 10 00 Unrooted cuttings and slips Free Import permitted in
accordance with import
permit granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of Imports
into India) Order,
2003.

0602 20 Trees, shrubs and bushes, grafted or not, of kinds,

which bear edible fruits or nuts:
0602 20 10 Edible fruit or nut trees, grafted or not Free
0602 20 20 Cactus Restricted Import will be subject
to the provisions of
Convention of
International Trade in
Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna & Flora
(CITES).

0602 20 90 Other Free

0602 30 00 Rhododendrons and azaleas, grafted or not Free

0602 40 00 Roses, grafted or not Free

0602 90 Other:
0602 90 10 Mushroom spawn Free
0602 90 20 Flowering plants (excluding roses and Free
rhododendrons)
0602 90 30 Tissue culture plant Free
0602 90 90 Other Free

0603 CUT FLOWERS AND FLOWER BUDS OF A KIND

SUITABLE FOR BOUQUETS OR FOR ORNAMENTAL
PURPOSES, FRESH, DRIED, DYED, BLEACHED,
IMPREGNATED OR OTHERWISE PREPARED

Fresh:
0603 11 00 Roses Free
0603 12 00 Carnations Free
0603 13 00 Orchids Free
0603 14 00 Chrysanthemums Free
0603 15 00 Lilies (Lilium spp.) Free
0603 19 00 Other Free
0603 90 00 Other Free
0604 FOLIAGE, BRANCHES AND OTHER PARTS OF
PLANTS, WITHOUT FLOWERS OR FLOWER BUDS,
AND GRASSES, MOSSES AND LICHENS, BEING
GOODS OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR BOUQUETS OR
FOR ORNAMENTAL PURPOSES, FRESH, DRIED,
DYED, BLEACHED, IMPREGNATED OR OTHERWISE
PREPARED

0604 20 00 Fresh Free

0604 90 00 Other Free

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) Import of seeds of vegetables, flowers, fruits and plants, tubers and bulbs of flowers,
cutting, sapling, budwood etc., of flowers and fruits for sowing or planting is permitted
without a licence in accordance with a permit for import granted under the Plant
Quarantine (Regulation of Imports into India) Order,
2003. However, import of Poppy seeds if permitted for import under the
Plants, Fruits and Seeds (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 1989 for sowing or
planting shall be subject to the condition that importer shall produce a certificate
from the competent authority of the country of origin that opium poppy has been
grown licitly/legally in that country as per requirements of the International Narcotics
Control Bureau.

(2) Import of living plants, seeds for sowing or plant material shall be made by the Indian
Council of Agricultural Research, Agricultural Universities, Botanical and Horticulture
Departments of other Universities and State Governments, without a licence. Such
import shall be subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Ministry of
Agriculture, Government of India, from time to time.

CHAPTER 12

OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISCELLANEOUS GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT;
INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER.

NOTES:
 1. Heading 1207 applies, inter alia, to palm nuts and kernels, cotton seeds, castor oil
seeds, sesamum seeds, mustard seeds, safflower seeds, poppy seeds and shea nuts
(karite nuts). It does not apply to products of heading
0801 or 0802 or to olives (Chapter 07 or Chapter 20).

2. Heading 1208 applies not only to non‐defatted flours and meals but also to flours and
meals which have been partially defatted or defatted and wholly or partially refatted
with their original oils. It does not, however, apply to residues of headings 2304 to
2306.

3. For the purposes of heading 1209, beet seeds, grass and other herbage seeds, seeds of
ornamental flowers, vegetable seeds, seeds of forest trees, seeds of fruit trees, seeds of
vetches (other than those of the species Vicia faba) or of lupines are to be regarded as
“seeds of a kind used for sowing”.

Heading 1209 does not, however, apply to the following even if for sowing: (a)
Leguminous vegetables or sweet corn (Chapter 07);
(b) Spices or other products of Chapter 09;
(c) Cereals (Chapter 10); or
(d) Products of headings 1201 to 1207 or 1211.

4. Heading 1211 applies, inter alia, to the following plants or parts thereof: basil,
borage, ginseng, hyssop, liquorice, all species of mint, rosemary, rue, sage and
wormwood.
Heading 1211 does not, however, apply to: (a) Medicaments of Chapter 30;
(b) Perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations of Chapter 33; or
(c) Insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, disinfectants or similar products of heading
3808.

5. For the purposes of heading 1212, the term “seaweeds and other algae” does not
include:
(a) Dead single‐cell micro‐organisms of heading 2102;
(b) Cultures of micro‐organisms of heading 3002; or
(c) Fertilizers of heading 3101 or 3105.

SUB‐HEADING NOTE:

For the purposes of sub‐heading 1205 10, the expression “low erucic acid rape or colza
seeds” means rape or colza seeds yielding a fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of
less than 2% by weight and yielding a solid component which contains less than 30
micromoles of glucosinolates per gram.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

1201 SOYA BEANS, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN

1201 00 Soya beans, whether or not broken:
1201 10 00 Seed Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1201 90 00 Other Free

1202 GROUND‐NUT, NOT ROASTED OR

OTHERWISE COOKED, WHETHER OR NOT SHELLED
OR BROKEN

1202 30 Seed:
1202 30 10 H. P. S Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1202 30 90 Other Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
Other:
1202 41 In shell:
1202 41 10 H.P.S Free
1202 41 90 Other Free

1202 42 Shelled, whether or not broken:

1202 42 10 Kernels, H.P.S Free
1202 42 20 Kernels, other Free
1202 42 90 Other Free

1203 00 00 Copra State Import allowed

Trading through STC
Enterprise subject to para
2.11 of Foreign
Trade Policy.

1204 LINSEED, WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN

1204 00 Linseed, whether or not broken:

1204 00 10 Of seed quality Restricted Import subject to

conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1204 00 90 Other Free

1205 RAPE OR COLZA SEEDS, WHETHER OR

NOT BROKEN
1205 10 00 Low eructic acid rape or colza seeds Free Subject to Quarantine
condition.

1205 90 00 Other Free

1206 SUNFLOWER SEEDS, WHETHER OR NOT

BROKEN
1206 00 Sunflower seeds, whether or not broken:
1206 00 10 Of seed quality Free Subject to Quarantine
condition.

1206 00 90 Other Free

1207 OTHER OIL SEEDS AND OLEAGINOUS FRUITS,

WHETHER OR NOT BROKEN

1207 10 Palm nuts and kernels:

1207 10 10 Palm nuts Free
1207 10 90 Palm kernels Free

Cotton seeds:
1207 21 00 Seed Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1207 29 00 Other Free
1207 30 Castor oil seeds:
1207 30 10 Of seed quality Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1207 30 90 Other Free

1207 40 Sesamum seeds:

1207 40 10 Of seed quality Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1207 40 90 Other Free
1207 50 Mustard seeds:
1207 50 10 Of seed quality Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
 Condition (4) below.
1207 50 90 Other Free
1207 60 Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius) seeds:
1207 60 10 Of seed quality Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1207 60 90 Other Free
1207 70 Melon seeds:
1207 70 10 Of seed quality Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1207 70 90 Other Free
Other:
1207 91 00 Poppy seeds Free Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (3) below.
1207 99 Other:
1207 99 10 Ajams Free
1207 99 20 Mango kernel Free
1207 99 30 Niger seed Free
1207 99 40 Kokam Free
1207 99 90 Other Free

1208 FLOURS AND MEALS OF OIL SEEDS OR

OLEAGINOUS FRUITS, OTHER THAN THOSE
OF MUSTARD
1208 10 00 Of soya beans Free
1208 90 00 Other Free
1209 SEEDS, FRUIT AND SPORES, OF A KIND USED
FOR SOWING
1209 10 00 Sugar beet seeds Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
Seeds of forage plants:
1209 21 00 Lucerne (alfalfa) seeds Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.
1209 22 00 Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

1209 23 00 Fescue seeds Free Import permitted in

accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

1209 24 00 Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seeds Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

1209 25 00 Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne Free Import permitted in
L.) seeds accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

1209 29 Other:
1209 29 10 Australian lupin seeds Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.
1209 29 90 Other Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit granted
under Plant
Quarantine Regulation
of Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

1209 30 00 Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for Free Import permitted in
their flowers accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

Other:
1209 91 Vegetable seeds:
1209 91 10 Of Cabbage Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

1209 91 20 Of Cauliflower Free Import permitted in

accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.
1209 91 30 Of Onion Free Import permitted in
accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.
1209 91 40 Of Pea Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Licensing
note (4) below.

1209 91 50 Of Radish Free Import permitted

in accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.

1209 91 60 Of Tomato Free Import permitted in

accordance with
import permit
granted under
Plant Quarantine
(Regulation of
Imports into India)
Order, 2003.
1209 91 90 Other Free Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1209 99 Other:
1209 99 10 Fruit seeds for planting or sowings Free Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1209 99 90 Other Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
However, import of
Pomegranate seeds
will be free.
Import will be subject
to the provisions of
Convention of
1210 HOP CONES, FRESH OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT
GROUND, POWDERED OR IN THE FORM OF
PELLETS; LUPULIN

1210 10 00 Hop cones, neither ground nor powdered nor in the Free
form of pellets
1210 20 00 Hop cones, ground, powdered or in the form of Free
pellets; lupulin
1211 PLANTS AND PARTS OF PLANTS (INCLUDING
SEEDS AND FRUITS), OF A KIND USED
PRIMARILY IN PERFUMERY, IN PHARMACY
OR FOR INSECTICIDAL, FUNGICIDAL OR
SIMILAR PURPOSE,FRESH OR DRIED,
WHETHER OR NOT CUT, CRUSHED OR
POWDERED

1211 20 00 Ginseng roots Free Import will be subject

1211 30 00 Coca leaf Restricted
1211 40 00 Poppy straw Restricted

1211 90 Other:
Seeds:
1211 90 11 Ambrette seeds Free
1211 90 12 Nuxvomica, dried ripe seeds Free
1211 90 13 Psyllium seed (isobgul) Free
1211 90 14 Neem seed Free
1211 90 15 Jojoba seed Restricted Import subject to
conditions at Policy
Condition (4) below.
1211 90 19 Other Restricted

Leaves, powder, flowers and pods:

1211 90 21 Belladona leaves Free
1211 90 22 Senna leaves and pods Free
1211 90 23 Neem leaves, powder Free
1211 90 24 Gymnema powder Free
1211 90 25 Cubeb powder Free
1211 90 26 Pyrethrum Free
1211 90 29 Other Free

Bark, husk, and rind:

1211 90 31 Cascara sagrada bark Free
1211 90 32 Psyllium husk (isobgul husk) Free
1211 90 33 Gamboge fruit rind Free
1211 90 39 Other Free

Roots and Rhizomes:

1211 90 41 Belladona roots Free
1211 90 42 Galangal rhizomes and roots Free
1211 90 43 Ipecac dried rhizome and roots Free
1211 90 44 Serpentina roots (rowwalfia serpentina and other Restricted Import will be
species of rowwalfias) subject to the
provisions of
Convention of
International
Trade in
Endangered
Species of Wild
Fauna & Flora
1211 90 45 Zedovary roots Free ( )
1211 90 46 Kuth root Restricted Import will be
subject to the
provisions of
Convention of
International
Trade in
Endangered
Species of Wild
Fauna & Flora
(CITES) and
Wild Life (Protection)
act 1972.
1211 90 47 Sarasaparilla roots Free
1211 90 48 Sweet flag rhizomes Free
1211 90 49 Other Free
1211 90 50 Sandalwood chips and dust Free
1211 90 60 Vinca rosea herbs Free
1211 90 70 Mint including leaves (all species) Free
1211 90 80 Agarwood Restricted Import will be
subject to the
provisions of
Convention of
International
Trade in
Endangered
Species of Wild
Fauna & Flora
Other:
1211 90 91 Chirata Free
1211 90 92 Tukmaria Free
1211 90 93 Unab (Indian Jujuba or Chinese dates) Free
1211 90 94 Basil, hyssop, rosemary, sage and savory Free
1211 90 95 Lovage Free
1211 90 96 Garcinia Free
1211 90 99 Other Free
1212 LOCUST BEANS, SEAWEEDS AND OTHER ALGAE,
SUGAR BEET AND SUGARCANE, FRESH, CHILLED,
FROZEN OR DRIED, WHETHER OR NOT GROUND;
FRUIT STONES AND KERNELS AND OTHER
VEGETABLE PRODUCTS (INCLUDING
UNROASTED CHICORY ROOTS OF THE VARIETY
Ci‐chorium intybus sativum) OF A KIND USED
PRIMARILY FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION, NOT
ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

Seaweeds and other algae:

1212 21 Fit for human consumption:
1212 21 10 Seaweeds Free
1212 21 90 Other algae Free

1212 29 Other:
1212 29 10 Seaweeds Free
1212 29 90 Other algae Free

Other:
1212 91 00 Sugar beet Free
1212 92 00 Locust beans (carob) Free
1212 93 00 Sugar cane Free
1212 94 00 Chicory roots Free

1212 99 Other:
1212 99 10 Kokam (cocum) flowers Free
1212 99 20 Mohua flowers Free
1212 99 90 Other Free
1213 00 00 Cereal straw and husks, unprepared, whether or not Free
chopped, ground, pressed or in the form of pellets

1214 SWEDES, MANGOLDS, FODDER ROOTS,

HAY, LUCERNE (alfalfa), CLOVER, SAINFOIN,
FORAGE KALE, LUPINES, VETCHES AND
SIMILAR FORAGE PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR
NOT IN THE FORM OF PELLETS

1214 10 00 Lucerne (alfalfa) meal and pellets Free

1214 90 00 Other Free

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) Plants and parts of plants (including seeds and fruits), of a kind used
primarily in perfumery, in pharmacy or for insecticidal, fungicidal
or similar purposes, fresh or dried, whether or not, crushed or powdered
(2) as covered under Exim Code 12.11, import of which has been shown
as restricted and which are not covered by the list mentioned in licensing note 2
below, may be permitted freely by the Actual Users without an import license
subject to plant protection quarantine certificate. However, import of opium
(papaver species), cannabis (cannabis species)and
(erythroxylon species) shall not be permitted. This free importability shall not
be applicable to the items, poppy, flowers and unripe heads of dried poppy,
psyllium husk (isobgul), psyllium seed (isobgul), poppy husk and jojoba seed.

(2) Import of Crude Drugs required for making Ayurvedic, Unani or any other
system of medicine as listed below is permitted freely.

List of Crude Drugs required for the Manufacture of Ayurvedic, Unani or any other
system of medicine Allowed for Import Without a Licence
Sl. Ayurvedic/ Unani name of the Scientific and/or English name of
No. crude drugs inclusive of parts the drug
(1) (2) (3)
A. PLANT ORIGIN DURGS
1, Vansalochan Tabsheer (Manna) Bambusa bambas Druce Sy. B.
arundiracsa Wild Bamboo Manna.
2. Gaozeban (leaves, flowers) Borago officinitis Linn.
3. Suranjan (Corams) Colcheum Luteum Baker colchicum.
4. Bol. Mur Makki (Gum resin) Commiphora myrtha (nees) engl.
Myrth.
5. Saqmonia (Resin) Convolvulus seammonia Linn.
Scammony.
6. Yashtimadhu. Mulethi (Roots) Glycyrthiza glabra Linn. Licorice.
7. Hauber Abhal (Bernes) Juniperus communis Linn. Juniper
Berries.
8. Todn (Seeds) Mathiola incana R.Br.
9. Deleted
10. Shaqaqul Misri (Root) Pastinaca secacul Linn. Wild
Parship secacu.
11. Kab abchini (Fruits) Piper cubeba Linn. f. Cubed.
12. Mastagr Pistcia lentiscus Linn. mastich.
13. Maya Phala. Mazu (Galls) Quercus inbectoria Oliv. Oak.
14. Chobchini (Root) Smilax china Linn. china Root.
15. Unnab (Fruits) Zizyphus sativa gaerth Jujuba.
16. Aqarqarha (Root) Anacyclus pyrothrum Dc. Pollitery.
17. Bahman safaid (Root) & surkh Contaurea bheen Linn.
(Red & White vraz)
18. Darronaj Aqrabi (Root) Doronicum pardalianches Linn.
Roman Leopard's Bane.
19. Usara revand (Extract) Rheum emodia Wall Rheum.
revandchini (Root) Rhubarb.
20. Ustokhuddus (Plant) Lavandula stoechas Linn. French
Lavander.
21. Habb‐ul‐Ghar (berries) Paurus nobils Linn. Lourd.
22. Abb‐ul‐Aas (Berries) Myrtus communis Linn. Myrtle.
23. Ood‐e‐Saeeb (Root) Paeonia officinalis Linn. Paeonia
Root.
24. Bisfayej (Root, Rhizome) Polypodium vulgare Linn. Polipody.
25. Ushbah Maghribi (Root) Smliax aristole‐chiaefolia Miller
Maxician Sarsaparillao.
26. Turanjabeen (Manna) Alnagi psoud‐allhagi (Bieb) Desv
Syn.
27. Zarishak (Fruit) A. Camelonum fiseb. Berberts
vulgaris Linn. Borbery.
28. Balsan (Habb Seeds Raughan‐oil) Commiphora opobalsamin, Linn.
engl. Balsome Tree.
29. Sheez Khisht (manna) Pracinus ornus Linn.
30. Ushaq (Olio‐gum‐resin) Darema ammoniacum D. Don.
Annoniacum.
31. Gul‐e‐Ghans (Flower) Gentianaoilvueri Griseb Gentian.
32. Habb‐uo‐Mahlab (Fruits, Seeds) Prunus mahaleb Linn. Mahalab
Tree.
33. Faranj Mushk (Fruits, Seeds) Dracocophalum moldivica Linn.
34. Badiyan Khatal (Fruit) Illcium verum Hook F.
35. Biranjasif Achillea Millifolium Linn. Milfoil.
36. Jadwar Nirbisi (Root) Delphinium Denudatum Wall.
37. Turmus safed Lupinus albus Linn. White lupin.
38. Gulnar Farsi (Flower) Punica granatum Linn. Pom‐Granate
39. Satar fars (Plant) Zataria multiflora Boiss.
40. Omitted
41. Kahruba (Resin in fossil form) Pinus succinifora Gopport Amber
(Fossilised).
42. Damm‐ul‐Akhwain (Resineus Draecona cinnablri balf.f. Bragon's
exudate) Blood Plant.
43. Naryal daryaee Ladoicoa moldivica Pors. syn. L.
Seychellarum labill.
44. Gul‐e Pista (Flower) Pistacia yera Linn. Pistachio Plant.
45. Loban (Balsamic resin Benzoin) Styrax benzoin Dryand Olibanum or
benzoin Tree.
46. Anisoon (Fruit) Pimpinalla anisum Linn. Ani fruits.
47. Sarjarsam (Gum ‐ resin) votoria indica Linn.
48. Rotanjot (Rhizome) Onosma echiodes Linn.
49. Zoofa (Plant) Nyssopus offcinalis Linn. Hyssop.
50. Shaqiqoon (Mushroom) Polyprous officinalis Fries Edible
Mushroom.
 51. Guggulu Commiphora wightil (Arn.)/Mukul
52. Pippali Piper longun linn.
53. Kesara (kumkum) Crocus sativus Linn.
54. Priyala Buchanania lanzen Sprong
55. Musali Shveta Asparagen adsedence
56. Black Cumin (Kala Zeera/Siaha Carumcarvi or Carum
Zeera) bulbocastanum
57. Nutmeg
58. Mace
B. MINERAL ORIGIN DRUGS
1. Shilajit Black Bitumen, Mineral Pitch
Bitumen.
2. Boora‐e‐Armani Bole Amreniac, Amrenian Bole.
3. Hajr‐ul‐Yahud Fossil Enerinate.
4. Sahar Mohra Serpentine
5. Yaqoot (Choora) Ruby.
6. Parwala, Munga, Shaakh‐e‐ Coral (Colralium rubram.)
Marjan, bekh‐e‐Marjan, byssad
7. Mukta, Moti Pearl.
8. Sang yashab Jade.
9. Hingul, Shangraf Cinnabar.
10. Gil‐e‐Makhtoom Clay.
11. Anjana Lead sulphide, Black antomony
12. Malla Arsenic
13. Manahshila Realgar
14. Hartala Orpiment
15. Parada Mercury
(3) Import of Poppy Seeds (Exim Code No. 1207 91 00) shall be allowed subject to the
following conditions:
(a) Import permitted only from Australia, Austria, France, China,
Hungry, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey and
Czech Republic;
(b) The importer shall produce an appropriate certificate from the
competent authority of the exporting country that Opium Poppy have
been grown licitly / legally in that country as per requirements of
International Narcotics Control Bureau (website: http://www.incb.org); and
(c) All import contracts for this item shall compulsory be registered
with the Narcotics Commissioner, Central Bureau of Narcotics, Gwalior
(website: http://cbn.nic.in) prior to import.
(4) Import permitted for sowing without a licence subject to the new Policy on Seed
Development, 1988 and in accordance with import permit granted under Plant
Quarantine (Regulation of Imports into India) Order, 2003.
(5) Import of Salab misri (Orchis laxiflora) required for the manufacture of Ayurvedic, Unani
or any other system of medicine shall be subject to the provisions of Convention of
International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora (CITES).
 CHAPTER 13

LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS NOTES:

1. Heading 1302 applies, inter alia, to liquorice extract and extract of pyrethrum, extract
of hops, extract of aloes and opium.

The heading does not apply to:

(a) Liquorice extract containing more than 10% by weight of sucrose or put up as
confectionery (heading 1704);
(b) Malt extract (heading 1901);
(c) Extracts of coffee, tea or mate (heading 2101);
(d) Vegetable saps or extracts constituting alcoholic beverages (Chapter 22); (e)
Camphor, glycyrrhizin or other products of heading 2914 or 2938;
(f) Concentrates of poppy straw containing not less than 50% by weight of
alkaloids (heading 2939);
(g) Medicaments of heading 3003 or 3004 or blood grouping reagents (heading
3006);
(h) Tanning or dyeing extracts (heading 3201 or 3203);
(i) Essential oils, concretes, absolutes, resinoids, extracted oleoresins, aqueous
distillates or aqueous solution of essential oils or preparation based on
odoriferous substances of a kind used for the manufacture of beverages
(Chapter 33); or
(j) Natural rubber, balata, gutta‐percha, guayule, chicle or similar natural
gums (heading 4001).
Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

1301 LAC;NATURAL GUMS, RESINS,GUM‐RESINS AND

OLEORESINS (FOR
EXAMPLE,BALSAMS)
1301 20 00 Gum Arabic Free

1301 90 Other:

Natural gums:
1301 90 11 Asian gum Free
1301 90 12 African gum Free
1301 90 13 Asafoetida Free
1301 90 14 Benjamin ras Free
1301 90 15 Benjamin cowrie Free
1301 90 16 Karaya gum (Indian tragacanth) hastab Free
1301 90 17 Tragacanth (adraganth) Free
1301 90 18 Storax Free
1301 90 19 Other Free

Resins:
1301 90 21 Copal Free
1301 90 22 Dammar batu Free
1301 90 29 Other Free

Gum Resins:
1301 90 31 Myrrh Free
1301 90 32 Oilbanum or frankincense Free
1301 90 33 Mastic gum Free
1301 90 34 Xanthium gum Free
1301 90 39 Other Free

Oleoresins:
1301 90 41 Of Seeds Free
1301 90 42 Of Fruits Free
1301 90 43 Of Leaves Free
1301 90 44 Of Spices Free
1301 90 45 Of Flowers Free
1301 90 46 Of Roots Free
1301 90 49 Other Free

Other:
1301 90 99 Other Free

1302 VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS; PECTIC

SUBSTANCES, PECTINATES AND PECTATES;
AGAR‐AGAR AND OTHER MUCILAGES AND
THICKENERS, WHETHER OR NOT MODIFIED,
DERIVED
FROM VEGETABLE PRODUCTS
Vegetable saps and extracts:
1302 11 00 Opium Restricted
1302 12 00 Of liquorice Free
1302 13 00 Of hops Free

1302 19 Other:
Extracts:
1302 19 11 Of Belladona Free
1302 19 12 Of Cascara sagrada Free
1302 19 13 Of nux vomica Free
1302 19 14 Of ginseng (including powder) Free
1302 19 15 Of agarose Free
1302 19 16 Of neem Free
1302 19 17 Of gymnema Free
1302 19 18 Of garacinia or gambodge Free
1302 19 19 Other Free

1302 19 20 Cashew shell liquid (CNSL), crude Free

1302 19 30 Purified and distilled CNSL (Cardanol) Free
1302 19 90 Other Free
1302 20 00 Pectic substances, pectinates and pectates Free

Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not

modified, derived from vegetable products:
1302 31 00 Agar‐agar Free

1302 32 Mucilages and thickeners, whether or not

modified, derived from locust beans, locust bean
seeds or guar seeds:
1302 32 10 Guar meal Free
1302 32 20 Guargum refined split Free
1302 32 30 Guargum treated and pulverised Free
1302 32 40 Kappa carrageenan Free
1302 32 90 Other Free
1302 39 00 Other Free
 CHAPTER 14

VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE

SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover the following products which are to be
classified in Section XI: vegetable materials or fibres of vegetable
materials of a kind used primarily in the manufacture of textiles, however
prepared, or other vegetable materials which have undergone treatment so
as to render them suitable for use only as textile materials.

2. Heading 1401 applies, inter alia, to bamboos (whether or not split, sawn
lengthwise, cut to length, rounded at the ends, bleached, rendered non‐
inflammable, polished or dyed), split osier, reeds and the like, to rattan
cores and to drawn or split rattans. The heading does not apply to
chipwood (heading 4404).
3. Heading 1404 does not apply to wood wool (heading 4405) and prepared
knots or tufts for broom or brush making (heading 9603).

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

1401 VEGETABLE MATERIALS OF A KIND USED PRIMARILY
FOR PLAITING (FOR EXAMPLE, BAMBOOS,
RATTANS, REEDS, RUSHES, OSIER, RAFFIA,
CLEANED, BLEACHED OR DYED CEREAL STRAW, AND
LIME BARK)

1401 10 00 Bamboos Free

1401 20 00 Rattans Free
1401 90 Other:
1401 90 10 Canes Free
1401 90 90 Other Free
1404 VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED
OR INCLUDED
1404 20 00 Cotton linters Free
1404 90 Other:
1404 90 10 Bidi wrapper leaves (tendu) Free
Soap‐nuts:
1404 90 21 Powder Free
1404 90 29 Other Free
1404 90 30 Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts, of a kind used Free
primarily for carving
1404 90 40 Betel leaves Free
1404 90 50 Indian katha Free
1404 90 60 Coconut shell, unworked Free
1404 90 70 Rudraksha seeds Free
1404 90 90 Other Free
 CHAPTER 15
ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS;
PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES
NOTES:
1. This Chapter does not cover:
(a) Pig fat or poultry fat of heading 0209; (b)
Cocoa butter, fat or oil (heading 1804);
(c) Edible preparations containing by weight more than 15 % of the
products of heading 0405 (generally Chapter 21);
(d) Greaves (heading 2301) or residues of headings 2304 to 2306;
(e) Fatty acids, prepared waxes, medicaments, paints, varnishes, soap,
perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations, sulphonated oils or other
goods of Section VI; or
(f) Factice derived from oils (heading 4002).

2. Heading 1509 does not apply to oils obtained from olives by solvent
extraction (heading 1510).

3. Heading 1518 does not cover fats or oils or their fractions, merely
denatured, which are to be classified in the heading appropriate to the
corresponding undenatured fats and oils and their fractions.

4. Soap‐stocks, oil foots and dregs, stearin pitch, glycerol pitch and wool grease
residues fall in heading 1522.

SUB‐HEADING NOTE:

For the purpose of sub‐headings 1514 11 and 1514 19, the expression “low erucic acid
rape or colza oil” means the fixed oil which has an erucic acid content of less than 2% by
weight.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES:

1. In this Chapter, “edible grade”, in respect of goods (i.e. edible oil) specified Food
Safety & Standards Act, 2006, means the standard of quality specified for such
goods in that Act/Rules thereunder/ in an Appendix thereunder.
 2. In this Chapter “fixed Vegetable Oil” means oils which cannot easily be distilled
without decomposition, which are not volatile and which cannot be carried off by
superheated steam (which decomposes and saponifies them).

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

1501 PIG FAT (INCLUDING LARD) AND POULTRY

FAT,OTHER THAN THAT OF HEADING 0209
OR 1503
1501 10 00 Lard Prohibited Not permitted to
be imported
1501 20 00 Other pig fat Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1501 90 00 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported

1502 FATS OF BOVINE ANIMALS, SHEEP OR

GOATS, OTHER THAN THOSE OF HEADING 1503

1502 10 Tallow:
1502 10 10 Mutton tallow Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1502 10 90 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported

1502 90 Other:
1502 90 10 Unrendered fats Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1502 90 20 Rendered fats or solvent extraction fats Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1502 90 90 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported

1503 00 00 Lard Stearin, Lard Oil, Oleostearin, Oleo‐Oil and Prohibited Not permitted to be
Tallow Oil, not emulsified or mixed or otherwise imported
prepared

1504 FATS AND OILS AND THEIR FRACTIONS, OF FISH OR

MARINE MAMMALS, WHETHER OR NOT REFINED,
BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED

1504 10 Fish liver oils and their fractions:

1504 10 10 Cod liver oil Free
 Other:
1504 10 91 Squid liver oil Free
1504 10 99 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1504 20 Fats and Oils and their fractions of fish, other than
liver oils:
1504 20 10 Fish body oil Restricted Fish Body Oil
(Refined) – import
permitted as per
Policy Condition 5
1504 20 20 Fish lipid oil Free Fish Body Oil
(Refined) – import
permitted as per
Policy Condition 5
1504 20 30 Sperm oil Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1504 20 90 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported

1504 30 00 Fats and oils and their fractions, of marine mammals Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported

1506 OTHER ANIMAL FATS AND OILS AND THEIR

FRACTIONS, WHETHER OR NOT
REFINED, BUT NOT CHEMICALLY MODIFIED

1506 00 Other animal fats and oils and their fractions,

whether or not refined, but not chemically modified:
1506 00 10 Neats Foot oil and fats from bone or waste Prohibited Not permitted to be
1506 00 90 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
1516 ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR
FRACTIONS, PARTLY OR WHOLLY HYDROGENATED,
INTER‐ ESTERIFIED, RE‐ESTERIFIED OR ELADLNISED,
WHETHER OR NOT REFINED, BUT NOT FURTHER
PREPARED

1516 10 00 Animal fats and oils and their fractions Prohibited Not permitted to be
1517 MARGARINE; EDIBLE MIXTURE OR
PREPARATIONS OF ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS
OR OILS OR OF FRACTIONS OF DIFFERENT FATS OR
OILS OF THIS CHAPTER, OTHER THAN EDIBLE FATS
OR OILS OR THEIR FRACTIONS OF HEADING 1516

1517 10 Margarine, excluding liquid margarine:

1517 10 10 Of animal origin Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1517 90 30 Imitation lard of animal origin Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1522 DEGRAS: RESIDUES RESULTING FROM THE
TREATMENT OF FATTY SUBSTANCES OR ANIMAL OR
VEGETABLE WAXES

1522 00 Degras: residues resulting from the treatment of fatty

substances or animal or vegetable waxes:
1522 00 10 Degras Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1522 00 20 Soap stocks Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
1522 00 90 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported

[Reference: Notification No. 8(RE‐2010)/2009‐14 dated 8.10.2010]

 CHAPTER 33

ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

3301 ESSENTIAL OILS (TERPENELESS OR

NOT),INCLUDING CONCRETES AND ABSOLUTES;
RESINOIDS; EXTRACTED OLEORESINS;
CONCENTRATES OF ESSENTIAL OILS IN FATS, IN
FIXED OILS, IN WAXES OR THE LIKE, OBTAINED BY
ENFLEURAGE OR MACERATION; TERPENIC BY‐
PRODUCTS OF THE DETERPENATION OF
ESSENTIAL OILS; AQUEOUS DISTILLATES AND
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS OF ESSENTIAL OILS

3301 30 Resinoids:
3301 30 10 Agar oil Restricted Import will be subject
to the provisions of
Convention of
International Trade in
Endangered Species of
Wild Fauna & Flora
(CITES).
 CHAPTER 35
ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

3503 GELATIN [INCLUDING GELATIN IN

RECTANGULAR (INCLUDING SQUARE)
SHEETS, WHETHER OR NOT SURFACE‐ WORKED
OR COLOURED] AND GELATIN DERIVATIVES;
ISINGLASS; OTHER GLUES OF ANIMAL ORIGIN,
EXCLUDING CASEIN GLUES OF HEADING 3501

3503 00 Gelatin [including gelatin in rectangular

(including square) sheets, whether or not surface‐
worked or coloured] and gelatin derivatives;
isinglass; other glues of animal origin, excluding
casein glues of heading 3501:

3503 00 10 Isinglass Free Subject to Wild Life

(Protection) Act, 1972
and CITES.

3503 00 20 Gelatin, edible grade and not elsewhere specified Free Subject to Wild Life
or included (Protection) Act,
1972and CITES.
3503 00 30 Glues derived from bones, hides and similar items; Free Subject to Wild Life
fish glues (Protection) Act, 1972
and CITES.
3503 00 90 Other Free Subject to Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972
and CITES.
3507 ENZYMES; PREPARED ENZYMES NOT ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED
3507 10 Rennet and concentrates thereof:
Microbial rennet:
3507 10 11 Animal rennet Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
3507 10 19 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
Other:
3507 10 91 Animal rennet Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
3507 10 99 Other Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported
 CHAPTER 41

RAW HIDES AND SKINS (OTHER THAN FURSKINS) AND LEATHER NOTES:

1. This chapter does not cover:

(a) Parings or similar waste, or raw hides or skins (heading 0511);
(b) Birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down, of heading
0505 or 6701; or
(c) Hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, raw, tanned or dressed (Chapter
43); the following are however, to be classified in Chapter 41, namely:

raw hides and skins, with the hair or wool on, of bovine animals
(including buffalo), of equine animals, of sheep of lambs (except
Astrakhan, Broadtail, Caracul, Persian, or similar lambs, Indian, Chinese,
Mongolian or Tibetan lambs), of goats or kids (except Yemen, Mongolian or
Tibetan goats and Kids), of swine (including peccary), of chamois, of gazelle,
of camels (including dromedaries), of reindeer, of elk, of deer, of roebucks or
of dogs.

2. (A) Headings 4104 to 4106 do not cover hides and skins which have
undergone a tanning (including pre‐tanning) process which is reversible
(headings 4101 to 4103, as the case may be).
(B) For the purpose of headings 4104 to 4106, the term “crust” includes hides
and skins that have been retanned, coloured or fat‐liquored (stuffed) prior to
drying.

3. Throughout this Schedule, the expression “composition leather” means only

substances of the kind referred to in heading 4115.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

4101 RAW HIDES AND SKINS OF BOVINE (INCLUDING

BUFFALO)OR EQUINE
ANIMALS (FRESH OR SALTED, DRIED, LIMED,
PICKLED OR OTHERWISE PRESERVED, BUT NOT
TANNED,

PARCHMENT‐DRESSED OR FURTHER
PREPARED), WHETHER OR NOT DEHAIRED OR SPLIT
4101 20 Whole hides and skins, unsplit of a skin not
exceeding 8 kg. when simply dried, 10 k. when dry‐
salted, or 16 kg. when fresh, well‐salted or
otherwise preserved:
4101 20 10 Of cow, including cow calf Free
4101 20 20 Of buffalo, including buffalo calf Free
4101 20 90 Other Free

4101 50 Whole hides and skins, of a weight exceeding 16 kg:

4101 50 10 Of cow, including cow calf Free

4101 50 20 Of buffalo, including buffalo calf Free
4101 50 90 Other Free
4101 90 Other, including butts, bends and bellies:
4101 90 10 Of cow, including cow calf Free
4101 90 20 Of buffalo, including buffalo calf Free
4101 90 90 Other Free
4102 RAW SKINS OF SHEEP OR LAMBS (FRESH, OR
SALTED, DRIED, LIMED, PICKLED OR OTHERWISE
PRESERVED, BUT NOT TANNED, PARCHMENT‐
DRESSED OR FURTHER PREPARED), WHETHER OR
NOT WITH WOOL ON OR SPLIT, OTHER THAN
THOSE EXCLUDED BY NOTE 1(c) TO THIS CHAPTER

4102 10 With wool on:

4102 10 10 Sheep skins Free
4102 10 20 Pelts of baby lambs Free
4102 10 30 Lamb skins other than pelts Free

Without wool on:

4102 21 Pickled:
4102 21 10 Sheep skins Free
4102 21 20 Lamb skins Free
4102 21 30 Lamb pelt Free

4102 29 Other:
4102 29 10 Sheep skins Free
4102 29 20 Lamb skins Free

4103 OTHER RAW HIDES AND SKINS (FRESH, OR SALTED,

DRIED, LIMED, PICKLED OR OTHERWISE PRESERVED,
BUT NOT
 TANNED, PARCHMENT‐DRESSED OR
FURTHER PREPARED), WHETHER OR NOT
DEHAIRED OR SPLIT, OTHER THAN THOSE
EXCLUDED BY NOTE 1(b) OR 1(c) TO THIS CHAPTER

4103 20 00 Of reptiles Free Import subject to Wild

Life (Protection)
Act,1972 and CITES.
4103 30 00 Of swine Free
4103 90 00 Other Free Import subject to Wild
Life (Protection)
Act,1972 and CITES.
4104 TANNED OR CRUST HIDES AND SKINS OF BOVINE
(INCLUDING BUFFALO) OR EQUINE ANIMALS,
WITHOUT HAIR ON, WHETHER OR NOT SPLIT, BUT
NOT FURTHER PREPARED

In the wet state (including wet‐blue):

4104 11 00 Full gains, unsplit; grain splits Free
4104 19 00 Other Free

In the dry state (crust):

4104 41 00 Full grains, unsplit; grain splits Free
4104 49 00 Other Free
4105 TANNED OR CRUST SKINS OF SHEEP OR LAMBS,
WITHOUT WOOL ON,WHETHER OR NOT SPLIT, BUT
NOT FURTHER PREPARED

4105 10 00 In the wet state (including wet‐blue) Free

4105 30 00 In the dry state (crust) Free
4106 TANNED OR CRUST HIDES AND SKINS OF OTHER
ANIMALS, WITHOUT WOOL OR HAIR ON,
WHETHER OR NOT SPLIT BUT NOT FURTHER
PREPARED

Of goats or kids:
4106 21 00 In the wet state (including wet‐blue) Free
4106 22 00 In the dry state (crust) Free
Of swine:
4106 31 00 In the wet state (including wet‐blue) Free
4106 32 00 In the dry state (crust) Free
4106 40 00 Of reptiles Free Import subject to Wild
Life (Protection)
Act,1972 and CITES.
4106 40 00 Of reptiles Free Import subject to Wild
Life (Protection)
Act,1972 and CITES.
 Other:
4106 91 00 In the wet state (including wet‐blue) Free
4106 92 00 In the dry state (crust) Free

4107 LEATHER FURTHER PREPARED AFTER Import under this

TANNING OR CRUSTING, INCLUDING heading is subject to
PARCHMENT‐DRESSED LEATHER, OF BOVINE Wild Life (Protection)
(INCLUDING BUFFALO) OR EQUINE ANIMALS, Act, 1972 and CITES
WITHOUT HAIR ON, WHETHER OR NOT SPLIT,
OTHER THAN LEATHER OF HEADING 4114

Whole hides and skins:

4107 11 00 Full grains, unsplit Free
4107 12 00 Grain splits Free
4107 19 00 Other Free

Other, including sides:

4107 91 00 Full grains, unsplit Free
4107 92 00 Grain splits Free
4107 99 00 Other Free
4112 00 00 Leather further prepared after tanning or crusting, Free
including parchment‐dressed leather, of sheep or
lamp, without wool on, whether or not split,
other than leather of heading 4114

4113 LEATHER FURTHER PREPARED AFTER

TANNING OR CRUSTING, INCLUDING PARCHMENT‐
DRESSED LEATHER, OF OTHER ANIMALS, WITHOUT
WOOL OR HAIR ON, WHETHER OR NOT SPLIT,
OTHER THAN LEATHER OF HEADING 4114

4113 10 00 Of goats or kids Free

4113 20 00 Of swine Free
4113 30 00 Of reptiles Free Import subject to Wild
Life (Protection)
Act,1972 and CITES.
4113 90 00 Other Free b i

4114 CHAMOIS (INCLUDING COMBINATION

CHAMOIS) LEATHER; PATENT LEATHER AND
PATENT LAMINATED LEATHER ; METALLISED
LEATHER
4114 10 00 Chamois (including combination chamois) leather Free
4114 20 Patent leather and patent laminated leather;
metallised leather:
4114 20 10 Patent leather and patent laminated leather Free
4114 20 20 Metallised leather Free

4115 COMPOSITION LEATHER WITH A BASIS OF LEATHER

OR LEATHER FIBER, IN SLABS, SHEETS OR STRIP,
WHETHER OR NOT IN ROLLS; PARINGS AND OTHER
WASTE OF LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION
LEATHER, NOT SUITABLE FOR THE MANUFACTURE
OF LEATHER ARTICLES; LEATHER DUST, POWDER
AND FLOUR

4115 10 00 Composition leather with a basis of leather or leather Free

fiber , in slabs, sheets or strip, whether or not in rolls

4115 20 Parings and other waste of leather or of

composition leather, not suitable for
the manufacture of leather
articles ; leather dust,
powder and flour:

4115 20 10 Cuttings of leather Free

4115 20 90 Other Free

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) Import of wild animals (including their parts and products) as defined in the Wild
Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited and in respect of those species listed in
CITES, is subject to the provisions of CITES.

Import of all live‐stock products covered in this Chapter shall be subject to the
provisions of Notification No. S.O. 794(E) dated 28.3.2008.
 CHAPTER 42
ARTICLES OF LEATHER; SADDLERY AND HARNESS, TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND
SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT (OTHER THAN SILKWORM GUT)
NOTES:

1. For the purposes of this Chapter, the term “leather” includes chamois (including combination
chamois) leather, patent leather, patent laminated leather and metallised leather.
2. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Sterile surgical catgut or similar sterile suture materials (heading 3006);

(b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories (except gloves, mittens and mitts), lined with furskin or
artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is attached on the outside except as mere trimming
(heading 4303 or 4304);

(c) Made up articles of netting (heading 5608);

(d) Articles of Chapter 64;

(e) Headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65;

(f) Whips, rigid-crops or articles of heading 6602;

(g) Cuff-links, bracelets or other imitation jewellery (heading 7117);

(h) Fittings or trimmings for harness, such as stirrups, bits, horse, brasses and buckles, separately
presented (generally Section XV);

(ij) Strings, skins for drums or the like, or other parts of musical instruments (heading 9209);

(k) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings);

(l) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites); or

(m) Buttons, press-fasteners, snap-fasteners, press-studs, button moulds or other parts of these
articles, button blanks, of heading 9606.

3. (A). In addition to the provisions of Note 2 above, heading 4202 does not cover:

(a) Bags made of sheeting of plastics, whether or not printed, with handles, not designed for
prolonged use (heading 3923);

(b) Articles of plaiting materials (heading 4602).

(B) Articles of Headings 4202 and 4203 which have parts of precious metal or metal clad with
precious metal, of natural or cultured pearls, of precious or semi-precious stones (natural, synthetic or
reconstructed) remain classified in those headings even if such parts constitute more than minor
fittings or minor
ornamentation, provided that these parts do not give the articles their essential character. If, on the
other hand, the parts give the articles their essential character, the articles are to be classified in
Chapter 71.

4. For the purpose of heading 4203, the expression “articles of apparel and clothing accessories”
applies, inter alia, to gloves, mittens and mitts (including those for sport or for protection), approns
and other protective clothing, braces, belts, bandoliers and waist straps, but excluding watch straps
(heading 9113).

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

4201 00 00 Saddlery and harness for any animal Free
(including traces, leads, knee pads,
muzzles, saddle cloths, saddle bags, dog
coats and the like), of any material
4202 TRUNKS, SUIT-CASES, VANITY-CASES,
EXECUTIVE-CASES, BRIEF-CASES,
SCHOOL SATCHELS, SPECTACLE
CASES, BINOCULAR CASES, CAMERA
CASES, MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
CASES, GUN CASES, HOLSTERS AND
SIMILAR CONTAINERS; TRAVELLING-
BAGS, INSULATED FOOD OR
BEVERAGES BAGS, TOILET BAGS,
RUCKSACKS, HANDBAGS, SHOPPING-
BAGS, WALLETS, PURSES, MAP-
CASES, CIGARETTE-CASES, TOBACCO-
POUCHES, TOOL BAGS, SPORTS BAGS,
BOTTLE CASES, JEWELLERY BOXES,
POWDER-BOXES, CUTLERY CASES
AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS, OF
LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION
LEATHER, OF SHEETING OF PLASTICS,
OF TEXTILE MATERIALS, OF
VULCANISED FIBRE OR OF
PAPERBOARD, OR WHOLLY OR
MAINLY COVERED WITH SUCH
MATERIALS OR WITH PAPER
Trunks, suit-cases, vanity-cases,
executive-cases, brief-cases, school
satchels and similar containers:
4202 11 With outer surface of leather or of
composition
leather:
4202 11 10 Travel goods (Trunks, suit-cases, sports Free
bags and other similar items ) of leather
4202 11 20 Toilet-bags and cases, of leather Free
4202 11 30 Satchels Free
4202 11 40 Brief-cases Free
4202 11 50 Executive-cases Free
4202 11 60 Vanity-cases Free
4202 11 70 Attache-cases Free
4202 11 90 Other Free
4202 12 With outer surface of plastic or of
textile materials:
4202 12 10 Toilet cases Free
4202 12 20 Plastic moulded suit-cases Free
4202 12 30 Plastic moulded brief-cases Free
4202 12 40 Satchels Free
4202 12 50 Other Travel goods Free
4202 12 60 Brief-cases Free
4202 12 70 Executive-cases other than plastic Free
moulded
4202 12 80 Vanity-cases Free
4202 12 90 Other Free
4202 19 Other:
4202 19 10 Travel goods (Trunks, suit-cases, sports Free
bags, and other similar items ) of leather
4202 19 20 Toilet-cases Free
4202 19 30 Satchels Free
4202 19 40 Brief-cases (other than plastic moulded) Free
4202 19 50 Executive-cases Free
4202 19 60 Vanity-cases Free
4202 19 90 Other Free
Hand-bags, whether or not with
shoulder strap, including those
without handle:
4202 21 With outer surface of leather or of
composition
leather:
4202 21 10 Hand-bags for ladies Free
4202 21 20 Vanity-bags Free
4202 21 90 Other Free
4202 22 With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
textile materials:

4202 22 10 Hand-bags and shopping bags, of Free

artificial plastic material
4202 22 20 Hand-bags and shopping bags, of cotton Free
4202 22 30 Hand-bags and shopping bags, of Jute Free
4202 22 40 Vanity-bags Free
4202 22 90 Other Free
4202 29 Other:
4202 29 10 Hand bags of other materials excluding Free
wicker-work or basket work
4202 29 90 Other Free

Articles of a kind normally carried in

the pocket or in the handbag:
4202 31 With outer surface of leather or of
composition leather:

4202 31 10 Jewellery box Free

4202 31 20 Wallets and purses, of leather Free
4202 31 90 Other Free
4202 32 With outer surface of plastic sheeting or
of textile
materials:
4202 32 10 Jewellery box Free
4202 32 90 Other Free
4202 39 Other:
4202 39 10 Jewellery box Free
4202 39 90 Other Free
Other:
4202 91 With outer surface of leather or of
composition leather:
4202 91 00 With outer surface of leather or of Free
composition leather
4202 92 00 With outer surface of plastic sheeting or Free
of textile materials
4202 99 00 Other Free
4203 ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND
CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, OF
LEATHER OR OF COMPOSITION
LEATHER
4203 10 Articles of apparel:
4203 10 10 Jackets and jerseys Free
4203 10 90 Other Free
Gloves, mittens and mitts:
4203 21 Specially designed for use in sports:
4203 21 10 Gloves Free
4203 21 20 Mittens and mitts Free
4203 29 Other:
4203 29 10 Gloves for use in industry Free
4203 29 20 Other gloves Free
4203 29 30 Mittens and mitts Free
4203 30 00 Belts and bandoliers Free
4203 40 Other clothing accessories:
4203 40 10 Aprons Free
4203 40 20 Semi-chrome grain garments Free
4203 40 90 Other Free

4205 OTHER ARTICLES OF LEATHER

OR OF COMPOSITION
LEATHER
4205 00 Other articles of leather or of
composition leather:
Straps other than for machinery or
harness:
4205 00 11 Welt Free
4205 00 19 Other Free
4205 00 20 Leather sofa cover Free
4205 00 90 Other Free Import subject to
Wild Life
(Protection) Act,
1972 and CITES.

4206 ARTICLES OF GUT (OTHER THAN

SILK-WORM GUT), OF
GOLDBEATER’S SKIN, OF
BLADDERS OR OF TENDONS
4206 00 10 For rackets Free
4206 00 90 Other Free

CHAPTER 43

FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR, MANUFACTURES THEREOF NOTES:

1. Throughout this schedule reference to “furskins”, other than to raw

furskins of heading 4301 apply to hides or skins of all animals which have been
tanned or dressed with the hair or wool on.

2. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Birdskins or parts of birdskins, with their feathers or down (heading
0505 or 6701);
(b) Raw hides or skins, with the hair or wool on, of Chapter 41 [see Note
1(c) to that Chapter];
(c) Gloves, mittens and mitts, consisting of leather and furskin or of
leather and artificial fur (heading 4203); (d)
Articles of Chapter 64;
(e) Headgear or parts thereof of Chapter 65; or
(f) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites).

3. Heading 4303 includes furskins and parts thereof, assembled with the
 addition of other materials, and furskins and parts thereof, sewn together in
the form of garments or parts or accessories of garments or in the form of
other articles.

4. Articles of apparel and clothing accessories (except those excluded by Note

2) lined with furskin or artificial fur or to which furskin or artificial fur is
attached on the outside except as mere trimming are to be classified in heading
4303 or 4304, as the case may be.

5. Throughout this Schedule, the expression “artificial fur” means any

imitation of furskin consisting of wool, hair or other fibres gummed or sewn
on to leather, woven fabric or other materials, but does not include imitation
furskins obtained by weaving or knitting (generally, heading
5801 or 6001).

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

4301 RAW FURSKINS (INCLUDING HEADS,

TAILS, PAWS AND OTHER PIECES OR
CUTTINGS, SUITABLE FOR FURRIERS’ USE),
OTHER THAN RAW HIDES AND SKINS
OF HEADINGS 4101, 4102 OR 4103

4301 10 00 Of mink, whole, with or without head, tail or paws Free Imports are subject
Wild Life (Protection)
act, 1972 and CITES.

4301 30 00 Of lamb, the following: Astrakhan, Broadtail, Free Imports are subject
Caracul, Persian and Similar lamb, Indian, to
Chinese,Mongolian or Tibetan lamb, whole, with or Wild Life (Protection)
without head, tail or paws act, 1972 and CITES.

4301 60 00 Of fox, whole, with or without head, tail or paws Free Imports are subject
to Wild Life
(Protection)
act, 1972 and CITES.
4301 80 00 Other furskins, whole, with or without head, tail or Free Imports are subject
paws to Wild Life
(Protection)
act, 1972 and CITES.
4301 90 00 Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, Free Imports are subject
suitable for furriers’ use to Wild Life
(Protection)
act, 1972 and CITES.
4302 TANNED OR DRESSED FURSKINS
(INCLUDING HEADS, TAILS, PAWS AND OTHER
PIECES OR CUTTINGS), UNASSEMBLED, OR
ASSEMBLED (WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF
OTHER MATERIALS) OTHER THAN THOSE OF
HEADING 4303

Whole Skins, with or without head, tail or paws, not

assembled:
4302 11 00 Of mink Free Imports are subject
to Wild Life
(Protection)
act, 1972 and CITES.
4302 19 Other:
4302 19 10 Calf skins, with hair on, tanned or dressed Free
4302 19 20 Hides or skins of other bovine and equine animals Free
with hair on, tanned or dressed
4302 19 30 Goat (Common) and kid skins with hair on, tanned or Free
dressed
4302 19 40 Tiger‐Cat skins Prohibited Not permitted to be
imported.
4302 19 90 Hides and skins of other animals with hair on, Free Imports are subject
tanned or dressed to
Wild Life (Protection)
4302 20 00 Heads, tails, paws and other pieces or cuttings, not Free Imports are subject
assembled to
Wild Life (Protection)
act, 1972 and CITES.
4302 30 00 Whole skins and pieces or cuttings thereof, Free Imports are subject
assembled to
Wild Life (Protection)
act, 1972 and CITES.
4303 ARTICLES OF APPAREL, CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES AND OTHER ARTICLES OF FURSKIN

4303 00 Articles of apparel and clothing accessories:

4303 10 10 Of wild animals covered under the Wild Life Prohibited Not permitted to be
(Protection) Act,1972 imported
4303 10 20 Of animals covered under Convention on Free Subject to the
International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), provisions of CITES.
Other than those of Tariff item 43031010
4303 10 90 Other Free

4303 90 Other:
4303 90 10 Of wild animals covered under the Wild Life Prohibited Not permitted to be
(Protection) Act,1972 imported.
4303 90 20 Of animals covered under Convention on Free Subject to provisions of
International Trade of Endangered Species CITES.
(CITES), other than those of item 4303 90 10
4303 90 90 Other Free

4304 ARTIFICIAL FUR AND ARTICLES THEREOF

4304 00 Artificial fur and articles thereof:
4304 00 11 Artificial fur as trimmings and embellishments for Free
garments, made ups, knitwear, plastic and
leather goods
4304 00 19 Other Free
4304 00 20 Articles of artificial fur Free

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) Import of all live‐stock products covered in this Chapter shall be subject to the provisions of
Notification No. S.O. 794(E) dated 28.3.2008.
 CHAPTER 44

WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL NOTES:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Wood, in chips, in shavings, crushed, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily in
perfumery, in pharmacy, or for insecticidal, fungicidal or similar purposes (heading
1211);
(b) Bamboos or other materials of a woody nature of a kind used primarily for plaiting, in
the rough, whether or not split, sawn lengthwise or cut to length (heading 1401);
(c) Wood, in chips, in shavings, ground or powdered, of a kind used primarily
in dyeing or in tanning (heading 1404); (d)
Activated charcoal (heading 3802);
(e) Articles of heading 4202; (f)
Goods of Chapter 46;
(g) Footwear or parts thereof Chapter 64;
(h) Goods of Chapter 66 (for example, umbrellas and walking‐sticks and parts
thereof);
(ij) Goods of heading 6808;
(k) Imitation jewellery of heading 7117;
(l) Goods of Section XVI or Section XVII (For example, machine parts,
cases, covers, cabinets for machines and apparatus and wheel wrights’
wares);
(m) Goods of Section XVII (for example, clock cases and musical instruments and parts
thereof);
(n) Parts of firearms (heading 9305);
(o) Articles of Chapter 94 (for example, furniture, lamps and lighting fittings,
prefabricated buildings);
(p) Articles of Chapter 95 (for example, toys, games, sports requisites);
(q) Articles of Chapter 96 (for example, smoking pipes and parts thereof, buttons,
pencils) excluding bodies and handles, of wood, for articles of heading 9603; or
(r) Articles of Chapter 97 (for example, works of art).

2. In this Chapter, the expression “densified wood” means wood which has been subjected
to chemical or physical treatment (being, in the case of layers bonded together,
treatment in excess of that needed to ensure a good bond), and which has thereby
acquired increased density or hardness together with improved mechanical strength or
resistance to chemical or electrical agencies.

3. Headings 4414 to 4421 apply to articles of the respective descriptions of particle

board or similar board, fibreboard, laminated wood or densified wood as they apply to
such articles of wood.
4. Products of heading 4410, 4411 or 4412 may be worked to form the shapes provided
for in respect of the goods of heading 4409, curved, corrugated, perforated, cut or
formed to shapes other than square or rectangular or submitted to any other
operation provided it does not give them the character of articles of other headings

5. Heading 4417 does not apply to tools in which the blade, working edge, working
surface or other working part is formed by any of the materials specified in Note 1 to
Chapter 82.

6. Subject to Note 1 above and except where the context otherwise requires, any reference
to “wood“ in a heading of this Chapter applies also to bamboos and other materials of a
woody nature.

SUB‐HEADING NOTES

1. For the purposes of subheading 4401 31, the expression “wood pellets” means by‐products
such as cutter shavings, sawdust or chips, of the mechanical wood processing industry,
furniture‐making industry or other wood transformation activities, which have been
agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a
proportion not exceeding 3 % by weight. Such pellets are cylindrical, with a diameter not
exceeding 25 mm and a length not exceeding 100 mm.

2. For the purposes of item 4403 41 00, sub‐heading 4403 49,items 4407 21 00 to 4407 28
00, sub‐headigs 4407 29, 4408 31, 4408 39 and 4412 31 the expression “tropical
Wood” means one of the following types of wood:

Abura, Acajou, d’Afrique, Afrormosia, Ako, Alan, Andiroba, Aningre, Avodire, Azobe,
Balau, Balsa, Bosse Clair, Bosse fonce, Cativo, Cedro, Dabema, Dark Red Meranti,
Dibetou, Doussie, Framire, Freijo, Fromager, Fuma, Geronggang, Ilomba, Imbuia, Ipe,
Iroko, Jaboty, Jelutong, Jequitiba, Jongkong, Kapur, Kempas, Keruing, Kosipo, Kotibe,
Koto, Light Red Meranti, Limba, Louro, Macaranduba, Mahogony, Makore,
Mandioqueira, Mansonia, Mengkulang, Meranti Bakau, Merawan, Merbau,
Merpauh,

Mersawa, Moabi, Niangon, Nyatoh, Obeche, Okoume, Onzabili, Orey,

Ovengkol, Ozigo, Padauk, Paldao, Palissandre de Guatemala, Palissandre de para,
Palissandre de Rio, Palissandre de Rose, Pau Marfim, Pulai, Punah, quaruba,
Ramin, Sapelli, Saqui‐Saqui, Sepetir, Sipo, Sucupira, Suren, Tauari, Teak, Tiama,
Tola, Virola, White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, yellow Meranti.

SUPPLEMENTARY NOTES:

1. “Marine plywood” means plywood conforming to Indian Standard

 Specification IS: 710‐1976.

2. “Aircraft plywood” means plywood conforming to Indian Standard

specification Nos.IS:709‐1974 and IS:4859‐1968.

3. For the purposes of heading 4412, the expression “similar laminated wood”
includes blockboard, laminboard and battenboard, in which the core is thick and
composed of blocks, laths or battens of wood glued or otherwise joined together
and surface with the outer plies and also panels in which the wooden core is
replaced by other materials such as a layer of layers of particle board, fibre board,
wood waste glued or otherwise joined together, asbestos or cork.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

4401 FUEL WOOD, IN LOGS, IN BILLETS, IN TWIGS, IN ALL 8 DIGIT EXIM

FAGGOTS OR IN SIMILAR FORMS; WOOD IN CHIPS CODES UNDER
OR PARTICLES; SAWDUST AND WOOD WASTE AND HEADING 4401
SCRAP, WHETHER OR NOTAGGLOMERATED IN EXCLUDE ALL
LOGS, BRIQUETTES, PELLETS OR SIMILAR SPECIES
FORMS. OF‘SANDAL
WOOD’
4401 10 Fuel wood, in logs, in billets, in twigs, in faggots or
in similar forms:
4401 10 10 In logs Free
4401 10 90 Other Free

Wood in chips or particles:

4401 21 00 Coniferous Free
4401 22 00 Non‐coniferous Free

Sawdust and wood waste and scrap, whether or

not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or
similar forms:
4401 31 00 Wood pellets Free
4401 39 00 Other Free

4402 WOOD CHARCOAL (INCLUDING SHELL ORNUT

CHARCOAL), WHETHER OR NOT AGGLOMERATED

4402 10 Wood charcoal (including shell Or nut charcoal),

whether or not agglomerated:
4402 10 10 Of bamboo Free

4402 90 Other:
4402 90 10 Of coconut shell Free
4402 00 90 Other Free
4403 WOOD IN THE ROUGH, WHETHER OR NOT STRIPPED
OF BARK OR SAPWOOD, OR ROUGHLY SQUARED

4403 10 00 Treated with paint, stains, creosote or Free

other preservatives

4403 20 Other, coniferous:

4403 20 10 Sawlogs and veneerlogs Free
4403 20 20 Poles, pilling and posts Free
4403 20 90 Other Free

Other, of tropical wood specified in Sub Heading

Note 1 to this Chapter:
4403 41 00 Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Free
Bakau

4403 49 Other:
4403 49 10 Teak wood in rough Free
4403 49 90 Other Free

Other :
4403 91 00 Of Oak (Quercus Spp.) Free
4403 92 00 Of beech (Fagus Spp.) Free

4403 99 Other:
Andaman Padauk [Pterocarous dalbaergiodes]
Bonsum [Phoebe goalparensis] Gurgan
[Dipterocarpus alatus] Khair [Acacia Catechu]
Lampati [Duabanga grandiflora] Laurel
[Terminalia alata] Paliwood [palaquium
Elliplicum] and Red Sanders [Pterocar pus
Sautaninus] and Rose wood [Dalbergea Latifolio]:

4403 99 11 Andaman Padauk (Pterocarous dalbaergiodes) Free

4403 99 12 Bonsum (Phoebe goalparensis) Free
4403 99 13 Gurgan (Dipterocarpus alatus) Free
4403 99 14 Khair (Acacia Catechu) Free
4403 99 15 Lampati (Duabanga grandiflora) Free
4403 99 16 Laurel (Terminalia alata) Free
4403 99 17 Paliwood (Palaquium Elliplicum) Free
4403 99 18 Red Sanders (Pterocar pus Sautatinus) Free Subject to CITES

4403 99 19 Rose Wood (Dalbergea Latifolio) Free

Sal (Chorea robusta) Sandal wood (Santalum
albur) Semul (Bombax Ceiba) Walnut wood
(Juglans binata) Anjam (Hardwickia binata) Birch
(Betula spp.) Sissoo (Dalbergia sisso) and white
cedar (Dysozylum) and the like:
4403 99 21 Sal (Chorea robusta) Free
4403 99 22 Sandal wood (Santalum albur) Restricted Import subject to Policy
Condition 2 of the
Chapter.
4403 99 23 Semul (Bombax ceiba) Free
4403 99 24 Walnut wood (Juglans binata) Free
4403 99 25 Anjam (Hardwickia binata) Free
4403 99 26 Birch (Betula spp.) Free
4403 99 27 Sissoo (Dalbergia sisso) Free
4403 99 28 White cedar [Dysozylum malabaricum] Free
4403 99 29 Other Free

4404 HOOPWOOD; SPLIT POLES; PILES, PICKETS AND

STAKES OF WOOD, POINTED BUT NOT SAWN
LENGTHWISE; WOODEN STICKS, ROUGHLY
TRIMMED BUT NOT TURNED, BENT OR OTHERWISE
WORKED, SUITABLE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF
WALKING STICKS, UMBRELLAS, TOOL HANDLES OR
THE LIKE; CHIPWOOD AND THE LIKE

4404 10 00 Coniferous Free

4404 20 Non‐coniferous:
4404 20 10 Wooden sticks, roughly trimmed but not turned, Free
bent or otherwise worked, suitable for the
manufacture of walking sticks, tool handles, split
poles, piles, pickets, stakes and the like
4404 20 20 Drawn Wood Free
4404 20 90 Other Free

4405 00 00 Wood wool; wood flour Free

4406 RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY SLEEPERS

(CROSSTIES) OF WOOD
4406 10 00 Not impregnated Free
4406 90 00 Other Free

4407 WOOD SAWN OR CHIPPED LENGTHWISE,SLICED OR

PEELED, WHETHER OR NOT PLANED, SANDED OR
END‐JOINTED, OF A THICKNESS EXCEEDING 6 MM

4407 10 Coniferrous:
4407 10 10 Doglas fir (Pscudotsuga Menziesie) Free
4407 10 20 Pine (Pinus spp.) Free
4407 10 90 Other Free

Of tropical wood specified in Sub‐heading Note 1 to

this Chapter:
4407 21 00 Mahogany (Swietenia spp.) Free
4407 22 00 Virola, lmbuia and balsa Free
4407 25 00 Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and Meranti Free
Bakau
4407 26 00 White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, Yellow Free
Meranti and Alan
4407 27 00 Sapelli Free
4407 28 00 lroko. Free

4407 29 Other:
4407 29 10 Teak Wood Free
4407 29 90 Other Free

Other :
4407 91 00 Of oak (Quercus spp.) Free
4407 92 00 Of beech (Fagus spp.) Free
4407 93 00 Of maple (Acer spp.) Free

4407 94 00 Of cherry(Prunus spp.) Free

4407 95 00 Of ash (Fraxinus spp.) Free

4407 99 Other:
4407 99 10 Of Birch (Betula spp.) Free
4407 99 20 Willow Free
4407 99 90 Other Free

4408 SHEETS FOR VENEERING (INCLUDING

THOSE OBTAINED BY SLICING LAMINATED
WOOD), FOR PLYWOOD OR FOR SIMILAR
LAMINATED WOOD AND OTHER WOOD, SAWN
LENGTHWISE, SLICED OR PEELED, WHETHER OR
NOT PLANED, SANDED, SPLICED OR END‐
 JOINTED, OF A THICKNESS NOT
EXCEEDING 6 MM
4408 10 Coniferrous:
4408 10 10 Sheets for plywood Free
4408 10 20 Oak wood veneer Free
4408 10 30 Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints Free
4408 10 90 Other Free

Of tropical wood specified in Sub‐heading Note 2 to

this Chapter:
4408 31 Of Dark Red Meranti, Light Red Meranti and
Meranti Bakau:
4408 31 10 Sheets for plywood Free
4408 31 20 Veneer sheets (of Rose Wood) Free
4408 31 30 Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints Free
4408 31 90 Other Free

4408 39 Other:
4408 39 10 Sheets for plywoods Free
4408 39 20 Veneer sheets (of rose wood) Free
4408 39 30 Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints Free
4408 39 90 Other Free

4408 90 Other:
4408 90 10 Sheets for plywoods Free
4408 90 20 Veneer sheets, for match boxes and match splints Free
4408 90 90 Other Free

4409 WOOD (INCLUDING STRIPS AND FRIEZES FOR

PARQUET FLOORING, NOT ASSEMBLED)
CONTINUOUSLY SHAPED (TONGUED, GROOVED,
REBATED, CHAMFERED, V‐JOINTED, BEADED,
MOULDED, ROUNDED OR THE LIKE) ALONG ANY OF
ITS EDGES OR FACES, WHETHER OR NOT PLANED,
SANDED OR END‐JOINTED

4409 10 Coniferous:
4409 10 10 Planned, Tongued, grooved, Rebated, Chamfered, V‐ Free
jointed, and the like but not further moulded
4409 10 20 Beadings, & mouldings (including moulded, skirting Free
& other moulded boards)
4409 10 90 Other Free

Non‐coniferous:
4409 21 10 Of bamboo Free
4409 29 Other:
4409 29 10 Planed, tongued, grooved, rebated, chamfered, V‐ Free
jointed, and the like but not further moulded
4409 29 20 Beadings & Mouldings (including moulded skirting Free
and other moulded boards)
4409 29 90 Other Free

4410 PARTICLE BOARD, ORIENTED STRAND BOARD

(OSB) AND SIMILAR BOARD (FOR
EXAMPLE, WAFERBOARD) OF WOOD OR OTHER
LIGNEOUS MATERIALS, WHETHER OR NOT
AGGLOMERATED
WITH RESINS OR OTHER ORGANIC
BINDING SUBSTANCES

Of wood:
4410 11 Particle board: Free
4410 11 10 Plain particle boards Free
4410 11 20 Insulation board and hard board Free
4410 11 30 Veneered particle board, not having decorative Free
veneers on any face
4410 11 90 Others Free

4410 12 Oriented strand board (OSB):

4410 12 10 Unworked or not further worked than sanded Free
4410 12 90 Other Free

4410 19 00 Other Free

4410 90 Other:
4410 90 10 Plain particle board Free
4410 90 20 Insulation board and hard board Free
4410 90 30 Veneered particle board, not having Free
decorative veneers on any face
4410 90 90 Other Free

4411 FIBRE BOARD OF WOOD OR OTHER

LIGNEOUS MATERIALS, WHETHER OR NOT BONDED
WITH RESINS OR OTHER
ORGANIC SUBSTANCES

Medium density fibre board (MDF):

4411 12 00 Of a thickness not exceeding 5mm Free
4411 13 00 Of a thickness exceeding 5mm but not exceeding Free
9mm
4411 14 00 Of a thickness exceeding 9mm Free
 Other:
44 11 92 Of a density exceeding 0.8gm/cm3:
Not mechanically worked or surface covered:
44 11 92 11 Hard board Free
44 11 92 19 Other Free
Other:
44 11 92 21 Hardboard Free
44 11 92 29 Other Free
44 11 93 Of a density exceeding 0.5gm/cm3 but not
exceeding 0.8gm/cm3:

Not mechanically worked or surface covered:

44 11 93 11 Insulation Board Free
44 11 93 19 Other Free

Other:
44 11 93 21 Insulation board Free
44 11 93 29 Other Free

44 11 94 Of a density not exceeding 0.5gm/cm3:

44 11 94 11 Insulation board Free
44 11 94 19 Other Free

Other:
44 11 94 21 Insulation board Free
44 11 94 29 Other Free

4412 PLYWOOD, VENEERED PANELS AND

SIMILAR LAMINATED WOOD

4412 10 00 Of bamboo Free

Other plywood, consisting solely of sheets of wood

(other than bamboo), each ply not exceeding 6 mm
thickness:
4412 12 31 With at least one outer ply of tropical wood Free
specified in Sub‐heading Note 1 to this Chapter,
namely:
Abura, Acajou,d’Afrique, Afrormosia, Ako, Alan,
Andiroba, Aningre, Avodire, Azobe, Balau, Balsa,
Bosse clair, Bosse fonce, Cativo, Cedro,
Dabema,Dark red Meranti, Bibetou, Doussie,
Framire, Frejio, Fromager, Fuma,Geronggang,
Ilomba, Imbuia, Ipe, Iroko,Jaboty, Jelutong,
Jequitiba, Jongkong, Kapur, Kempas, Keruing,
Kosipo, Kotibe,Koto
 Light red,Meranti, Limba, Louro, Macaranduba,
Mahogony, Makore, Mandioqueira, Mansonia,
Mengkulang, Meranti Bakau, Merawan, Merbau,
Merpauh, Mersawa, Moabi, Niangon, Nyatoh,
Obeche, Okoume, Onzabili, Orey, Ovengkol, Ozigo,
Padauk, Paldao, Palissandre de Guatemala,
Palissandre de Para, Pakussandre de Rio, Pallissandre
de Rose, Pau Amarelo, Pau Marfim, Pulai, Punah,
Quaruba, Ramin, Sapelli, Saqui‐Saqui, Sepetir, Sipo,
Sucupira, Suren, Tauari, Teak, Tiama,Tola, Virola,
White Lauan, White Meranti, White Seraya, Yellow
Meranti

4412 31 10 Decorative plywood Free

4412 31 20 Tea chest panels or shooks, packed in sets Free
4412 31 30 Other tea chest panels Free
4412 31 40 Marine and aircraft plywood Free
4412 31 50 Cuttings and trimmings of plywood of width not Free
exceeding 5 cm

4412 31 90 Other Free

4412 32 Other, with at least one outer ply of non‐coniferous

wood:
4412 32 10 Decorative plywood Free
4412 32 20 Tea chest panels or shooks packed in sets Free
4412 32 30 Marine and Aircraft plywood Free
4412 32 40 Cuttings and trimmings of plywood of width not Free
exceeding 5 cm
4412 32 90 Other Free

4412 39 Other:
4412 39 10 Decorative plywood Free
4412 39 20 Tea chest panels or shooks packed in sets Free
4412 39 30 Marine and Aircraft plywood Free
4412 39 40 Cuttings and trimmings of plywood of width not Free
exceeding 5 cm
4412 39 90 Other Free

Other:
4412 94 00 Blockboard , laminboard and battenboard Free

4412 99 Other: Free

4412 99 10 Decorative plywood Free

4412 99 20 Tea chest panel or shooks, packed in sets Free
4412 99 30 Marine and Aircraft plywood Free
4412 99 40 Cuttings and trimmings of plywood of width not Free
exceeding 5cm
4412 99 90 Other Free

4413 00 00 Densified wood, in blocks, plates, strips, or profile Free

shapes

4414 00 00 Wooden frames for paintings, photographs, mirrors Free

or similar objects

4415 PACKING CASES, BOXES, CRATES, DRUMS AND

SIMILAR PACKINGS, OF WOOD ; CABLE‐DRUMS OF
WOOD ; PALLETS, BOX PALLETS AND OTHER LOAD
BOARDS, OF WOOD; PALLET COLLARS OF WOOD

4415 10 00 Cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings; Free

cable‐drums
4415 20 00 Pallets, box pallets and other load boards; pallet Free
collars

4416 CASKS, BARRELS, VATS, TUBS AND OTHER

COOPERS' PRODUCTS AND PARTS THEREOF, OF
WOOD, INCLUDING STAVES
4416 00 Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers'
products and parts thereof, of wood, including
staves:
4416 00 10 Casks, barrels, vats and tubs Free
4416 00 20 Other coopers' products Free

Parts (of wood):

4416 00 91 Riven or sawn staves of wood not further repared Free
4416 00 99 Other Free

4417 00 00 Tools, tool bodies, tool handles, broom or brush Free

bodies and handles, of wood ; boot or shoe lasts and
trees , of wood

4418 BUILDERS' JOINERY AND CARPENTRY OF WOOD,

INCLUDING CELLULAR WOOD PANELS, ASSEMBLED
FLOORING PANELS, SHINGLES AND SHAKES

4418 10 00 Windows, french‐windows and their frames Free

4418 20 Doors and their frames and thresholds:

4418 20 10 Flush Doors Free
4418 20 20 Frames and thresholds of flush doors Free
4418 20 90 Other Free
4418 40 00 Shuttering for concrete constructional work Free
4418 50 00 Shingles and Shakes Free
4418 60 00 Posts and beams Free

Assembled flooring panels:

4418 71 00 For mosaic floors Free
4418 72 00 Other, multilayer Free
4418 79 00 Other Free

4418 90 00 Other Free

4419 TABLEWARE AND KITCHENWARE, OF WOOD

4419 00 Tableware and kitchenware, of wood:

4419 00 10 Tableware Free
4419 00 20 Kitchenware Free

4420 WOOD MAREQUETRY AND INLAID WOOD;

CASKETS AND CASES FOR JEWELLERY OR
CUTLERY, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES, OF WOOD;
STATUETTES AND OTHER ORNAMENTS, OF
WOOD; WOODEN
ARTICLES OF FURNITURE NOT FALLING
IN CHAPTER 94
4420 10 00 Statuettes and other ornaments, of wood Free

4420 90 Other:
4420 90 10 Wood marquetry and inlaid wood Free
4420 90 90 Other Free

4421 OTHER ARTICLES OF WOOD

4421 10 00 Clothes hangers Free

4421 90 Other:

Spools, cops, bobbins, sewing thread reels and the

like, of turned wood:
4421 90 11 For Cotton machinery Free
4421 90 12 For Jute machinery Free
4421 90 13 For Silk regenerated and synthetic fibres machinery Free
4421 90 14 For other machinery Free

4421 90 19 Other Free

4421 90 20 Wood paving blocks Free

4421 90 30 Match splints Free
4421 90 40 Pencil slates Free
4421 90 50 Parts of wood, namely oars, paddles and rudders for Free
ships, boats and other similar floating structures
4421 90 60 Parts of domestic decorative articles used as Free
tableware and kitchenware
4421 90 70 Articles of densified wood not elsewhere included or Free
specified
4421 90 90 Other Free

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

1. The Exim entry under ITC (HS) Code No. 4416 00 10 in this Chapter shall
also include used casks and barrels. Imports of all items falling in this
entry shall be free.
2. Import of Sandal wood (Exim Code No. 4403 99 22) will be ‘Restricted’
and subject to a ceiling in each licensing year (Present ceiling is 4795 MT,
subject to modification, if any, to be notified from time to time). Imports
will be permitted only against an Import Authorisation issued in
consultation with the Ministry of Environment and Forest (see Procedure
is (I) below). The ceiling of Sandal wood for each financial year will be
monitored by the Ministry of Environment and Forest to ensure that it is
not exceeded. The license will be valid for a period of one year from the
date of issue. No further revalidation of such authorisation shall
be allowed.
(I) The following procedure will be followed for obtaining an Import
Authorisation for Sandal wood:
(a) Applicant will submit the application in the Aayaat Niryaat
Form 2B to the DGFT (Headquarters office), Udyog Bhawan,
New Delhi – 110 011.
(b) The applicant will be required to declare the quantity of sandal
wood and their specifications to be imported species‐
wise, quantity‐wise and the country from which it is to be
imported.
(c) The purpose of import must be specified. If the importer is
having sandal wood based unit, it must be legally established
and registered with the concerned State / UT Forest
Department.
(d) In case the importer is a trader not having his own sandal wood
based unit, the past performance and antecedents must be
given for necessary verification.
(e) Utilisation Certificate specifying the details and necessary
‘Transit Permit’ regarding the earlier import must be specified

by the applicant, for seeking permission for import of sandal wood

 second time.
(II) All import consignments of sandal wood must be accompanied with
the following documents:
(i) The ‘Certificate of Origin’ from the country of export; (ii)
The necessary phytosanitary certificate; and
(iii) A certificate from the Government authorities of
country of export stating that export of sandalwood is
legally permitted from the concerned country.
Before clearance of the import consignment, the customs authorities are
required to verify the above documents.
(III) Applications for issuance of Import Authorisation would be
considered by the Exim Facilitation Committee on merits and shall be
subject to such conditions which the Committee may specify.
[Policy Condition 2 incorporates: Policy Circular No. 23 (RE2007) dated
31.12.2007, read with Policy Circular No. 32 (RE2007) dated 13.3.2008
and Policy Circular No. 8 (RE2008) dated 4.6.2008]
 CHAPTER 67

PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF

DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR

NOTES:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Straining cloth of human hair (heading 5911);
(b) Floral motifs of lace, of embroidery or other textile fabric (Section XI);
(c) Footwear (Chapter 64);
(d) Headgear or hair‐nets (Chapter 65);
(e) Toys, sports requisites or carnival articles (Chapter 95); or
(f) Feather dusters, powder‐puffs or hair sleeves (Chapter 96)

2. Heading 6701 does not cover:

(a) Articles in which feathers or down constitute only filling or padding (for
example bedding of heading 9404);
(b) Articles of apparel or clothing accessories in which feathers or down
constitute no more than mere trimming or padding; or
(c) Artificial flowers or foliage or parts thereof or made up articles of heading
6702.

3. Heading 6702 does not cover:

(a) Articles of glass (Chapter 70); or
(b) Artificial flowers, foliage, or fruit of pottery, stone, metal, wood or other
materials, obtained in one piece by moulding, forging, carving,
stamping or other process, or consisting of parts assembled
otherwise than by binding, glueing, fitting into one another or similar
methods.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

6701 SKINS AND OTHER PARTS OF BIRDS WITH
THEIR FEATHERS OR DOWN, FEATHERS, PARTS OF
FEATHERS, DOWN AND ARTICLES THEREOF (OTHER
THAN GOODS OF HEADING 0505 AND WORKED
QUILLS AND SCAPES)
6701 00 Skins and other parts of birds with their feathers or
down, feathers, parts of feathers, down and
articles thereof (other than goods of heading 0505
and worked quills and scapes):
6701 00 10 Feather dusters Free
6701 00 90 Other Free Import subject to Wild
Life (Protection) Act,
1972 and CITES.
6702 ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, FOLIAGE AND
FRUIT AND PARTS THEREOF; ARTICLES MADE OF
ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS, FOLIAGE OR FRUIT

6702 10 Of plastics:
6702 10 10 Decorative plants Free
6702 10 90 Other Free

6702 90 Of other materials:

6702 90 10 Of jute Free
6702 90 90 Other Free

6703 HUMAN HAIR, DRESSED, THINNED,

BLEACHED OR OTHERWISE WORKED; WOOL OR
OTHER ANIMAL HAIR OR OTHER TEXTILE
MATERIALS, PREPARED FOR USE IN MAKING
WIGS OR THE LIKE
6703 00 Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or
otherwise worked; wool or other animal hair
orother textile materials, prepared for use in
making wigs or the like:
6703 00 10 Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise Free
worked
6703 00 20 Wool or other animal hair or other textile Free
materials,prepared for use in making wigs or the like

6704 WIGS, FALSE BEARDS, EYEBROWS AND EYELASHES,

SWITCHES AND THE LIKE, OF HUMAN OR ANIMAL
HAIR OR OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; ARTICLES OF
HUMAN HAIR NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR
INCLUDED

Of synthetic textile materials:

6704 11 00 Complete wigs Free

6704 19 Other:
6704 19 10 Hair nets Free
6704 19 90 Other Free

6704 20 Of human hair:

6704 20 10 Wigs Free
6704 20 20 Hair nets Free
6704 20 90 Other Free
6704 90 00 Of other materials Free
 CHAPTER 96

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

NOTES:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) pencils for cosmetic or toilet uses (Chapter 33);
‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐‐
(m) works of art, collectors' pieces or antiques (Chapter 97)

2. In heading 9602, the expression "vegetable or mineral carving material"

means:
(a) hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts and similar vegetable materials or a kind
used for carving (for example, corozo and dom);
(b) amber, meerschaum, agglomerated amber and agglomerated
meerschaum, jet and mineral substitutes for jet.
3. ................................................................................

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

9601 WORKED IVORY, BONE, TORTOISE‐SHELL,HORN,
ANTLERS, CORAL, MOTHER‐OF‐ PEARL AND OTHER
ANIMAL CARVING MATERIAL, AND ARTICLES OF
THESE MATERIALS (INCLUDING ARTICLES OBTAINED
BY MOULDING)

9601 10 00 Worked ivory and articles of ivory Prohibited Not permitted to be

imported

9601 90 Other:
9601 90 10 Worked tortoise‐shell and articles thereof Restricted
9601 90 20 Worked mother‐of‐pearl and articles thereof Restricted
9601 90 30 Worked bone (excluding whale bone) and articles Restricted
thereof
9601 90 40 Worked horn, coral and other animal carving materialRestricted Import of “worked
and articles thereof coral” will be “Free”.
9601 90 90 Other Restricted
9602 WORKED VEGETABLE OR MINERAL
CARVING MATERIAL AND ARTICLES OF THESE
MATERIALS MOULDED OR CARVED ARTICLES OF
WAX, OF STEARIN, OF NATURAL GUMS OR
NATURAL RESINS OR OF MODELLING PASTES, AND
OTHER MOULDED OR CARVED ARTICLES, NOT
ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INLCLUDED; WORKED,
UNHARDENED GELATIN (EXCEPT GELATIN OF
HEADING 3503) AND ARTICLES OF UNHARDENED
GELATIN

9602 00 Worked vegetable or mineral carving material and

articles of these materials moulded or carved
articles of wax, of stearin, of natural gums or
natural resins or of modelling pastes, and other
moulded or carved articles, not elsewhere specified
or included; worked, unhardened gelatin (except
gelatin of heading 3503) and articles of unhardened
gelatin:
9602 00 10 Worked vegetable carving material and articles Free
thereof
9602 00 20 Moulded or carved articles of wax, stearin, natural Free
gums and resins and other moulded or carved
articles
9602 00 30 Gelatin capsules, empty Free
9602 00 40 Other articles of unhardened gelatin Free
9602 00 90 Other Free
 CHAPTER 97
WORKS OF ART, COLLECTORS' PIECES AND ANTIQUES NOTES:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a) Unused postage or revenue stamps, postal stationery (stamped paper) or
the like of heading 4907;
(b) Theatrical scenery, studio back‐cloths and the like, of painted canvas
(heading 5907); except if they may be classified in heading 9706; or
(c) Pearls, natural or cultured, or precious or semi precious stones (headings
7101 to 7103).

2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3. Heading 9703 does not apply to mass‐produced reproductions or works of

conventional craftsmanship of a commercial character, even if these articles
are designed or created by artists.

4. (A) Subject to Notes 1 to 3 above, articles of this Chapter are to be classified

in this Chapter and not in any other Chapter of this Schedule.
(B) Heading 9706 does not apply to articles of the preceding headings of this
Chapter.
Frames around paintings, drawings, pastels, collages or similarly
decorative plaques, engravings, prints or lithographs are to be
classified with those articles, provided they are of a kind and of a
value normal to those articles. Frames which are not of kind or of a
value normal to the articles referred to in this Note are to be classified
separately.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

9703 ORIGINAL SCULPTURES AND STATUARY, IN ANY

MATERIAL
9703 00 Original sculptures and statuary, in any material:
9703 00 10 Original sculptures and statuary, in metal Free
9703 00 20 Original sculptures and statuary, in stone Free
9703 00 90 Original sculptures and statuary, in other materials Free
9705 COLLECTIONS AND COLLECTORS' PIECES OF
ZOOLOGICAL, BOTANICAL, MINERALOGICAL,
ANATOMICAL, HISTORICAL, ARCHAEOLOGICAL,
PALAEONTOLOGICAL, ETHNOGRAPHIC OR
NUMISMATIC INTEREST:

9705 00 Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological,

botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical,
archaeological, palaeontological, ethnographic or
numismatic interest:

9705 00 10 Stuffed animals and birds (taxidermy) Restricted Allowed for import
under saving clause
3(1) of Foreign Trade
(Exemption from
Application of Rules in
Certain Cases) Order,
1993, read with
Customs Notification
157 dated 28.03.1990.

9705 00 90 Other Restricted Allowed for import

under saving clause
3(1) of Foreign Trade
(Exemption from
Application of Rules in
Certain Cases) Order,
1993, read with
Customs Notification
157 dated 28.03.1990.
9706 00 00 Antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years Free The importer must
abide by the laws/rules
relating to export of such
item, of the country from
where imports are sought
to be made.
 CHAPTER 98
PROJECT IMPORTS; LABORATORY CHEMICALS; PASSENGERS' BAGGAGE,
PERSONAL IMPLEMENTATIONS BY AIR OR POST; SHIP STORES
NOTES:

1. This Chapter is to be taken to apply to all goods which satisfy the conditions
prescribed therein, even though they may be covered by a more
specific heading elsewhere in this Schedule.

2. Heading 9801 is to be taken to apply to all goods which are imported in

accordance with the regulations made under Section 157 of the Customs
Act,1962 (52 of 1962) and expressions used in this heading shall have
the meaning assigned to them in the said regulations.

3. Heading 9802 covers all chemicals, organic or inorganic, whether or not

chemically defined, imported in packings not exceeding 500 gms or 500
millilitres and which can be identified with reference to the purity, makings or
other features to show them to be meant for use solely as
laboratory chemicals.

4. Headings 9803 and 9804 are taken not to apply to:

a) Motor vehicles;
b) Alcoholic drinks;
c) Goods imported through courier service.

5. Heading 9803 is to be taken not to apply to articles imported by a passenger

or a member of a crew under an import license or a Customs Clearance
Permit either for his own use or on behalf of others.

6. Heading 9804 is to be taken not to apply to articles imported under an

import license or a Customs Clearance Permit.

Exim Code Item Description Policy Policy Conditions

9801 ALL ITEMS OF MACHINERY
INCLUDING………………………………..
9803 00 00 All dutiable articles, imported by a passenger or a Restricted As provided under
member of a crew in his baggage Customs and Baggage
Rules by saving clause
3(1)(h) of Foreign Trade
(Exemption from
Application of Rules in
Certain Cases)
Order,1993
9804 ALL DUTIABLE ARTICLES, INTENDED FOR PERSONAL
USE, IMPORTED BY POST OR AIR, AND EXEMPTED
FROM ANY PROHIBITION IN RESPECT OF THE
IMPORTS THEREOF UNDER THE FOREIGN TRADE
(DEVELOPMENT & REGULATION) ACT, 1992 BUT
EXCLUDING ARTICLES FALLING UNDER HEADING
9803

9804 10 00 Drugs and medicines Restricted Subject to value limit ofRs.

2000 (c.i.f) and
other conditions as
specified in clause 3(1), (i)
of Foreign Trade
(Exemption from
Application of Rules in
Certain Cases) Order,
9804 90 00 Other Restricted 1993
Subject to value limit ofRs.
2000 (c.i.f) and other
conditions as specified in
clause 3(1), (i) of Foreign
Trade (Exemption from
Application of Rules in
Certain Cases) Order,1993.

9805 THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES OF STORES ON BOARD

OF A VESSEL OR AIRCRAFT ON WHICH DUTY IS
LEVIABLE UNDER THE CUSTOMS ACT, 1962 (52 OF
1962) NAMELY:
9805 10 00 Prepared or preserved meat, fish and vegetables; Restricted Subject to value limit of Rs.
dairy products; soup; lard; fresh fruits 2000 (c.i.f) and other
conditions as specified in
clause 3(1), (i) of Foreign
Trade (Exemption from
Application of Rules in
Certain Cases) Order,
1993.

805 90 00 All other consumable stores excluding fuel, Restricted Subject to value limit of Rs.
lubricating oil, alcoholic drinks and tobacco products 2000 (c.i.f) and other
conditions as specified in
clause 3(1), (i) of Foreign
Trade (Exemption from
Application of Rules in
Certain Cases) Order,
1993.
ITC(HS)code Schedule II describe the rules and regulation related to export policies. Export Policy
Schedule II contains 97 chapters giving all the details about the guidelines related to the export
policies.

SCHEDULE- 2
EXPORT POLICY
General Notes to Export Policy – Goods under Restrictions

2. Free Exportability

All goods other than the entries in the export licensing schedule along with its appendices are freely
exportable. The free exportability is however subject to any other law for the time being in force.
Goods not listed in the Schedule are deemed to be freely exportable without conditions under the Foreign
Trade (Development and Regulations) Act, 1992 and the rules, notifications and other public notices and
circulars issued there under from time to time. The export licensing policy in the schedule and its
appendices does not preclude control by way of a Public Notice Notification under the Foreign Trade
(Development and Regulations) Act, 1992.
Goods listed as “Free” in the Export Licensing Schedule may also be exported without an export licence as
such but they are subject to conditions laid out against the respective entry. The fulfillment of these
conditions can be checked by authorized officers in the course of export.
2. Code does not limit the item description
The export policy of a specific item will be determined mainly by the description and nature of
restriction in the schedule. The code number is illustrative of classification but does not limit the
descriptio by virtue of the standard description of the item against the code in the import part of the
ITC(HS) classification.
3. Classes of Export Trade Control
A. Prohibited Goods
The prohibited items are not permitted to be exported. An export licence will not be given in the
normal
course for goods in the prohibited category. No export of rough diamond shall be permitted unless
accompanied by Kimberley Process (KP) Certificate as specified by Gem & Jewellery EPC (GJEPC).

B. Restricted Goods
The restricted items can be permitted for export under licence. The procedures / conditionalities
wherever specified against the restricted items may be required to be complied with, in addition to the
general requirement of licence in all cases of restricted items.
C. State Trading Enterprises
Export through STE(s) is permitted without an Export Licence through designated STEs only as mentioned
against an item and is subject to conditions in para 2.11 of Foreign Trade Policy 2009‐14.
D. Restrictions on Countries of Export
(i) Export of Arms and related material to Iraq shall be prohibited.
(ii) Direct or indirect export of all items, materials, equipments, goods and technology which could
contribute to Iran’s enrichment related, reprocessing or heavy water related activities, or to
development of nuclear weapon delivery systems including those listed in INFCIRC/254/Rev.9/Part
1 and INFCIRC/254/Rev.7/Part 2 (IAEA Documents) and items listed in S/2010/263 (UN Security
Council Document) or any items related to nuclear and missile development programmes
is prohibited. All the UN Security Council Resolutions/Documents and IAEA Documents referred to
above are available on the UN Security Council website (www.un.org/Docs/sc) and IAEA website
(www.iaea.org).
(iii) Direct or indirect export of following items, whether or not origninating in Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea (DPRK), to DPRK is prohibited:
All items, materials equipment, goods and technology including as set out in lists in documents
S/2006/814, S/2006/815 (including S/2009/205), S/2009/364 and S/2006/853 (United Nations
Secruty Council Documents) INFCIRC/254/Rev.9/Part 1a and INFCIRC/254/Rev.7/Part 2a (IAEA
documents) which could contribute to DPRK’s nuclear‐related, ballistic missile‐related or other
weapons of mass destruction‐related programmes.

(iv) Export of rough diamonds to Cote d’Ivoire is prohibited in compliance to Paragraph 6 of UN Security
Council Resolution(UNSCR) 1643 (2005).
(v) Export of rough diamond [ITC (HS) Code 710210, 710221 or 710231) to Venezuela shall be
Prohibited in view of voluntary separation of Venezuela from the Kimberley Process Certification
Scheme (KPCS). No Kimberley Process Certificate shall be accepted / endorsed / issued for export
of rough diamond to Venezuela.
(vi) In addition to above, export to other countries will be subject to conditions as specified in Para 2.1
of the Foreign Trade Policy 2009‐14 and Para 2.2 of the Handbook of Procedures 2009‐2014 (Vol.
I) and other conditions which may be listed in the title ITC (HS) Classification of Export and Import
items.

Schedule 2 ‐ Export Policy

Notes

1. The schedule below has six columns. The column name and the description are:

Column Column Description

No. Name
1. Entry No. Gives the order of the main entry in the schedule. The column is designed
for
easy reference and gives the identity of the raw covering the set consisting of
Tariff Item Code, Unit Item description export policy and Nature of restriction
2. Tariff Item This is an eight digit code followed in the import policy in the earlier part of the
(HS) Code book, customs and the DGCIS code. The first two digits give the chapter
number, the heading number. The last two digits signify the subheading. The six
digit code and product description corresponds exactly with the six digit WCO
(World Customs Organisation). The last digits are developed in India under the
common classification system for tariff item.
3. Unit The second column gives the unit of measurement or weight in the tariff item,
which is to be used in shipping bill and other documents. In most cases, the
unit is given as “u” denoting number of pieces.
4. Item The item description against each code gives the specific description of goods,
Description which are subject to export control. This description does not generally
correspond with the standard description against the code. In most cases, the
description will cover only a part of standard description
5. Export This column is for the general policy regime applicable on the item.
Policy Generally, the Export Policy is one of the following.

P r oh ibited Not permitted for Export Licence will not be given in the
normal course
R es t r i ct ed Export is permitted under a licence granted by the DGFT
ST E Export allowed only through specified State
Trading Enterprises (STEs) subject to specific conditions
laid out in the FTP and also Para 2.11 of the Import
and Export Policy
6. Nature of This column specifies the special conditions, which must be met for the export
Restriction of goods in the item description column. The column may also give the nature of
restriction under the broad category in the Export Policy column.
 Table‐
A

Goods falling in more than one Chapter of ITC (HS) Classification

Note 1

(i) The term “Wild Animal” and Animal Article would have the same meaning as defined in the
Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972.

S.No. Chapter Item Description Policy Nature of Restriction

1 0106 All wild animals, animal articles Prohibited Not permitted to be exported.
0208 including their products and
0210 derivatives excluding those for
0300 which ownership certificates have
0407 been granted and also those
0408 required for transactions for
0410 education, scientific research
0502 and management under Wild Life
0504 (Protection) Act,
0505 1972 including their parts and
0506 products.
0507
0508
0509
0510
0511
1504
1506
1516
2 1517
Deleted vide notification no.13/(2004‐2009) New Delhi, dated 31.12.2004.
3 50, 51, Dress materials/ready made Restricted Exports permitted under
52, 54, garments fabrics/textile items with licence.
55, 60, imprints of excerpts or verses of the
61, 62, Holy Quran
63
 4 Any Military stores as specified by Free No Objection Certificate from
Chapter Director General of Foreign Trade the Department of Defence
Production and Supplies,
Ministry of Defence, New
Delhi, except the goods as
specified at Export Licensing
Note 1 below which are freely
exportable without the No
Objection Certificate
5 28, 29, Special Chemicals, Organisms, Prohibited/ Exports governed as per the
30, 35, Materials, Equipments & Restricted/ conditions indicated in
36, 37, Technologies (SCOMET) goods as Free Appendix‐III of this schedule.
38, 39, specified in Appendix 3 of this Further where no specific
40, 48, schedule of this book conditions as at category 2 to 7
49, 59, are enumerated, licence shall
69, 70, be required.

91, 93

6. Any Samples/ Exhibits of goods included Free Samples/exhibits of goods

Chapter in Schedule 2 of this book including those in Schedule 2
of this book, except all
prohibited items, and all items
specified in Appendix‐3 to
Schedule 2 (SCOMET) ,
restricted items, and items in
Chapter 29 93 and 97
7 Any Any other item whose exports Free Subject to conditions as
Chapter are notified in the respective Public
regulated by Public Notice issued Notice
by the Director General of Foreign
8 All All Items Prohibited/ Export of goods including
Chapters Restricted/ plant & plant products using
Free wood packaging material such
as pellets, dunnage, crating,
packing blocks, drums, cases
load boards, pellet collars and
skids etc. shall be allowed
subject to compliance of ISPM‐
15
Export Licensing Note of Table A

1. The following goods as military stores are freely exportable without a No Objection Certificate from
Department of Defence Production and Supplies in the Ministry of Defence...............................................
 Table ‐ B
Goods Falling Within Specific Chapters of ITC (HS) Classification
Chapter 1
Live Animals
Note 1 The term “Cattle” covers cows, oxen, bulls and calves

Note 2 Export of wild animals and their products as defined in Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 including their
part prohibited. See restrictions in Part A for details and in respect of those species listed in CITES, is subject
to the provisions of CITES.

Note 3 Germplasm of cattle is classified in heading 0511

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Policy Nature of Restriction
HS Code
9 0101 10 00 u Live Horses – Restricted Exports permitted under
0101 90 90 Kathiawari, Marwari and licence.
Manipuri breeds
10 0102 10 10 u Live Cattle and buffaloes Restricted Exports permitted under
0102 10 20 licence.
0102 10 30
0102 10 90
0102 90 10
0102 90 20
11 0106 19 00 u Camel Restricted Exports permitted under
licence
12 0106 31 00 u Live exotic birds except Prohibited Not permitted to be
0106 32 00 the following species of Exported
0106 39 00 exotic birds, policy of
which is indicated
against each
13 u (i) Albino budgerigars Free Subject to pre‐shipment
0106 32 00
inspection
14 u (ii) Budgerigars Free
0106 32 00 Subject to pre‐shipment
u Free inspection
15 (iii) Bengali finches
0106 39 00 Subject to pre‐shipment
inspection
16 u (iv) White finches (v) Free
0106 39 00
Subject to pre‐shipment
u Free inspection
17 Zebra finches (vi)
0106 39 00
Subject to pre‐shipment
18 u Jawa sparrow Restricted inspection
0106 39 00
Exports permitted under
license.
A certificate from the Chief
Wild Life warden of the
concerned State from
where exotic birds (Jawa
Sparrow) have been
procured to the effect
that the birds to be
exported are from Captive
Bred Stock. Export if
allowed shall be subject to
pre‐ shipment inspection &
CITES certificate.
Chapter 2

Meat and Edible Meat Offal

Beef includes meat and edible offal of cows, oxens and calf

Note 2

Offal includes heart, liver, tongue, kidneys and other organs.

Note 3

The export of chilled and frozen meat shall be allowed subject to the provision specified to the gazette
notification on raw meat (chilled and frozen) under Export (Quality Control and Inspection) Act, 1963. Offals
of buffalo too are subject to the same conditions of quality control and inspection. Laboratories duly
recognized by APEDA , as well as in‐house laboratories attached under the abattoirs cum meat processing
plant registered with APEDA and Agency approved labs, may also be used to conduct the necessary tests
for confirmation of quality under the supervison of the designated veterinary authority of the State. On the
basis of these test and inspections carried out by Veterinarians, duly registered under the Indian Veterinary
Council Act, 1984, employed by the exporting unit and supervised by the designated veterinary authority of
the state, the veterinary Health Certificate may be issued by the designated authorities of the state.

Note 4

Export of canned meat products shall be subject to preshipment inspection either by the State Directorate of
Animal Husbandry or Export Inspection Agency or Directorate of Marketing and Inspection Government of
India or Muncipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in accordance with either the standards prevalent in the
exporting country or standards prescribed under the Meat Food Products Order, 1973 under Export (Quality
Control and Inspection) Act, 1963 or orders made thereunder

Note 5

Exports of gonads and other reproductive organs of buffaloes and the germplasm of cattle and buffaloes in
heading 0511 require an export licence.
Note 6

Export of meat and meat products will be allowed subject to the exporter furnishing a declaration, attached
with copies of valid APEDA Plant Registration Certificate(s) to the customs at the time of export that the
above items have been obtained / sourced from an APEDA registered integrated abattoir or from APEDA
registred meat processing plant which sources raw materials exclusively from APEDA registered integrated
abattoir/abattoir. (The stipulation that raw material for export of meat & meat products must be sourced
exclusively from APEDA registered abattoir/integrated abattoir will come into effect on
15.06.2012.

Note 7

On the cartons for export of meat , the following details shall compulsorily be mentioned:‐
(i) Name of the Product.

(ii) Country of Origin

(iii) APEDA Plant Registration No. (iv)

Name of the exporter.

 Note 8

The designated veterinary authority of the State where meat processing unit is located, may issue
the certificate on the baisis of the inspections carried out by Veterinarians duly registred under the
Indian Veterinary Council Act 1984 employed by the exporting unit and supervised by the designated
veterinary authority of the State. The Inspection Fee prescribed under the Export of Raw Meat
(Chilled/Frozen) (Quality control and Inspection) Rules, 1992 shall continue to be paid by the
exporting unit to the Agency as currently applicable.

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
19 0201 10 00 kg Beef of cows, oxen and calf Prohibited Not permitted to be
0201 20 00 exported
0201 30 00
0202 10 00
0202 20 00
20 0201 Kg Meat of buffalo (both male
and female) fresh
and chilled.

0201 10 00 Prohibited Not permitted to

Carcasses and half carcasses
be exported.

0201 20 00 Prohibited Not permitted to

Other cuts with bone in.
be exported

0202 Meat of buffalo (both male

and female) frozen
0202 10 00 Prohibited Not permitted to
Carcasses and half carcasses be exported.

0202 20 00 Prohibited Not permitted to

Other cuts with bone in
be exported.
21 0201 30 00 Kg Boneless meat of buffalo Free 1. Export allowed on
(both male and female) production of a
0202 30 00 fresh and chilled certificate from the
Boneless meat of buffalo designated veterinary
(both male and female) authority of the State,
frozen from which the meat
or offals emanate, to
the effect that the
meat or offals are
from buffaloes not
used for breeding
and milch
purposes.

well as condition
stipulated at Note 6
and 8 above are
required to be
fulfilled.
22 0204 10 00 Kg Meat of Indian sheep Free Q u a lity c on trol and
0204 21 00 i n s pect i on un der
0204 22 00 N ot e 3 a n d 4
0204 23 00 r es p ect i v el y as
0204 30 00 w ell a s con d ition
0204 41 00 s tip u la ted a t N ote
0204 42 00 6 a bove are
0204 43 00 required to be
23 0204 50 00 Kg Meat of Indian Goat. Free Q u a lity c on tr ol an d
i n s pect i on un der
N ot e 3 a n d 4
r es p ect i v el y as
w ell a s con d ition
s tip u la ted a t N ote
6 a bove are
r eq u ir ed to be
fu l filled .
24 0206 10 00 kg Beef in the form of offal of Prohibited Not permitted to be
0206 21 00 cows, oxen and calf exported
0206 22 00
0206 29 00
0210 20 00
 25 0206 10 00 kg Offal of buffalo except Free 1. Export allowed on
0206 21 00 gonads and production of a
0206 22 00 reproductive organs certificate from the
0206 29 00 designated veterinary
0210 20 00 authority of the State,
from which the meat
or offals emanate, to
the effect that the
meat or offals are
from buffaloes not
used for breeding
and milch
purposes.
2. Quality control and
inspection under
Note
3 and 4 respectively as
well as condition
26 0206 80 10 kg Offal of Indian sheep Free Q u a lity c on trol and
0206 90 10 i n s pect i on un der
N ot e 3 a n d 4
r es p ect i v el y as
w ell a s con d ition
s tip u la ted a t N ote
6 above are

r eq u ir ed to be
fu l filled .
27 0206 80 10 kg Offal of Indian Goat Free Quality control and
0206 90 10 inspection under
Note
3 and 4 respectively as
well as condition
stipulated at Note 6
above are required
to be fulfilled.

Chapter 3

Fish and Crustaceans, Molluscs and other Aquatic Invertebrates

Note 1
The term “Marine Products” in this Chapter covers all the eight digit Exim Codes in the Chapter of the
ITC(HS) Classification of Export and Import items. All marine species that have been included in the
Schedules of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 are prohibited for exports .
S.No. Tariff Item HS Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction
Code Policy
28 0300 00 00 Kg Marine species and Free Subject to
products except preshipment
the following quality inspection as may
be specified by
the Government
29 0300 00 00 Kg Those species (and Prohibited Not p er mitted to be
their parts, products expor t ed.
and derivatives)
mentioned in the
Schedules of the Wild
Life (Protection) Act,
30 0302 69 30 Kg Fresh or Chilled or Restricted Exports permitted under
0303 79 50 Frozen silver pomfrets licence.
of weight less than 300
gms
31 0303 79 99 Kg Beche‐de‐mer Prohibited Not permitted to be
exported irrespective of
its
size.

32 0306 11 00 Kg Lobsters except Free

0306 12 10 undersized( $ ) rock
0306 12 90 lobster and sand
0306 21 00 lobster variety
0306 22 00 below

35 0306 11 00 Kg Panulirus Ornatus Prohibited Not permitted to be

0306 21 00 500gm as whole exported
live/chilled or
frozen;
425 gm as whole
cooked; 150gm as
tail

Sand Lobster:
36 0306 12 10 kg Thenus orientalis 150 Prohibited Not permitted to
gm as whole; 45 gm be exported
0306 12 90 as tail

0306 22 00
 RockLobster:
33 0306 11 00 kg Panulirus polyphagus Prohibited Not permitted to
0306 21 00 300 gm as whole be exported
chilled live or frozen
250 gm as whole
cooked; 90 gm as
34 0306 11 00 kg tail Prohibited Not permitted to
0306 21 00 Panulirus homarus be exported
200gm as whole live,
chilled or frozen, 170
gm as whole
cooked, 50 gm as tail

Export Licensing Note of Chapter 3

Note 1

A consignment/ lot is considered to be undersized if it contains specified species any piece of which has a
weight less than that indicated against the species or has been processed out of or obtained from
individual pieces of the species weighing less than the minimum weight indicated against the species.

Note 2

“as tail” means without

head.
 Chapter 4
Dairy produce; bird's eggs; natural honey; edible products of animal origin, not elsewhere specified or
included

Note 1 The expression “milk” means full cream milk of partially or completely skimmed milk

Sl. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

No. HS Code Policy
37 04090000 Kg Natural Honey Free Export of honey to
USA and European
Union (EU) shall be
allowed subject to the
following conditions:

1. Honey exported
shall be ‘wholly
obtained’ Indian
origin honey only,
and;

2. No blending of
Indian honey shall be
permitted with honey
originating from any
38 0402 Milk and Cream, Prohibitied Not permitted to be
concentrated or containing exported
added sugar or other
sweetening matter including
skimmed milk powder,
whole milk powder, dairy
whitener and infant milk
foods

Note 1
Transitional arrangements under para 1.5 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009‐14 shall not be applicable on
export of milk powders(including skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, dairy whitener and infant
milk foods.

Note 2
Export consignments of milk powders (including skimmed milk powder, whole milk powder, dairy
whitener and infant milk foods), which were handed over to customs for examination and export on or
before 18.02.2011 will be allowed for export.

Note 3
Export of 1600 MTS of Milk Powder per annum to Bhutan (as per Calendar year i.e. 1st January to 31st
December) will be exempted from any export ban.
 Chapter 5

Products of Animal Origin

Note 1 Export of wild animals and their parts and products as covered in Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 are
prohibited and other species listed in CITES are subject to the provisions of the CITES. For more details
See restrictions in Table A for detail.

S.No Tariff Items Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
39 0506 10 49 Kg Human skeletons Prohibited Not permitted to be
0511 99 99 exported.
40 0506 10 19 Kg Bone and bone Restricted Export to EU allowed
0506 10 29 products subject to the following
0506 10 39 (excluding bone meal), conditions;
0506 10 49 horn and horn products,
(excluding horn meal), (i) A ‘Shipment
0506 90 19
hooves and hoof products
0506 90 99 Clearance Certificate’
(excluding hoof meal)
0511 99 99 when exported to is to be issued
European Union. consignment‐wise by
the CAPEXIL
indicating details of
the name and address
of the exporter,
address of the
registered plant, IEC
No. of the exporter,
plant
approval number,
nature of export
product,
quantity, invoice
number & date, port
of loading (Name of
the port) and
destination.
(ii) After the shipment is
made,the exporter
shall also provide a
‘Production Process’
certificate and/or
41 0506 10 19 Kg Bone and bone Restricted Export to EU allowedto
health certificate
0506 10 29 products subject to the following
0506 10 39 including Ossein intended conditions;‐
0506 10 49 to be used for Human (i) A ‘Shipment
0506 90 19 consumption, meant for Clearance Certificate’ is
European Union.
 0506 90 99 to be issued consignment‐
0511 99 99 wise by the CAPEXIL
indicating details of the
name and address of the
exporter, address of the
registered plant, IEC No.
of the exporter, plant
approval number, nature
of export product,
quantity, invoice number
& date, port of loading
(Name of the port) and
destination.
(ii) After the shipment is
made, the exporter shall
also provide ‘Health
Certificate’ consignment‐
wise to the buyer giving
details of vessel name,
shipping bill number with
date, production process,
etc. as per the
requirement of EU. The
Certificate would be
issued jointly by CAPEXIL
and Regional Animal
Quarantine
Officer, Department of
42 0505 90 10 Kg Peacock Tail Feathers Prohibited Not permitted to be
exported.
43 0511 99 99 Kg Handicrafts and articles of Prohibited Not permitted to be
peacock tail feathers exported.
44 0506 10 41 Kg Shavings of Shed Antlers Prohibited Not permitted to be
0506 10 49 of Chital and Sambhar exported.
0507 90 40
45 0511 99 99 Kg Manufactured Articles of Prohibited Not permitted to be
shavings of shed antlers of exported.
chital and sambhar
46 0508 00 20 Kg Sea shells, including Free Export permitted freely
polished sea shells and
handicrafts made out of
those species not included
in the Schedules of the
Wild Life (Protection )
47 0508 00 30 Kg Sea shells, including Free Export to be governed by
polished sea shells and CITES Regulations.
handicrafts made out of
those species included in
CITES
(Excluding the species
mentioned in Schedules of
 the Wild Life (Protection)
Act, 1972 ).
48 Kg Sea shells, including Prohibited Not permitted to be
0508 00 50 polished sea shells and Exported
handicrafts made out of
those species included in
the Schedules of the Wild
49 0511 99 91 Kg Gonads and other Restricted Exports permitted under
0511 99 99 reproductive organs of licence.
3001 10 91 buffaloes
3001 10 99
3001 20 90
50 0511 10 00 Kg Germplasm of cattle and Restricted Exports permitted under
0511 99 91 buffaloes licence.
0511 99 99
3001 10 91
3001 10 99
3001 20 90

Export Licensing Note of

Chapter 5
Note 1

The handicrafts made out of bone and horn products as finished products and not exported for
further processing and not intended for human or animal consumption are not covered under at S.
No. 35 and 3Visit http://wccb.gov.in

Chapter 6

Live Trees and other Plants; Bulb, Roots and the Like; Cut Flowers and Ornamental Foliage

Note 1

Planting material of a kind used for propagation and classified in heading 0601 and heading 0602 are
subject to restriction on export. See chapter 12 for detail. Certain plants like cashew plants too are
restricted for exports. The detail of this too is in Chapter 12.
 Chapte7
Edible Vegetables and Certain Roots and Tubers

Sl. No Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
54 0713 Kg. Dried Leguminous Prohibited Not permitted to be
Vegetables, Shelled, exported.
whether or not skinned
or split
0713 10 00 Kg. Peas (Pisum sativum) Prohibited Not permitted to
be exported.
0713 20 00 Kg. Chickpeas (garbanzos) Prohibited Not permitted to
Beans (Vigna spp., be exported.
Phaseolus spp.):
0713 31 00 Kg. Prohibited
Beans of the species Vigna Not permitted to
mungo (L.) be exported.
Hepper or Vigna radiata
0713 32 00 Kg. (L.) Wilczek Prohibited
Small red (Adzuki) beans Not permitted to
(Phaseolus or Vigna be exported.
0713 33 00 Kg. Prohibited
angularis)
Kidney beans, including Not permitted to
white pea beans be exported.
Prohibited
0713 39
(Phaseolus vulgaris)
Prohibited Not permitted to
0713 39 10 Kg. Other :
be exported.
Kg. Guar seeds Prohibited Not permitted to
0713 39 90
be exported.
Kg. Other Prohibited Not permitted to
0713 40 00
be exported.
Kg. Lentils Prohibited
0713 50 00 Not permitted to be
exported.
Broad beans (Vicia faba Not permitted to
var major) and horse be exported.
Prohibited
0713 90 beans (Vicia faba var
Kg. equina, vicia faba var Prohibited
0713 90 10 minor) Not permitted to
Other : be exported.
Kg. Prohibited Not permitted to
0713 90 91 Tur (arhar) be exported.
Kg. Prohibited
0713 90 99 Other : Not permitted to
Split
be exported.
Other Not permitted to
be exported.
Note 2

(i) The prohibition shall not apply to export of kabuli chana (as is known by different names in
different parts of the country) w.e.f. 07.03.2007.
(ii) The period of validity of prohibition on exports of Pulses (except Kabuli Chana) shall be extended
upto 31.3.2013.
(iii) The transitional arrangements under Para 1.5 of the Foreign Trade Policy, 2004‐2009, as
amended from time to time, shall not be applicable for export of Pulses.
(iv) The prohibition shall not be applicable to export of 1000 tonnes of pulses to The Republic of
Mauritius by MMTC.
(v) The prohibition shall not be applicable to export of (i)178.70 tonnes of pulses to Nepal by
MMTC.
(vi) Prohibition imposed vide Para 3 (i) of this Notification shall not apply to export of 1000 MTs of
pulses to Bhutan.
(vii) Export of 60MTS of pulses to the Republic of Maldives permitted (Notifiction No.34
dt.25.03.2010).
(viii) Export of 60 MTS of puleses to Republic of Maldives through MMTC Ltd permitted

Note 3
The prohibition shall not be applicable to export of pulses to Sri Lanka executed under the specific
permission granted by DGFT.
Note 4
The export of 1200 MTS of pulses to Bhutan per annum (as per Calendar year i.e. 1st January to 31st
December) will be exempted from any export ban.
Note 5
Export of 10,000 MTS of per annum of Organic pulses and lentils duly certified by APEDA from EDI
ports will be permitted. Export contracts should be registered with APEDA prior to shipment.
 Chapter 12

Oils Seeds and Oleginous Fruits; Miscellaneous Grains, Seeds and Fruit; Industrial or Medicinal
Plants; Straw and Fodder

Policy Condition :‐ Seeds of all forestry species including Nux Vomica , Red Sanders , Rubber , Russa Grass
and tufts, Sandalwood and seeds of tufts , Sandalwood and seeds of ornamental wild variety plants stand
restricted for export and shall be allowed under licence and also shall be regulated according to the rules
notified under Biological ( Diversity) Act, 2002

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
69 1001 90 10 Kg Wheat seeds (wild Restricted Exports permitted under
variety)

70 1006 20 00 Kg. Paddy seeds (wild Restricted licence Exports permitted

variety)

71 0602 20 10 Kg Restricted under licence Exports permitted

Cashew seeds and
1209 99 90 plants
72 1209 29 90 Kg Restricted under licence Exports
Egyptian clover
(Barseem) Trifolium
permitted under licence
alaxtum seeds
73 1209 91 30 Kg Restricted
Onion Seeds
74 1209 29 00 Kg Restricted
Exports permitted under
Pepper cuttings or
licence
rooted cutings of
75 Kg pepper Restricted Exports permitted under
1209 99 90
licence
Seeds of all forestry
76 1209 29 90 Kg species Restricted

77 1211 90 14 Kg Saffron seeds or corms Restricted Exports permitted under

licence
78 Kg Neem seeds Restricted
1211 90 00
79 1209 99 10 Kg Seeds of all trees Free Exports permitted subject to a
1209 99 90 (excluding seeds of all declaration in the form of an
forestry species), affidavit from the exporter that the
hedges, ornamental seed being exported is not
plants and flowers and Breeder or Foundation or Wild
vegetable seeds other variety seeds and indicating
than onion seeds the source of procurement.
 80 0601 00 00 Plants and plant Prohibited Not permitted to be
0602 00 00 portions of wild origin, exported.
1211 00 00 of species specified in Special exemption can be
0601 10 00 any of the Schedules of granted for the purpose
Wild Life (Protection) of research,
0601 20 10
0602 10 00 Act, 1972 or Appendix education and life saving drugs
I of CITES or Export
0602 90 20 on case by case basis by DGFT,
Licensing Note 1
0602 90 30 on the recommendation of
Ministry of Environment &
81 0602 90 90 Plants and plants Free Subject to production of a
portions of cultivation Certificate of Legal Possession in
origin of species favor of the exporter, issued by
specified in any of the the DFO having jurisdiction
Schedules of Wild where the exporter is situated.
Life (Portection) Act, In case of species listed
1972 or Appendix I of in Schedule VI of Wild Life
(Protection) Act, 1972,

CITES or Export subject to the exporter complying

Licensing Note1. with the provision of S.17A of the
Act. In case of species listed
in Appendix I of CITES subject
registration of the nursery and
appropriate CITES documentation
from the Asst.
Management Authority.

82 0602 90 90 Plants, Plant portions Free Subject to production of certificate

of wild or cultivation of Legal Possession in favour of
origin, of species the exporter, issued by the DFO
specified Appendix II having jurisdiction where the
or III of CITES. exporter is situated. Export
subject to CITES.

83 0602 90 90 Plants, plant portions Free Subject to obtaining a Certificate of

of wild or cultivation cultivation from District Agriculture
origin, of species not Officer or District Horticulture
specified in any of the Officer or DFO”.
Schedules of Wild
Life (Protection) Act,
1972 or Appendix I, II,
III of CITES or Export
Licensing Note
1.
 84 3003 40 00 kg Derivatives, extracts Free Subject to the provisions of Wile
3003 90 11 and formulations Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and
3003 90 12 CITES”
3003 90 13
3003 90 14
3003 90 15
3004 90 11
3004 90 12
3004 90 13
3004 90 14
3004 90 15

85 1212 20 10 Kg Sea weeds of all types, Restricted Exports permitted under licence.
1212 20 90 including G‐edulis but
excluding brown sea
weeds and
agarophytes of Tamil
Nadu Coast origin in
processed form

86 1212 20 90 Kg Brown sea weeds and Free Exports allowed subject to

Agrophytes excluding quantitative ceilings as may be
G‐edulis of Tamil notified by DGFT from time to time
Nadu coast origin in
processed form

\
Export Licensing Note of Chapter 12

17. Taxus Wallichiana (Common Yew or Birmi

Leaves).
18. Aquilaria malaccensis (Agarwood).
Note 1 19. Aconitum species.
1. Baddomes cycad (Cycas beddomei). 20. Coptis teeta.
2. Blue vanda (Vanda coerulea). 21. Coscinium fenestrum (Calumba wood).
3. Saussurea costus. 22. Dactylorhiza hatagirea.
4. Ladies slipper orcid (Paphiopedilium species). 23. Gentiana Kurroo (Kuru , Kutki).
5. Pitcher plant (Nepenthes Khasiana). 24. Gnetum species.
6. Red vanda (Renanthera imschootiana). 25. Kampheria Galenga.
7. Rauvolifia serpentina (Sarpagandha). 26. Nardostachys grandiflora.
8. Ceropegia species. 27. Panax pseudoginseng.
9. Frerea indica (Shindal Mankundi). 28. Picrorhiza kurrooa.
10. Podophyllum hexandurm (emodi) 29. Swertia chirata (Charayatah)
(Indian Podophyllum.)
11. Cyatheaceae species (Tree Ferns).
12. Cycadacea species (Cycads).
13. Dioscorea deltoidea (Elephant’s foot).
14. Euphorbia species (Euphorbias).
15. Orchidaceae species (Orchids).
16. Pterocarpus santalinus (Redsanders).
 Note 2

i) However, in respect of CITES species, a CITES permit of export shall be required

(ii) Exports allowed only through the Ports of Mumbai, Nhava Sheva, Kolkata, Cochin,
Delhi, Chennai, Tuticorin, Amritsar, Calicut, Thiruvananthapuram, Kandla and
Mundra.
(iii) Except for the documents prescribed above, no additional informations/ NOC/ documents
shall be required to be furnished by the Exporter to any authority of State or Central Government.

Note 3

* The term “formulation” used here may include products, which may contain portions / extracts of plants on
the prohibited list. Further the term “formulation” shall also include value added formulations as well
as herbal ayurvedic, and exports subject to the provisions of
 Chapter 13

Lac, Gums, Resins and Other Vegetable Saps and Extracts

S.No Tariff Item Unit Item Description Expor Nature of Restriction

. HS Code t
Policy
87 1301 10 10 Kg Shellac and all forms of lac Free i) Registration with Tribal
1301 10 20 Cooperative Marketing
1301 10 30 Development Federation of
1301 10 40 India Ltd. or Shellac &
1301 10 50 Forest Products Export
1301 10 60 Promotion Council;
1301 10 70 (ii) Production of quality
1301 10 80 certificate from Shellac &
1301 10 90 Forest Products Export
88 1301 90 16 Kg Gum Karaya Free Registration with Tribal
Coperative Marketing
Fedreation of India Limited
(TRIFED) or Shellac &
Forest Products Export
Promotion Council
(SHEFEXIL), Kolkata.

89 1302 Kg. Guar gum refined split Free Guar gum exports to
1302 32 20 Guar gum treated and European Union, originating
1302 32 30 pulverized. in or consigned from India
and intended for animal or
human consumption, allowed
subject to issue of Health
Certificate by authorized
representative of Ministry of
Commerce & Industry,
Government of India i.e.
Shellac & Forest Products
Export Promotion Council
(SHEFEXIL), Kolkata
accompanied by the original
analytical report of testing of
Penta Chlorophenol (PCP)
issued by Vimta Labs,
Hyderbad, certifying that
product does not cotain
more than 0.01 mg per Kg of
 Chapter 14

Vegetable Plaiting Materials, Vegetable Products not elsewhere specified or included

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
90 1401 10 00 u Mulli bamboo Prohibited Not permitted to be exported
(Melocanna bacifera )

Chapter 15

Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils and their Cleavage Products; Prepared Edible Fats; Animal or
Vegetable Waxes

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
91 1501 00 00 Kg Tallow , fat and/or oils of any Prohibited Not permitted to be
1502 00 10 animal origin excluding fish exported
1502 00 20 oil and Lanolin
1502 00 30
1502 00 90
1503 00 00
1505 00 10
1505 00 20
1505 00 90
1506 00 10
92 Codes All Edible Oils under Prohibited Not permitted to be
pertaining to all Chapter 15 of Schedule 1 of exported
edible oils ITC(HS) Classification of
under Chapter Export and Import Items
15 of Schedule 1
Note 1
Restrictions imposed vide this Notification shall not apply to the following:
(i) Export of Castor Oil,
(ii) Export of Coconut Oil through Kochi Port,
(iii) Deemed export’ of edible oils to 100% export oriented units with the condition that thefinal product be
non‐edible,
(iv) Export of Oils produced out of minor forest produce, as per table given below, even if edible :

ITC (HS) Code Item Description

15159010 Fixed Vegetable oils viz. Neutralised and Bleached Morwah Oil/fat,
Neutralised and Bleached Kokum oil/fat, Neutralised and Bleached Sal oil/ sal
fat / Stearine.
15159020 Fixed vegetable oils viz. Dhup oil, Neemseed oil
15159030 Fixed vegetable oils viz. Nigerseed oil.
15159040 Fixed vegetable oils viz. Neutralised and Bleached Mango kernel
fat/oil/stearine/olein.
15179010 Sal Fat (Processed or Refined).
15219020 Shellac wax, whether or not coloured.

(v) Export of edible oil from Domestic Tariff Area (DTA) to Special Economic Zone (SEZ) to be
consumed by the SEZ units for manufacture of processed food products.
(vi) Export of edible oil in branded consumer packs of up to 5 Kgs, subject to a limit of 10,000 MTs
between 01.11.2011 to 31.10 2012. Such exports shall be allowed only from Customs EDI Ports.
(vii) Export of 10,000 MTs of organic edible oils per annum duly certified by APEDA from EDI ports shall
be permitted.
(viii) Export of 2400 MTs of edible oils per annum to Bhutan (as per Calendar year i.e. 1st January to
31st December) will be exempted from any export ban.

Chapter 23
Residues and Waste from the Food Industries; Prepared Animal Fodder

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
94 2305 00 10 Kg Deoiled groundnut cakes Restricted Exports permitted
2305 00 20 containing more than 1% oil under licence
2305 00 90 and groundnut expeller cakes
95 1213 00 00 kg Fodder, including wheat and Restricted Exports permitted under
1214 10 00 rice straw licence
1214 90 00
2302 10 10
2302 30 00
2302 40 00
96 2302 20 20 Kg Rice bran, raw and boiled Restricted Exports permitted under
2302 20 90 licence
97 2309 Kg Preparations of a kind used in Free Export of the item
23091000 animal feeding Dog or Cat produced from Animal
food, put up for retail sale By‐Products to EU is
allowed subject to the
following conditions:
(i) A ‘Shipment
Clearance Certificate’
is to be issued
consignment‐wise by
the CAPEXIL
indicating details of
the name and
address of the
exporter,
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 Chapter 30
Pharmaceutical Products

Note 1 Formulations of plant portions of prohibited varieties falling in heading 3003 and heading 3004
are freely exportable subject to conditions. For details, please see chapter 12.

S.No. Tariff Item HS Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

Code Policy
152 3002 10 11 Kg Whole human blood plasma Free Export allowed subject to
3002 10 12 and all products derived obtaining No Objection
3002 10 13 from human blood except Certificate from DGHS
3002 10 14 gamma globulin and human
serum albumin
3002 10 19
manufactured from human
3002 10 20 placenta and human
3002 10 91 placental blood; Raw
3002 90 10 placenta; Placental blood
3002 90 20 plasma
153 3002 10 20 Kg Gamma globulin and human Free
serum albumin
manufactured from human
placenta and human
placental blood
154 3002 10 11 Kg Samples of whole human Free Recommendation from a
3002 10 12 blood plasma and all doctor
3002 10 19 products derived
3002 10 20 from human
blood; Raw placenta;
3002 90 10
Placental blood plasma in
3002 90 20 individual cases for
diagnostic / therapeutic
155 3003 90 36 Kg Ketamine Free Export allowed subject to
3004 90 96 obtaining No Objection
Certificate from
Narcotics Commissioner
156 30021020 Kg Blood products for technical Free
Export to EU allowed
use in medical devices, In
subject to the following
Vitro Diagnostics &
conditions:
Laboratory Reagents not
intended for human (i) A ‘Shipment
consumption, Clearance Certificate’
is to be issued
consignment‐wise by
the CAPEXIL
indicating details of
the name and address
of the exporter,
address of the
i t d l t IEC
 number, nature of
export product,
quantity, invoice
number & date, port
of loading (Name of
the port) and
destination.
(ii) After the shipment
is made, the exporter
shall also provide a
‘Production
Process’certificate
and/or’ health
certificate to the
buyer
consignment‐wise to be
issued by CAPEXIL as
per the requirement of

Export Licensing Note of Chapter 30

“ The words ‘ Heavy metals within permissible limits’ have be conspicuously displayed on the container of
purely Herbal Ayurveda, Siddha and Unani medicines to be exported. Alternatively, a Certificate that ‘
Heavy metals within permissible limits ‘ issued either by an inhouse laboratory fully equipped with
appropriate equipments for testing heavy metals or by any other NABL / GLP accredited laboratory or
any other approved laboratory has to be produced along with other consignment papers.”

Chapter 32

Tanning or Dyeing Extracts; Tannings and their Derivatives; Dyes, Pigments and other Colouring
Matter; Paints and Varnishes; Putty and other Mastics; Inks

Note 1 Value added products of Red Sanders wood in this chapter require a licence and CITES
documentation. For detail, see Chapter 44.”

Chapter 33

Essential Oils and Resinoids; Perfumery, Cosmetic or Toilet preparations

Note 1 Sandalwood oil under 3301 29 37 is freely exportable.

S.No Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction
. HS Code Policy
170 3301 29 37 Kg Sandalwood oil Free Subject to Quantitative
ceilings and
conditionalities as may
be notified by the
Director General of
Foreign Trade from time
to time. For detail policy

Chapter
35
Albuminoidal substances; modified starches; glues; enzymes

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
171 35030020 Kg Gelatine, edible Free Export to EU allowed subject to the
grade and not following conditions:
elsewhere (j) A ‘Shipment Clearance Certificate’
specified or is to be issued consignment‐wise by
included the CAPEXIL indicating details of the
name and address of the
exporter, address of the
registered plant, IEC No. of the
exporter, plant approval number,
nature of export product, quantity,
invoice number
& date, port of loading (Name of
the port) and destination.
(ii) After the shipment is made, the
exporter shall also provide ‘Health
Certificate’ consignment‐wise to the
buyer giving details of vessel name,
shipping bill number with date,
production process, etc. as per the
requirement of EU. The Certificate
would be issued jointly by
CAPEXIL and Regional Animal
 172 35030030 Kg Glues derived Free Export to EU allowed subject to the
from bones, following conditions:
hides & similar (j) A ‘Shipment Clearance Certificate’
items and fish is to be issued consignment‐wise by
glues the CAPEXIL(formerly Chemical
173 35040010 Kg Free & Allied Products Export
Peptones; Promotion Council) indicating
others details of the name and address of
the exporter, address of the
registered plant, IEC No. of the
exporter, plant approval number,
nature of export product, quantity,
invoice number with date, port of
loading (Name of the port) and
destination.
(ii) After the shipment is made, the
exporter shall also provide a
‘Production Process’certificate
and/or’ health certificate to the
buyer consignment‐wise to be

174 3501 Casein, Prohibited Not permitted to be exported

caseinates and
other casein
derivatives;casein
n glues

Export Licensing Note of Chapter 35

Note 1
Transitional arrangements under para 1.5 of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009‐14 shall not be applicable on
export of casein and casein derivatives.

Note 2
Export consignments of casein and casein derivatives which were handed over to customs for examination
and export on or before 18.02.2011 will be allowed for export.

Note 3
Export of excise verified stock of 1053.625 MS of Casein manufactured before 18.02.2011 permitted.
 Chapter 38

Miscellaneous Chemical Products

Note 1 Value added products of red sanders wood in this chapter require a licence. For detail, see
Chapter 44

Chapter 41

Raw Hides and Skins (other than Furskins) and leather

Note 1: Finished leather of goat, sheep and bovine animals and of their young ones" means the
leather which complies with the terms and conditions specified in the Public Notice of the Government of
India in the Ministry of Commerce No.21/2009‐14 dated 01.12.2009, under the provisions of the Foreign
Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992 (22 of 1992).

S.No. Tariff item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
 176 4104 11 00 Kg Finished leather all kinds Free Subject to the definition of
4104 19 00 finished leather at Note 1
4104 41 00
4104 49 00
4105 10 00
4105 30 00
4106 21 00
4106 22 00
4106 31 00
4106 32 00
4106 40 00
4106 91 00
4106 92 00
4107 11 00
4107 12 00
4107 19 00

Export Licensing note of Chapter 41

Note 1
The definition of finished leather is contained in Public Notice No.21/2009‐14 dated 01.12.2009. The
same is reproduced at Appendix 4 of this schedule.
 Chapter 44
Wood and Articles of Wood; Wood Charcoal

Note 1
Definition of handicrafts for the purpose of classification.
(a) A handicraft must be predominantly made by hand. Machinery can also be used in the
manufacturing process as a secondary process.
(b) It must be graced with visual appeal in the form of ornamentation or in‐lay work or some similar work
lending it an element of artistic improvement and such ornamentation must be of a substantial nature
and not a mere pretence.
The classification codes for the handicrafts is only illustrative. The description can cover other headings as
well.

Note 2
Mulli bamboo (Melocanna baccifera) is Prohibited. For details see chapter 14.

S.No.
Tariff Itrem Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction
HS Code Policy
177 4401 10 00 mt Wood and wood products Prohibited Not permitted to be
4401 21 00 in the form of logs, timber, exported
4401 30 00 stumps, roots, bark, chips,
powder, flakes, dust, and
charcoal other than saion
timber made exclusively
out of imported logs/timber
178 4401 10 10 mt Fuel wood, in logs, in Prohibited Not permitted to be
4401 10 90 billets, in twigs, in faggots exported
or in similar forms; Wood in
chips or particles; Sawdust
and wood waste and scrap,
whether or not
agglomerated in logs,
briquettes, pellets or similar
forms

179 4402 00 10 mt Wood charcoal , whether or Prohibited Not permitted to be

4402 00 90 not agglomerated exported

180 4407 10 10 mt Wood sawn or chipped Prohibited Not permitted to be

4407 10 20 lengthwise, sliced or peeled, exported
4407 10 90 whether or not planed,
4407 29 10 sanded or end jointed, or a
thickness exceeding 6 mm
4407 29 90
other than sawn timber
4407 99 10 made exclusively out of
4407 99 20 imported logs/timber
4407 99 90
181 4407 10 10 mt Sawn Timber made Free (I) The Export would be
4407 10 20 exclusively out of imported confined to the species
4407 10 90 logs/timber of all the species which has been imported;
4407 29 10 of wood other than CITES
(ii) The importer and
4407 29 90 Appendix I & II species.
exporter will be the same
4407 99 10
party/firm and the
4407 99 20
import
4407 99 90 and export will have to be
effected from the
same
port. The Scheme will be
operational only from the
ports of Chennai, Kandla,
Kolkata, Mangalore,
Mumbai, Mundra,
Nhavasheva (JNPT),
Tuticorin and
Visakhapatnam.
However, for this purpose
Mangalore and Tuticorin
shall be treated as
the
same Port thereby
allowing importers to
import wood logs from
Mangalore and export the
sawn timber from
Tuticorin and vice‐versa.
Similar facility shall also
be available for Kandla,
Mumbai, Mundra and
Nhavasheva (JNPT) Ports
thereby allowing
importers to import from
any of the above Ports
and export either from
the same Port or from any
other remaining three
Ports.
(iii) The export of sawn
products derived from
imported logs shall not
exceed 60% of the
imports in volume terms;
(iv) The value addition of
such exports shall be not
less than 30%.
(v) The Saw Mill of the
exporter, where
imported timber is sawn
shall be registered with
the State Forest
Department and shall be
located away from the
forest area in a location
approved by the
 Products Export
Promotion Council
(CAPEXIL) who will
monitor them to ensure
that the scheme is not
abused.
(viii) The laws and rules
framed by the Central
Government and the
State Government
regulating timber in
transit shall be followed
by the exporters.

182 1211 90 50 M3 Sandalwood in any form, Prohibited Not permitted to be

4403 99 22 but excluding finished exported
handicraft products of
sandalwood, machine
finished sandalwood
products, sandalwood oil:
183 4414 00 00 Kg “Finished Handicraft
4415 00 00 products of
4419 00 00 Subject to provisions of
(a) Sandalwood Free CITES
4420 00 00
4421 90 60 Subject to provisions of
(b) Other species Free CITES
4421 90 90
184 4409 00 00 Kg Machine finished Free
sandalwood products

185 3301 29 37 Kg Sandalwood Oil Free Subject to Quantitative

ceilings and
conditionalities as may be
notified by the Director
General of Foreign Trade
from time to time.
186 1211 90 50 mt Sandalwood De‐oiled Spent Restricted Export permitted under
4401 30 00 Dust licence subject to
conditionalities as may be
notified by the Director
General of Foreign Trade
187 1211 90 50 Other forms of sandalwood Restricted Export permitted under
4403 99 22 as specified licence subject to
conditionalities as may be
notified by the Director
General of Foreign Trade
from time to time.

188 4403 99 18 m3 Red Sanders wood in any Prohibited Not permitted to

4407 99 90 form, whether raw, be
processed or unprocessed , exported
except at (b) below .

The condition stipulated in

Column 5 against Sl.
No.154(a) of Chapter 44 of
Schedule 2 of the
“ITC(HS) Classifications
of Export and Import Items
1st September, 2004 – 31st
March, 2009” shall be
relaxed for a period of one
month with effect from the
date of issue of export
licence to allow export of
354.98 MT of A, B, C and
D grades of Red Sanders
Wood, in the form of
log obtained from
Government of Andhra
Pradesh through
auction.
189 3203 00 90 kg Value added products of Restricted Exports permitted under
3805 10 10 Red Sanders wood such as licence subject to the
9202 10 00 Extracts, Dyes, Musical following
9202 90 00 Instruments and parts of documentation
9203 00 10 Musical Instruments, made .
9203 00 90 from Redsanders wood, Applications for export
procured from legal sources licences should be
9204 10 00
9204 20 00 accompanied by attested
9206 00 00 copies of certificate of
9208 10 00 origin issued by the
9208 20 00 Principal Chief
9209 92 00 Conservator of Forests of
9209 93 00 the State from where the
9209 99 00 stocks were procured,
giving details of the date
of procurement from
legal sources and
quantities procured. A
Certificate of the current
position of stocks so
procured and available
with the applicant given
after physical
verification of the stocks,
by the authority
nominated for the
purpose by the Principal
Chief Conservator of
Forests, should also
accompany application
for export licence.
The applications shall
be considered on merits
for issue of Export
Licence, which shall be
subject to any other
conditions such as MEP,
quantity ceilings
requirements under
CITES, etc. as may be
prescribed from time to
time.
 Chapter 47

Pulp of Wood or of other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste and Scrap of Paper or Paperboard

S.No.
Tariff Item HS Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction
Code Policy
190 4701 00 00 kg Mechanical wood pulp Prohibited Not permitted to be
exported
191 4702 00 00 kg Chemical wood pulp, Prohibited Not permitted to be
dissolving grades exported
192 4703 00 00 kg Chemical wood pulp, Prohibited Not permitted to be
soda or sulphate, exported
other than dissolving
193 4704 00 00 kg Chemical wood pulp, Prohibited Not permitted to be
sulphite, other than exported
dissolving grade
194 4705 00 00 Kg Semichemical Wood Pulp Prohibited Not permitted to be
exported
195 4707 00 00 kg Waste paper Restricted Export permitted under
licence

Chapter 50

Silk

S.No. Tariff Item Unit Item Description Export Nature of Restriction

HS Code Policy
196 5001 00 00 kg Pure races of Silk worms; Restricted Export permitted under
silkworm seeds, and silk licence
worm cocoons

Chapter 92
Musical Instruments Parts and Accessories of such articles

Note 1 Value added products of red sanders wood in this chapter require a licence. For detail, see Chapter 44.