Tongues
Frozen bovine tongues, edible offal
HSN 0206 21 00 (Tongues) is classified as Restricted under Schedule I of the ITC (HS) Import Policy, administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), meaning import requires compliance with the applicable Restricted-import policy condition. A Health Certificate is mandatory at the bill of entry as the operative sanitary clearance document before customs out-of-charge is granted.
- Health Certificate from exporting country
- Restricted-import compliance from DGFT
- 1Confirm the consignment is permitted under the Restricted-import policy in Schedule I of the ITC (HS) before placing the purchase order. Import of bovine tongues under this tariff line requires satisfying the applicable Restricted-import policy condition administered by DGFT.Schedule I Import Policy, ITC (HS) — Restricted classification for HSN 0206 21 00
- 2Ensure the Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ) issued by the competent authority of the exporting country is uploaded in e-Sanchit before the bill of entry is filed. The proper officer will verify this upload prior to granting out-of-charge; absence of the Health Certificate will result in detention of the consignment.CCR mandatory document requirement — Health Certificate [6360AQ] · e-Sanchit upload obligation
The most common error on this tariff line is filing the bill of entry without the Health Certificate uploaded in e-Sanchit, on the assumption that the PGA NOC routing has been completed separately. Where the bill is PGA-facilitated but not routed through the PGA for NOC, the proper officer is expressly required to independently verify e-Sanchit for document code 6360AQ; a missing upload triggers detention and ground rent accumulation with no administrative remedy short of a fresh upload.