Of seed quality
Canary seeds of seed quality
HSN 1008 30 10 (Canary seeds, seed quality) is subject to the ITC (HS) Restricted-import policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under policy condition no. 2 of Chapter 10. A Phyto Sanitary Certificate is mandatory at the bill-of-entry stage and must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge.
- Phyto Sanitary Certificate from exporting country authority
- ITC (HS) policy compliance from DGFT
- 1Ensure the import satisfies policy condition no. 2 of Chapter 10 of the ITC (HS) Import Policy before filing the bill of entry. Canary seeds of seed quality are Restricted; import without satisfying the applicable policy condition is not permitted and the consignment is liable to detention.ITC (HS) Import Policy, Chapter 10, policy condition no. 2 · DGFT
- 2Obtain a Phyto Sanitary Certificate (document code 851000) from the competent authority of the exporting country and upload it in e-Sanchit before the bill of entry is filed. The proper officer must verify that document code 851000 is present in e-Sanchit before granting out-of-charge.ITC (HS) Import Policy, Chapter 10 · e-Sanchit document code 851000
The most common error on this tariff line is treating the Phyto Sanitary Certificate as a post-arrival formality rather than a pre-filing obligation. Consignments arriving at the port without document code 851000 already uploaded in e-Sanchit are held pending verification; demurrage and ground rent accrue during the hold, and the proper officer has no discretion to grant out-of-charge until the document is in the system.