Bamboos

Bamboos for plaiting and vegetable material uses

PARTNER GOVERNMENT AGENCY CLEARANCE

HSN 1401 10 00 (Bamboos) is subject to a mandatory Phytosanitary Certificate requirement administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the ITC (HS) import policy for vegetable plaiting materials. The Phytosanitary Certificate (document code 851000) must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge is granted at the bill of entry stage.

What this is

HSN code

1401 10 00

Chapter

14 · Vegetable plaiting materials; vegetable products not elsewhere specified

Primary regulator

DGFT · ITC (HS) import policy, Chapter 14

Customs documentation

Phytosanitary Certificate from exporting country authority
ITC (HS) policy compliance from DGFT

Compliance steps

1
Obtain a Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the competent plant-protection authority of the exporting country before shipment. Upload the certificate in e-Sanchit under document code 851000 at the bill of entry; customs out-of-charge will not be granted until the upload is verified.
Document code 851000 · CCR mandatory-document requirement for HSN 1401 10 00
2
Verify at the bill-of-entry stage that the Phytosanitary Certificate covers the specific consignment and commodity. The proper officer is required to confirm the document code 851000 upload in e-Sanchit before issuing out-of-charge on PGA-facilitated bills.
CCR mandatory-document requirement for HSN 1401 10 00

A word of counsel

The single most common error on this tariff line is shipping the consignment before the Phytosanitary Certificate is in hand, on the assumption that the document can be submitted retrospectively or substituted with a commercial phytosanitary declaration. The certificate must be issued by the exporting country's competent authority and must be uploaded against document code 851000 in e-Sanchit; a missing or non-conforming certificate results in consignment detention and accumulating demurrage until the deficiency is resolved.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1401 10 00 require BIS certification?

No, bamboos and vegetable plaiting materials are not covered by any BIS Quality Control Order. The operative requirement is a Phytosanitary Certificate (document code 851000) uploaded in e-Sanchit under the ITC (HS) import policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade.

Which authority issues the Phytosanitary Certificate required under document code 851000?

The Phytosanitary Certificate must be issued by the competent plant-protection or national plant-protection organisation (NPPO) of the exporting country; a certificate from any other body does not satisfy the document code 851000 requirement.

What happens if the Phytosanitary Certificate is not uploaded before out-of-charge?

The proper officer will not grant out-of-charge on the bill of entry; the consignment is detained at the port, attracting demurrage and ground rent until document code 851000 is correctly uploaded in e-Sanchit.

Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.