Oil-cake and oil-cake meal, decortica-ted, solvent extracted (defatted) variety
Decorticated cotton seed oil-cake, solvent extracted (defatted)
HSN 2306 10 20 (decorticated cotton seed oil-cake and oil-cake meal, solvent extracted — defatted variety) is not covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order and carries no Partner Government Agency clearance requirement at the tariff-line level. Import follows the standard customs procedure: Importer-Exporter Code, bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Other solid residues from vegetable oil extraction, particularly those intended as compounded animal feed under Chapter 23, may fall under sibling tariff lines that carry distinct compliance.
The absence of compliance at this tariff line does not extend to the broader Chapter 23 product family: undecorticated cotton seed cake, expelled (expeller-pressed) varieties, and prepared animal feed compounds each sit on separate tariff lines that may attract their own regulatory requirements. Customs re-classification on examination — for instance, where the product is assessed as a prepared animal feed rather than a raw residue — triggers retrospective compliance and detention pending resolution. Verify the precise processing method, decortication status, and intended end-use against the tariff before relying on the absence of compliance.