UNROASTED IRON PYRITES
Unroasted iron pyrites, natural mineral ore
HSN 2502 00 00 (Unroasted iron pyrites) 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. Iron pyrites that have been roasted — producing iron oxide and sulphur dioxide as industrial inputs — fall outside this tariff line; Chapter 25 and Chapter 26 both carry classifications relevant to processed pyrite derivatives.
The principal importer risk at this tariff line is misclassification: roasted iron pyrites and the oxide calcines produced from them are classified separately, and customs re-examination of the processing state of the ore can trigger reclassification with retrospective duty and compliance consequences. Importers should document the unroasted nature of the material — assay certificates, origin declarations, and processing-stage records — before filing the bill of entry. Detention pending re-classification is the operative enforcement outcome where the processing state is disputed.