Natural garnet

Natural garnet abrasive, whether or not heat-treated

PARTNER GOVERNMENT AGENCY CLEARANCE

HSN 2513 20 30 (Natural garnet) requires a Phytosanitary Certificate uploaded in e-Sanchit as a mandatory pre-clearance document before customs out-of-charge. The tariff line carries no sectoral PGA licensing regime beyond this phytosanitary overlay, and the customs proper officer is required to verify document code 851000 in e-Sanchit for all bills of entry before granting out-of-charge.

What this is

HSN code

2513 20 30

Chapter

25 · Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

Primary regulator

DGFT · ITC (HS) import policy, Chapter 25

Customs documentation

Phytosanitary Certificate from exporting country
e-Sanchit upload to CBIC

Compliance steps

1
Obtain a Phytosanitary Certificate from the competent plant-protection authority of the exporting country before shipment. Upload the certificate in e-Sanchit under document code 851000 prior to filing the bill of entry; the customs proper officer will verify this upload before granting out-of-charge.
CCR mandatory-document requirement · e-Sanchit document code 851000
2
Confirm at the bill-of-entry stage that the Phytosanitary Certificate has been successfully lodged in e-Sanchit and that the IRN is quoted on the bill of entry. Consignments for which document code 851000 has not been uploaded will not receive out-of-charge, attracting detention, demurrage, and ground rent.
CCR mandatory-document requirement · e-Sanchit document code 851000

A word of counsel

The single most common error on this tariff line is treating natural garnet as a straightforward mineral import with no document pre-condition and filing the bill of entry without uploading the Phytosanitary Certificate. Because the proper officer is expressly directed to withhold out-of-charge until document code 851000 is verified in e-Sanchit, an omission here results in consignment detention and accruing port charges that cannot be resolved retrospectively by a post-arrival certificate.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2513 20 30 require BIS certification?

No. Natural garnet is not covered by any BIS Quality Control Order. The operative pre-clearance requirement for this tariff line is the Phytosanitary Certificate (e-Sanchit document code 851000), which must be uploaded before customs out-of-charge.

What is e-Sanchit document code 851000 and who issues the underlying certificate?

Document code 851000 is the Phytosanitary Certificate, issued by the designated national plant-protection authority of the exporting country; the importer is responsible for obtaining it from the supplier and uploading it in e-Sanchit before the bill of entry is filed.

What happens if the Phytosanitary Certificate is missing at the time of bill of entry?

The customs proper officer is directed not to grant out-of-charge until document code 851000 is verified in e-Sanchit; the consignment remains detained at the port, accruing demurrage and ground rent until the document is lodged.

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