Crushed or powdered

Natural steatite or talc, crushed or powdered

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 2526 20 00 (natural steatite or talc, crushed or powdered) 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 (IEC), bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Steatite or talc in block or slab form, and talc used as a cosmetic or pharmaceutical input, may attract separate compliance under other chapters.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.

A word of counsel

The absence of compliance at this tariff line does not extend to downstream processed forms: talc incorporated into cosmetic preparations falls under Chapter 33, and talc used as a pharmaceutical excipient may draw scrutiny under Chapter 30 — each with distinct regulatory treatment. Re-classification on customs examination triggers retrospective compliance, including detention pending the applicable clearance. Verify the product's intended use and processing state against the customs tariff before relying on the absence of compliance at this line.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2526 20 00 require any pre-import registration?

A valid Importer-Exporter Code is required for any commercial import; no product-specific registration applies to this tariff line.

What changes if the talc is imported as part of a cosmetic or pharmaceutical formulation?

Talc incorporated into finished cosmetic or pharmaceutical preparations is classified under Chapter 33 or Chapter 30 respectively, and those chapters carry their own compliance regimes distinct from this mineral tariff line.

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