Potassium compounds of aromatic monoacids
Potassium compounds of aromatic monocarboxylic acids
HSN 2916 39 30 (Potassium compounds of aromatic monoacids) is subject to Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee (CIB&RC) registration and import permit under the Insecticides Act, 1968, where the substance figures in the Schedule to that Act. Import is Free subject to policy condition 08 of Chapter 29 under the ITC (HS) policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), operative until 30 November 2026 per DGFT Notification 50/2025-26; NDPS controls and mandatory Chapter 29 qualifiers under CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus apply as additional overlays.
- Registration and permit from CIB&RC
- Import certificate from NDPS authority
- Chapter 29 qualifiers from CBIC
Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
- 1Determine whether the specific potassium compound being imported is listed in the Schedule to the Insecticides Act, 1968. If it is, obtain registration and an import permit from the Secretariat of the Central Insecticides Board and Registration Committee, and route the consignment only through ports at which insecticides may be imported, as restricted under Rule 45 of the Insecticides Rules, 1971.Insecticides Act, 1968 · Rule 45 of the Insecticides Rules, 1971
- 2If the substance falls within the NDPS schedule, import for medical and scientific purposes requires an import certificate obtained under Rule 53 of the NDPS Rules, 1985 per Chapter VII-A of those Rules. All other NDPS-scheduled imports are governed by Appendix-I to the Schedule under ITC (HS) policy condition 2 of Chapter 29.Rule 53 of the NDPS Rules, 1985 · ITC (HS) policy condition 2 of Chapter 29
- 3File the bill of entry in compliance with CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus dated 30-09-2023, ensuring mandatory additional qualifiers for Chapter 29 commodities as stipulated in paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2, with effect from 15 October 2023. Additionally, if imports exceed specified quantities of hazardous substances, obtain an insurance policy under the Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 per S.O. 227(E) dated 24-03-1992.CBIC Circular 23/2023-Cus dated 30-09-2023 · S.O. 227(E) dated 24-03-1992 · DGFT Notification 50/2025-26 dated 18-12-2025
The most common error on this tariff line is assuming the ITC (HS) 'Free' status under policy condition 08 means no further regulatory clearance is required. That free-import status is a DGFT policy designation only; it does not displace the CIB&RC registration and permit obligation where the compound is in the Insecticides Act Schedule, nor the NDPS import-certificate requirement where the substance is scheduled under the NDPS Rules. Importers must conduct the Schedule-applicability check before shipment — port detention pending CIB&RC or NDPS clearance at an unauthorised port is not curable retrospectively.