Activated carbon
Activated carbon for pharmaceutical or industrial use
HSN 3802 10 00 (Activated carbon) is subject to customs documentation verification at the bill of entry, with mandatory e-Sanchit uploads of a Certificate of Analysis, Batch Release Certificate, and consignment label required before out-of-charge. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) import policy applies as the governing trade-policy overlay for this tariff line.
- Certificate of Analysis from supplier
- Batch Release Certificate from manufacturer
- Label declaration from importer
- 1Upload the Certificate of Analysis (document code 0010dc), Batch Release Certificate (document code 0030dc), and consignment label (document code 0110dc) in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry. The proper officer will verify these uploads prior to granting out-of-charge.CCR mandatory document requirement · document codes 0010dc, 0030dc, 0110dc
- 2Confirm that the e-Sanchit IRN for each mandatory document is quoted on the bill of entry. Bills not routed through a PGA for NOC are subject to direct proper-officer verification of all three document uploads before out-of-charge is granted.CCR customs verification requirement · e-Sanchit OOC protocol
The most common error on this tariff line is treating activated carbon as a straightforward free-import chemical and arriving at the port without pre-uploaded documentation in e-Sanchit. All three documents — Certificate of Analysis, Batch Release Certificate, and consignment label — must be uploaded before the bill of entry is filed, not after examination; absent uploads result in consignment detention and accumulating demurrage while the importer scrambles to source back-dated laboratory certificates.