Calf skins, with hair on, tanned or dressed
Tanned or dressed calf skins with hair on
HSN 4302 19 10 (Calf skins, with hair on, tanned or dressed) is subject to Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) sanitary clearance, with a Veterinary Health Certificate from the exporting country required at the bill-of-entry stage. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) administers an ITC (HS) policy overlay that prohibits the import of seal skin in any form under Chapter 43. Compulsory testing through designated laboratories, determined by source animal, applies under the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying OM dated 20-02-2025.
- Health Certificate from AQCS
- Veterinary Health Certificate from exporting country
- Compulsory testing report from designated laboratory
Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
- 1Obtain a Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the competent authority of the exporting country and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 853AQ1 before filing the bill of entry. The Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ) must also be uploaded; customs out-of-charge will not be granted until both documents are verified in e-Sanchit.CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022 (Annexure A, Sl. No. 1) · CCR document codes 853AQ1 and 6360AQ
- 2Ensure the consignment undergoes compulsory testing at a designated laboratory as determined by source animal, in strict compliance with the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying OM dated 20-02-2025. Laboratory designation varies by species origin; confirm the applicable laboratory before shipment dispatch.OM dated 20-02-2025, Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying, File No. 1-110110/17/2017-Trade (E-2957)
- 3Confirm the consignment does not contain seal skin in any form. Seal skin imports are prohibited under the ITC (HS) import policy administered by DGFT, and any consignment found to include seal-skin components is liable to confiscation and Customs Act enforcement regardless of accompanying AQCS documentation.ITC (HS) import policy, Chapter 43 · DGFT prohibition on seal skin imports
The most common error on this tariff line is presenting only the exporting-country Veterinary Health Certificate while overlooking the separate AQCS-issued Health Certificate upload requirement. Both document codes — 853AQ1 and 6360AQ — are independently mandatory at the bill of entry; absence of either triggers detention and ground rent pending AQCS NOC. Additionally, the compulsory laboratory testing requirement introduced by the February 2025 OM is species-specific: importers who rely on prior clearance patterns without confirming the designated laboratory for calf-derived material risk consignment hold pending re-routing to the correct testing facility.