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Wood charcoal, shell or nut charcoal (other types)
HSN 4402 90 00 (wood charcoal, other) is subject to a mandatory Phyto-Sanitary Certificate requirement administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) as a customs clearance overlay at the bill-of-entry stage. The Phyto-Sanitary Certificate (document code 851000) must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before the customs proper officer grants out-of-charge.
- Phyto-Sanitary Certificate from exporting country authority
- e-Sanchit upload to CBIC
- 1Procure a Phyto-Sanitary Certificate (document code 851000) from the competent plant-protection authority of the exporting country before shipment. The certificate must cover the specific consignment of wood charcoal and must be current at the time of bill-of-entry filing.CCR mandatory-document requirement · document code 851000 · e-Sanchit upload obligation
- 2Upload the Phyto-Sanitary Certificate in e-Sanchit under document code 851000 before the bill of entry is presented for out-of-charge. A PGA-facilitated bill where the certificate has not been routed through PGA for NOC will be verified by the customs proper officer against this upload before clearance is granted.CCR e-Sanchit instruction · document code 851000
The single most common clearance failure on this tariff line is presenting the Phyto-Sanitary Certificate as a paper document at the port rather than uploading it in e-Sanchit under code 851000 before out-of-charge is requested. Even a valid, current certificate issued by the correct exporting-country authority will result in consignment detention and accumulating demurrage if the e-Sanchit upload step is missed, because the customs system verification is electronic and precedes the physical document check.