Other
Rough pine wood logs, other than treated or squared
HSN 4403 22 90 (rough pine wood, residual category) requires a Phytosanitary Certificate under India's plant-quarantine framework administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) as the policy issuer. The Phytosanitary Certificate (document code 851000) must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge at the bill-of-entry stage.
- Phytosanitary Certificate from exporting country authority
- ITC (HS) policy compliance from DGFT
- 1Obtain a Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the competent plant-protection authority of the exporting country covering the pine wood consignment. Upload the certificate in e-Sanchit under document code 851000 before filing the bill of entry; the proper officer will verify the upload prior to granting out-of-charge.CCR mandatory document requirement · document code 851000 · e-Sanchit upload obligation
- 2Confirm that the consignment is correctly classified under CTI 4403 22 90 as rough pine wood not treated, not precisely squared, and not otherwise excluded. Misclassification into adjacent headings may attract a separate ITC (HS) policy condition or phytosanitary re-examination.ITC (HS) Schedule I, Chapter 44 — classification notes
The most common error on this tariff line is presenting a Phytosanitary Certificate that covers the consignment at origin but does not specify the pine species or conforms to an outdated format not accepted under India's plant-quarantine requirements. A certificate with incomplete species declaration or issued by an authority not recognised by the exporting country's national plant-protection organisation will result in consignment detention and potential re-export at the importer's cost, with demurrage and ground rent accruing throughout.