Sal (Chorea robusta)
Sal wood in the rough (Shorea robusta)
HSN 4403 99 21 (Sal wood in the rough) is subject to plant quarantine clearance administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) as the operative import-policy authority for this tariff line, with a mandatory Phytosanitary Certificate required at every port of entry. 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 valid Phytosanitary Certificate issued by the national plant protection authority of the exporting country before shipment. This certificate must be uploaded in e-Sanchit under document code 851000 and must be current at the time the bill of entry is filed.CCR mandatory document requirement · document code 851000 · e-Sanchit upload obligation
- 2Verify that the Phytosanitary Certificate has been uploaded and the IRN generated in e-Sanchit before the consignment is presented for customs out-of-charge. Bills facilitated without PGA routing must be verified by the proper officer against the e-Sanchit upload prior to out-of-charge.CCR mandatory pre-OOC verification requirement · document code 851000
The single most frequent error on this tariff line is presenting the Phytosanitary Certificate as a paper original at the examination counter rather than uploading it under document code 851000 in e-Sanchit before the bill of entry reaches the proper officer. A missing or defective e-Sanchit upload — even where the paper certificate is valid — is treated as non-compliance with the mandatory pre-OOC verification requirement, resulting in consignment detention and accumulating demurrage until the upload is regularised.