Pencil slats

Bamboo pencil slats, articles of bamboo wood

PARTNER GOVERNMENT AGENCY CLEARANCE

HSN 4421 91 40 (Pencil slats) is subject to phytosanitary clearance under the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003, with a mandatory Phytosanitary Certificate required at the bill-of-entry stage. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) administers the applicable ITC (HS) import policy, and customs out-of-charge is withheld until the Phytosanitary Certificate is verified in e-Sanchit.

What this is

HSN code

4421 91 40

Chapter

44 · Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal

Primary regulator

DGFT · ITC (HS) import policy, Chapter 44

Customs documentation

Phytosanitary Certificate from exporting country authority
e-Sanchit upload confirmation from CBIC

Compliance steps

1
Obtain a valid Phytosanitary Certificate (document code 851000) from the competent plant-protection authority of the exporting country before dispatch. The certificate must accompany the consignment and be uploaded in e-Sanchit; out-of-charge will not be granted until the upload is verified by the proper officer.
CCR mandatory-document requirement · document code 851000 · e-Sanchit verification
2
Ensure the bill of entry reflects the correct 8-digit CTI 4421 91 40 and that the Phytosanitary Certificate (document code 851000) is linked to the e-Sanchit IRN before presenting the bill to customs. Any PGA-facilitated bill not routed through the PGA for NOC is subject to direct proper-officer verification of the e-Sanchit upload.
CCR e-Sanchit verification instruction · document code 851000

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is dispatching the consignment before the Phytosanitary Certificate is obtained, on the assumption that a certificate can be furnished retrospectively at the port. Customs proper officers are instructed to withhold out-of-charge if document code 851000 is absent from e-Sanchit, regardless of whether the bill has been routed through a PGA; detention and demurrage accrue from vessel arrival, and a missing phytosanitary document cannot be regularised by a late upload after examination has begun.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 4421 91 40 require BIS certification?

No; no BIS Quality Control Order covers bamboo pencil slats or articles of bamboo. The operative requirement for this tariff line is a Phytosanitary Certificate (document code 851000) uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge, with overall import policy administered by DGFT under the ITC (HS) framework.

Which authority issues the Phytosanitary Certificate required at the bill of entry?

The Phytosanitary Certificate must be issued by the competent plant-protection or national plant-protection organisation of the exporting country, and uploaded in e-Sanchit under document code 851000 before the proper officer grants out-of-charge.

Does the phytosanitary requirement apply even when the bill of entry is not routed through the PGA for a formal NOC?

Yes. Customs instructions require the proper officer to verify that document code 851000 has been uploaded in e-Sanchit on all bills — including PGA-facilitated bills not routed through the PGA — before granting out-of-charge.

Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.