Shuttlecock cork bottom

Shuttlecock cork bottoms, natural cork articles

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 4503 90 10 (shuttlecock cork bottom) is not covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order and carries no Partner Government Agency clearance requirement at the tariff-line level. Import follows the standard customs procedure: Importer-Exporter Code (IEC), bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Other articles of natural cork within Chapter 45 — such as stoppers, corks, or insulation blocks — occupy separate tariff lines that may carry distinct compliance or import conditions.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.

A word of counsel

The principal importer risk at this tariff line is misclassification: shuttlecock assemblies incorporating non-cork components (feathers, nylon skirts, synthetic bases) may fall under Chapter 95 as sports articles, triggering a materially different compliance and duty environment. Customs re-classification on examination carries retrospective duty recovery and potential detention. Confirm that the imported article is the discrete cork-base component alone, not a finished shuttlecock, before relying on the absence of compliance here.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 4503 90 10 require any pre-import registration?

A valid Importer-Exporter Code is required for any commercial import; no product-specific registration applies to this tariff line.

What changes if the product is a finished shuttlecock rather than the cork bottom component?

Finished shuttlecocks are classified as sports articles under Chapter 95, which carries a separate tariff treatment and may attract additional compliance requirements not applicable to the discrete cork component.

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