Newspapers

Newspapers appearing at least four times a week

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 4902 10 10 (Newspapers appearing at least four times a week) 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, bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Other printed matter within Chapter 49 — journals, periodicals, or illustrated publications appearing less frequently — may be classified under sibling tariff lines and can attract different treatment under DGFT import policy.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.

A word of counsel

The principal risk at this tariff line is misclassification: a publication that does not meet the minimum publication-frequency threshold of four issues per week belongs to a different Chapter 49 subheading, and re-classification on customs examination triggers retrospective duty and potential detention. Importers should confirm publication frequency, language, and content character against the customs tariff description before clearance. IEC registration must be current and reflect the correct importer entity.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 4902 10 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 publication appears fewer than four times a week?

Publications appearing less frequently are classified under a separate Chapter 49 tariff line and may attract different DGFT import policy conditions.

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