Bleached

Bleached woven fabrics of jute or textile bast fibres

DGFT CLEARANCE

HSN 5310 90 10 (Bleached woven fabrics of jute or other textile bast fibres) is subject to ITC (HS) import policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), with imports from Bangladesh restricted exclusively to Nhava Sheva seaport under DGFT Notification 21/2025-26 and Notification 24/2025-26. All jute and jute product imports additionally require registration with the Jute Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, under the Jute Import Order dated 23-09-2019.

What this is

HSN code

5310 90 10

Chapter

53 · Other vegetable textile fibres; paper yarn and woven fabrics of paper yarn

Primary regulator

DGFT · ITC (HS) import policy, Chapter 53 with port and registration conditions

Customs documentation

Registration certificate from Jute Commissioner
Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificate from exporter
Test report for azo dyes from accredited lab

Compliance steps

1
Register with the Jute Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles, before filing the bill of entry. Imports of jute and jute products without valid Jute Commissioner registration are not permitted under the Jute Import Order dated 23-09-2019. Import of used jute bags is categorically prohibited and no registration will cure that restriction.
Jute Import Order dated 23-09-2019, Office of the Jute Commissioner, Ministry of Textiles
2
If importing from Bangladesh, route the consignment exclusively through Nhava Sheva seaport. Entry through any land port on the India-Bangladesh border is prohibited; re-export of Bangladesh-origin goods transiting Nepal or Bhutan back into India is also not permitted.
DGFT Notification 21/2025-26 dated 27-06-2025 · DGFT Notification 24/2025-26 dated 11-08-2025
3
Accompany the consignment with a test report from an accredited laboratory of the exporting country certifying absence of prohibited azo dyes, unless the origin is EU, Serbia, Poland, Denmark, Australia, Canada, Japan, South Korea or the United Kingdom, where azo-dye testing is exempted. All other origins must comply with the PSIC requirement under General Note 10.
General Note 10 of the ITC (HS) Import Policy · DGFT Public Notice 14/2023 dated 14-06-2023

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is routing a Bangladesh-origin consignment through a land port on the India-Bangladesh border on the assumption that the general textile import regime applies. The land-port prohibition is absolute for bleached and unbleached jute woven fabrics from Bangladesh — only Nhava Sheva is lawful — and consignments arriving at a prohibited land port face detention and re-export, with demurrage accruing from the date of arrival.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 5310 90 10 require BIS certification?

No. Bleached woven fabrics of jute are not covered by any BIS Quality Control Order. Import is governed by the ITC (HS) policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade, with a mandatory Jute Commissioner registration condition and a designated-port restriction for Bangladesh-origin goods.

Does the Nhava Sheva port restriction apply to jute fabric imports from all countries or only Bangladesh?

The restriction to Nhava Sheva seaport applies specifically to imports from Bangladesh; the prohibition on land-port entry is confined to the India-Bangladesh border under DGFT Notification 21/2025-26 and Notification 24/2025-26. Imports from other origins are not subject to this port-specific restriction, though the Jute Commissioner registration requirement applies universally.

Are goods transiting Nepal or Bhutan treated as Bangladesh exports for the purpose of the land-port restriction?

Bangladesh exports transiting India to Nepal or Bhutan are exempt from the sub-para 2 restriction, but re-export of those Bangladesh-origin goods from Nepal or Bhutan back into India is not permitted under DGFT Notification 21/2025-26.

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