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Leather parts other than soles and prepared uppers

Leather footwear parts, other than soles and prepared uppers

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 6406 90 20 (leather parts of footwear other than soles and prepared uppers) 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 parts of footwear under Chapter 64 — including complete uppers, outer soles, and finished footwear — may fall under sibling tariff lines that carry distinct compliance obligations.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.
A word of counsel

The principal risk at this tariff line is misclassification: leather uppers already attached to a sole, or prepared uppers, are classified separately within Chapter 64 and may attract compliance under a Quality Control Order covering footwear or footwear components. Customs re-classification on examination triggers retrospective compliance, including detention pending the relevant clearance. Verify that the imported articles are unambiguously neither outer soles nor prepared uppers before relying on the absence of compliance at this line.

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Frequently asked
Does HSN 6406 90 20 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 leather parts are prepared uppers or outer soles?
Prepared uppers and outer soles are classified under separate tariff lines within Chapter 64 and may attract compliance under a Quality Control Order applicable to footwear components, triggering retrospective obligations if customs re-classifies the goods on examination.
Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.
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