Other
Felt hat-forms, hoods, plateaux, and manchons, unblocked
HSN 6501 00 90 (other felt hat-forms, hoods, plateaux, and manchons — unblocked, without made brims) 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. Finished headgear and blocked hat shapes classified elsewhere in Chapter 65 may attract different treatment; the distinction between an unfinished hat body and a finished article is the principal classification risk.
The key classification risk for this tariff line is the boundary between unfinished felt hood or hat-body and a finished or semi-finished hat: once a felt hood has been blocked to shape or fitted with a brim, it migrates to a different heading within Chapter 65. Customs re-classification to a finished headgear heading can trigger retrospective duty recovery and detention pending examination. Importers should document the production state of the goods — including the absence of blocking or brim attachment — in the commercial invoice and packing list.