Unworked
Cultured pearls, unworked, not strung, mounted, or set
HSN 7101 21 00 (unworked cultured pearls, not strung, mounted, or set) 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 goods in Chapter 71 — including natural pearls, worked cultured pearls, or pearls set in precious-metal mounts — may be classified under distinct tariff lines with their own treatment.
The principal risk at this tariff line is misclassification: cultured pearls that have been drilled, shaped, or otherwise worked may be re-classified by customs to a sibling line for worked cultured pearls, and pearls temporarily strung for transport occupy a separate tariff entry within Chapter 71. A re-classification on examination triggers retrospective compliance review and potential detention pending resolution. Ensure the commercial invoice and packing list precisely describe the pearl's processing state — unworked, undrilled, loose — before relying on the absence of compliance at this line.