Agate

Agate, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 7103 10 62 (Agate, unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped) 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. Agate in more advanced states of working — cut, polished, graded, strung, mounted, or set — is classified under separate tariff lines within Chapter 71 that may carry distinct treatment.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.

A word of counsel

The principal importer risk at this tariff line is misclassification: customs may re-examine whether the agate is genuinely unworked or simply sawn, or whether it has crossed into a more finished form classifiable under a worked or set stone subheading elsewhere in Chapter 71. Re-classification on examination triggers retrospective duty recovery and potential detention. Verify the degree of working — and confirm the stone is agate and not a diamond or other precious stone — against the customs tariff before filing the bill of entry.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 7103 10 62 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 agate has been cut, polished, or set into jewellery?

Worked, polished, or mounted agate is classified under separate subheadings within Chapter 71 and may attract different duty rates and compliance requirements.

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