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Welded stainless steel pipes and tubes exceeding 406.4 mm external diameter
HSN 7305 19 29 covers large-diameter welded stainless steel pipes and tubes and is covered by a Bureau of Indian Standards Quality Control Order. Conformity to IS 17876:2022 is mandatory under the ISI Mark Scheme with effect from 01 August 2025, under the Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes (Quality Control) Order, 2025. Steel Import Monitoring System registration administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade applies as a separate customs-clearance overlay.
Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Directorate General of Foreign Trade.
- 1Source only from a Bureau of Indian Standards CM/L-licensed manufacturer holding a current licence against IS 17876:2022. Verify the supplier's CM/L number, licensed product scope (grade, dimensions, weld process), and manufacturing facility address on the BIS online register before placing the purchase order.Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes (Quality Control) Order, 2025 · S.O. 693(E) dated 10-02-2025
- 2Ensure every pipe and tube in the consignment bears the ISI mark and the supplier's CM/L number, traceable to the licensed manufacturing facility. Marking must appear on the product itself; packaging-only marking does not satisfy the requirement.BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018 · Scheme-I marking requirements · Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes (Quality Control) Order, 2025
- 3Register the consignment on the Steel Import Monitoring System portal no earlier than 60 days before the expected arrival date. Fee ₹500; the automatic registration number is valid for 75 days from issue and must remain within validity on the date of arrival.DGFT Notification 33/2015-20 dated 28-09-2020 · DGFT Notification 28/2023 dated 28-08-2023
- 4Quote the supplier's BIS CM/L number and the SIMS registration number on the bill of entry. Customs verifies the CM/L in real time against the BIS register and the SIMS registration against the DGFT portal; either absent, expired, or scope-mismatched triggers consignment detention.Policy condition 2 of Chapter 73 · BIS Act, 2016 · Customs Act, 1962
- 5If the consignment is a re-import for packaging purposes only, or an SEZ-to-DTA movement without value addition, document the SIMS exemption basis with supporting evidence. The BIS QCO obligation under IS 17876:2022 is not waived by either SIMS carve-out — the ISI-marked product requirement continues to apply.DGFT policy circular 38/2015-20 dated 19-01-2022 · DGFT Notification 19/2015-20 dated 07-07-2022
The single most common error on this tariff line is importing large-diameter stainless steel welded pipes under a CM/L licence whose scope does not extend to the specific diameter range, stainless grade, or weld process (longitudinal, helical, or laser) of the consignment. IS 17876:2022 governs multiple grades and weld-process variants; a CM/L issued for one configuration does not automatically cover another, and a scope mismatch — however minor — triggers detention at port under the Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes (Quality Control) Order, 2025 regardless of the SIMS registration status.