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Welded stainless steel tubes and pipes for general service
HSN 7306 19 19 (welded stainless steel tubes and pipes) 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, by virtue of 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 for welded stainless steel tubes and pipes. Verify the supplier's CM/L number, licensed product scope, grade, dimensional range, and manufacturing facility 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 tube and pipe in the consignment bears the ISI mark and the supplier's CM/L number per Scheme-I of Schedule-II to the BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018. Marking must appear on the product itself and not only on the packaging or mill test certificate.Scheme-I of Schedule-II to the BIS (Conformity Assessment) Regulations, 2018 · Stainless Steel Pipes and Tubes (Quality Control) Order, 2025
- 3Register the consignment on the Steel Import Monitoring System portal not earlier than 60 days before the expected arrival date. The registration fee is ₹500 and the automatic registration number remains valid for 75 days; the number must be live on the date of arrival.DGFT Notification 33/2015-20 dated 28-09-2020 · DGFT Notification 28/2023 dated 28-08-2023
- 4Quote both the supplier's BIS CM/L number and the SIMS registration number on the bill of entry. Customs verifies the CM/L against the BIS register and the SIMS registration against the DGFT portal in real time; an absent, expired, or scope-mismatched CM/L or SIMS number triggers consignment detention.ITC HS policy condition 2 of Chapter 73 · BIS Act, 2016 · Customs Act, 1962
- 5If the consignment is a re-import of steel for packaging purposes, or an SEZ-to-DTA movement, document the applicable SIMS exemption basis on the bill of entry. The BIS QCO obligation under IS 17876:2022 is not waived by any SIMS carve-out — the ISI mark requirement continues to apply.DGFT policy circular 38/2015-20 dated 19-01-2022 · S.O. 693(E) dated 10-02-2025
The single most common error on this tariff line is assuming that pipes classifiable elsewhere — particularly octagonal steel columns for lamp posts, which Customs classifies under HSN 7308 90 90 per Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs Circular 17/2013-Cus — are covered by the IS 17876:2022 QCO. Importing product of the wrong cross-section or end-use under this HSN, or vice versa, produces a classification mismatch that triggers retrospective duty recovery and a fresh BIS verification cycle. Confirm the precise product specification — weld process, cross-section, grade, and intended service — against both the CM/L scope and the HSN before the purchase order.