With working part of cermets
Interchangeable tools with working part of cermets
HSN 8207 13 00 (interchangeable tools for hand tools or machine-tools, with working part of cermets) 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. Other interchangeable tools within Chapter 82 — particularly those with working parts of diamond, cubic boron nitride, or high-speed steel — occupy distinct tariff lines that may carry different compliance obligations.
Cermets are sintered composites of ceramic and metallic phases; tools described in commercial documentation as carbide-tipped or tungsten-carbide-bodied may or may not meet the customs tariff definition of cermet, and mis-description is the primary classification risk at examination. Re-classification by the assessing officer to a sibling line within heading 8207 — or to a power-tool subheading under Chapter 84 or 85 — triggers retrospective duty recovery and potential detention. Confirm the precise working-part composition against the tariff's cermet definition before relying on the absence of compliance at this line.