On tyres
Self-propelled cranes and mobile lifting equipment on tyres
HSN 8426 41 00 (self-propelled cranes and mobile lifting equipment mounted on tyres) 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 machinery and mechanical appliances under Chapter 84 may carry compliance obligations depending on the equipment type, end-use sector, or safety classification.
The absence of a Quality Control Order at this tariff line does not insulate importers from ancillary obligations: cranes deployed at notified factory or port premises may require inspection or certification under domestic safety legislation independent of customs classification. Misclassification risk is real where equipment straddles mobile crane and construction-machinery categories; customs re-classification triggers retrospective duty recovery and potential detention. Confirm the precise equipment specification — self-propelled versus non-self-propelled, tyre-mounted versus crawler — before relying on the absence of compliance.