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Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, or bee-keeping machinery

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 8436 80 90 (other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping, or bee-keeping machinery not elsewhere specified) 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. Machinery falling under more specifically enumerated subheadings within Chapter 84 — such as poultry incubators, brooders, or germination plant with mechanical or thermal equipment — may attract distinct compliance at those tariff lines.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.
A word of counsel

The residual nature of this tariff line — 'other machinery' within a broad agricultural and forestry equipment heading — creates a meaningful misclassification risk: customs examination may re-classify equipment into a more specific heading within Chapter 84 that carries a BIS Quality Control Order or other compliance requirement. Such re-classification triggers retrospective compliance obligations and detention pending clearance. Confirm that the imported machine does not fall within a named category of the heading before relying on the absence of compliance here.

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Frequently asked
Does HSN 8436 80 90 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 machinery is a poultry incubator, brooder, or germination plant with mechanical or thermal equipment?
Those categories are separately enumerated within heading 8436 and may be classified under a more specific tariff line that carries its own compliance requirements under Chapter 84.
Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.
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