Hand knitting machines
Hand knitting machines with cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm
HSN 8447 11 11 (hand knitting machines with cylinder diameter not exceeding 165 mm) 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 knitting and stitch-bonding machines within Chapter 84 — particularly power-driven or industrial-scale variants — may sit under sibling tariff lines that carry distinct compliance obligations.
The absence of compliance at this tariff line does not extend to the broader Chapter 84 machinery landscape: power-operated knitting machines, machines for making tulle, lace, or embroidery, and machines for tufting are each classified under separate tariff lines and may attract their own compliance regimes. A customs re-classification from hand-operated to power-driven machinery triggers retrospective compliance, including potential detention pending the relevant licence. Verify the product specification — drive mechanism, cylinder diameter, and intended industrial or domestic use — against the customs tariff before relying on the absence of compliance.