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Parts and accessories of machines of heading No. 8444 or of their auxiliary machinery

Parts and accessories for man-made fibre extrusion machines

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 8448 20 00 (parts and accessories of machines of heading 8444 or of their auxiliary machinery) 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. Parts and accessories for textile machinery under the broader heading 8448 — particularly those principally used with spinning, weaving, or knitting machines classified under headings 8445, 8446, or 8447 — may fall under sibling tariff lines with distinct classification treatment.

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

The primary risk at this tariff line is misclassification: parts and accessories shared across machine headings 8444 through 8447 are classified by principal use, and a customs officer's re-determination of principal use can shift the entry to a sibling line under heading 8448 with different duty implications. Retrospective re-classification may trigger detention and recovery of differential duty. Importers should document the specific machine heading for which the part is principally designed before filing the bill of entry.

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Frequently asked
Does HSN 8448 20 00 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 parts are principally used with spinning, weaving, or knitting machines rather than heading 8444 machines?
Parts principally used with machines of headings 8445, 8446, or 8447 are classified under different subheadings within heading 8448, which carry their own duty rates and may attract separate compliance considerations.
Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.
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