Numerically controlled
Numerically controlled metal-working presses and machine-tools
HSN 8462 51 00 (numerically controlled machine-tools for working metal by bending, folding, straightening, flattening, shearing, punching, notching, or nibbling) 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 machine-tools and presses within Chapter 84 — particularly those incorporating safety-critical electrical or pressure-generating components — may fall under sibling tariff lines that carry distinct compliance requirements.
The principal importer risk at this tariff line is misclassification: numerically controlled machine-tools share heading 8462 with non-numerically-controlled variants and with forging and die-forging presses, each classified separately, and a re-classification on customs examination triggers retrospective compliance and potential detention. Electrical control panels and servo drives imported as part of the machine assembly may independently attract compliance under their own Chapter 84 or Chapter 85 tariff lines. Verify the complete bill of materials against the customs tariff before shipment.