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Presses for working metal or metal carbides, other types

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 8462 69 00 (presses for working metal or metal carbides, 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 (IEC), bill of entry, commercial invoice, packing list. Machine-tools for specific metal-working operations — forging, die-forging, bending, shearing, punching — may fall under distinct tariff lines within Heading 8462 that carry separate compliance obligations.

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

The residual character of this tariff line makes misclassification the primary importer risk: machine-tools that perform forging, hammering, bending, folding, straightening, shearing, or punching are each specifically enumerated elsewhere in Heading 8462, and customs re-classification to a more specific line can trigger retrospective compliance and detention. Verify the machine's principal operation against the full Heading 8462 tariff schedule before relying on the absence of compliance at this residual line.

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Frequently asked
Does HSN 8462 69 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 press performs a specifically enumerated metal-working operation such as forging, bending, or punching?
Machine-tools performing those named operations are classified under more specific tariff lines within Heading 8462 and may attract distinct compliance obligations upon customs examination.
Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.
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ChapterChapter 84 · Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereofIndustryIndustrial Machinery industryHSNMACHINE-TOOLS (INCLUDING PRESSES) FOR WORKING METAL BY FORGING, HAMMERING OR DIE FORGING (EXCLUDING ROLLING MILLS); MACHINE-TOOLS (INCLUDING PRESSES, SLITTING LINES AND CUT-TO-LENGTH LINES) FOR WORKING METAL BY BENDING, FOLDING, STRAIGHTENING, FLATTENING, SHEARING, PUNCHING, NOTCHING OR NIBBLING (EXCLUDING DRAW-BENCHES); PRESSES FOR WORKING METAL OR METAL CARBIDES, NOT SPECIFIED ABOVE