Apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens or by other means of payment
Coin- or card-operated sound recording and reproducing apparatus
HSN 8519 20 00 (sound recording or reproducing apparatus operated by coins, banknotes, bank cards, tokens, or other means of payment) 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. Other sound recording or reproducing apparatus under Chapter 85 — particularly consumer audio equipment — may fall under tariff lines that do carry BIS compliance obligations.
The absence of compliance at this tariff line does not extend to all apparatus within heading 8519: non-coin-operated consumer audio equipment classified elsewhere in Chapter 85 is subject to BIS Quality Control Orders, and customs re-classification of a declared apparatus into a covered tariff line triggers retrospective compliance — including detention pending the relevant certificate. Verify that the payment-activation mechanism is integral and primary to the apparatus, not incidental, before relying on classification under this tariff line.