Pick-up cartridges
Pick-up cartridges for audio and video apparatus
HSN 8522 10 00 (pick-up cartridges) 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 parts and accessories within Chapter 85 — particularly those used in consumer electronics or wireless audio devices — may fall under separate compliance regimes, and classification accuracy is the principal importer risk.
Pick-up cartridges sit within a chapter — Electrical Machinery and Equipment, Chapter 85 — where many neighbouring lines do carry Bureau of Indian Standards or Wireless Planning and Coordination compliance; absence of compliance at this tariff line does not extend to related components classified elsewhere in the chapter. Re-classification on customs examination to a line that attracts compliance triggers retrospective obligations, including detention pending the relevant licence or certificate. Confirm the precise product function and technical specification against the customs tariff before treating the absence of compliance as unconditional.