Battery carbon

Battery carbon for electrical purposes

NO PGA · STANDARD CUSTOMS PROCEDURE

HSN 8545 90 20 (Battery carbon) 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 articles of graphite or carbon within Chapter 85 — such as carbon electrodes and carbon brushes — occupy distinct tariff lines that may carry separate compliance obligations.

No partner government agency notification covers this tariff line.

A word of counsel

Battery carbon sits within a chapter that spans a wide range of electrical carbon and graphite articles, several of which are subject to BIS Quality Control Orders at the product-specific level. A customs officer who re-characterises the goods — for example, as carbon electrodes or carbon brushes under sibling lines in heading 8545 — may trigger retrospective compliance, including detention pending the relevant licence. Verify that the product specification and end-use description on the invoice precisely correspond to battery carbon before relying on the absence of compliance at this tariff line.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 8545 90 20 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 carbon article is a carbon brush or carbon electrode rather than battery carbon?

Carbon brushes and carbon electrodes are classified under distinct tariff lines within heading 8545 and may attract their own compliance requirements under Chapter 85.

Last verified against gazette notifications: 2026-05-16. Source: BIS / DGFT / Indian Customs CUSDATA.