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Non-motorised carriages for disabled persons, other types

DGFT CLEARANCE

HSN 8713 10 90 (non-mechanically propelled carriages for disabled persons, other) is subject to the ITC (HS) Restricted-import policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), with import of new vehicles permitted only through 18 designated ports and ICDs. Compliance with the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and its Rules — including homologation or type-approval, right-hand drive, kilometre speedometer, and headlamp photometry standards — is mandated as a concurrent customs overlay under ITC (HS) Chapter 87 conditions 1, 2 and 7.

What this is

HSN code

8713 10 90

Chapter

87 · Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock; parts and accessories

Primary regulator

DGFT · ITC (HS) Restricted import policy, Chapter 87 (conditions 1, 2 and 7)

Customs documentation

Homologation certificate from competent authority
Type approval certificate from competent authority
ITC (HS) policy compliance from DGFT

Compliance steps

1
Route the consignment exclusively through one of the 18 designated ports and ICDs notified for new vehicle imports — seaports, airports and ICDs listed under DGFT Notification 18/2015-20 dated 12-07-2018 and Notification 59/2023-24 dated 12-02-2024. Import through any other port renders the consignment liable to detention and re-export under ITC (HS) Chapter 87 condition 1.
DGFT Notification 18/2015-20 dated 12-07-2018 · DGFT Notification 59/2023-24 dated 12-02-2024 · ITC (HS) Chapter 87 condition 1
2
Verify compliance with the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 and Rules, including a valid homologation certificate or type approval per condition 7 of Chapter 87, right-hand drive configuration, kilometre-graduated speedometer, and headlamp photometry conformance before filing the bill of entry.
Motor Vehicles Act, 1988 · ITC (HS) Chapter 87 conditions 2 and 7

A word of counsel

The most frequent error on this tariff line is misreading the port-restriction list as applicable only to motorised vehicles: DGFT Notification 18/2015-20 and Notification 59/2023-24 apply to new vehicles under Chapter 87 without a motorisation carve-out, so non-mechanically propelled disability carriages are equally subject to the 18-port restriction. A consignment diverted to a non-notified port — even one with a valid homologation certificate — faces detention and ground rent pending re-export, with no provision for retrospective port-of-entry regularisation.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 8713 10 90 require BIS certification?

No, no BIS Quality Control Order covers non-mechanically propelled carriages for disabled persons. Import is governed by the ITC (HS) Restricted-import policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade under Chapter 87 conditions 1, 2 and 7, with designated-port and Motor Vehicles Act compliance as the binding requirements.

Can second-hand non-motorised disability carriages be imported through any of the 18 notified ports?

No. Second-hand vehicles under Chapter 87 are importable only through Mumbai Port, subject to ITC (HS) Chapter 87 condition 1, irrespective of the broader 18-port list applicable to new vehicles.

Is a homologation certificate always required, or can a type-approval certificate substitute?

A type-approval certificate is an accepted substitute where condition 7 of ITC (HS) Chapter 87 is satisfied; homologation and type-approval are alternative compliance tracks, and the proper officer will verify which has been uploaded at the bill-of-entry stage.

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