1. This Chapter does not cover :
2. For the purposes of heading 0501, the sorting of hair by length (provided the root ends and tip ends respectively are not arranged together) shall be deemed not to constitute working.
3. Throughout this Schedule, elephant, hippopotamus, walrus, narwhal and wild boar tusks rhinoceros horns and the teeth of all animals are regarded as “Ivory”.
4. Throughout this schedule, the expression “horsehair” means hair of the manes or tails of equine or bovine animals.
In this Chapter, the expressions “wild animal” and “wild life” have the meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (36) and (37) of section 2 of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 (53 of 1972); and the expression “wild bird” means any bird specified in Schedules to that Act.
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| Exim Code | Item Description | Policy | Policy Conditions |
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| 0501 | Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair. |
| 0501 00 | Human hair, unworked, whether or not washed or scoured; waste of human hair: | | |
| 0501 00 10 | Human Unworked, whether or not washed or scoured | Free | |
| 0501 00 20 | Waste of human hair | Free | |
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| 0502 | Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair; badger hair and other brush making hair; waste of such bristles or hair. |
| 0502 10 | Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair and waste thereof: | | |
| 0502 10 10 | Pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair | Free | Subject to Licensing Note No. 2 of the chapter. |
| 0502 10 20 | Waste of Pigs' hogs' or boars' bristles and hair | Free | Subject to Licensing Note No. 2 of the chapter. |
| 0502 90 | Other: | | |
| 0502 90 10 | Badger hair and other brush making hair | Free | Subject to Licensing Note No. 2 of the chapter. |
| 0502 90 20 | Yak tail hair | Free | Subject to Licensing Note No. 2 of the chapter. |
| 0502 90 90 | Other | Free | Subject to Licensing Note No. 2 of the chapter. |
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| 0503 | Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material |
| 0503 00 00 | Horsehair and horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material | Free | |
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| 0504 | Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked |
| 0504 00 | Guts, bladders and stomachs of animals (other than fish), whole and pieces thereof, fresh, chilled, frozen, salted, in brine, dried or smoked: | | |
| 0504 00 10 | Guts of cattle for natural food casings | Restricted | |
| 0504 00 20 | Guts of sheep and goats for natural food casings
Guts of other animals for natural food casings: | Free | |
| 0504 00 31 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0504 00 39 | Other
Guts other than for natural food casings: | Restricted | |
| 0504 00 41 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0504 00 49 | Other
Bladders & stomachs: | Restricted | |
| 0504 00 51 | Of Wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0504 00 59 | Other | Restricted | |
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| 0505 | Skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation; powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers. |
| 0505 10 | Feathers of a kind used for stuffing; down | | |
| 0505 10 10 | Of wild birds | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0505 10 90 | Other | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0505 90 | Other: | | |
| 0505 90 10 | Peacock tail and wing feather (trimmed or not)
Other feather (excluding for stuffing purpose): | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0505 90 21 | Of wild birds | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0505 90 29 | Other
Powder and waste of feathers or parts of feathers: | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0505 90 31 | Of wild birds | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0505 90 39 | Other
Skins and other parts : | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0505 90 91 | Of wild birds | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0505 90 99 | Other | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
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| 0506 | Bones and horn-cores, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised powders and waste of these products |
| 0506 10 | Ossein and bones treated with acid
Bones, including horn-cores, crushed: | | |
| 0506 10 11 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0506 10 19 | Other
Bone grist : | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0506 10 21 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0506 10 29 | Other
Ossein : | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0506 10 31 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0506 10 39 | Other
Bones, horn cones & parts thereof, not crushed: | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0506 10 41 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0506 10 49 | Other | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0506 90 | Other:
Bone meal: | | |
| 0506 90 11 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0506 90 19 | Other
Other : | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
| 0506 90 91 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0506 90 99 | Other | Free | Import subject to licensing note 3 of the chapter. |
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| 0507 | Ivory, tortoise-shell, whalebone and whale-bone hair, horns, antlers, hooves, nails, claws and beaks, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape; powder and waste of these products. |
| 0507 10 | Ivory; ivory powder and waste: | | |
| 0507 10 10 | Ivory | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0507 10 20 | Ivory powder and waste | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0507 90 | Other: | | |
| 0507 90 10 | Hoof meal | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
| 0507 90 20 | Horn meal | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
| 0507 90 30 | Hooves, claws, nails and beaks | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
| 0507 90 40 | Antlers | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
| 0507 90 50 | Buffalo horns | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
| 0507 90 60 | Tortoise-shell | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
| 0507 90 70 | Claws and waste of tortoise shell | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
| 0507 90 90 | Other | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 2 & 3 of the chapter. |
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| 0508 | Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof. |
| 0508 00 | Coral and similar materials, unworked or simply prepared but not otherwise worked; shells of molluscs, crustaceans or echinoderms and cuttle-bone, unworked or simply prepared but not cut to shape, powder and waste thereof. | | |
| 0508 00 10 | Coral | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0508 00 20 | Chanks | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0508 00 30 | Cowries | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0508 00 40 | Cuttlefish bones | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0508 00 50 | Shells | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0508 00 90 | Other | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
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| 0509 | Natural sponges of animal origin |
| 0509 00 | Natural sponges of animal origin: | | |
| 0509 00 10 | Of wild life | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0509 00 90 | Other | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no.3 of the chapter. |
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| 0510 | Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved. |
| 0510 00 | Ambergris, castoreum, civet and musk; cantharides; bile, whether or not dried; glands and other animal products used in the preparation of pharmaceutical products, fresh, chilled, frozen or otherwise provisionally preserved: | | |
| 0510 00 10 | Bezoar, cow (goolochan) | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0510 00 20 | Ox Gallstone | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0510 00 30 | Placenta, frozen
Other: | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
| 0510 00 91 | Of wild animals | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0510 00 99 | Other | Free | Imports subject to licensing notes no. 3 of the chapter. |
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| 0511 | Animal products not elsewhere specified or included; dead animals of Chapter 1 or 3, unfit for human consumption. |
| 0511 10 00 | Bovine semen | Restricted | |
| 0511 91 | Products of fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates; dead animals of Chapter 3: | | |
| 0511 91 10 | Fish nails | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0511 91 20 | Fish tail | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0511 91 30 | Other fish waste | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0511 91 90 | Other | Restricted | |
| 0511 99 | Other:
Silkworm pupae: | | |
| 0511 99 11 | Artemia | Free | |
| 0511 99 19 | Other
Sinews and tendons: | Free | |
| 0511 99 21 | Of wild life | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0511 99 29 | Other
Other : | Restricted | |
| 0511 99 91 | Frozen semen other than bovine embryo | Restricted | |
| 0511 99 92 | Of wild life | Prohibited | Not permitted to be imported |
| 0511 99 99 | Other | Restricted | |
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(2) Import of Wild Animals (including their parts and products) as defined in the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 is prohibited.
(3) Imports will be subject to the provisions of CITES (Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species of wild Fauna & Flora).
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