URGENT ! help needed on importing PCP pump from Pyramydair

[TC]

Friends,

As I write this, a Hill pump Mark 4 costing close to 300 USD and Rs 24,000 including shipping to India via Fedex, is lying at the Delhi airport cargo terminal.

I am importing this on behalf of a friend who doesn't have an international credit card.

I just received a call and a mail from Fedex asking for my consent for courier clearance since it is a high value product.

My question is : Does the Indian customs charge duty on a single piece hand pump? Or, it is in a duty exempted item?

Do I have to provide Fedex with my rifle club membership details etc ?

A quick a knowledgeable reply will be appreciated, especially mention of specific section of any act / duty list .

Thanking you,


TC

[hellfire_m16]

Legally speaking club membership is not required for importing a pump.

I paid 30% duty for my pump. If that helps bro

Best,

[TC]

Thanks

Best
TC

[hellfire_m16]

u r welcome brother...

[TC]

A big shocker :

Fedex now tells me that customs has stopped the consignment from being transferred from Delhi to Kolkata in courier mode because it is a "restricted" item under chapter 9305.

I checked and found that Chapter 9305 deals with parts and accessories of heads under 9301 to 9304 i.e. essentially firearms, but not 930400 which deals with spring/air guns etc. What to do ?

Here are all the relevant chapters. Basically I now need a document to prove that a high pressure foot pump is not a firearm or part of a firearm. Input from members, especially AGN and others who study the laws everyday, is urgently required.



TC



9301 military weapons ex revolvers pistols lances etc
930100 Military weapons, other than revolvers, pistols, Swords and Cutlasses

9302 revolvers & pistols, designed to fire live ammo
930200 Revolvers and pistols, other than those of heading 9303 or 9304

9303 sport shotguns & rifles etc, very pistols etc
930310 Muzzle-loading firearms
930320 Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting shotguns, including combination shotgun-rifles:
930330 Other sporting, hunting or target-shooting rifles:
930390 Other Devices Designed to project Only Signal Flares

9304 arms nesoi, other than side arms and similar arms
930400 Other arms (for example, spring, air or gas guns and pistols, truncheons), excluding those of heading 9307 No

9305 parts & accessories of arms of head 9301 to 9304
930510 Parts and accessories Of revolvers or pistols
930521 Shotgun barrels
930529 Other Parts and Accessories of Shotguns or Rifles
930590 Parts and Accessories for Military Weapons and Other Arms

9306 bombs, grenades etc, cartridges etc and parts
930610 Cartridges for riveting or similar tools or for captive-bolt humane killers and parts thereof
930621 Shotgun cartridges
930629 Parts of Shotgun Cartridges; Air Gun Pellets
930630 Other cartridges and parts thereof:
930690 Bombs, Grenades, Torpedoes, Mines, Missiles; Other Ammunition & Projectiles

9307 swords, cutlasses, bayonets, & siml arms & parts
930700 Swords, cutlasses, bayonets, lances and similar arms and parts thereof and scabbards and sheaths therefor

[hellfire_m16]

Bro ...did you manage to get the pump cleared from customs?

[andy_65_in]

Youll have to pay duty.better collect it from delhi if fedex agrees-in case the customs act funny and impound it for some stupid reasons youll have a tough time