Carcasses and half-carcasses

Fresh, chilled or frozen swine carcasses and half-carcasses

FSSAI CLEARANCE · AQCS CLEARANCE

HSN 0203 11 00 (Carcasses and half-carcasses of swine) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and mandatory foreign-manufacturer registration under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, as a high-risk meat product. Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Sanitary Import Permit, Veterinary Health Certificate, and Laboratory Certificate of Analysis are concurrent clearance requirements. Import is restricted to 79 designated food-import ports effective 1 March 2023 under ITC (HS) policy administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT).

What this is

HSN code

0203 11 00

Chapter

02 · Meat and edible meat offal

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (high-risk meat regime)

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Sanitary Import Permit from AQCS
Veterinary Health Certificate from AQCS

Applicable Partner Government Agencies

FSSAIFSSAI·Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

AQCSAQCS·Animal Quarantine and Certification Services

Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.

Compliance steps

1
Confirm the foreign manufacturing facility is registered with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the high-risk meat-products regime before shipment. The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) must be uploaded in e-Sanchit at the bill of entry; consignments from unregistered facilities are not permitted entry.
CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus dated 14-11-2022 · FSSAI order dated 10-10-2022
2
Upload the full AQCS document set in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge: Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the exporting country (document code 853AQ1), Laboratory Report or Certificate of Analysis (document code 001AQ1), and the AQCS-issued Sanitary Import Permit (document code 911DF1). Quote the e-Sanchit IRN of the Sanitary Import Permit to obtain the AQCS NOC.
CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022 (Annexure A, SL. No. 1, 2 and 3) · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
3
Route the consignment exclusively through one of the 79 designated food-import ports per General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Also upload the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) and the Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ) and confirm label compliance under the FSSAI rectifiable-labelling regime before out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022

A word of counsel

The most frequent error on this tariff line is treating the FSSAI Import Licence as the sole clearance document and arriving at port without the full AQCS bundle — Veterinary Health Certificate, Certificate of Analysis, and Sanitary Import Permit — each under its own e-Sanchit document code. A missing AQCS document code at the bill-of-entry stage halts out-of-charge regardless of FSSAI licence validity; swine meat is a controlled animal product and AQCS clearance is independent of, not downstream of, the FSSAI food-safety regime.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0203 11 00 require BIS certification?

No, fresh, chilled or frozen swine carcasses are not within the BIS Quality Control Order regime. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with concurrent Animal Quarantine and Certification Services clearance and the 79-designated-port restriction operative from 1 March 2023.

Which document codes must be uploaded in e-Sanchit for swine carcass imports?

Five codes are required: FSSAI Import Licence (911001), Specimen Copy of Label (0110FS), Health Certificate (6360AQ), Veterinary Health Certificate (853AQ1), Certificate of Analysis (001AQ1), and AQCS Sanitary Import Permit (911DF1) — the IRN of 911DF1 must be quoted to obtain the AQCS NOC per CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus.

Does the rectifiable-labelling facility apply to meat consignments with missing label information?

Yes, but only for labelling defects classified as rectifiable under FSSAI order F.No. Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI dated 18-11-2022 and CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus; a missing PGA clearance document such as the AQCS Sanitary Import Permit is not a labelling defect and cannot be remedied through the rectifiable-labelling route.

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