Not cut in pieces, fresh or chilled

Whole poultry carcasses, fresh or chilled, not cut

FSSAI CLEARANCE · AQCS CLEARANCE

HSN 0207 11 00 (whole fresh or chilled poultry, not cut in pieces) 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. Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Sanitary Import Permit clearance applies concurrently under S.O. 4118(E) dated 14 November 2019, and consignments are restricted to 79 designated food-import ports with effect from 1 March 2023.

What this is

HSN code

0207 11 00

Chapter

02 · Meat and edible meat offal

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (high-risk food, meat and poultry 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 poultry-processing facility is registered with the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the mandatory high-risk food foreign-manufacturer registration scheme. The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry; import from an unregistered facility is not permitted.
CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus dated 14-11-2022 · FSSAI order dated 10-10-2022
2
Upload all four mandatory AQCS and FSSAI documents in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge: Specimen Copy of Label (0110FS), Health Certificate (6360AQ), FSSAI Import Licence (911001), and Sanitary Import Permit (911DF1). Additionally, upload the Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the exporting country (document code 853AQ1) and the Laboratory Report or Certificate of Analysis (document code 001AQ1). Quote the e-Sanchit IRN of the Sanitary Import Permit on the bill of entry to obtain the AQCS NOC.
CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI
3
Route the consignment exclusively through one of the 79 designated food-import ports listed in the CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus Annexure. Confirm label compliance under the FSSAI rectifiable-labelling regime before out-of-charge; ensure General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022 is satisfied for the designated entry-point obligation.
CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · General Note 4(D), ITC (HS) Schedule I, 2022 · S.O. 4118(E) dated 14-11-2019

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is treating the FSSAI Import Licence as the sole clearance and overlooking the parallel AQCS document stack — the Veterinary Health Certificate (853AQ1), the Laboratory Report or Certificate of Analysis (001AQ1), and the Sanitary Import Permit IRN (911DF1) are each independently verified by the proper officer before out-of-charge. A consignment arriving with a current FSSAI licence but a missing or unlinked AQCS Sanitary Import Permit IRN will be detained at the designated port; detention attracts demurrage and ground rent that accrues while the IRN is rectified, which cannot be done retrospectively once the bill of entry is lodged.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0207 11 00 require BIS certification?

No, whole fresh or chilled poultry is 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 a concurrent Animal Quarantine and Certification Services Sanitary Import Permit and the 79-designated-port restriction operative from 1 March 2023.

Are all four e-Sanchit document codes mandatory for every bill of entry under this HSN?

Yes. Documents 0110FS, 6360AQ, 911001, 911DF1, 853AQ1, and 001AQ1 must each be uploaded in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge, per CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus and CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus; the proper officer verifies each code independently on PGA-facilitated bills.

Does the foreign-manufacturer registration requirement apply to all poultry exporters, or only to new entrants?

It applies to all foreign manufacturing facilities — both existing exporters and new entrants — as FSSAI requested exporting countries to submit facility lists under the format prescribed in the FSSAI order dated 10 October 2022 and CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus.

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