Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in

Salted, dried or smoked hams, shoulders with bone in

FSSAI CLEARANCE · AQCS CLEARANCE

HSN 0210 11 00 (Hams, shoulders and cuts thereof, with bone in) 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, Veterinary Health Certificate, and Laboratory Certificate of Analysis are concurrent clearance requirements. Import is Free under ITC (HS) policy subject to Policy Condition 2 of Chapter 2, and consignments are restricted to 79 designated food-import ports from 1 March 2023.

What this is

HSN code

0210 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 mandatory high-risk-food registration scheme covering meat and meat products. Upload the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry.
CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus dated 14-11-2022 · FSSAI order dated 10-10-2022
2
Upload in e-Sanchit: the Veterinary Health Certificate issued by the exporting country's competent authority (document code 853AQ1) and the Laboratory Report or Certificate of Analysis (document code 001AQ1). Quote the e-Sanchit IRN of the AQCS-issued Sanitary Import Permit (document code 911DF1) on the bill of entry to obtain the AQCS NOC. Also upload the Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ) before out-of-charge.
CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
3
Route the consignment only through one of the 79 designated food-import ports notified under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Ensure label compliance with the FSSAI rectifiable-labelling regime; labelling defects that are non-rectifiable do not qualify for the rectifiable-labelling window and result in consignment detention.
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 common error on this tariff line is conflating the FSSAI Import Licence clearance with full PGA compliance and overlooking the three distinct AQCS document obligations — Veterinary Health Certificate (853AQ1), Certificate of Analysis (001AQ1), and Sanitary Import Permit IRN (911DF1) — each of which must be independently uploaded in e-Sanchit. A bill of entry presented with the FSSAI licence intact but any single AQCS document missing will be held at the designated port pending regularisation, accruing demurrage and ground rent for which no FSSAI clearance provides a remedy.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0210 11 00 require BIS certification?

No, salted or dried bone-in pork cuts 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 clearances and the designated-port restriction under General Note 4(D) of the ITC (HS) 2022.

Are all four e-Sanchit document codes — 911001, 0110FS, 6360AQ, 853AQ1, 001AQ1, and 911DF1 — mandatory at the bill of entry stage?

Yes. Per CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus and CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus, all six documents must be uploaded in e-Sanchit and the AQCS Sanitary Import Permit IRN quoted before customs out-of-charge is granted.

Does the import policy's Free status mean there are no pre-import conditions for this HSN?

No. Import is Free in terms of licensing under the ITC (HS) policy subject to Policy Condition 2 of Chapter 2, but FSSAI foreign-manufacturer registration, the full suite of AQCS clearances, and the 79-designated-port restriction are all binding pre-clearance requirements regardless of the Free policy status.

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