Dogfish

Fresh, chilled or frozen dogfish fillets and fish meat

FSSAI CLEARANCE · AQCS CLEARANCE

HSN 0304 88 10 (Dogfish) 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 fish products are classified as high-risk food. Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Sanitary Import Permit clearance applies concurrently, and consignments are restricted to 79 designated food-import ports operative from 1 March 2023.

What this is

HSN code

0304 88 10

Chapter

03 · Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates

Primary regulator

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

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Sanitary Import Permit from AQCS
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-food regime before shipment. The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and a Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must be uploaded in e-Sanchit at the bill of entry before out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus dated 14-11-2022 · FSSAI order dated 10-10-2022
2
Obtain the AQCS Sanitary Import Permit (document code 911DF1) and a Health Certificate (document code 6360AQ) prior to dispatch. Quote the e-Sanchit IRN of the Sanitary Import Permit on the bill of entry to obtain the AQCS NOC for CTIs listed in Annexure A (Sl. No. 3) of CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus.
CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
3
Route the consignment exclusively 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; rectifiable defects are addressed under FSSAI Letter No. 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021, but a missing PGA clearance is not a rectifiable defect.
CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No. Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI

A word of counsel

The most frequent error on this tariff line is conflating the FSSAI Import Licence with the AQCS Sanitary Import Permit: both are mandatory and independent. A consignment arriving at a designated port with a current FSSAI licence but without the AQCS NOC — established by quoting the e-Sanchit IRN of document code 911DF1 — will be detained and subject to demurrage and ground rent until the Sanitary Import Permit is regularised. The 79-port restriction is a hard routing condition; arrival at any port outside the notified list renders the import unlawful regardless of PGA clearance status.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0304 88 10 require BIS certification?

No, dogfish fillets and fish meat 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, as a high-risk food product, with a concurrent AQCS Sanitary Import Permit requirement and a 79-designated-port restriction.

Is the foreign-manufacturer registration with FSSAI mandatory for this tariff line?

Yes. Per CBIC Instruction 30/2022-Cus and the FSSAI order dated 10 October 2022, the facility exporting fish products to India must be registered with FSSAI; imports from unregistered facilities are not permitted at the bill-of-entry stage.

What happens if a labelling defect is identified at the port of import?

Rectifiable labelling deficiencies may be addressed under FSSAI Letter No. 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 and CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022; however, the rectifiable-labelling regime applies only to label information defects and does not cure a missing FSSAI Import Licence or AQCS Sanitary Import Permit.

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