Coccinia (Kundru)

Fresh or chilled coccinia (Kundru), a cucurbit vegetable

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 0709 93 60 (Coccinia/Kundru) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence requirements under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory e-Sanchit document uploads before customs out-of-charge. Consignments must enter only through designated food-import ports under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), with Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) verification at the bill-of-entry stage.

What this is

HSN code

0709 93 60

Chapter

07 · Edible vegetables and certain roots and tubers

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
Food-import entry-point declaration to CBIC

Applicable Partner Government Agencies

FSSAIFSSAI·Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

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

Compliance steps

1
Obtain the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and upload it in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry. Also upload the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS); the customs proper officer will verify both documents are present before granting out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI
2
Route the consignment through a designated food-import entry point in compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Arrival at a non-designated port renders the consignment liable to detention pending re-routing or re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022
3
Where labelling deficiencies exist, rectification must be carried out at a customs bonded warehouse before visual inspection by the authorised FSSAI officer, by affixing a single non-detachable sticker next to the principal display panel without altering the original label. Permissible rectifiable items include per-serve RDA percentage contribution and date of expiry/best-before date, where the date information is provided by the manufacturer.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022, Para 2(i) · FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022 · FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 · FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017, Reg. 6

A word of counsel

The most frequent error on fresh cucurbit imports is treating label deficiencies as rectifiable at any stage and any location. Rectification is strictly confined to the customs bonded warehouse before FSSAI visual inspection, and only for the specific fields listed under CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs — missing or incorrect information outside those enumerated fields is grounds for rejection, not rectification. Filing at a non-designated entry point, rather than a labelling deficiency, is the more consequential port-of-entry risk and cannot be cured post-arrival.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0709 93 60 require BIS certification?

No, fresh vegetables including coccinia 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 the FSSAI Import Licence and Specimen Copy of Label uploaded in e-Sanchit as the binding requirements at the bill of entry.

Which document codes must be uploaded in e-Sanchit for this tariff line?

Document code 911001 (FSSAI Import Licence) and document code 0110FS (Specimen Copy of Label) must both be uploaded in e-Sanchit before the customs proper officer grants out-of-charge, per CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023.

Can labelling deficiencies on imported coccinia consignments be corrected after arrival in India?

Yes, but only for the specific fields enumerated under CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs and FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020, and only by affixing a non-detachable sticker at the customs bonded warehouse before FSSAI inspection — not at any downstream point in the supply chain.

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