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Dried vegetables, other (whole, cut, sliced, powdered)

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 0712 39 00 (other dried vegetables) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence requirement under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory e-Sanchit upload of the licence and specimen label before customs out-of-charge. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) apply as policy overlays, including the designated food-import entry-point restriction under General Note 4(D) of the ITC (HS) 2022.

What this is

HSN code

0712 39 00

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
Entry-point declaration per 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 a current FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and upload it in e-Sanchit together with the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) before filing the bill of entry. The proper officer will not grant out-of-charge until both documents are confirmed uploaded.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022; CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
2
Route the consignment only through a designated food-import entry point in compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Any labelling deficiency of the type listed under FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 — such as per-serve RDA contribution or expiry date alongside best-before date — may be rectified at the customs bonded warehouse by a single non-detachable sticker affixed next to the principal display panel, before visual inspection by the authorised FSSAI officer.
General Note 4(D), ITC (HS) 2022; CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022; FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI

A word of counsel

The most common error on this residual dried-vegetables tariff line is assuming that a generic FSSAI Import Licence satisfies the labelling compliance obligation: it does not. Labelling defects identified at port must be rectified strictly by non-detachable sticker at the bonded warehouse before FSSAI inspection, and only the categories of information enumerated in CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs are rectifiable — all other labelling non-conformances ground the consignment and expose the importer to re-export or confiscation under the FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0712 39 00 require BIS certification?

No. No BIS Quality Control Order covers dried vegetables under this tariff line. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with FSSAI Import Licence and specimen-label upload as the operative obligations at the bill of entry.

Which documents must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge is granted?

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) are both mandatory; the proper officer verifies their presence in e-Sanchit before granting out-of-charge, per CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023.

Can labelling deficiencies be corrected after arrival at the designated port?

Only deficiencies of the specific categories enumerated in CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs may be rectified, exclusively at the customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker next to the principal display panel before FSSAI inspection; deficiencies outside those categories render the consignment non-compliant and liable to detention or re-export.

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