Apples

Dried apples, edible fruit (dried)

FSSAI CLEARANCE · PPQS CLEARANCE

HSN 0813 30 00 (Dried apples) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and a non-GM origin cum GM-free certificate requirement under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage (PPQS) Phytosanitary Certificate clearance applies as a concurrent overlay, and consignments are permitted only through the 79 designated food-import ports under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.

What this is

HSN code

0813 30 00

Chapter

08 · Edible fruit and nuts; peel of citrus fruit or melons

Primary regulator

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

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Phytosanitary Certificate from PPQS
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI

Applicable Partner Government Agencies

FSSAIFSSAI·Food Safety and Standards Authority of India

PPQSPPQS·Plant Quarantine and Phytosanitary regime

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 and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001 before filing the bill of entry. For consignments dispatched on or after 1 March 2021, a non-GM origin cum GM-free certificate — or a GM-free attestation on the Phytosanitary or Health Certificate containing all information per the FSSAI format — must accompany the shipment.
FSSAI order dated 03-12-2020 (File F.N. 1-1764/FSSAI/Imports/2018(Part1)) · FSSAI order dated 21-08-2021
2
Upload the Phytosanitary Certificate (document code 851000) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge. The customs officer must verify that all three mandatory documents — 911001, 851000, and 0110FS — are present in e-Sanchit prior to granting out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022
3
Route the consignment only through a designated food-import port per General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Labelling deficiencies permissible under the rectifiable-labelling regime — including per-serve RDA contribution and expiry date — may be corrected at a customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker before visual inspection, without altering the original label.
FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is treating the GM-free attestation as an optional add-on when it is a pre-dispatch obligation: the certificate must be issued or attested before the consignment leaves the exporting country on or after 1 March 2021, and a post-arrival attestation is not accepted. An FSSAI Import Licence that is current at filing but accompanied by a missing or non-conforming GM-free declaration will result in detention and potential re-export, notwithstanding a valid Phytosanitary Certificate.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0813 30 00 require BIS certification?

No, dried apples 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 a concurrent Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage Phytosanitary Certificate requirement and a designated-port restriction under General Note 4(D) of the ITC (HS) 2022.

Is the non-GM origin cum GM-free certificate required for all dried apple consignments?

Yes, for all consignments dispatched from the exporting country on or after 1 March 2021; a GM-free attestation on the Phytosanitary or Health Certificate is accepted provided it contains all information specified in the FSSAI order dated 21 August 2021.

Which labelling deficiencies may be rectified at the port of import?

Per CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus and the FSSAI clarification order dated 18 November 2022, per-serve RDA percentage contribution and expiry date (where provided by the manufacturer) may be rectified at a customs bonded warehouse by a non-detachable sticker before inspection, but a missing PGA clearance document cannot be rectified in this manner.

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