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Unroasted, not decaffeinated green coffee beans (other)

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 0901 11 19 (unroasted, not decaffeinated coffee, other) 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 at the bill of entry. Import is further governed by ITC (HS) policy condition 1 of Chapter 09 administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), and consignments must enter through designated food-import ports under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.

What this is

HSN code

0901 11 19

Chapter

09 · Coffee, tea, mate and spices

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
Food grade certificate from FSSAI

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 an FSSAI Import Licence before filing the bill of entry and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001. Also upload the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) and the Food Grade Certificate (document code 6570FS); the customs proper officer will verify all three uploads before granting out-of-charge.
FSSAI Import Licence · document codes 911001, 0110FS, 6570FS · ITC (HS) policy condition 1 of Chapter 09
2
Route the consignment exclusively through a designated food-import entry point. Confirm compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022; consignments arriving at a non-designated port are liable to detention and demurrage pending re-routing or re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023
3
Where labelling information is deficient, rectification may be carried out at the customs bonded warehouse before inspection under the rectifiable-labelling dispensation. Permitted rectifications include per-serve RDA percentage contributions and expiry/best-before date details, applied as a single non-detachable sticker per the FSSAI-CBIC joint framework; original label content must remain unaltered.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI

A word of counsel

Re-import of Indian-origin coffee presents a separate compliance trap: the FSSAI Import Licence does not substitute for the Coffee Board permit required under Section 21 of the Coffee Act, 1942, which applies specifically when coffee previously exported from India is being re-imported. Businesses that treat the FSSAI clearance as the sole PGA obligation on re-import consignments face detention at port and potential confiscation under the Coffee Act until the Coffee Board permit is produced.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 0901 11 19 require BIS certification?

No. No BIS Quality Control Order covers green coffee 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 the ITC (HS) policy condition 1 of Chapter 09 administered by DGFT as the parallel policy overlay.

Which documents must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge for this HSN?

Three documents are mandatory: the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001), the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS), and the Food Grade Certificate (document code 6570FS); absence of any one of these prevents the customs proper officer from granting out-of-charge.

Does the Coffee Board permit requirement apply to all coffee imports under this HSN?

No — the Coffee Board permit under Section 21 of the Coffee Act, 1942 applies specifically to re-imports of coffee that was originally exported from India; standard first-time imports require only the FSSAI and DGFT-policy clearances.

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