Other
Millet and other cereal seeds (residual category)
HSN 1008 21 99 (Other cereal seed) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence requirements under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and the FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017. Import is Restricted under ITC (HS) policy condition 2 of Chapter 10, administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), and consignments are confined to designated food-import entry points under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.
- Import Licence from FSSAI
- ITC (HS) policy declaration to DGFT
- Rectifiable-labelling compliance from CBIC
Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
- 1Verify that the import satisfies ITC (HS) policy condition 2 of Chapter 10 before filing the bill of entry. The tariff line is Restricted; import without satisfying the applicable policy condition attracts detention and Restricted-import enforcement by DGFT.DGFT Notification 08/2023 dated 29-05-2023 · ITC (HS) Schedule I, Chapter 10, Policy Condition 2
- 2Route the consignment only through one of the designated food-import entry points in compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Upload the FSSAI Import Licence and all mandatory labelling documentation in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge.General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022
- 3Ensure imported consignments comply with the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020; where labelling deficiencies are present, rectification by non-detachable sticker must occur at the customs bonded warehouse before visual inspection by the authorised officer, strictly in accordance with the FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 and CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023.CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022
The rectifiable-labelling dispensation is frequently misread as a broad licence to remedy all labelling defects at port; it is not. Rectification is limited to the specific categories enumerated in CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus and the FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 — chiefly per-serve RDA percentages and expiry-date presentation — and must be executed by the manufacturer-supplied information, not by the importer's own substitution. Stickers must be non-detachable, placed adjacent to the principal display panel, and must not alter the original label; non-conforming rectification constitutes a fresh labelling violation under the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 and can trigger re-inspection or confiscation.