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Other cereals (residual category, other than buckwheat or millet)

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 1008 90 90 (Other cereals) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence requirements under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and must comply with FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017 and FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Consignments are permitted only through designated food-import entry points under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) applying policy and customs overlays.

What this is

HSN code

1008 90 90

Chapter

10 · Cereals

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 (FSS Import Regulations, 2017)

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Food Grade Certificate from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label 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 a valid FSSAI Import Licence before filing the bill of entry and ensure that the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS), the Food Grade Certificate (document code 6570FS), and the FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) are all uploaded in e-Sanchit. Customs out-of-charge will not be granted if any of these three documents are absent in e-Sanchit.
FSSAI Import Licence · document codes 0110FS, 6570FS, 911001 · FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017
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. 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 ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023
3
Ensure label compliance with FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 prior to or at the port of import. Permitted rectification of specified labelling deficiencies — including per-serve RDA percentages and expiry-date additions — may be carried out at a customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker, without altering original label information, before visual inspection by the authorised officer.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022 · FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is uploading the FSSAI Import Licence (911001) but omitting the Food Grade Certificate (6570FS) or the Specimen Copy of Label (0110FS) in e-Sanchit — all three document codes are independently mandatory, and the absence of any one triggers customs detention and demurrage at the port. Note also that the rectifiable-labelling dispensation covers only the specific information items listed under CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs and its modification under CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus; labelling defects outside that enumerated list cannot be rectified at the port and may require re-export.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1008 90 90 require BIS certification?

No, residual cereals under this tariff line fall outside the BIS Quality Control Order regime; no BIS QCO covers this product family. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory FSSAI Import Licence, Food Grade Certificate, and label compliance under FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020.

Are all three e-Sanchit document codes — 0110FS, 6570FS, and 911001 — mandatory at the bill of entry?

Yes. The Specimen Copy of Label (0110FS), the Food Grade Certificate (6570FS), and the FSSAI Import Licence (911001) must each be uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge; the proper officer is required to verify all three before granting OOC.

Can labelling deficiencies on imported cereal consignments be rectified at the port?

Yes, but only for the specific labelling information items enumerated under CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs as modified by CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 — including per-serve RDA percentages and expiry-date additions — by affixing a single non-detachable sticker at a customs bonded warehouse before the authorised officer's inspection.

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