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Refined and other ground-nut oil fractions

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 1508 90 99 (Other ground-nut oil fractions) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with consignments admitted only through designated food-import entry points under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) administers the underlying ITC (HS) import policy, and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) oversees port-level compliance including mandatory e-Sanchit document verification before out-of-charge.

What this is

HSN code

1508 90 99

Chapter

15 · Animal or vegetable fats and oils; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Certificate of Analysis 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 current FSSAI Import Licence and ensure it is uploaded in e-Sanchit under document code 911001 before filing the bill of entry. The proper officer will verify this upload — along with the Certificate of Analysis (document code 0010FS) and Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) — prior to granting out-of-charge.
FSSAI Import Licence 911001; Certificate of Analysis 0010FS; Specimen Copy of Label 0110FS; CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
2
Route the consignment exclusively through one of the designated food-import entry points and confirm compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Consignments arriving at non-designated ports are liable to detention and re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022; CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus
3
Ensure all labelling conforms to the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 before customs inspection. Specified labelling deficiencies — including per-serve RDA contribution and expiry date alignment — may be rectified at the customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker next to the principal display panel, without altering the original label.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022; FSSAI Order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No. Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI; FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is uploading the FSSAI Import Licence alone and treating the Certificate of Analysis and Specimen Copy of Label as ancillary. All three documents — 911001, 0010FS, and 0110FS — are independently mandatory in e-Sanchit, and a missing upload for any one of them will stall out-of-charge regardless of the status of the others, triggering demurrage and ground rent at the designated port while the gap is rectified.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1508 90 99 require BIS certification?

No, ground-nut oil fractions 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 FSSAI Import Licence, Certificate of Analysis, and Specimen Copy of Label mandatory at the bill of entry.

Which document codes must be uploaded in e-Sanchit for this tariff line?

Three documents are mandatory: FSSAI Import Licence (code 911001), Certificate of Analysis — food and supplement (code 0010FS), and Specimen Copy of Label (code 0110FS); all must be present before the proper officer grants out-of-charge per CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023.

Can labelling deficiencies be corrected at the port of import?

Yes, but only within the scope permitted by CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus and the FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 — specifically per-serve RDA percentage contribution and expiry-date alignment, rectified at the customs bonded warehouse by a single non-detachable sticker that does not alter the original label.

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