Rape oil

Crude rape oil, vegetable oil for food use

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 1514 11 20 (Crude Rape Oil) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and food-safety compliance under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. The tariff line falls under the designated-port regime administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), permitting import only through notified food-import entry points per General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.

What this is

HSN code

1514 11 20

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 valid FSSAI Import Licence and ensure it is uploaded in e-Sanchit under document code 911001 before filing the bill of entry. Additionally, upload the Certificate of Analysis for food and supplements (document code 0010FS) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS); out-of-charge will not be granted until all three documents are verified in e-Sanchit.
FSSAI Import Licence document code 911001 · document codes 0010FS and 0110FS · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022
2
Route the consignment exclusively through one of the designated food-import entry points notified under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Consignments arriving at a non-designated port are liable to detention and ground rent 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
Ensure all import labelling conforms to the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Rectifiable labelling deficiencies — including per-serve RDA percentages and expiry date information — may be corrected at customs bonded warehouses by affixing a single non-detachable sticker before visual inspection by the authorised officer, provided the original label information is not altered.
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 · 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 optional. All three e-Sanchit documents — 911001, 0010FS, and 0110FS — are independently mandatory; a missing Certificate of Analysis will cause the proper officer to withhold out-of-charge regardless of the licence status, generating demurrage and ground rent until the deficiency is rectified. Labelling corrections are permissible only within the defined rectifiable-labelling regime, and only before re-inspection by the authorised officer.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1514 11 20 require BIS certification?

No, crude rape oil is not within the BIS Quality Control Order regime; no BIS QCO covers this vegetable oil tariff line. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with the designated food-import entry point restriction under General Note 4(D) of the ITC (HS) 2022.

Which e-Sanchit document codes are mandatory at the bill of entry for this HSN?

Three documents are mandatory: FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001), Certificate of Analysis for food and supplements (document code 0010FS), and Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS); all must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge is granted.

Can labelling deficiencies on imported crude rape oil be rectified at the port?

Yes, but only within the rectifiable-labelling regime under CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus and the FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022; permitted corrections include per-serve RDA percentages and expiry date information, applied via a non-detachable sticker at a customs bonded warehouse before re-inspection, without altering the original label.

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