Crude oil

Crude corn oil, fixed vegetable oil (unrefined)

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 1515 21 00 (Crude oil — fixed vegetable fat) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and food-safety clearance under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. Consignments must enter only through the 79 designated food-import ports under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, with the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) Restricted-import policy and Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) document-verification overlay applying at the bill of entry.

What this is

HSN code

1515 21 00

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 an FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) before the bill of entry is filed. Upload the licence, the Certificate of Analysis for food and supplements (document code 0010FS), and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) in e-Sanchit; the customs proper officer will verify all three before granting out-of-charge.
FSSAI Import Licence document code 911001; document codes 0010FS and 0110FS per CBIC instruction no. 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022
2
Route the consignment exclusively through a designated food-import entry point as required by General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Consignments arriving at an undesignated port will be detained pending diversion or re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I, ITC (HS) 2022; CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023
3
Ensure all labelling complies with the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 before arrival. Where permitted labelling deficiencies exist, rectification must be carried out at a customs bonded warehouse before visual inspection by an authorised officer, using a single non-detachable sticker affixed next to the principal display panel without altering the original label.
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

The most common error on this tariff line is treating label rectification as a routine port formality and deferring label review until after vessel arrival. Rectification is conditional — it applies only to the enumerated deficiencies under Regulation 6 of the FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017 and the FSSAI orders of 22-05-2018 and 14-01-2019 — and does not extend to a missing FSSAI Import Licence or a Certificate of Analysis; absent either mandatory document, out-of-charge will be withheld regardless of label status.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1515 21 00 require BIS certification?

No, crude fixed vegetable oil under this tariff line is not covered by any BIS Quality Control Order. 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 and food-safety document verification at the bill of entry.

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

Three documents are mandatory: Certificate of Analysis for food and supplements (0010FS), Specimen Copy of Label (0110FS), and the FSSAI Import Licence (911001); the customs proper officer will not grant out-of-charge until all three are verified in e-Sanchit.

What labelling deficiencies can be rectified at the port, and which cannot?

Rectifiable deficiencies are limited to the specific items enumerated under CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs and the FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 — including per-serve RDA percentages and date-of-expiry information supplied by the manufacturer — carried out by non-detachable sticker at a customs bonded warehouse; a missing FSSAI Import Licence or Certificate of Analysis is not a labelling deficiency and cannot be remedied through this dispensation.

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