Cane jaggery

Cane jaggery, other cane sugar in solid form

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 1701 14 10 (Cane jaggery) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and labelling compliance under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. All sugar import contracts under ITC (HS) heading 1701 must additionally be registered with the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) per APEDA Trade Notice Sugar/Import/01/2019. Entry is permitted only through designated food-import ports under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.

What this is

HSN code

1701 14 10

Chapter

17 · Sugars and sugar confectionery

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
APEDA contract registration from APEDA

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 the FSSAI Import Licence and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001, along with the Specimen Copy of Label under document code 0110FS, before filing the bill of entry. The proper officer will verify both uploads before granting out-of-charge.
FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) · Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023
2
Register the import contract with APEDA before shipment; this obligation applies compulsorily to all sugar imports under ITC (HS) heading 1701. Ensure the consignment is routed through one of the designated food-import ports in compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.
APEDA Trade Notice Sugar/Import/01/2019 dated 03-07-2019 · General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of ITC (HS) 2022
3
Confirm that imported food labels comply with the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Rectifiable labelling deficiencies — including per-serve RDA contribution and expiry date — may be corrected at customs-bonded warehouses by affixing a single non-detachable sticker before visual inspection by the authorised officer, without altering the original label.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is completing FSSAI clearance while neglecting the APEDA contract-registration obligation, which is a separate pre-shipment requirement applicable to all ITC (HS) heading 1701 sugar imports. A consignment arriving without a registered APEDA contract is liable to detention at the port regardless of a current FSSAI Import Licence. Note also that the Duty Free Import Authorisation scheme is not available for raw sugar imports under this heading per FTP 2015-20.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1701 14 10 require BIS certification?

No, cane jaggery 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 a mandatory APEDA contract-registration requirement and a designated-port restriction under General Note 4(D) of the ITC (HS) 2022.

Is the APEDA contract registration required only for large commercial importers?

No. Per APEDA Trade Notice Sugar/Import/01/2019 dated 03-07-2019, registration of import contracts with APEDA is compulsory for all sugar imports under ITC (HS) heading 1701 without threshold or importer-category exception.

Can labelling deficiencies on imported cane jaggery be corrected at the port?

Yes, but only for the categories of rectifiable deficiencies specified in the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 as clarified by CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus — correction must be made at the customs-bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker before the authorised officer's visual inspection, without altering original label information.

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