Jelly confectionary

Jelly confectionery, sugar confectionery not containing cocoa

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 1704 90 10 (Jelly confectionary) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and labelling compliance under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory e-Sanchit document upload before customs out-of-charge. The tariff line is also governed by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) ITC (HS) policy, including designated food-import entry-point restrictions under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, and a prohibition on imports of milk-based confectioneries from China pending laboratory-capacity upgradation for melamine testing.

What this is

HSN code

1704 90 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
ITC (HS) entry-point declaration to CBIC

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 before the consignment is shipped and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001. Also upload the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS); the customs proper officer must verify both documents are present in e-Sanchit 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
Route the consignment only through a designated food-import entry point as required under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Verify that labelling complies with FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020; permissible labelling deficiencies may be rectified at customs-bonded warehouses by affixing a single non-detachable sticker per the rectifiable-labelling regime before visual inspection by the authorised officer.
General Note 4(D) of ITC (HS) 2022 Schedule I; CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Cus dated 28-06-2022; CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023; FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022
3
If the product contains milk or milk solids as an ingredient and the country of origin is China, import is prohibited under the standing DGFT prohibition on milk-based confectioneries from China pending melamine-testing laboratory upgradation at ports of entry. Confirm origin and ingredient composition before placing the purchase order to avoid consignment seizure at the port.
DGFT Notification 01/2015-20 dated 23-04-2019

A word of counsel

The most consequential error on this tariff line is misreading the China prohibition as limited to chocolate products: it expressly covers all candies, confectioneries, and food preparations containing milk or milk solids as an ingredient, which includes many jelly-confectionery formulations with added dairy components. An importer who clears FSSAI licensing but overlooks the ingredient-origin intersection will face consignment detention and, absent a re-export option, confiscation. Check the formulation specification and the bill of origin against DGFT Notification 01/2015-20 before order placement, not at the port.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 1704 90 10 require BIS certification?

No; no BIS Quality Control Order covers sugar confectionery or jelly confectionery. Import of this tariff line is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with the FSSAI Import Licence and labelling compliance as the operative requirements at the bill-of-entry stage.

Which document codes are mandatory in e-Sanchit for this tariff line?

Document code 911001 (FSSAI Import Licence) and document code 0110FS (Specimen Copy of Label) must both be uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge, per CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023.

Does the Bangladesh-origin port-restriction notification under DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 affect imports of jelly confectionery?

DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 dated 17-05-2025 introduced General Note Para 19 imposing port restrictions on certain goods imported from Bangladesh; importers of jelly confectionery of Bangladesh origin must verify whether this CTI falls within the restricted goods list at Para 1, and check the exemption categories at Paras 2 and 3 before shipment.

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