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VEGETABLES, FRUITS, NUTS, FRUIT-PEEL AND OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS, PRESERVED BY SUGAR (DRAINED, GLACE OR CRYSTALLISED)

Sugar-preserved vegetables, fruits, nuts and fruit-peel

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2006 00 00 (sugar-preserved vegetables, fruits, nuts, fruit-peel and other plant parts) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with consignments permitted 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 ITC (HS) import policy overlay, and the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) applies the rectifiable-labelling regime at designated ports.

What this is

HSN code

2006 00 00

Chapter

20 · Preparations of vegetables, fruit, nuts or other parts of plants

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
Entry-point declaration from DGFT

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. Separately upload the Specimen Copy of Label under document code 0110FS; the customs proper officer will verify both documents before granting out-of-charge.
FSSAI Import Licence document code 911001 · Specimen Copy of Label document code 0110FS · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022
2
Route the consignment only through a designated food-import entry point in compliance with General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Consignments arriving at a non-designated port are liable to detention pending re-routing or re-export.
General Note 4(D), Schedule I, ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 05/2023-Cus dated 08-02-2023
3
Ensure labelling meets FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 before shipment. Where permissible labelling deficiencies exist — including per-serve RDA percentages and expiry-date information — rectification may be carried out at customs-bonded warehouses by affixing a single non-detachable sticker before visual inspection, in accordance with CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus.
CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · 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 shipping consignments with labelling that omits per-serve RDA percentage contributions or dual date markings (expiry and best-before), in the assumption that port-level rectification is freely available. Rectification is permitted only for the categories enumerated in CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus, and only where the corrective information is provided by the manufacturer itself; third-party affixing of material facts is not permitted and triggers re-inspection or outright rejection, attracting detention and ground rent at designated warehouses.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2006 00 00 require BIS certification?

No. No BIS Quality Control Order covers sugar-preserved fruit and vegetable preparations. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with a mandatory FSSAI Import Licence and designated food-import entry-point restriction under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022.

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

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must both be uploaded in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge; consignments on PGA-facilitated bills are verified by the customs proper officer against both codes.

Can labelling deficiencies always be rectified at the port for this product?

Only the specific categories listed in CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus — such as per-serve RDA contributions and expiry-date information supplied by the manufacturer — may be rectified at customs-bonded warehouses by non-detachable sticker before visual inspection; other labelling deficiencies are treated as non-rectifiable and may result in rejection or re-export.

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