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Apricots

Prepared or preserved apricots, otherwise prepared fruit

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2008 50 00 (Apricots) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with mandatory FSSAI registration of the importing entity and compliance with FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017. Consignments are permitted only through the designated food-import entry points under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, administered by the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) and enforced by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).

What this is

HSN code

2008 50 00

Chapter

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

Primary regulator

FSSAI · Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006 / FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017

Customs documentation

Import Licence from FSSAI
Specimen copy of label from FSSAI
Designated-port 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 a current FSSAI Import Licence before shipment and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001 at the bill of entry stage. The customs proper officer will verify this document before granting out-of-charge; absence of the licence triggers consignment detention.
FSSAI Import Licence · document code 911001 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022
2
Upload a specimen copy of the product label (document code 0110FS) in e-Sanchit prior to out-of-charge. Labels must comply with FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020; permissible labelling deficiencies — including per-serve RDA percentage and expiry date — may be rectified at customs bonded warehouses by affixing a single non-detachable sticker on the principal display panel before inspection.
FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022
3
Route the consignment only through a designated food-import entry point as mandated under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Arrival at a non-designated port renders the consignment liable to detention pending re-routing or re-export.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023

A word of counsel

The most frequent error on this tariff line is treating label rectification as an open-ended remedy. The FSSAI-CBIC regime permits only specific deficiencies — per-serve RDA contribution and expiry-date addition — to be corrected at the bonded warehouse, and only by affixing a single non-detachable sticker without altering the original label. Any other label non-conformity, or a sticker that partially covers original text, triggers re-inspection or rejection; neither the FSSAI Import Licence nor the specimen-label upload in e-Sanchit substitutes for a substantively compliant label at the time of import.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2008 50 00 require BIS certification?

No, prepared or preserved apricots fall outside the BIS Quality Control Order regime; no BIS QCO covers this product family. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with the designated-port restriction under General Note 4(D) of the ITC (HS) 2022 administered by DGFT.

Which documents must be uploaded in e-Sanchit before customs out-of-charge for this tariff line?

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the specimen copy of the label (document code 0110FS) must both be uploaded in e-Sanchit; the customs proper officer verifies these on PGA-facilitated bills before granting out-of-charge.

Can labelling deficiencies on imported apricot preparations be corrected at the port?

Only specified deficiencies — per-serve RDA percentage contribution and expiry date (where provided by the manufacturer) — may be rectified at customs bonded warehouses under FSSAI-CBIC dispensation by affixing a single non-detachable sticker next to the principal display panel, per CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus and the FSSAI clarification order dated 18-11-2022.

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