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Tomato juice

Unfermented tomato juice, not containing added spirit

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2009 50 00 (Tomato juice) is subject to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Import Licence and labelling compliance under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, including the FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017 and the FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Consignments must enter only through designated food-import entry points under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022, and the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) policy overlay under Notification 7/2025-26 applies where Bangladesh-origin port restrictions are relevant.

What this is

HSN code

2009 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
Food-import entry-point compliance from 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 the FSSAI Import Licence before filing the bill of entry and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001. A Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) must also be uploaded; out-of-charge will not be granted until both documents are verified as present in e-Sanchit.
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 under General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Any labelling deficiencies permissible for rectification — including per-serve RDA contributions and expiry-date additions — must be rectified at a customs bonded warehouse before visual inspection by the authorised FSSAI officer, using a single non-detachable sticker that does not alter the original label.
General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of ITC (HS) 2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022 under F.No.Import/TFM/Apex/2022-FSSAI · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022
3
Where the consignment originates from Bangladesh, verify applicability of DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 dated 17-05-2025. That notification introduced Para 19 in the General Notes to the ITC (HS) 2022, imposing port restrictions on certain goods from Bangladesh; confirm whether this tariff line falls within the restricted or exempted categories under Para 2 and Para 3 of that notification before nominating the port of discharge.
DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 dated 17-05-2025 · General Note Para 19, ITC (HS) 2022

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is treating a valid FSSAI Import Licence as exhausting the pre-clearance obligations and overlooking the labelling-rectification window. Rectification of permissible labelling deficiencies — per-serve RDA contributions and expiry-date additions — must occur at a customs bonded warehouse before, not after, FSSAI inspection; presenting an unlabelled or under-labelled consignment at the inspection stage results in detention and potential re-export rather than an on-the-spot remedy. The FSSAI clarification order of 18 November 2022 sets out which deficiencies are rectifiable and which are not.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2009 50 00 require BIS certification?

No, tomato juice is not within the BIS Quality Control Order regime; no BIS QCO covers vegetable juices under Chapter 20. Import is governed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, with FSSAI Import Licence and labelling compliance as the operative requirements.

Which document codes must be uploaded in e-Sanchit for tomato juice imports?

The FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and the Specimen Copy of Label (document code 0110FS) are both mandatory uploads in e-Sanchit before out-of-charge, as confirmed by CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 and modified by Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023.

Does the Bangladesh port-restriction overlay under DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 apply to tomato juice?

It may. DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 dated 17-05-2025 introduced Para 19 into the ITC (HS) 2022 General Notes, restricting imports of certain goods from Bangladesh through specified ports; the importer must verify whether tomato juice falls within the restricted category or the Para 2 and Para 3 exemptions before nominating a discharge port.

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