Sharbat

Sharbat, miscellaneous sweetened food preparations

FSSAI CLEARANCE

HSN 2106 90 11 (Sharbat) 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 FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020. Import is restricted to 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

2106 90 11

Chapter

21 · Miscellaneous edible preparations

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 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 the FSSAI Import Licence and upload it in e-Sanchit under document code 911001 before filing the bill of entry. Also upload the specimen copy of label (document code 0110FS); both documents must be present before the customs proper officer grants out-of-charge.
CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 09/2023-Cus dated 07-03-2023 · FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022
2
Route the consignment only through a designated food-import entry point as mandated by General Note 4(D) of Schedule I of the ITC (HS) 2022. Confirm that any labelling deficiencies permitted for rectification under Regulation 6 of the FSS (Import) Regulations, 2017 are corrected at the customs bonded warehouse by affixing a single non-detachable sticker before visual inspection by the authorised officer.
General Note 4(D), ITC (HS) 2022 · FSSAI Letter 1828/Misc Matters/FSSAI/Imports-2021 dated 17-06-2022 · CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs dated 28-06-2022
3
If the consignment originates from Bangladesh, verify applicability of port restrictions introduced under Para 19 of the General Notes per DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 dated 17-05-2025. Review the exempted-goods list at Paras 2 and 3 of that notification before finalising the import routing.
DGFT Notification 7/2025-26 dated 17-05-2025

A word of counsel

The most common error on this tariff line is treating label rectification as a post-arrival remedy for substantive non-compliance. The FSS (Labelling and Display) Regulations, 2020 permit rectification only of specific items — per-serve dietary contribution, expiry date alongside best-before date — and only where the manufacturer itself provides the corrected information, affixed by non-detachable sticker at the bonded warehouse before inspection. A missing FSSAI Import Licence or an origin from China in a milk-ingredient formulation results in prohibition or outright detention, not rectification.

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Frequently asked

Does HSN 2106 90 11 require BIS certification?

No, Sharbat and sweetened food preparations of this tariff line are 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 FSSAI Import Licence (document code 911001) and label compliance as the operative requirements.

Is the import of Sharbat containing milk solids from China permitted?

No. DGFT Notification 01/2015-20 dated 23-04-2019 prohibits import of food preparations with milk or milk solids as an ingredient from China until port-entry laboratories are upgraded for melamine testing; consignments of this origin and composition are liable to detention and re-export.

Which label particulars may be rectified at the port under the FSSAI rectification dispensation?

Per CBIC Instruction 10/2022-Customs and the FSSAI order dated 18-11-2022, only per-serve percentage contribution to recommended dietary allowance and the date of expiry alongside best-before date may be rectified, provided the manufacturer supplies the corrected information and it is applied by non-detachable sticker without altering the original label.

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