Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale
Dog or cat food put up for retail sale
HSN 2309 10 00 (Dog or cat food, put up for retail sale) is subject to Animal Quarantine and Certification Services (AQCS) Sanitary Import Permit and veterinary Health Certificate requirements under the ITC (HS) Import Policy, Chapter 23, Policy Condition 1. The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) classifies this tariff line as Restricted, and consignments require mandatory AQCS clearance alongside Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) document verification at the bill of entry.
- Sanitary Import Permit from AQCS
- Health Certificate from AQCS
- Certificate of Analysis from AQCS
Procedural directions for customs clearance are issued by: Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
- 1Obtain a Sanitary Import Permit (document code 911DF1) from Animal Quarantine and Certification Services and ensure the veterinary Health Certificate issued by the competent authority of the exporting country (document code 853AQ1) is uploaded in e-Sanchit before filing the bill of entry. The Health Certificate at document code 6360AQ must also be uploaded concurrently.CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022, Annexure A (Sl. No. 1) · ITC (HS) Import Policy, Chapter 23, Policy Condition 1
- 2Upload the laboratory reports or Certificate of Analysis (document code 001AQ1) covering the product composition in e-Sanchit. The proper officer will verify all four AQCS documents — 911DF1, 6360AQ, 853AQ1 and 001AQ1 — before granting out-of-charge on PGA-facilitated bills.CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus dated 28-11-2022, Annexure A (Sl. No. 2) · CBIC Instruction 34/2022-Cus dated 30-12-2022
- 3Verify that any feed additives, premixes, supplements, or antibiotics present in the formulation are on the approved list issued by the Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying. The manufacturer must label the final pack with all ingredients and mandatory withdrawal periods for applicable substances, effective from 21 December 2022.Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying OM dated 21-12-2022, F.No. 1-110102(2)/2/2016-Trade (E-246) · CBIC Instruction 34/2022-Cus dated 30-12-2022
The most common error on this tariff line is uploading only the Sanitary Import Permit and the general Health Certificate while omitting the veterinary Health Certificate (853AQ1) and the Certificate of Analysis (001AQ1) as separately required documents under CBIC Circular 24/2022-Cus. Each of the four document codes is independently verified by the proper officer; a single missing upload holds the consignment at the port and attracts demurrage pending AQCS re-routing — a delay that cannot be cured retrospectively by a late e-Sanchit upload after out-of-charge is refused.