ITC (HS), 2022
SCHEDULE 1 – IMPORT POLICY

SECTION IV
PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES; PRODUCTS, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING NICOTINE, INTENDED FOR INHALATION WITHOUT COMBUSTION; OTHER NICOTINE CONTAINING PRODUCTS INTENDED FOR THE INTAKE OF NICOTINE INTO THE HUMAN BODY

NOTE:

In this Section the term “pellets” means products which have been agglomerated either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not exceeding 3 percent by weight.

CHAPTER 16
PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH, 1[OF CRUSTACEANS] old[CRUSTACEANS], MOLLUSCSOR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES, OR OF INSECTS

NOTES:

1. This Chapter does not cover meat, meat offal, fish, crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, as well as insects, prepared or preserved by the processes specified in Chapter 2 or 3, Note 6 to Chapter 4 or in heading 0504.

2. Food preparations fall in this Chapter provided that they contain more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof. In cases where the preparation contains two or more of the products mentioned above, it is classified in the heading of Chapter 16 corresponding to the component or components which predominate by weight. These provisions do not apply to the stuffed products of heading 1902 or to the preparations of heading 2103 or 2104.

SUB-HEADING NOTES:

1.   For the purposes of sub-heading 1602 10, the expression “homogenised preparations” means preparations of meat, meat offal, blood or insects finely homogenised, put up for retail sale as food suitable for infants or young children or for dietetic purposes, in containers of net weight content not exceeding 250 g. For the application of this definition no account is to be taken of small quantities of any ingredients which may have been added to the preparation for seasoning, preservation or other purposes. These preparations may contain a small quantity of visible pieces of meat or meat offal or insects. This sub-heading takes precedence over all other sub-headings of heading 1602.

2. The fish, crustaceans, molluscs and other aquatic invertebrates specified in the sub-headings of heading 1604 or 1605 under their common names only, are of the same species as those mentioned in Chapter 3 under the same name. 

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1) Import of all live-stock products shall be subject to a sanitary import permit to be issued by Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying & Fisheries, Government of India, as per Section 3A of Live-stock Importation Act, 1898, as incorporated by Live Stock Importation (Amendment) Act, 2001 (Act No. 28 of 2001, 29th August, 2001), or as amended from time to time.

Exim Code

Item Description

Policy

Policy Conditions

1601 00 00

sausages and similar products, of meat, meat offal, blood or insects; food preparations based on these products

Free

 

1602

OTHER PREPARED OR PRESERVED MEAT, MEAT OFFAL, BLOOD OR INSECTS

 

 

1602 10 00

Homogenised preparations

Free

 

1602 20 00

Of liver of any animal

Free

 

 

Of poultry of heading 0105:

 

 

1602 31 00

Of turkeys

Free

 

1602 32 00

Of fowls of the species Gallus domesticus

Free

 

1602 39 00

Others

Free

 

 

Of swine:

 

 

1602 41 00

Hams and cuts thereof

Free

 

1602 42 00

Shoulders and cuts thereof

Free

 

1602 49 00

Other, including mixtures

Free

 

1602 50 00

Of bovine animals

Restricted

 

1602 90 00

Other, including preparations of blood of any animal

Free

 

1603

EXTRACTS AND JUICES OF MEAT, FISH OR CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES

 

 

1603 00

Extracts and juices of meat, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates:

 

 

1603 00 10

Extracts and juices of meat

Free

 

1603 00 20

Extracts of fish

Free

 

1603 00 90

Other

Free

 

1604

PREPARED OR PRESERVED FISH; CAVIAR AND CAVIAR SUBSTITUTES PREPARED FROM FISH EGGS

 

 

 

Fish, whole or in piece, but not minced:

 

 

1604 11 00 Salmon Free  
1604 12 Herrings:    
1604 12 10 Pickled Free  
1604 12 90 Other Free  
1604 13 Sardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats:    
1604 13 10 Sardines, sardinella and brisling Free  
1604 13 20 Sprats Free  
1604 14 - - Tunas, skipjack tuna and bonito (Sarda spp.):    
1604 14 10 Tunas Free  
1604 14 90 Other Free  
1604 15 00 Mackerel Free  
1604 16 00 Anchovies Free  
1604 17 00 Eels Free  
1604 18 00 Shark fins Prohibited  
1604 19 00 Other Free  
1604 20 00 Other prepared or preserved fish Free  
  Caviar and caviar substitutes:    
1604 31 00 Caviar Free  
1604 32 00 Caviar substitutes Free  
1605 CRUSTACEANS,       MOLLUSCS       AND OTHER    AQUATIC    INVERTEBRATES, PREPARED OR PRESERVED    
1605 10 00 Crab Free  
  Shrimps and prawns:    
1605 21 00 Not in airtight container Free  
1605 29 00 Other F ree  
1605 30 00 Lobster Free  
1605 40 00 Other crustaceans Free  
  Molluscs:    
1605 51 00 Oysters Free  
1605 52 00 Scallops, including queen scallops Free  
1605 53 00 Mussels Free  
1605 54 00 Cuttle fish and squid Free  
1605 55 00 Octopus Free  
1605 56 00 Clams, cockles and arkshells Free  
1605 57 00 Abalone Free  
1605 58 00 Snails, other than sea snails Free  
1605 59 00 Other Free  
  Other aquatic invertebrates:    
1605 61 00 Sea cucumbers Free  
1605 62 00 Sea urchins Free  
1605 63 00 Jellyfish Free  
1605 69 00 Other Free  

 

1. Substituted Vide Notification No. 20/2015-2020 Dated 07.07.2022