ITC (HS), 2022
 
SCHEDULE 1 – IMPORT POLICY

CHAPTER 19
     
PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS’ PRODUCTS

NOTES:

1. This Chapter does not cover:

(a)     Except in the case of stuffed products of heading 1902, food preparations containing more than 20% by weight of sausage, meat, meat offal, blood, insects, fish or crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates, or any combination thereof (Chapter 16);

(b)     Biscuits or other articles made from flour or from starch, specially prepared for use in animal feeding (heading 2309); or

(c)     Medicaments or other products of Chapter 30.

2. For the purpose of heading 1901:

(a)      The term “groats” means cereal groats of Chapter 11;

(b)     The terms “flour” and “meal” means:

(1) Cereal flour and meal of Chapter 11, and

(2) Flour, meal and powder of vegetable origin of any Chapter, other than flour, meal or powder of dried vegetables (heading 0712), of potatoes (heading 1105) or of dried leguminous vegetables (heading1106).

3. Heading 1904 does not cover preparations containing more than 6% by weight of cocoa calculated on a totally defatted basis or completely coated with chocolate or other food preparations containing cocoa of heading 1806 (heading 1806).

4. For the purposes of heading 1904, the expression “otherwise prepared” means prepared or processed to an extent beyond that provided for in the Headings of, or Notes to, Chapter 10 or 11.

Policy Conditions of this Chapter:

(1)Prohibition on import of milk and milk products (including chocolates and chocolate products and candies/ confectionary/ food preparations with milk or milk solids as an ingredient) from China is extended until the capacity of all laboratories at ports of entry have been suitably upgraded for testing melamine.

Exim Code

Item Description

Policy

Policy Conditions

1901

MALT EXTRACT; FOOD PREPARATIONS OF FLOUR, GROATS, MEAL, STARCH OR MALT EXTRACT, NOT CONTAINING COCOA OR CONTAINING LESS THAN 40% BY WEIGHT OF COCOA CALCULATED ON A TOTALLY DEFATTED BASIS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED; FOOD PREPARATIONS OF GOODS OF HEADINGS 0401 TO 0404, NOT CONTAINING COCOA OR CONTAINING LESS THAN 5% BY WEIGHT OF COCOA CALCULATED ON A TOTALLY DEFATTED BASIS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED

 

 

1901 10 Preparations suitable for infants or young children, put up for retail sale    
1901 10 10 Malted milk (including powder) Free  
1901 10 90 Other Free

Infant milk substitute, milk protein based must conform to IS 14433 and Milk- cereal based weaning foods must conform to IS 1656.

1901 20 00 Mixes and dough for the preparation of bakers' wares of heading 1905 Free  
1901 90 Other:    
1901 90 10 Malt extract Free  
1901 90 90 Other Free  
1902 PASTA, WHETHER OR NOT COOKED OR STUFFED (WITH MEAT OR OTHER SUBSTANCES) OR OTHERWISE PREPARED, SUCH AS SPAGHETTI, MACARONI, NOODLES, LASAGNE, GNOCCHI, RAVIOLI, CANNELLONI; COUSCOUS, WHETHER OR NOT PREPARED    
  Uncooked pasta, not stuffed or otherwise prepared:    
1902 11 00 Containing eggs Free  
1902 19 00 Other Free  
1902 20 Stuffed pasta, whether or not cooked or otherwise prepared:    
1902 20 10 Cooked Free  
1902 20 90 Other Free  
1902 30 Other Pasta:    
1902 30 10 Dried Free  
1902 30 90 Other Free  
1902 40 Couscous:    
1902 40 10 Unprepared Free  
1902 40 90 Other Free  
1903 00 00 Tapioca and substitutes therefore prepared from starch, in the form of flakes, grains, pearls, siftings or in similar forms Free  
1904 PREPARED FOODS OBTAINED BY THE SWELLING OR ROASTING OF CEREALS OR CEREAL PRODUCTS (FOR EXAMPLE, CORN FLAKES); CEREALS (OTHER THAN MAIZE (CORN) ) IN GRAIN FORM OR IN THE FORM OF FLAKES OR OTHER WORKED GRAINS (EXCEPT FLOUR, GROATS AND MEAL), PRE-COOKED, OR OTHERWISE PREPARED, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED    
1904 10 Prepared foods obtained by the swelling or roasting of cereals or cereal products:    
1904 10 10 Corn flakes Free  
1904 10 20 Paws, Mudi and the like Free  
1904 10 30 Bulgar wheat Free  
1904 10 90 Other Free  
1[1904 20

Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals;]

   
2deleted[1904 20 00 Prepared foods obtained from unroasted cereal flakes or from mixtures of unroasted cereal flakes and roasted cereal flakes or swelled cereals Free ]
1[1904 20 10 With millet content 15% or more by weight Free  
1904 20 90 Other Free]  
1904 30 00 Bulgur wheat Free  
1904 90 00 Other Free  
1905 BREAD, PASTRY, CAKES, BISCUITS AND OTHER BAKERS WARES, WHETHER OR NOT CONTAINING COCOA; COMMUNION WAFERS, EMPTY CACHETS OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR PHARMACEUTICAL USE, SEALING WAFERS, RICE PAPER AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS    
1905 10 00 Crispbread Free  
1905 20 00 Gingerbread and the like Free  
  Sweet biscuits; waffles and wafers:    
1905 31 00 Sweet biscuits Free  
1905 32 Waffles and wafers:    
  Communion wafers:    
1905 32 11 Coated with chocolate or containing chocolate Free  
[helldod 3deleted[1905 32 19 Other Free  ]helldod]
1905 32 90 Other Free  
1905 40 00

Rusks, toasted bread and similar toasted products

Free  
1905 90 Other:    
1905 90 10 Pastries and cakes Free  
1905 90 20 Biscuits not elsewhere specified or included Free  
1905 90 30 Extruded or expanded products, savoury or salted Free  
1905 90 40 Papad Free  
4[1905 90 51 --- Communion wafers:---- Coated with chocolate or containing chocolate Free  
1905 90 59 --- Communion wafers: ---- Other Free ]
1905 90 90 Other Free  

1. Inserted Vide Notification No. 08/2023 Dated 29.05.2023

2. Deleted Vide Notification No. 08/2023 Dated 29.05.2023

3. Deleted Vide Notification No. 40/2024-25 Dated 26.11.2024

4. Inserted Vide Notification No. 40/2024-25 Dated 26.11.2024