Labeling of the goods imported into India - Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 - CBEC's Customs Manual 2025 - Customs

5. Labeling of the goods imported into India - Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011: 5.1 Para 5 of the General Notes regarding Import Policy under Schedule 1 - Import Policy of the ITC(HS), 2022 provides that all such packaged products, which are subject to provisions of the Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 ( as amended from time to time) when produced/ packed/ sold in domestic market, shall be subject to compliance of all the provisions of the said rules, when imported into India. This provision mandates that compliance of labeling conditions have to be ensured before the import consignment of such commodities are cleared by Customs for home consumption. All prepackaged commodities, imported into India, shall in particular carry the following declarations: (a) Name and address of the importer; (b) Generic or common name of the commodity packed; (c) Net quantity in terms of standard unit of weights and measures. If the net quantity in the imported package is given in any other unit, its equivalent in terms of standard units shall be declared by the importer; (d) Month and year of packing in which the commodity is manufactured or packed or imported; (e) Maximum retail sale price at which the commodity in packaged form may be sold to the ultimate consumer. This price shall include all taxes local or otherwise, freight, transport charges, commission payable to dealers, and all charges towards advertising, delivery, packing, forwarding and the like, as the case may be. (f) Consumer Care details, etc. 5.2 In order to redress the issue and to remove the difficulties faced by importers on account of space constraints at CFSs/ Port / ICDs and the nature of goods, etc., the Board has allowed the labeling on imported goods in Bonded warehouses subject to certain procedural conditions. It is clarified that the importers should first ascertain that for such marking / labeling facility, space, is available in warehouse prior to exercising this option. In such cases, importers may file Warehousing Bill of Entry and the Assessing Group will give suitable directions to Dock staff to allow bonding of the goods without labeling and with endorsement on the Warehousing Bill of Entry that verification of compliance of Legal Metrology (Packaged Commodities) Rules, 2011 is to be done prior to debonding by Bond Superintendent. The goods will then be labeled in the bonded premises and compliance of said Rules will be ensured at the time of ex-bonding of the goods, by the Bond Officer, by examining the goods again and endorsing the Examination Report on the Ex-bond Bill of Entry. 100% examination at the time of Ex-bond clearance of goods should be done to ensure compliance of the said DGFT Notification. The Examination Report can be endorsed on hard copy of Ex-bond Bill of Entry where EDI facility is not extended, and on hard copy as well as EDI system where EDI facility is extended to Bonded Warehouses. It is also clarified that this facility is applicable only to goods that cannot be easily labeled in ports / CFS, having regard to their size and other factors such as sensitivity to temperature and dust.