Can you bring fresh fruit or produce to India?

• Fresh produce

  depends on specifics

  CBIC's own passenger FAQ lists "Seeds / Plants / Fruits / Flowers and other planting material" together with several other categories as "prohibited/restricted" without distinguishing, item by item, which are outright banned versus importable under a phytosanitary permit. No dedicated Plant Quarantine (Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage) traveler-specific page was found in this pass to resolve the ambiguity.

  Also covers: fruit, vegetables, plants, seeds, flowers

  Checked 2026-08-13 — Source: Chennai Customs Zone (CBIC) — Passenger Clearance FAQ (duty-free allowances, prohibited/restricted goods)

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