HS 530500 Buyers of Coconut

Coconut, abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee), ramie and other vegetable textile fibres n.e.c., raw or processed but not spun; tow, noils and waste of these fibres (including yarn waste and garnetted stock). World imports reached $461.0M in 2023.

Top buyers · Open tenders (25)

Top importing countries

World imports $461.0M (2023, 154 reporting countries, UN Comtrade).

#CountryImportsShare
1China$152.8M33.2%
2USA$51.7M11.2%
3United Kingdom$37.3M8.1%
4Spain$19.0M4.1%
5Netherlands$18.6M4.0%
6Morocco$15.5M3.4%
7Japan$14.2M3.1%
8Canada$14.2M3.1%
9Philippines$11.5M2.5%
10Germany$7.9M1.7%

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Exporting from India? Duty & RoDTEP rates

Basic customs duty (MFN)

10%

Applied MFN rate, 5 tariff line(s), WITS 2023. Excludes AIDC & SWS.

RoDTEP (export incentive)

2.4% / 0.9%

DGFT Appendix 4R, w.e.f. 10 Oct 2024.

IGST & duty drawback

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IGST: CBIC GST rates · Drawback: CBIC drawback schedule.
RoDTEP tariff lines (5)
53050010Coir bristles fibre, coir mattress fibre, coir short fibre, coir2.4%1
53050030Curled or machine twisted coir fibre0.9%
53050040Coir pith, processed in value added form like briquette,2.4%1
53050050of Abaca0.9%
53050090Of others0.9%