§1What this business is

Sap is collected from the cut flower stalk of the coconut palm, boiled under moderate heat with stirring until it thickens, dried further to cut moisture, filtered and bottled. It sells as a natural sweetener through health-food, organic and online stores. The report plans a semi-automatic plant of 80 kg a day in rented premises.

Capacity: 80 kg of coconut honey a day (semi-automatic plant); 30% use in year 1 rising to 50% in year 5.

§2Is it right for you?

Who it is for

A coconut grower, FPO or entrepreneur in a coconut belt who can arrange daily sap tapping.

Who it is not for

Someone outside a coconut-growing area.

Advantages

  • A natural sweetener with a health-food image
  • Low break-even (20%) in the report
  • Small team of 8
  • Uses a farm product from coconut belts

Drawbacks

  • Fresh sap spoils within hours, so tapping and boiling must be close together
  • Many states control coconut-sap (neera) tapping
  • A new product — buyers need explaining

Skills you need

  • Organising sap tappers
  • Boiling and moisture control
  • Food hygiene and labelling
  • Selling to health and organic stores

Why difficulty 3/5: Sap supply and permits are tricky and the product needs market building.

§3Market

Who buys

  • Health-conscious households
  • Organic and health-food stores
  • Bakeries and sweet makers looking for natural sweeteners

How it sells

  • Organic and Ayurveda shops
  • Online marketplaces
  • Supermarkets

Good to know

  • The report lists digestive and energy benefits; check FSSAI rules before printing any health claim on the label.

§4Raw material & machinery

ItemQtyCost
Coconut honey dehydrator (boils off moisture)1—
Honey mixing machine1—
Honey filtering machine1—
Filling and packaging machine1—

From: PMEGP sample project report — Coconut Honey Manufacturing Unit (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

  • Coconut-palm sapcollected from the cut flower stalk; the main raw material
  • Solvents and packing materialthe report lists 'some solvents' used during making

From: PMEGP sample project report — Coconut Honey Manufacturing Unit (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

§5Licences & registration

  1. FSSAI licence
  2. Udyam
  3. GST
  4. State permission for tapping coconut sap where excise or neera rules apply
  5. Factory licence and trade licence
  6. Pollution consent from the state board

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§6Schemes & subsidies

PMEGP (the report was made for it) and PMFME (food processing) fit; CGTMSE covers the guarantee.

§7Money

How the investment is worked out: Plant & machinery ₹17.00 L + other assets ₹1.00 L + working capital ₹4.44 L = ₹22.44 L. Land and building rented. Finance: working capital loan ₹4.00 L, own margin ₹2.24 L, term loan ₹16.20 L (repayment table).

Working capital: Working capital ₹4.44 L in the cost (bank ₹4.00 L).

Year not printed on the report — check current machinery prices.

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§8Export potential

Export council / board: Coconut Development Board

  • The report gives no HS code; the code depends on whether the product is a syrup or sugar — confirm with DGFT or a customs broker.
  • You need an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT before the first shipment.

§9Risks — where people fail

  • Sap supply and tapping permits
  • Fermentation spoiling a batch
  • Slow market acceptance

§1030 / 60 / 90-day plan

A general plan that applies to any business. A plan for this business will be added after research.

  1. Days 1–30: Visit a working coconut honey (coconut sap syrup) unit unit, ask 10 buyers about price and quantity, and get quotations from 3 suppliers.
  2. Days 31–60: Udyam and the licences you need (FSSAI licence, Udyam), a project report (DPR), and the scheme or loan file.
  3. Days 61–90: Space and machines, trial production, and first deliveries to 10 customers.

§11Who to connect with

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Sources

  1. PMEGP sample project report — Coconut Honey Manufacturing Unit (prepared by Udyami/Samadhan)

Data review: 6 October 2026. Spotted a mistake? Report it. For information only — not legal or financial advice.