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Section 14

Biscuits, bakery and cereal preparations

India’s exports: 1,006.95 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
3
top markets
5

How to start

  1. Get an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT online; it is free and linked to your PAN.
  2. Register with APEDA and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Indian grocery stores abroad are the easiest first buyers; work with an importer who supplies them.
  4. Get shelf-life studies done before export; long sea transit eats into shelf life.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States96.39 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. United Arab Emirates49.11 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United Kingdom39.37 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Canada29.7 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Kenya29.52 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • APEDA RCMC
  • FSSAI licence
  • Labelling in the buyer country’s format; US FDA facility registration for the US

Watch out for

  • Allergen labelling and food additive rules differ by country; wrong labels lead to detention.
  • Big brands dominate; compete on regional or specialty products.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Bakery (Bread / Biscuit / Cookies) →Cream Wafer Biscuits →Soya-Fortified Nutritious Biscuits →Namkeen / Bhujia Unit →Extruded Snacks Unit →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "D2, CEREAL PREPARATIONS"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 1905, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023