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Dehydrated and processed vegetables (onion flakes, garlic powder)

India’s exports: 774.28 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
2
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. Supply food manufacturers abroad with flakes, kibbled and powder grades to a written specification (moisture, colour, microbiology).
  4. Keep samples of every batch; buyers send their own lab results.

Top buyer countries

  1. Indonesia34.24 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Germany32.62 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United States30.93 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Brazil24.67 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Russia14.51 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • APEDA RCMC
  • FSSAI licence
  • HACCP, ISO 22000 or BRCGS; US FDA food facility registration to ship to the US

Watch out for

  • Microbiological counts and foreign matter are the usual rejection reasons.
  • Raw onion and garlic prices swing with the domestic crop.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Dehydrated Onion and Garlic →Dehydrated Vegetables →Garlic Powder & Dehydrated Flakes →Ginger and Garlic Processing (Candy and Dehydration) →Vacuum-Dried Fruits, Vegetables and Herbs →Spray-Dried Fruit, Vegetable and Fat Powders →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "C9, PROCESSED VEGETABLES"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 0712, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023