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Section 14

Fresh fruits (grapes, mango, banana, pomegranate)

India’s exports: 1,325.01 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
4
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. Work through an APEDA-recognised packhouse with pre-cooling and cold chain; most exporters start with Gulf buyers who accept shorter shelf life.
  4. Register farmer fields on the APEDA traceability system before the season starts.

Top buyer countries

  1. Netherlands178.38 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Russia38.69 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United Kingdom36 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. United Arab Emirates29.17 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Bangladesh20.11 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • APEDA RCMC; farm registration on APEDA traceability systems (GrapeNet, MangoNet and others) for EU exports
  • Phytosanitary certificate; packhouse registered with the Plant Quarantine Organisation
  • GLOBALG.A.P. for supermarket buyers; irradiation or vapour-heat treatment where the importing country requires it

Watch out for

  • Rejections for pesticide residue and fruit fly are common; a single failed lot can cost the whole consignment.
  • Sea freight transit time and reefer container availability decide which markets you can reach.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Plant Nursery (Fruit / Ornamental) →Dragon Fruit Farming (1 acre) →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "C7, FRESH FRUITS"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 0806, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023