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Section 14

Processed fruits, pulp and juices

India’s exports: 985.94 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. Aseptic mango and guava pulp in drums is the usual first export product; Gulf juice makers are steady buyers.
  4. Run a season plan: buy fruit at harvest, process, and store pulp for year-round sales.

Top buyer countries

  1. Netherlands33.56 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. United Arab Emirates33.3 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United States33.15 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Saudi Arabia26.62 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Germany16.53 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • APEDA RCMC
  • FSSAI licence
  • HACCP / ISO 22000 / BRCGS; US FDA food facility registration and, for acidified foods, process filing

Watch out for

  • Working capital is locked in stock for months after the fruit season.
  • Pesticide residue and patulin limits apply in the EU.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Mango Pulp Processing →Fruit and Vegetable Canning Unit (Mango Pulp, Curried Vegetables) →Amla Pulp Processing →Multi-Fruit Juice and Squash Unit →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "D1, PROCESSED FRUITS AND JUICES"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 2008, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023