What it is
Tender nuts for drinking; mature nuts for kitchens, copra, desiccated powder and milk; husk gives coir.
Tender coconutMature (de-husked) nutDesiccated coconut powder (fine, medium)
Where India produces it
- KarnatakaBengaluru UrbanTumakuruHassanMandyaChitradurga
2023-24: 4232.61 thousand tonnes
- Tamil NaduVirudhunagarDharmapuriNagapattinamCoimbatoreThanjavur
2023-24: 4192.0 thousand tonnes
- KeralaKozhikodeThiruvananthapuramMalappuramKannurKasaragod
2023-24: 3800.27 thousand tonnes
- Andhra PradeshEast GodavariWest GodavariSrikakulamChittoorVizianagaram
2023-24: 1174.67 thousand tonnes
Where imports come from
India is self-sufficient in coconut.
Rules before you buy or sell
- Farm-gate trade usually goes through a state APMC mandi or e-NAM; the state's market fee and trader licence rules apply.
- FSSAI licence or registration is needed to process, pack, store or sell it as food (Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006).
Businesses that use it
Desiccated Coconut Powder →Coconut Milk Processing Unit →Packaged Tender Coconut Water (PET Bottles) →Coconut Oil and Oil Cake Unit (Ghani) →Cold-Pressed (Wood Ghani) Coconut Oil Unit →