HS code for Coffee: 0901
India exports mostly green Robusta and Arabica beans under heading 0901, plus instant coffee under 2101.
- HS code
- 0901
- Description
- Coffee, whether or not roasted or decaffeinated
- Chapter 9 — Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Registration
Exporters of coffee register with Coffee Board of India and hold its Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC), which you need to claim most export benefits.
Documents for exporting coffee
Specific to this product
- Coffee Board registration
- Certificate of origin
- ICO certificate of origin where required
- Phytosanitary certificate
Standard for every export shipment
- Proforma invoice and commercial invoice
- Packing list
- Shipping bill (filed on ICEGATE by you or your CHA)
- Bill of lading or airway bill
- IEC (Import Export Code)
- Bank realisation / e-BRC after payment arrives
Main export markets
Italy, Germany, Russia, Belgium, UAE, Turkey.
Check before you ship
- Instant and soluble coffee is heading 2101, not 0901
- EUDR deforestation rules apply to coffee entering the EU
- Confirm the full 8-digit tariff line, current GST rate, RoDTEP rate and any export policy condition on the official ICEGATE / DGFT sources — rates change by notification.
Make the documents in minutes
In Eximly you create the export order once and the proforma, commercial invoice, packing list and certificate of origin are generated from it with the HS code filled in, so every document matches.