HS code for Cumin Seeds: 0909.31
Most of the world's cumin comes from Gujarat and Rajasthan. Whole seeds are 0909.31; ground cumin is 0909.32.
- HS code
- 0909.31
- Description
- Seeds of cumin, neither crushed nor ground
- Chapter 9 — Coffee, tea, maté and spices
Registration
Exporters of cumin seeds register with Spices Board India and hold its Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC), which you need to claim most export benefits.
Documents for exporting cumin seeds
Specific to this product
- Spices Board registration (CRES)
- Phytosanitary certificate
- Certificate of origin
- Quality / residue report on buyer request
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
China, Bangladesh, UAE, USA, Nepal, Brazil.
Check before you ship
- Seed purity and admixture are written into most contracts
- Prices move with the Unjha mandi — fix price validity in the proforma
- 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.