What duty does Benin charge on non-basmati rice from India?

Benin charges basic duty 10%, no Indian trade agreement in force (HS 1006.30).

What documents are needed to export non-basmati rice to Benin?

Importer registration with the Agence Béninoise de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (ABSSA) where the goods are agro-food products, Benin phytosanitary import permit (Permis d’Importation) for plants, plant products and other regulated articles, Indian Importer-Exporter Code (IEC), APEDA Registration-Cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) for APEDA-scheduled agricultural products, Indian phytosanitary certificate for plants and plant products, phytosanitary inspection, any commodity-specific sanitary certificate required by the competent Indian authority.

What does non-basmati rice cost in India today?

₹4,000 per quintal (₹40,000 per tonne), median of 59 mandis on 3 Nov 2026. This is the domestic wholesale price, not an export price.

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Export non-basmati rice from India to Benin: duty, documents and price

HS 1006.30 (rice, semi-milled or wholly milled) · duty checked 24 Oct 2026 · documents checked 24 Oct 2026

Duty: basic duty 10%, no Indian trade agreement in force. Directional

Documents: Indian Importer-Exporter Code (IEC), phytosanitary inspection, Commercial invoice, packing list, plus 15 more listed below. Directional

Price in India: ₹4,000 per quintal (₹40,000 per tonne), median of 59 mandis on 3 Nov 2026. Real

What Benin charges

Item	Rate
Basic (MFN) duty	10%
Preferential rate	none: no agreement in force
VAT / GST at import	not confirmed
Governing schedule	UEMOA Common External Tariff (2022 edition), chapter 10: lines 1006.30.10.00 and 1006.30.90.00 at 10% customs duty, plus 1% statistical fee, 0.8% UEMOA solidarity levy and 0.5% ECOWAS levy Reference https://e-docucenter.uemoa.int/sites/default/files/2024-09/Chapitre-10-Cereales.pdf

Directional Source: Live search: https://www.icotonou.com/en/investir/import-export-guide-cotonou/; basic duty: WITS https://wits.worldbank.org/API/V1/SDMX/V21/datasource/TRN/reporter/204/partner/000/product/100630/year/all/datatype/reported. Reported tariff for 2023 (WITS), not checked against today's schedule; verify before committing. Not established: VAT/GST. Import VAT on rice is not confirmed. Benin waived VAT on imported rice for part of 2022; whether any waiver applies now is not confirmed, so check the current loi de finances. Basic duty is the applied MFN rate Benin reported to WITS (UNCTAD TRAINS) for 2023, not today's schedule. No anti-dumping, safeguard, or CBAM measure for HS 100630 was established from the available official information. Confirm with Benin customs before pricing a deal.

Documents and registrations

Importer registration with the Agence Béninoise de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (ABSSA) where the goods are agro-food products
Benin phytosanitary import permit (Permis d’Importation) for plants
plant products and other regulated articles
Indian Importer-Exporter Code (IEC)
APEDA Registration-Cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) for APEDA-scheduled agricultural products
Indian phytosanitary certificate for plants and plant products
phytosanitary inspection
any commodity-specific sanitary certificate required by the competent Indian authority
Benin phytosanitary inspection on arrival
ABSSA inspection and sampling where applicable
Commercial invoice
packing list
transport document
certificate of origin
Indian phytosanitary certificate
Benin phytosanitary import permit
applicable sanitary certificate
export customs declaration
import customs documentation

Where to get them: IEC: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Government of India; APEDA RCMC: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) through the DGFT e-RCMC portal; Indian phytosanitary certificate and inspection: Plant Quarantine authorities under the Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine & Storage, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; Benin phytosanitary import permit and arrival inspection: Organisation Nationale de la Protection des Végétaux (ONPV), Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries; agro-food registration, inspection and sanitary certification: Agence Béninoise de Sécurité Sanitaire des Aliments (ABSSA)

The main failure points are shipping regulated plant products without first obtaining the Benin phytosanitary import permit or without attaching the Indian-origin phytosanitary certificate, which can stop clearance. Agro-food consignments can also be delayed when ABSSA registration, sampling, sanitary documentation, lot details or labelling do not match the shipment; product-specific DGFT export-policy restrictions must be checked before contracting.

Directional Compiled for agriculture exports to Benin from the official pages below, checked 24 Oct 2026. Confirm with the issuing authority.
https://farmerconnect.apeda.gov.in/Content/APEDA_Agri_Export_Manual_FINAL.pdf
https://apeda.gov.in/hindi/en/RCMC
https://douanes.gouv.bj/storage/2024/11/Mesures-de-la-protection-phytosanitaire-au-Benin.pdf
https://agriculture.gouv.bj/abssa/images/documents/flyers1.pdf

Non-basmati rice prices in Indian mandis

Median ₹4,000/quintal across 59 markets; middle 80% ₹3,350 to ₹6,650. Reported 3 Nov 2026.

Real Source: Agmarknet, Government of India, via data.gov.in (Rice). Domestic wholesale price, not an export or FOB price.

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Freight and port costs for your shipment. Carrier rates are not connected yet, so we do not print a freight number here. Put your own quotes into the landed cost calculator; it fills in this duty.
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