Export non-basmati rice from India to Côte d'Ivoire: duty, documents and price

What Côte d'Ivoire charges

Directional Source: Live search: https://indiantradeportal.in/; basic duty: WITS https://wits.worldbank.org/API/V1/SDMX/V21/datasource/TRN/reporter/384/partner/000/product/100630/year/all/datatype/reported. Live search, two independent lookups agree; verify before committing. Not established: VAT/GST. Import VAT on rice is not confirmed. Côte d'Ivoire's 2024 budget was reported to exempt rice other than luxury rice from VAT (Agence Ecofin, 15 Nov 2023); check the current annexe fiscale. WITS (UNCTAD TRAINS) reports the same basic duty for 2023. No anti-dumping, safeguard, or CBAM measure was established for HS 100630; India does not have a confirmed preferential trade agreement with Côte d’Ivoire. Confirm with Côte d'Ivoire customs before pricing a deal.

Documents and registrations

• Importer-Exporter Code (IEC)
• Registration-Cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) from Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA)
• Côte d’Ivoire import authorization or permit where required for the specific agricultural product
• Côte d’Ivoire importer registration
• Phytosanitary certificate for plant products
• original product-specific sanitary or food-safety certificate where required by Côte d’Ivoire
• fumigation certificate where required by the importer or importing-country rules
• official inspection before shipment where required by the product or destination authority
• Commercial invoice
• packing list
• bill of lading or air waybill
• certificate of origin
• export customs declaration or shipping bill
• original phytosanitary certificate
• applicable sanitary or food-safety certificate
• fumigation certificate where required
• import permit or authorization copy where required

Where to get them: IEC: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), Government of India; RCMC: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), through the DGFT e-RCMC platform; phytosanitary certificate: Plant Quarantine authorities under India’s Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage; fumigation certificate: an approved treatment provider; sanitary or food-safety certificate: the competent Indian authority for the product, including the Export Inspection Council where applicable; Côte d’Ivoire import authorization, importer registration and product clearance: Côte d’Ivoire Directorate of Plant Protection for plant products and the relevant Ivorian sanitary or food-control authority

The exact Ivorian permit and certificate set changes with the commodity, and plant-import requests may need to be submitted to Côte d’Ivoire’s Directorate of Plant Protection before shipment. Côte d’Ivoire reportedly requires original certificates issued by a competent authority to accompany the consignment; missing originals, incorrect commodity-specific permits, or mismatched certificate details can therefore cause clearance delays or refusal.

Directional Compiled for agriculture exports to Côte d'Ivoire from the official pages below, checked 24 Oct 2026. Confirm with the issuing authority.
https://www.dgft.gov.in/CP/?opt=e-rcmc
https://content.dgft.gov.in/Website/HTE.pdf
https://content.dgft.gov.in/Website/dgftprod/3e579101-3fa7-4a18-ad5e-660180ec2895/Appendix%201C%20(2).pdf
https://agriexchange.apeda.gov.in/ImportRegulations/021992025122214372561.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.

What this page does not know

• 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.
• Your buyer's price. The mandi price is what non-basmati rice costs inside India.