KalpExport onion from India to Malaysia: duty, documents and price
Duty: basic duty 0%, India–Malaysia CECA is in force; the preferential rate for this HS code is not confirmed. Directional
Documents: IEC, APEDA RCMC, Phytosanitary certificate, commercial invoice, plus 7 more listed below. Directional
Price in India: ₹5,000 per quintal (₹50,000 per tonne), median of 419 mandis on 3 Nov 2026, indicative only. Real
What Malaysia charges
| Item | Rate |
|---|---|
| Basic (MFN) duty | 0% |
| Preferential rate | not confirmed India–Malaysia CECA (in force 2011-07-01) |
| VAT / GST at import | not confirmed |
Directional Source: basic duty: WITS https://wits.worldbank.org/API/V1/SDMX/V21/datasource/TRN/reporter/458/partner/000/product/070310/year/all/datatype/reported. Reported tariff for 2023 (WITS), not checked against today's schedule; verify before committing. Not established: VAT/GST, FTA rate. Basic duty is the applied MFN rate Malaysia reported to WITS (UNCTAD TRAINS) for 2023, not today's schedule. No anti-dumping, safeguard, or CBAM measure could be established from the available official results. Confirm with Malaysia customs before pricing a deal.
Documents and registrations
- IEC
- Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC)
- APEDA RCMC
- Phytosanitary certificate
- health certificate for any product category that requires it
- inspection by the Plant Quarantine authorities before export where applicable
- commercial invoice
- packing list
- shipping bill
- certificate of origin
- shipment-specific sanitary/phytosanitary or health certificate where applicable
Where to get them: IEC: Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT), India; RCMC: Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA), India; phytosanitary inspection/certificate: Plant Quarantine Station / Plant Quarantine authorities in India; destination import permit/registration/standards: Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Department (MAQIS), Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security, Malaysia; product registration/food compliance: Ministry of Health Malaysia / Food Safety and Quality Division
The most common failure on this lane is shipment delay because the exporter has IEC and APEDA RCMC but the Malaysian side still needs the correct import permit, product registration, or SPS clearance before release. Another frequent issue is document mismatch: the health/phytosanitary certificate, label content, and commodity description must match the Malaysian import approval and the shipping documents exactly.
Directional Compiled for agriculture exports to Malaysia from the official pages below, checked 24 Sept 2026. Confirm with the issuing authority.
https://apeda.gov.in/RCMC
https://farmerconnect.apeda.gov.in/Home/ExportFromIndia?PaccessID=1
https://farmerconnect.apeda.gov.in/Content/APEDA_Agri_Export_Manual_FINAL.pdf
https://apeda.gov.in/APEDA-FAQ
Onion prices in Indian mandis
Median ₹5,000/quintal across 419 markets; middle 80% ₹3,000 to ₹6,750. Reported 3 Nov 2026.
Real Source: Agmarknet, Government of India, via data.gov.in (Onion). 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 onion costs inside India.
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