India imposes import tariffs on cocoa beans and products. Tariffs range from 0-30% for most products under the Harmonized System (HS) codes listed, with some qualifying for 0% under the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement. Key cocoa products like cocoa paste, butter, and powder face a standard 30% tariff, while chocolate blocks over 2kg or in bulk containers over 2kg are also 30%, except for certain filled chocolates at 0%.
India imposes import tariffs on cocoa beans and products. Tariffs range from 0-30% for most products under the Harmonized System (HS) codes listed, with some qualifying for 0% under the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement. Key cocoa products like cocoa paste, butter, and powder face a standard 30% tariff, while chocolate blocks over 2kg or in bulk containers over 2kg are also 30%, except for certain filled chocolates at 0%.
India imposes import tariffs on cocoa beans and products. Tariffs range from 0-30% for most products under the Harmonized System (HS) codes listed, with some qualifying for 0% under the ASEAN-India Free Trade Agreement. Key cocoa products like cocoa paste, butter, and powder face a standard 30% tariff, while chocolate blocks over 2kg or in bulk containers over 2kg are also 30%, except for certain filled chocolates at 0%.
IMPORT TARIFFS OF COCOA BEANS AND PRODUCTS IN INDIA
DESCRIPTION INDIA ASEAN - INDIA FTA
HS CODE MFN (%) 2017 (%) 1801.00.00 Cocoa beans, whole or broken, raw or roasted 30 0 1802.00.00 Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste 30 0 1803 Cocoa paste, whether or not defatted 1803.10.00 Cocoa paste, not defatted 30 30 1803.20.00 Cocoa paste, wholly or partly defatted 30 30 1804.00.00 Cocoa butter, fat and oil 30 0 1805.00.00 Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening 30 0 matter 1806 Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa: 1806.10.00 Cocoa powder, containing added sugar or other sweetening 30 0 matter 1806.20.00 Other preparations in block or slabs weighing more than 2 kg or 30 0 in liquid, paste, powder, granular or other bulk form in containers or immediate packings, of a content exceeding 2 kg 1806.31.00 Filled 30 0 1806.32.00 Not Filled 30 0 1806.90.00 Other 30 30
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