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Heading in chapter 12 — Oil seeds and oleaginous fruits; miscellaneous grains, seeds and fruit

Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing

$169MIndia’s exports in 2025
121countries bought from India in 2025
2.3×change since 2013 ($72M)
8%of chapter 12 exports

India’s exports, year by year

US$, calendar years, all destinations combined. Source: UN Comtrade (India’s own reports).

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. USA
  2. Netherlands
  3. Bangladesh
  4. United Arab Emirates
  5. Thailand
  6. Italy
  7. France
  8. Malaysia
  9. Rep. of Korea
  10. Kenya

Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.

What's inside 1209

9 codes India exports
1209.91Vegetable seeds$134M in 2025 — 79% of the total1209.99Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing — other types$24M in 2025 — 14% of the total1209.21Seeds of forage plants: Lucerne (alfalfa) seeds$6.9M in 2025 — 4% of the total1209.30Seeds of herbaceous plants cultivated principally for their flowers$3.5M in 2025 — 2% of the total1209.29Seeds, fruit and spores, of a kind used for sowing — other types$840K in 2025 — under 1% of the total1209.24Seeds of forage plants: Kentucky blue grass (Poa pratensis L.) seeds$50K in 2025 — under 1% of the total1209.10Sugar beet seeds$40K in 2025 — under 1% of the total1209.22Seeds of forage plants: Clover (Trifolium spp.) seeds$40K in 2025 — under 1% of the total1209.25Seeds of forage plants: Rye grass (Lolium multiflorum Lam., Lolium perenne L.) seeds$40K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 12

1202Ground-nuts, not roasted or otherwise cooked$749M in 20251207Other oil seeds and oleaginous fruits$565M in 20251211Plants and parts of plants$476M in 20251203Copra$42M in 20251204Linseed$16M in 20251201Soya beans$11M in 20251208Flours and meals of oil seeds or oleaginous fruits, other than those of mustard$11M in 20251212Locust beans, seaweeds and other algae, sugar beet and sugarcane, fresh, chilled, frozen…$5.8M in 20251213Cereal straw and husks, unprepared$2.1M in 20251206Sunflower seeds$2.0M in 20251210Hop cones, fresh or dried$200K in 20251205Rape or colza seeds$0 in 2025