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Tariff line in 1404.20 — Cotton linters

Cotton linters

$8.9MIndia’s exports in FY 2025-26
4countries bought from India
-38%against FY 2024-25 ($14M)
19,117tonnes shipped in FY 2025-26

India’s exports, year by year

US$, Indian financial years (April–March). Source: DGCI&S, Ministry of Commerce (Tradestat).

Biggest buyers, FY 2025-26

  1. Japan
  2. China
  3. Taiwan
  4. Sri Lanka

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

GST on this code

5%

  • 5% — Vegetable products not elsewhere specified or included such as, Cotton linters, Soap nuts, Hard seeds, pips, hulls and nuts, of a kind used primarily for carving, Rudraksha seeds, bidi wrapper leaves(tendu), Indian katha [other than betel leaves, coconut shell unworked]Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, entry 76
  • 5% — Mehendi paste in conesNotification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, entry 77

GST on supply within India, as of 1 May 2026. Exports are zero-rated supplies.