Export Indian cotton: ---- Bengal deshi from India
Export policy, GST, RoDTEP and Duty Drawback for ITC-HS 52010011, taken from the notifications that set them. Unit of quantity: ---.
Can you export it?
What India ships
India exported $377k under ITC-HS 52010011 in FY 2025-26. That is down 40.7% on the previous year. National total across every state; it does not say which countries bought it.
What India pays back
GST—GST 5% (Schedule I, HSN 5201)
RoDTEP—RoDTEP notified rate 2.8% of FOB, capped at Rs 4.4 per Kg. DGFT has limited benefits under Appendix 4R and 4RE to 50% of the notified rates and value caps. Rates below are the NOTIFIED rates. This limitation has been extended once already. Confirm whether it is still in force before quoting an effective rate.
Duty drawback—Duty Drawback 0.5% of FOB for HS heading 5201. Notification 77/2023-Customs (N.T.) dated 20.10.2023, in force from 30.10.2023.
Where this code sits
- 52Chapter
- Cotton
- 5201Heading
- Cotton; not carded or combed
- 520100Subheading
- Cotton; not carded or combed
- 52010011Tariff line
- Indian cotton: ---- Bengal deshi
The first six digits are the same in every country you ship to. The last two are India's alone.
What your buyer pays
Import duty, VAT and trade-agreement eligibility depend on where you ship. Run this line against 80 markets — or price a single one — in the toolkit.
Other lines under HS 520100
- 52010012Indian cotton: ---- Indian cotton of staple lengths 20.5 mm (25/32) and below (e. g. oomras, yellow picking, Assam comillas)Free
- 52010013Indian cotton: ---- Indian cotton of staple length exceeding 20.5mm (26/32) but not exceeding 24.5mm (30/32)Free
- 52010014Indian cotton: ---- Indian cotton of staple length over 24.5 mm (31/32”) to 28 mmFree
- 52010015Indian cotton: ---- Indian cotton of staple length 28.5 mm (14/32”) and above but below 34.5 mmFree
- 52010019Indian cotton: ---- Indian cotton of all staple length 34.5 mm and above (112/32”)Free
- 52010021Other: ---- Of staple length not exceeding 20.0 mmFree
- 52010022Other: ---- Of staple length exceeding 20.0 mm but not exceeding 24.5 mmFree
- 52010023Other: ---- Of staple length exceeding 24.5 mm but not. exceeding 27.0 mmFree
- 52010024Other : ---- Of staple length exceeding 27.0 mm but not exceeding 32.0 mmFree
- 52010025Other : ---- Of staple length exceeding 32.0 mmFree
Export values from Trade Intelligence and Analytics (TIA) Portal, DGCIS — Department of Commerce, Government of India, USD million. Tariff line and export policy from DGFT ITC(HS) 2022. GST from Notification 9/2025-Integrated Tax (Rate). RoDTEP from DGFT Appendix 4R. Duty Drawback from CBIC 77/2023-Cus (N.T.). Bundled and updated periodically, never fetched live — rates change by notification, so confirm before you ship or file. Nothing here is legal or tax advice.