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Any importer or exporter of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices should know HTS code (HS code) of their export product. Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices falls under HS code (HTS code) chapter 09. 

In India, Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices classified under ITC code (Indian Tariff Code)chapter 09

All items under export of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices falls under HS code (HTS code) chapter 09 requires a Phytosanitary certificate issued by the concerned government agency.

An export permit from the concerned government agency is required to export some of the items under Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices falls under HS code (HTS code) chapter 09.

If you would like to export Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices, detailed general information on how to export has been mentioned in a separate article. Learning an export process for Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices makes easier for you if you can go through the said post.

After choosing your export product as Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices, and export samples are sent, terms of payment and terms of delivery are agreed with your overseas buyer along with other terms and conditions and issue proforma invoice, in turn you receive export order for Coffee, Tea, Mate and Spices followed by purchase order from your overseas buyer. The terms of payment for your export contract could be advance payment, Documents against Acceptance DA, Documents against Payments DAP, or under Letter of Credit LC, and the terms of delivery for your export of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices might be EX-Works, FOB, CFR, CIF, DAP, DDP or any other Incoterms. The finance against export can be arranged from your bank for pre-shipment packing creditor post-shipment finance against export orders for Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices. Insurance can be arranged against credit risk and about other risks involved in export of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices. After quality check (QC), proper packing is arranged with Palletization or Crating if required. Type of container is decided if the export shipment of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices is on FCL basis otherwise LCL if the mode of shipment of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices is by sea. Export invoice, export packing list, certificate of origin(GSP – Generalized System of Preference) and other documents are prepared based on the purchased order or LC to export Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices. After completion of export customs clearance either by the exporter or his Customs broker, Bill of Lading or AWB is issued by the carrier, if consolidator involved, HAWB or HBL is issued. The documents for export of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices is discounted, arrange for collection or negotiated if export of Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices is on Letter of Credit basis.

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