The 6-digit code 100630 covers far more than 1121 basmati — reading it correctly means understanding what else it captures before drawing conclusions about the basmati-specific market.
Searching for “HS 100630 rice import data” rather than a narrower basmati-specific phrase suggests genuine interest in the broader trade-data picture — total semi-milled and wholly milled rice import volume into Saudi Arabia — rather than the narrower 1121 basmati segment specifically. That is a legitimate and useful starting point, but reading 100630 data correctly requires understanding exactly what the 6-digit heading captures, and what it does not distinguish.
1006.30, under the international Harmonized System, covers semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed — a heading broad enough to include basmati from India and Pakistan, jasmine and other fragrant long-grain rice from Thailand and Vietnam, and standard long-, medium- and short-grain milled rice from numerous other origins, all under the same 6-digit code at the level most published national trade statistics report at. This means a headline “Saudi Arabia rice imports under 1006.30” figure is a total-market number, not a basmati-specific one.
An exporter using 100630 data to estimate the size of the Saudi basmati opportunity specifically needs to apply a further filter — either narrowing to Indian and Pakistani-origin shipments specifically, since basmati overwhelmingly originates from those two countries, or working from India’s own basmati-specific 10063020 export classification and matching it to Saudi consignee records, rather than treating the full 1006.30 total as the addressable basmati market. Using the unfiltered total meaningfully overstates the size of the basmati-specific opportunity.
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The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) publishes Saudi Arabia’s official foreign trade statistics, including HS-coded import figures, and the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) is the operational customs body responsible for clearance and duty collection at the shipment level. Published GASTAT statistics are generally aggregated and lag real-time shipment activity by weeks or months, which is a genuine limitation for an exporter trying to identify current, active importers rather than historical national totals.
National-level 1006.30 statistics answer a market-sizing question well but cannot, on their own, name a single company — that requires shipment-level records showing the actual consignee on each entry, which is a different and more granular kind of data than published national trade statistics typically provide. This is the specific gap between understanding that Saudi Arabia imports a large volume of rice under 1006.30, and knowing which named companies are actually behind that volume — the latter is what a working exporter shortlist actually needs.
| Data layer | What it shows | Limitation |
|---|---|---|
| GASTAT national statistics | Total 1006.30 import volume and value | Aggregated, lags real-time activity, not basmati-specific |
| India's 10063020 export data | Basmati-specific shipment records | Indian side only, needs matching to Saudi consignees |
| Named shipment/consignee records | Specific companies, volumes, timing | The level actually needed to build an outreach shortlist |
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No — it covers all semi-milled or wholly milled rice, including basmati, jasmine and other fragrant rice, and standard long-, medium- and short-grain rice from many origins, all under the same 6-digit heading.
The General Authority for Statistics (GASTAT) publishes national foreign trade statistics; the Zakat, Tax and Customs Authority (ZATCA) handles clearance and duty collection at the shipment level.
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