10063020 is India’s own export-side classification, not Saudi Arabia’s import tariff code — understanding that gap is the key to using this code correctly to find real importers.
10063020 is a 6-digit-plus-extension classification, and the specific 8-digit form most commonly referenced — 1006.30.20 — is India’s own ITC-HS export subheading, created under India’s Directorate General of Foreign Trade schedule specifically to separate basmati rice from other semi-milled and wholly milled rice within the broader 1006.30 heading. It is, in a real sense, an Indian-side classification built to track basmati exports as their own category — and understanding this is the key to using it correctly to find real importers rather than misreading it as a universal code every country uses identically.
Saudi Arabia applies the GCC Common Customs Tariff, which — like most countries’ import-side tariff schedules — classifies rice under the international 6-digit Harmonized System heading 1006.30 (semi-milled or wholly milled rice) without necessarily carrying India’s own basmati-specific 8-digit split at the point of import declaration. This means a Saudi customs record for a shipment of 1121 basmati rice may show under 1006.30 without the .20 basmati-specific extension that appears on the Indian export side of the same transaction — the two classification systems describe the same physical shipment from two different national schedules.
The most reliable way to identify Saudi importers of 1121 basmati specifically is to work from the Indian export side, where the 10063020 classification does explicitly isolate basmati shipments, and match those export records to their named destination consignees in Saudi Arabia, rather than searching Saudi import records alone under a broader 1006.30 heading that also captures non-basmati semi-milled rice from other origins. This is exactly the approach our own database is built on: Indian shipping-bill records carrying this specific basmati classification, matched to the named Saudi importer receiving each consignment.
Register free to list your business or search the directory, or ask for a free sample report built from real shipment records.
A Saudi company appearing in a general 1006.30 import dataset could be importing basmati, non-basmati long-grain rice from Pakistan or Thailand, or a mix of both — the broader Saudi-side code alone does not distinguish them. Cross-referencing against the Indian export-side 10063020 data specifically confirms the shipment was, in fact, Indian basmati rice, which is a materially more useful confirmation for an exporter specifically targeting the basmati segment of the Saudi market.
When discussing HS classification with a Saudi buyer or their customs broker, it is worth being precise about which side of the transaction a given code applies to — referencing 10063020 as “the Indian export classification for this shipment” avoids confusion with whatever code the buyer’s own customs broker declares on the Saudi import side, and demonstrates a level of documentation fluency that a more established Saudi importer’s own compliance team is likely to notice and appreciate.
Related guide
Learn more ›Related guide
Learn more ›Related guide
Learn more ›Related guide
Learn more ›Related guide
Learn more ›Related guide
Learn more ›Request a free demo and we will pull live, named importer records for HS 10063020 shipments into Saudi Arabia.
Not exactly — it is India's own export-side ITC-HS classification. Saudi Arabia's GCC Common Customs Tariff generally classifies rice under the broader 1006.30 heading without necessarily carrying India's basmati-specific 8-digit extension at import.
Because a Saudi 1006.30 import record alone does not distinguish basmati from non-basmati rice; cross-referencing against India's 10063020 export data confirms a given shipment was actually basmati rice.
Free to post. Your requirement goes straight to matching exporters and manufacturers on the marketplace, and they contact you on the phone number you give. Your contact details are never published or sold.
Prefer WhatsApp? Chat with us on WhatsApp ›
All Basmati Rice suppliers › · Listings take turns; nobody pays to be first.