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Corn/Maize

Corn/Maize

Pure and polished Corn/Maize grains, free from stones and impurities, ready for global distribution.

Commercial Trade Terms

Min. Order (MOQ)

10 Metric Tons

HS Code

1001

Origin

India

Price Range

Price on Request

Export Documents

  • Certificate of Origin (APEDA / FIEO)
  • Phytosanitary Certificate (PPQS)
  • Fumigation Certificate
  • Non-GMO Certificate / GMO-Free Declaration
  • SGS / Bureau Veritas Inspection Report
  • Aflatoxin Test Report
  • Bill of Lading
  • Commercial Invoice & Packing List

Available Bag Sizes

25kg50kg1 MT Jumbo BagBulk in container

Available Bag Types

PP (Polypropylene)JuteMulti-wall Kraft PaperJumbo/FIBC BagBulk (loose-loaded)

Product Overview

COMPREHENSIVE PRODUCT OVERVIEW

Staple Corn/Maize grown in the fertile plains of India. Our grains are processed using modern milling technology to ensure high yield, superior taste, and excellent nutritional value. As a leading manufacturer and exporter in India, IndianXporter ensures that our Corn/Maize meets the stringent quality requirements of international markets. Our robust supply chain allows us to fulfill bulk orders consistently, offering highly competitive FOB and CIF pricing to our B2B partners worldwide. Our processing facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, ensuring that every shipment of Corn/Maize is thoroughly sorted, cleaned, and graded. We adhere to global food safety and industrial standards, backed by third-party inspections from agencies like SGS upon buyer request.

As a leading manufacturer and exporter in India, IndianXporter ensures that our Corn/Maize meets the stringent quality requirements of international markets. Our robust supply chain allows us to fulfill bulk orders consistently, offering highly competitive FOB and CIF pricing to our B2B partners worldwide.

Our processing facilities are equipped with state-of-the-art machinery, ensuring that every shipment of Corn/Maize is thoroughly sorted, cleaned, and graded. We adhere to global food safety and industrial standards, backed by third-party inspections from agencies like SGS upon buyer request.

What is Corn/Maize?

Maize (Zea mays), commonly traded as corn, is one of the world's three principal cereal crops and a cornerstone of the global feed, food, and industrial economy. India is among the largest maize producers in the world, growing both yellow and white maize across Karnataka, Bihar, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, and Madhya Pradesh during the Kharif and Rabi seasons.

Indian maize is valued in the international market for a critical differentiator: it is overwhelmingly Non-GMO. Unlike the GMO-dominant corn from the USA, Brazil, and Argentina, India's maize is conventionally bred, making it the preferred origin for food-grade buyers in regions with strict GMO labelling or import restrictions โ€” including South East Asia, the Middle East, and parts of Europe. This Non-GMO status is a structural advantage for cornflour, starch, snack, and food-processing applications.

IndianXporter supplies yellow maize (predominantly for poultry and animal feed, starch, and ethanol) and white maize (for human food, cornmeal, grits, and cornflour), alongside processed maize products. With a robust supply chain spanning major producing belts and East-coast loading ports close to Asian markets, we deliver consistently graded, Non-GMO, aflatoxin-controlled maize to feed millers, starch manufacturers, and food processors worldwide.

Technical Specifications

Botanical Name Zea mays
Types Yellow Maize & White Maize
GMO Status Non-GMO (conventionally bred)
Moisture Content 14% Max
Broken Grains 2โ€“3% Max
Foreign Matter / Admixture 1โ€“2% Max
Damaged / Discoloured Grains 2% Max
Aflatoxin (B1) โ‰ค 20 ppb (food/feed grade per destination spec)
Protein 8โ€“10%
Test Weight Min 72 kg/hl
Purity 98โ€“99% (Sortex / machine cleaned)
Infestation Nil โ€” live weevils/insects

Commercial Grades & Classification

Yellow Maize โ€” Feed Grade

Processing: Cleaned, machine-graded whole grain

Colour: Bright yellow / orange-yellow

Brokens: 3% Max

Use Case: Poultry & cattle feed, aquafeed โ€” the dominant export volume grade

Base grade

Yellow Maize โ€” Food/Industrial Grade

Processing: Sortex cleaned, low-admixture, aflatoxin controlled

Colour: Uniform bright yellow

Brokens: 2% Max

Use Case: Starch, glucose, ethanol, snack and cornflour manufacturing

+$15โ€“$35/MT over feed grade

White Maize โ€” Food Grade

Processing: Sortex cleaned, human-consumption spec

Colour: Clean white / cream

Brokens: 2% Max

Use Case: Cornmeal, grits, tortilla, cornflour, staple food for African/SEA markets

+$20โ€“$50/MT over yellow feed grade

Non-GMO Food-Grade Maize

Processing: Identity-preserved, certified GMO-free, low aflatoxin

Colour: Yellow or white per order

Brokens: 2% Max

Use Case: Premium food processors in GMO-sensitive EU & SEA markets

+$30โ€“$60/MT over standard

Indicative FOB Pricing

Prices are indicative. Request a formal quote for contractual pricing.

Grade FOB Price (USD/MT) Notes
Yellow Maize โ€” Feed Grade $240 โ€“ $290/MT Bulk feed benchmark โ€” indicative Q1 2026
Yellow Maize โ€” Industrial/Food $265 โ€“ $315/MT Starch/ethanol/snack grade โ€” indicative Q1 2026
White Maize โ€” Food Grade $280 โ€“ $340/MT Human-consumption staple โ€” indicative Q1 2026
Non-GMO Identity-Preserved $300 โ€“ $370/MT Certified GMO-free premium โ€” indicative Q1 2026

Price Influencing Factors

  • โ€ขIndian domestic maize prices โ€” driven by Kharif/Rabi harvest size and MSP support
  • โ€ขSurging domestic demand from India's ethanol-blending programme and poultry feed sector, which can tighten exportable surplus
  • โ€ขGlobal corn benchmarks (CBOT/Chicago) and USA, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine export competition
  • โ€ขNon-GMO premium โ€” food-grade GMO-free buyers pay a structural uplift over commodity corn
  • โ€ขAflatoxin levels and monsoon-driven crop moisture, which affect food/feed-grade acceptance
  • โ€ขOcean freight on Indiaโ€“South East Asia and Indiaโ€“Middle East lanes plus USD/INR rate

India vs USA: Corn/Maize Comparison

The global corn trade is led by the USA, Brazil, Argentina, and Ukraine โ€” but these origins are predominantly GMO. India's competitive edge is its Non-GMO, conventionally bred maize, making it the origin of choice for food-grade and GMO-sensitive buyers, particularly across South East Asia and the Middle East, where India also enjoys a freight advantage.

Aspect ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India ๐ŸŒ USA
GMO Status Non-GMO โ€” conventionally bred Predominantly GMO (biotech traits)
Best-Fit Buyer Food-grade, starch, snack, GMO-sensitive markets Bulk feed & industrial commodity buyers
FOB Price (feed) $240โ€“$290/MT โ€” competitive for Asia $210โ€“$260/MT โ€” scale-driven low cost
Freight to Asia/MEA Short lanes from East-coast ports โ€” freight advantage Longer transit, higher freight to Asia
Volume & Scale Large producer; exportable surplus varies with domestic demand World's largest exporter โ€” vast consistent volume
Lot Flexibility Flexible FCL lots, white & yellow, identity-preserved Primarily large bulk Panamax/Handymax shipments

Applications & End-Use Markets

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Animal Feed & Poultry

Yellow maize is the single largest energy ingredient in poultry, cattle, and aqua feed worldwide. Its high starch and metabolisable energy make it the backbone of compound feed formulations across Asia and the Middle East.

VietnamBangladeshMalaysiaUAENepal
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Starch, Glucose & Ethanol

Industrial wet-milling converts maize into corn starch, glucose/dextrose syrups, maltodextrin, and fuel ethanol. India's expanding starch and ethanol industries also anchor strong domestic demand.

South East AsiaMiddle EastBangladeshSri Lanka
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Food โ€” Cornflour, Grits & Snacks

White and Non-GMO yellow maize are milled into cornflour, cornmeal, grits, polenta, and extruded snacks. The Non-GMO credential is a decisive purchasing factor for food-grade and clean-label brands.

EUSouth East AsiaMiddle EastAfrica
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Staple Food (White Maize)

White maize is a dietary staple milled into ugali, sadza, and porridge flours. Demand is strong in African and South Asian markets where maize is a primary calorie source.

KenyaNigeriaSouth AfricaNepal

Global Trade Architecture

Primary Supply Origins

USA

World's largest corn exporter

Predominantly GMO; benchmark CBOT pricing reference.

Brazil & Argentina

Major South American exporters

Large GMO corn surplus; strong second-crop (safrinha) output.

Ukraine

Key Black Sea exporter

Important non-US origin; supply affected by regional disruptions.

India

Major producer; Non-GMO exporter

Yellow & white Non-GMO maize; freight-advantaged to Asia/MEA.

Key Consumption Nodes

South East Asia โ€” Vietnam, Malaysia, Philippines

Massive feed-milling demand for poultry and aquaculture; India's freight advantage and Non-GMO status are valued.

South Asia โ€” Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka

Rapidly growing poultry feed and food demand; proximity makes Indian maize highly competitive.

Middle East โ€” UAE, Saudi Arabia

Feed, food, and re-export hub; consistent demand for both yellow and white maize.

Africa โ€” Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa

White maize staple-food demand plus growing feed sector; Non-GMO origin preferred in several markets.

Market Intelligence

Maize is the world's most-produced cereal and a strategic commodity spanning feed, food, starch, and ethanol. While global trade is dominated by GMO origins (USA, Brazil, Argentina, Ukraine), India occupies a distinctive and defensible niche as a large-scale Non-GMO supplier, particularly attractive to food-grade and GMO-sensitive buyers across Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.

Market Size

Global corn trade: ~190 million MT exported annually; multi-hundred-billion-dollar production value

Growth Rate

~3โ€“4% CAGR in trade โ€” led by feed, starch, and ethanol demand

Core Demand Drivers

  • Expanding global poultry, dairy, and aquaculture sectors driving compound-feed demand
  • Growth of corn starch, sweeteners, and bioethanol industries
  • Rising Non-GMO and clean-label food-processing demand favouring Indian origin
  • Staple white-maize food consumption across Africa and South Asia
  • India's freight and proximity advantage to high-growth Asian and MEA buyers

Supply Dynamics

Indian maize output is split across Kharif and Rabi seasons, concentrated in Karnataka, Bihar, Maharashtra, and the southern Telugu states. East-coast ports (Kakinada, Chennai, Visakhapatnam, Krishnapatnam) place exporters close to South East Asian buyers. Domestic feed and ethanol demand competes with exports, so exportable surplus and FOB prices move with the balance between harvest size and internal consumption.

โš  India Risk Factor

India's fast-growing ethanol-blending programme and poultry feed demand can absorb domestic maize and reduce the exportable surplus, occasionally pushing the country toward net-import positions and lifting FOB prices. Monsoon-driven moisture and aflatoxin risk in Kharif crop, plus periodic export-policy shifts, are additional variables.

Future Outlook

The Non-GMO premium and proximity to Asian demand position India to grow food-grade and identity-preserved maize exports. However, the ethanol programme means India's swing between net exporter and net importer will continue to shape availability. Investment in higher-yield Non-GMO hybrids and aflatoxin-controlled supply chains is the key competitive frontier.

HS / HSN Codes

Product Type HS 6-Digit ITC-HS 8-Digit Description
Maize (Corn) โ€” Other (Yellow/White) 1005.90 10059000 Maize (corn), other than seed quality
Maize Seed 1005.10 10051000 Maize (corn) seed for sowing
Maize (Corn) Flour 1102.20 11022000 Maize (corn) flour

Certifications & Compliance Standards

Standard Code / Reference Note
FSSAI Food Safety FSSAI License Mandatory Indian food safety compliance for food-grade maize
Non-GMO Certification GMO-Free India's key differentiator โ€” GMO-free declaration provided for food-grade buyers
Aflatoxin Control EC 1881/2006 / Codex Aflatoxin limits per destination โ€” critical for feed and food acceptance
APEDA Registration APEDA Registration for agricultural product exports from India
HACCP HACCP Hazard control across handling, storage, and loading
EU Pesticide MRL Regulation EC 396/2005 Pesticide residue compliance for EU food-grade entry

Storage, Handling & Logistics

Shelf Life

Up to 12 months at โ‰ค14% moisture in dry, ventilated storage

Storage Conditions

Cool, dry, well-ventilated warehousing below 14% moisture and 65% RH to prevent mould and aflatoxin development.

Container Type

20ft FCL (25โ€“27 MT) bulk or bagged; food-grade liner for food-grade and identity-preserved lots

Fumigation

Phosphine (Aluminium Phosphide) fumigation standard against weevils and grain borers for long-haul shipments.

Storage Advantage

Sortex cleaning and moisture control deliver consistent low-aflatoxin lots suited to both food and feed acceptance criteria.

Why Source Corn/Maize from India?

  • Non-GMO maize โ€” India's structural advantage for food-grade and GMO-sensitive buyers across Asia, MEA and Europe
  • Both yellow (feed/industrial) and white (food/staple) maize available from a single supplier
  • Aflatoxin-controlled, Sortex-cleaned lots with full test reports per destination specification
  • Freight and proximity advantage from East-coast ports to South East Asian and South Asian markets
  • Flexible FCL lots, bulk or bagged, with identity-preserved and organic options on request
  • FSSAI, APEDA, HACCP compliant supply chain with SGS/Bureau Veritas pre-shipment inspection
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Industrial Usage

Industrial raw material for milling, animal feed, and ethanol production. High-purity technical grades available for industrial procurement and technical application.

Standard

Technical Grade

Supply

Bulk Only

Industrial Specs

Packaging & Logistics

Standard Packaging

PP Bags / Jute Bags (25kg/50kg)

Private Label / OEM

Private Branding & Custom Print on bags

Port of Loading

Kandla or Mundra Port

Incoterms

FOB, CIF, CFR accepted

B2B Solutions

Private Label Corn/Maize

Establish your own brand in the international market. We provide end-to-end custom white-label packaging and branding solutions for retail distribution. Get retail-ready Corn/Maize under your brand name with our expert OEM services.

  • Custom pouch, jar & bulk bag design
  • Multi-lingual labeling & regulatory compliance
  • FSSAI, ISO & FDA certified facilities
  • Flexible packaging sizes (100g to 50kg)
OEM Solutions

Retail Ready

From Design to Delivery

Export Markets

USA UAE Europe South East Asia

We provide market-specific compliance documentation for each destination. Contact us for country-specific certifications.

Importing Corn/Maize: B2B FAQs

What is the lead time for a bulk order of Corn/Maize?
Our standard lead time for Corn/Maize is 7-14 business days from order confirmation to dispatch from an Indian port. For private label orders, allow an additional 5 days for packaging customization.
Can I request a sample of Corn/Maize before placing a full container order?
Yes, we provide 100g to 500g samples of Corn/Maize for quality validation. Sample costs are usually free, with the buyer covering international courier charges (DHL/FedEx).
Which Incoterms do you offer for Corn/Maize?
We primarily quote on FOB (Nhava Sheva/Mundra) or CIF (Destination Port) basis. We can also provide CFR and door-to-door DDP pricing for specific regions upon request.
What is the minimum order quantity (MOQ) for Corn/Maize?
Our standard MOQ for Corn/Maize is 10 Metric Tons. However, we can accommodate smaller trial orders or mixed container shipments (LCL) for new B2B partners seeking to evaluate our quality.
Do you provide samples and laboratory reports for Corn/Maize?
Yes, we provide pre-shipment samples and comprehensive laboratory testing reports (including pesticide residues, heavy metals, and purity analysis) for Corn/Maize to ensure full compliance with your destination country's regulations.
What are the export logistics and lead times for bulk orders?
We primarily ship through Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) and Mundra ports using FOB, CIF, or CFR terms. Standard lead time for Corn/Maize is 15-25 business days from the receipt of the Advance Payment or confirmed L/C.

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