Karnataka Coconut
Karnataka is India's leading coconut producer. The Coconut Development Board recorded 5,949.46 million nuts a year, with production spread across the dry coconut belt around Tumakuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Chitradurga.
5.95B
nuts a year in Karnataka
- Botanical name
- Cocos nucifera
- Known as
- Tengina kaiತೆಂಗಿನಕಾಯಿ
- Origin
- Tumakuru, Mandya & Hassan districts
- Harvest
- January – December
Coconut in Karnataka is a year-round crop rather than a short harvest. Tumakuru leads the state by area and production, while Mandya, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru and Chitradurga form the wider belt that keeps processors and export packers supplied through the calendar.
The Coconut Development Board's 2024 Karnataka profile records 705.11 thousand hectares under coconut, 5,949.46 million nuts in annual output and productivity of 8,438 nuts per hectare. Those are state figures, useful for sizing the supply base but not a promise about any individual farm or shipment.
For export, maturity and handling decide the product: tender nuts move as fresh drinking coconuts; mature nuts go as husked or semi-husked fruit, copra, desiccated coconut and oil. Lots are specified by maturity, size, husk treatment and intended destination before packing.
The inland Karnataka coconut belt combines red sandy loam and irrigated gardens with a warm tropical growing cycle. Around Tumakuru and Mandya, managed water and mature palms make year-round grading and dispatch practical.
Measured
- Karnataka production
- 5,949.46 million nuts/year
- Area under coconut
- 705.11 thousand hectares
- State productivity
- 8,438 nuts/hectare
- Major districts
- Tumakuru, Mandya, Hassan, Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga
Grades we ship
- TENDER
Fresh drinking coconut, selected for water volume and clean green husk.
- SEMI-HUSKED
Mature export fruit, trimmed for packing and container handling.
- HUSKED
Fully dehusked mature nut for retail and processing supply.
- COPRA
Dried kernel for oil and food processing.
Harvest window
- January — in harvest
- February — in harvest
- March — in harvest
- April — in harvest
- May — in harvest
- June — in harvest
- July — in harvest
- August — in harvest
- September — in harvest
- October — in harvest
- November — in harvest
- December — in harvest
January – December
Contracts placed against a coming harvest are priced at the yard once the crop lands, not before.
Forms
- Tender coconut
- Semi-husked
- Husked
- Copra
- Desiccated coconut
- Coconut oil
Ships to
UAE
Saudi Arabia
United Kingdom
United States
Germany