Importing coconut charcoal to Iraq

What buyers in this market order

This comes from our own order book — the recurring accounts we ship to in this market. It describes what those buyers reorder, not the full range we produce.

Buyers in Iraq take 27–28 mm cubes.

Across the markets these guides cover, every recurring account takes a printed inner box or inner plastic packed into a master carton, and every account is private label: our briquette, your brand on the box.

Packaging formats and master-carton options · Private label and white label

Every one of those accounts reorders. These are repeat programs, not one-off trial containers.

What the markets these guides cover buy is not the whole ladder — every grade we produce is specified on the grades page.

The full grade ladder · Indicative FOB price per ton

Order book as of 2026-09-19

Who handles what

Who does what on a container shipment: we export and document; you and your customs broker clear and deliver at destination.

HS classification

Coconut-shell charcoal classifies under heading 4402, subheading 4402.20 ("of shell or nut"). Iraq's import tariff follows the Harmonized System. The national line under 4402.20 is not stated on this page: Iraq's General Commission for Customs could not be read when the page was built, and your customs broker assigns the line from the Iraqi tariff at entry.

Candidate codes:

• 4402.20

  HS6 "Of shell or nut" — the subheading for coconut-shell charcoal. Iraq's import tariff follows the Harmonized System; your customs broker assigns the national line under 4402.20 from the Iraqi tariff at entry.

  Source (opens in new tab)

Note: Declare HS6 4402.20 uniformly on the commercial invoice, packing list, certificate of origin and bill of lading; your customs broker assigns the national line at entry.

Duties & taxes

Iraq's import customs duty is levied under the Customs Tariff Law No. 22 of 2010, as amended; customs procedure follows the Customs Law No. 23 of 1984.

No rate is shown for this market. Confirm every duty and tax line for your declared code with your customs broker at booking.

Landed-cost worked example

We publish no duty or tax figures for Iraq, so there is no worked example here. The landed-cost page carries the same layer model with a calculator that runs on your own freight quote; add the duty your customs broker confirms for the declared line.

The landed-cost layers and calculator→

The entry process

Iraqi entry for a UN 1361 container runs under the Customs Law No. 23 of 1984 and is handled by the buyer's customs broker with documents we supply. Two steps happen before the ship sails: the conformity check and the legalization of the commercial documents.

Step by step:

1. 1. Conformity check. Confirm with a COSQC-appointed inspection body before shipping whether your shipment falls under the program's entry for wood charcoal and charcoal briquettes for household use (Iraqi standard IQS 5253). If it does, the Certificate of Conformity is issued in the exporting country before shipment, and the inspection office at the Iraqi border checks it against the container.
2. 2. Document legalization. Iraqi Customs requires the commercial invoice and certificate of origin to be legalized, and it does not recognize digital signatures, so both carry handwritten signatures. Confirm the legalization chain for Indonesian documents with your customs broker before the documents are issued.
3. 3. Customs clearance. Your customs broker files the import declaration and handles assessment and duty payment at the port of entry. Confirm with the broker before the first shipment which registrations your company needs.

The export documents we supply→

Dangerous-goods handling at Iraqi ports

The cargo arrives as declared UN 1361, Class 4.2 dangerous goods, and is handled accordingly at the Iraqi port of discharge. The classification and the prevention controls are covered on the dangerous-goods pages.

What UN 1361 is · The 2026 rules · Insured arrival & cargo protection

Conformity: COSQC's pre-shipment certificate

This is regulatory information, not legal advice — see the disclaimer below.

Pre-shipment conformity (COSQC)

Iraq's Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control (COSQC) runs a pre-shipment conformity program: goods on its product list ship with a Certificate of Conformity issued in the exporting country by a COSQC-appointed body, such as Bureau Veritas or TÜV Rheinland. Bureau Veritas's current list (edition 27.0) names wood charcoal and charcoal briquettes for household use, Iraqi standard IQS 5253, with no HS code. Check with a COSQC-appointed body before shipping whether your shipment falls under that entry. Source (opens in new tab)

Labeling and scope

Products under the program carry Arabic labeling and a country-of-origin mark, so plan inner-box and carton artwork before the first shipment if the charcoal entry applies. Bureau Veritas's data sheet gives the program's scope as goods exported to central Iraq; for the Kurdistan Region, confirm the conformity procedure with your customs broker. Source (opens in new tab)