Agriculture commodity
Millet
Includes pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana) — Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, Chad
At a glance
- Family
- Cereals & Grains
- Sector
- Agriculture
- HS code
- 1008.29
- Forms
- 2
Traded forms
- Grain
- Dried millet grain
- Millet FlourHS 1102.90
- Milled millet flour
Frequently asked
- What is Millet?
- Includes pearl millet (Pennisetum glaucum) and finger millet (Eleusine coracana) — Uganda, Ethiopia, Tanzania, Eritrea, Chad
- Which forms is Millet traded in?
- Millet is traded as: Grain, Millet Flour.
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