COMA pushes Kerala for coconut trade rules to plug GST leakage
Cochin Oil Merchants' Association wants mandatory trader registration, market cess, e-documentation and inter-state movement tracking for coconut, copra and oil — citing GST evasion via dry-coconut misclassification that is bleeding compliant players across Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
COMA has urged Kerala government to regulate coconut, copra and coconut oil trade through trader registration, market cess, electronic documentation and inter-state movement tracking, citing GST evasion via misclassification of dry coconuts and losses to compliant businesses.
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