Coconut shell charcoal is a product obtained from incomplete combustion of coconut shells. As a fuel, charcoal is more profitable than firewood. Charcoal provides a higher heat of combustion, and less smoke.

Charcoal can be ground, then pressed into briquettes in various forms. Briquettes are more practical to use than firewood. Charcoal can be further processed into activated charcoal, and as a filler and colorant in the rubber and plastics industry.