How much does India trade with the world?
India’s goods trade, 2016–2025, US$ billion. Drag the slider to zoom into any period.
Imports have grown faster than exports, so the goods deficit has widened — switch to The deficit to see it directly. Services exports, India’s great strength, are a separate dataset and not shown here.
Who buys India’s exports?
Top destinations for India’s goods exports.
What does India sell to the world?
Every product group India exports.
Crude oil and other mineral fuels dominate the import bill, followed by electronics and gold & gems — much of which is re-exported as cut diamonds and jewellery. Flip the toggle to compare both sides.
Explore the atlas
- Head-to-Head — India vs China, Vietnam and Bangladesh in textiles, pharma, leather and electronics, in the US and EU markets — plus India’s trade with any single country.
- Product pages — pick a product: India’s trend, the world’s biggest import markets, and the gap between the two.
- Sourcing view — where the world, and India, buy a given product from, supplier by supplier.
- States — which states and districts power India’s exports, from Gujarat’s refineries to Noida’s phone factories.
- Explainers — India’s trade agreements sector by sector, and what each state government does to push exports.
- Starting out? The MSME playbook — the actual sequence to begin exporting: what to register, in what order, what it costs, which certifications buyers ask for, and how to make sure you get paid.
- Exporter’s toolkit — answer four questions: your best markets, whether an agreement covers them, the schemes you likely qualify for, and where to apply.
- About & methodology — who built this, where every number comes from, how often it refreshes, and how to report an error.
About this data
Source: UN Comtrade, annual goods trade reported by India (reporter code 699), Harmonized System classification. Exports are valued FOB and imports CIF, as is standard. Product groups are HS 2-digit chapters with shortened labels; full detail is in the CSV downloads. Values are current US dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Figures can differ slightly from India’s Ministry of Commerce statistics because of timing, exchange-rate conversion and revisions.
How to cite this page. ValueChain. (2025). India in global value chains. https://valuechain.international/
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