India Imports by Country 2024

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India Imports by Country

India is 5th Largest economy in the world in terms of GDP (current US$). It’s the 12th largest country by total imports and the 18th largest by total exports. The total Exports by India in 2021-22 are valued at $ 422,004M and the imports by India are valued at $613,052M.

India’s overall Imports (Merchandise and Services combined) in 2022 are estimated to be USD $ 700 Billion, exhibiting a growth of 32% over 2021.

The top Imports of India in 2021 are Crude Petroleum, Coal/Coke, Petroleum Products, Gold, and Pearls/ Precious Jewellery. The top countries by Imports are China ($94.5B), United Arab Emirates ($28B), the United States ($43.3B), Saudi Arabia ($34B), and Iraq ($32B).

source: Ministry of Commerce and Industries

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List of Top Countries by Imports

China is the largest import partner of India. In the year 2021-22 India imported goods worth $ 94.57 billion from China. It’s followed by UAE ($44.8B) and the United States ($43B). With $34B of imports, Saudia Arabia is at number four, and Iraq with $32 B is in 5th place.

source: Ministry of Commerce and Industries

Top 50 Countries

#	Country / Region	2021-2022 ($US Million)
1	China	94,570.57
2	U Arab Emts	44,833.48
3	USA	43,314.07
4	Saudi Arab	34,100.58
5	Iraq	31,927.05
6	Switzerland	23,392.32
7	Hong Kong	19,096.61
8	Singapore	18,962.19
9	Indonesia	17,702.83
10	South Korea	17,477.20
11	Australia	16,756.17
12	Germany	14,968.10
13	Japan	14,399.77
14	Qatar	13,193.70
15	Malaysia	12,424.20
16	Kuwait	11,001.76
17	South Africa	10,965.81
18	Nigeria	10,291.58
19	Belgium	9,951.65
20	Russia	9,869.99
21	Thailand	9,332.59
22	Vietnam	7,438.52
23	UK	7,017.78
24	Oman	6,840.65
25	Taiwan	6,234.48
26	France	5,782.10
27	Brazil	5,713.28
28	Italy	5,048.47
29	Netherland	4,478.10
30	Mexico	4,248.04
31	Argentina	4,201.74
32	Guinea	3,616.56
33	Egypt	3,520.83
34	Canada	3,132.78
35	Israel	3,073.79
36	Colombia	2,964.29
37	Ukraine	2,913.61
38	Angola	2,725.08
39	Peru	2,707.38
40	Tanzania	2,279.18
41	Morocco	2,244.19
42	Norway	2,092.36
43	Bolivia	2,072.54
44	Spain	2,052.99
45	Turkey	1,996.75
46	Bangladesh	1,977.93
47	Mozambique	1,879.49
48	Jordan	1,827.19
49	Ghana	1,497.77
50	Sweden	1,450.13

Countries (51 - 200)

#	Country	2021-22 ($US million)
51	Chile	1,371.16
52	Nepal	1,371.04
53	Congo P Rep	1,309.73
54	Ireland	1,135.81
55	Poland	1,124.79
56	Gabon	1,070.49
57	Ecuador	1,012.40
58	Sri Lanka Dsr	1,009.97
59	Algeria	1,004.24
60	Myanmar	1,001.87
61	Denmark	888.73
62	Equtl Guinea	885.56
63	Finland	876.28
64	Austria	825.13
65	Cameroon	806.42
66	Baharain Is	753.29
67	Philippines	729.12
68	Senegal	696.16
69	Dominic Rep	648.77
70	Czech Republic	592.1
71	Bhutan	545.04
72	Botswana	527.96
73	Afghanistan	510.93
74	Cote D’ Ivoire	468.78
75	Iran	463.38
76	Burkina Faso	425.44
77	Benin	402.12
78	Brunei	394.44
79	Belarus	381.08
80	Togo	376.85
81	New Zealand	374.84
82	Libya	358.2
83	Papua N Gna	357.58
84	Kazakhstan	325.77
85	Slovenia	303.24
86	Greece	299.94
87	Tunisia	297.83
88	Hungary	293.67
89	Panama Republic	292.4
90	Romania	263.1
91	Swaziland	234.98
92	Yemen Republc	227.81
93	Lithuania	200.92
94	Georgia	196.64
95	Guinea Bissau	174.34
96	Bulgaria	173.2
97	Portugal	164.54
98	Uruguay	161.49
99	Guyana	156.96
100	Kenya	145.35
101	Madagascar	144.06
102	Uganda	142.33
103	Armenia	134.85
104	Latvia	134.64
105	Sudan	129.15
106	Zambia	118.18
107	Trinidad	112.2
108	Malawi	107.71
109	Azerbaijan	104.81
110	Slovak Rep	101.86
111	Cambodia	94.88
112	Venezuela	89.42
113	Cyprus	74.32
114	Estonia	72.3
115	Mauritius	71.87
116	Uzbekistan	71.35
117	Maldives	68.93
118	Luxembourg	67.39
119	Costa Rica	63.28
120	Ethiopia	62.44
121	Croatia	59.43
122	Puerto Rico	54.9
123	Namibia	45.99
124	Unspecified	45.85
125	Gambia	43.49
126	Djibouti	41.68
127	Lebanon	32.46
128	Suriname	31.93
129	Congo D. Rep.	31.21
130	Albania	30.71
131	Reunion	27.71
132	Solomon Is	25.93
133	Nauru Rp	23.28
134	Malta	22.88
135	Mali	22.85
136	Haiti	21.86
137	Liberia	21.2
138	Honduras	21.12
139	Guatemala	21.08
140	Macao	20.11
141	Somalia	18.06
142	Sierra Leone	16.92
143	Paraguay	16.3
144	Netherlandantil	16.12
145	Niger	15.99
146	Syria	15.61
147	Comoros	14.87
148	Br Virgn Is	14.72
149	Mauritania	12.02
150	Serbia	11.07
151	Tajikistan	10.74
152	Turkmenistan	10.07
153	Nicaragua	9.51
154	New Caledonia	8.11
155	Zimbabwe	7.77
156	Rwanda	7.55
157	Iceland	5.71
158	Korea Dp Rp	5.26
159	Cape Verde Is	4.63
160	El Salvador	4.11
161	Seychelles	3.92
162	Bahamas	3.52
163	Bosnia-Hrzgovin	3.03
164	Chad	3
165	St Kitt N A	2.98
166	Pakistan Ir	2.54
167	Jamaica	1.8
168	Kyrghyzstan	1.79
169	Aruba	1.77
170	South Sudan	1.23
171	Antartica	1.22
172	Macedonia	1.19
173	Marshall Island	1.19
174	Mayotte	1.15
175	Fr Polynesia	1.11
176	Cuba	1
177	Barbados	0.84
178	Liechtenstein	0.83
179	Lao Pd Rp	0.8
180	Grenada	0.74
181	Guadeloupe	0.74
182	Mongolia	0.54
183	Belize	0.5
184	Fiji Is	0.49
185	Martinique	0.48
186	Virgin Is Us	0.44
187	Tokelau Is	0.42
188	Samoa	0.38
189	Monaco	0.37
190	Montenegro	0.35
191	Norfolk Is	0.35
192	Fr Guiana	0.33
193	State Of Palest	0.3
194	Gibraltar	0.25
195	Dominica	0.19
196	C Afri Rep	0.18
197	St Lucia	0.14
198	Antigua	0.13
199	Us Minor Outlying Islands	0.13
200	Eritrea	0.12

Imports Region wise

S.No.	Region	2021-2022 ($US million)	% Share
1	NE Asia	151,804.55	24.76
2	West Asia- GCC	110,723.45	18.06
3	ASEAN	68,081.43	11.11
4	EU Countries	51,405.81	8.39
5	North America	50,694.89	8.27
6	Other West Asia	37,567.30	6.13
7	European Free Trade Ass. (EFTA)	25,491.22	4.16
8	West Africa	22,158.92	3.61
9	Latin America	21,738.00	3.55
10	East Asia (Oceania)	17,538.72	2.86
11	Other CIS Countries	13,601.07	2.22
12	Southern African Customs Union (SACU)	11,774.74	1.92
13	Other European Countries	9,060.88	1.48
14	North Africa	7,554.44	1.23
15	South Asia	5,486.37	0.89
16	Other South African Countries	4,730.53	0.77
17	East Africa	2,809.14	0.46
18	Caribbean Countries	419.73	0.07
19	Central Africa	292.01	0.05
20	Unspecified	118.86	0.02

Imports top 5 Principal Commodities

#	Principal Commodity Import	2021-22 ($US million)
1	Petroleum: Crude	122,449.32
2	Gold	46,165.58
3	Petroleum Products	39,361.13
4	Coal, Coke and Briquettes etc	31,718.29
5	Pearl, Precs, Semiprecs Stones	31,007.86

source: Ministry of Commerce and Industries

Import Commodity List

S.No.	Import Commodity	2021-2022	%Share
1	Mineral Fuels, Mineral Oils And Products Of Their Distillation; Bituminous Substances; Mineral Waxes.	194,857.08	31.78
2	Pearls, Precious Or Semiprecious Stones, Pre. Metals, Imit. Jewelry; Coin.	81,663.72	13.32
3	Electrical Machinery and Equipment; Sound Recorders Television Image Sound Recorders And Reproducers,	62,489.56	10.19
4	Nuclear Reactors, Boilers, Machinery, and Mechanical Appliances; Parts Thereof.	50,586.80	8.25
5	Organic Chemicals	28,522.51	4.65
6	Plastic And Articles Thereof.	19,994.17	3.26
7	Animal Or Vegetable Fats And Oils And Their Cleavage Products; Pre. Edible Fats; Animal Or Vegetable Waxes.	19,354.93	3.16
8	Fertilisers.	12,765.66	2.08
9	Iron And Steel	12,612.82	2.06
10	Optical, Photographic Cinematographic Measuring, Checking Precision, Medical Or Surgical Inst.	11,331.15	1.85
11	Inorganic Chemicals; Organic Or Inorganic Compounds Of Precious Metals	10,242.88	1.67
12	Miscellaneous Chemical Products.	7,874.47	1.28
13	Copper And Articles Thereof.	7,059.27	1.15
14	Vehicles Other Than Railway Or Tramway Rolling Stock,	6,344.98	1.04
15	Aluminium And Articles Thereof.	6,071.80	0.99
16	Ores, Slag And Ash.	5,732.39	0.94
17	Aircraft, Spacecraft, And Parts Thereof.	4,995.79	0.81
18	Articles Of Iron Or Steel	4,710.69	0.77
19	Ships, Boats, and Floating Structures.	4,208.69	0.69
20	Rubber and Articles Thereof.	4,136.39	0.67
21	Salt; Sulphur; Earths And Stone; Plastering Materials, Lime, and Cement.	4,024.45	0.66
22	Edible Fruit And Nuts; Peel Or Citrus Fruit Or Melons.	3,741.12	0.61
23	Pulp Of Wood Or Of Other Fibrous Cellulosic Material; Waste And Scrap Of Paper Or Paperboard.	3,451.65	0.56
24	Pharmaceutical Products	3,441.35	0.56
25	Tanning Or Dyeing Extracts; Tannins And Their Deri. Dyes, Pigments and Other Colouring Matter; Paints And Ver; Putty And Other Mastics; Inks.	2,606.01	0.43
26	Edible Vegetables And Certain Roots And Tubers.	2,319.99	0.38
27	Paper And Paperboard; Articles Of Paper Pulp, Of Paper Or Of Paperboard.	2,265.74	0.37
28	Wood And Articles Of Wood; Wood Charcoal.	2,033.96	0.33
29	Project Goods; Some Special Uses.	1,497.50	0.24
30	Man-Made Filaments.	1,494.93	0.24
31	Glass And Glassware.	1,423.41	0.23
32	Furniture; Bedding, Mattresses, Mattress Supports, Cushions, and Similar Stuffed Furnishing; Lamps And Lighting Fittings Not Elsewhere Specified Or Inc	1,343.11	0.22
33	Tools Implements, Cutlery, Spoons, and Forks, Of Base Metal; Parts Thereof Of Base Metal.	1,276.33	0.21
34	Soap, Organic Surface-Active Agents, Washing Preparations, Lubricating Preparations, Artificial Waxes, Prepared Waxes, Polishing Or Scouring Prep.	1,270.29	0.21
35	Residues And Waste From The Food Industries; Prepared Animal Foder.	1,247.04	0.20
36	Miscellaneous Articles Of Base Metal.	1,135.00	0.19
37	Nickel And Articles Thereof.	1,065.66	0.17
38	Essential Oils And Resinoids; Perfumery, Cosmetic Or Toilet Preparations.	1,053.15	0.17
39	Man-Made Staple Fibres.	1,034.26	0.17
40	Coffee, Tea, Mate, and Spices.	943.1	0.15
41	Articles Of Stone, Plaster, Cement, Asbestos, Mica, Or Similar Materials.	940.61	0.15
42	Oil Seeds And Olea. Fruits; Misc. Grains, Seeds, and Fruit; Industrial Or Medicinal Plants; Straw And Fodder.	906.12	0.15
43	Beverages, Spirits, and Vinegar.	876.05	0.14
44	Impregnated, Coated, Covered, Or Laminated Textile Fabrics; Textile Articles Of A Kind Suitable For Industrial Use.	854.55	0.14
45	Albuminoidal Substances; Modified Starches; Glues; Enzymes.	805.77	0.13
46	Cotton.	739.05	0.12
47	Lead And Articles Thereof.	710.56	0.12
48	Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles.	709.26	0.12
49	Ceramic Products.	695.59	0.11
50	Zinc And Articles Thereof.	680.3	0.11
51	Knitted Or Crocheted Fabrics.	673.53	0.11
52	Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Not Knitted Or Crocheted.	659.65	0.11
53	Footwear, Gaiters, And The Like; Parts Of Such Articles.	643.46	0.11
54	Other Base Metals; Cermets; Articles Thereof.	633.03	0.10
55	Other Made Up Textile Articles; Sets; Worn Clothing And Worn Textile Articles; Rags	622.19	0.10
56	Articles Of Apparel And Clothing Accessories, Knitted Or Corcheted.	605.41	0.10
57	Railway Or Tramway Locomotives, Rolling-Stock And Parts Thereof; Railway Or Tramway Track Fixtures And Fittings And Parts Thereof; Mechanical	510.81	0.08
58	Wadding, Felt and Nonwovens; Spacial Yarns; Twine, Cordage, Ropes And Cables And Articles Thereof.	444.07	0.07
59	Raw Hides And Skins (Other Than Furskins) And Leather	424.53	0.07
60	Other Vegetable Textile Fibres; Paper Yarn And Woven Fabrics Of Paper Yarn.	420.29	0.07
61	Toys, Games And Sports Requisites; Parts And Accessories Thereof.	392.95	0.06
62	Clocks And Watches And Parts Thereof.	390.14	0.06
63	Tin And Articles Thereof.	384.62	0.06
64	Cocoa And Cocoa Preparations.	363.4	0.06
65	Articles Of Leather, Saddlery And Harness; Travel Goods, Handbags And Similar Cont.Articles Of Animal Gut	345.64	0.06
66	Sugars And Sugar Confectionery.	300.74	0.05
67	Printed Bookds, Newspapers, Pictures And Other Products Of The Printing Industry;	290.11	0.05
68	Lac; Gums, Resins and Other Vegetable Saps And Extracts.	285.06	0.05
69	Wool, Fine Or Coarse Animal Hair, Horsehair Yarn and Woven Fabric.	279.54	0.05
70	Miscellaneous Edible Preparations.	252.6	0.04
71	Special Woven Fabrics; Tufted Textile Fabrics; Lace; Tapestries; Trimmings; Embroidery.	246.81	0.04
72	Photographic Or Cinematographic Goods.	203.5	0.03
73	Fish And Crustaceans, Molluscs And Other Aquatic Invertabrates.	168.73	0.03
74	Preparations Of Cereals, Flour, Starch Or Milk; Pastrycooks Products.	155.16	0.03
75	Silk	147.96	0.02
76	Preparations Of Vegetables, Fruit, Nuts Or Other Parts Of Plants.	133.72	0.02
77	Arms And Ammunition; Parts And Accessories Thereof.	130.43	0.02
78	Carpets And Other Textile Floor Coverings.	114.75	0.02
79	Vegetable Plaiting Materials; Vegetable Products Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included.	105.37	0.02
80	Products Of The Milling Industry; Malt; Starches; Inulin; Wheat Gluten.	76.49	0.01
81	Works Of Art Collectors’ Pieces And Antiques.	65.74	0.01
82	Tobacco And Manufactured Tobacco Substitutes.	62.98	0.01
83	Musical Instruments; Parts And Accessories Of Such Articles.	59.17	0.01
84	Cereals.	56.21	0.01
85	Products Of Animal Origin, Not Elsewhere Specified Or Included.	44.2	0.01
86	Live Trees And Other Plants; Bulbs; Roots And The Like; Cut Flowers And Ornamental Foliage.	34.62	0.01
87	Headgear And Parts Thereof.	32.42	0.01
88	Dairy Produce; Birds’ Eggs; Natural Honey; Edible Prod. Of Animal Origin, Not Elsewhere Spec. Or Included.	30.16	0.005
89	Prepared Feathers And Down And Articles Made Of Feathers Or Of Down; Artificial Flowers; Articles Of Human Hair.	24.09	0.004
90	Umbrellas, Sun Umbrellas, Walking-Sticks, Seat-Sticks, Whips, Riding-Crops	23.86	0.004
91	Miscellaneous Goods.	12.58	0.002
92	Preparations Of Meat, Of Fish Or Of Crustaceans, Molluscs Or Other Aquatic Invertebrates	12.29	0.002
93	Explosives; Pyrotechnic Products; Matches; Pyrophoric Alloys; Certain Combustible Preparations.	12.23	0.002
94	Live Animals.	10.44	0.002
95	Cork And Articles Of Cork.	8.43	0.001
96	Manufactures Of Straw, Of Esparto Or Of Other Plaiting Materials; Basketware And Wickerwork.	6.28	0.001
97	Furskins And Artificial Fur, Manufactures Thereof.	5.4	0.001
98	Meat And Edible Meat Offal.	4.12	0.001
	India’s Total Import	613,052.05

India Imports by Country 2024