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Heading in chapter 17 — Sugars and sugar confectionery

Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form

$2.1BIndia’s exports in 2025
132countries bought from India in 2025
2.2×change since 2013 ($966M)
84%of chapter 17 exports

India’s exports, year by year

US$, calendar years, all destinations combined. Source: UN Comtrade (India’s own reports).

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. Libya
  2. Sudan
  3. Somalia
  4. Djibouti
  5. Sri Lanka
  6. United Rep. of Tanzania
  7. United Arab Emirates
  8. Bangladesh
  9. Kenya
  10. Lebanon

Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.

What's inside 1701

5 codes India exports
1701.99Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form — other types$1.6B in 2025 — 74% of the total1701.14Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form — other cane sugar$514M in 2025 — 24% of the total1701.13Cane sugar specified in Subheading Note 2 to this Chapter$36M in 2025 — 2% of the total1701.91Cane or beet sugar and chemically pure sucrose, in solid form — other: Refined sugar containing added flavouring or colouring matter$8.4M in 2025 — under 1% of the total1701.12Beet sugar$140K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 17

1704Sugar confectionery$274M in 20251702Other sugars, including chemically pure lactose, maltose, glucose and fructose, in solid…$127M in 20251703Molasses resulting from the extraction or refining of sugur$10M in 2025