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Heading in chapter 25 — Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; plastering materials, lime and cement

Natural steatite

Natural steatite, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise, into blocks

$45MIndia’s exports in 2025
115countries bought from India in 2025
1.4×change since 2013 ($33M)
2%of chapter 25 exports

India’s exports, year by year

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

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. China
  2. Indonesia
  3. United Arab Emirates
  4. Bangladesh
  5. Thailand
  6. Spain
  7. Malaysia
  8. Japan
  9. Saudi Arabia
  10. Nigeria

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

What's inside 2526

2 codes India exports
2526.20Natural steatite — not crushed, not powdered: Crushed or powdered$32M in 2025 — 71% of the total2526.10Natural steatite — not crushed, not powdered$13M in 2025 — 29% of the total

Other codes in chapter 25

2516Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone and other monumental or building stone$557M in 20252501Salt$404M in 20252503Sulphur of all kinds, other than sublimed sulphur, precipitated sulphur and collodial…$250M in 20252508Other clays (not including expanded clays of heading 6806), andalusite, kyanite and…$154M in 20252511Natural barium sulphate (barytes)$144M in 20252506Quartz (other than natural sands)$122M in 20252529Feldspar$74M in 20252521Limestone flux$67M in 20252517Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete…$65M in 20252525Mica, including splittings$59M in 20252507Kaolin and other kaolinic clays$56M in 20252515Marble, travertine, ecaussine and other calcareous monumental or building stone of an…$46M in 2025