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Inorganic chemicals; compounds of precious metals, rare-earth metals

$4.5BIndia’s exports in 2025
180countries bought from India in 2025
3.1×change since 2013 ($1.5B)
$15BIndia also imported in 2025

India’s exports, year by year

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

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. USA
  2. Oman
  3. United Arab Emirates
  4. United Kingdom
  5. Russian Federation
  6. Saudi Arabia
  7. Indonesia
  8. Egypt
  9. China
  10. Japan

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

Headings in this chapter

49 codes India exports
2818Artificial corundum$1.7B in 2025 — 38% of the total2803Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon not elsewhere specified of included)$518M in 2025 — 11% of the total2827Chlorides, chloride oxides and chloride hydroxides$338M in 2025 — 7% of the total2815Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda)$338M in 2025 — 7% of the total2833Sulphates$163M in 2025 — 4% of the total2825Hydrazine and hydroxylamine and their inorganic salts$140M in 2025 — 3% of the total2836Carbonates$127M in 2025 — 3% of the total2811Other inorganic acids and other inorganic oxygen compounds of non-metals$113M in 2025 — 3% of the total2845Isotopes other than those of heading 2844$88M in 2025 — 2% of the total2829Chlorates and perchlorates$79M in 2025 — 2% of the total2841Salts of oxometallic or peroxometallic acids$77M in 2025 — 2% of the total2823Titanium oxides$72M in 2025 — 2% of the total2807Sulphuric acid$64M in 2025 — 1% of the total2817Zinc oxide$48M in 2025 — 1% of the total2835Phosphinates (hypophosphites), phosphonates (phosphites) and phosphates$41M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2831Dithionites and sulphoxylates$39M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2846Compounds, inorganic or organic, of rare- earth metals, of yttrium or of scandium or of…$36M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2821Iron oxides and hydroxides$35M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2843Colloidal precious metals$34M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2819Chromium oxides and hydroxides$31M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2820Manganese oxides$30M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2828Hypochlorites$29M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2801Fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine$29M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2834Nitrites$27M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2826Fluorides$25M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2832Sulphites$23M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2839Silicates$22M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2847Hydrogen peroxide$20M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2802Sulphur, sublimed or precipitated$20M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2837Cyanides, cyanide oxides and complex cyanides$19M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2842Other salts of inorganic acids or peroxoacids$19M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2830Sulphides$18M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2809Diphosphorus pentaoxide$16M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2812Halides and halide oxides of non-metals$14M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2804Hydrogen, rare gases and other non-metals$14M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2849Carbides$13M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2824Lead oxides$13M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2806Hydrogen chloride (hydrochloric acid)$13M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2840Borates$7.7M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2813Sulphides of non-metals$7.7M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2814Ammonia, anhydrous or in aqueous solution$7.5M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2808Nitric acid$7.1M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2850Hydrides, nitrides, azides, silicides and borides$6.5M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2816Hydroxide and peroxide of magnesium$6.0M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2853Other inorganic compounds$5.5M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2822Cobalt oxides and hydroxides$3.1M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2810Oxides of boron$2.8M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2805Alkali or alkaline-earth metals$1.5M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2844Radioactive chemical elements and radioactive isotopes$250K in 2025 — under 1% of the total