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2905

Heading in chapter 29 — Organic chemicals

Acyclic alcoholsand their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives

$507MIndia’s exports in 2025
155countries bought from India in 2025
1.4×change since 2013 ($365M)
3%of chapter 29 exports

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. Indonesia
  3. Netherlands
  4. Rep. of Korea
  5. Singapore
  6. Bangladesh
  7. Brazil
  8. United Arab Emirates
  9. Belgium
  10. China

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

What's inside 2905

19 codes India exports
2905.22Acyclic terpene alcohols$119M in 2025 — 23% of the total2905.44D-glucitol (Sorbitol)$69M in 2025 — 14% of the total2905.39Acyclic alcoholsand their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives — other types$49M in 2025 — 10% of the total2905.29Acyclic alcoholsand their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives — other types$36M in 2025 — 7% of the total2905.19Saturated monohydric alcohols, n.e.c. in item no. 2905.1$35M in 2025 — 7% of the total2905.17Dodecan-1-ol (lauryl alcohol), hexadecan-1-ol (cetyl alcohol) and octadecan-1-ol (stearyl alcohol)$31M in 2025 — 6% of the total2905.31Diols: Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)$31M in 2025 — 6% of the total2905.14Acyclic alcoholsand their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives — other butanols$27M in 2025 — 5% of the total2905.11Saturated monohydric alcohols: Methanol (methyl alcohol)$26M in 2025 — 5% of the total2905.45Glycerol$23M in 2025 — 5% of the total2905.12Propan-1-o1 (propylalcohol) and propan-2-ol (isopropyl alcohol)$14M in 2025 — 3% of the total2905.59Halogenated,sulphonated,nitrated or nitrosated derivatives of acyclic alcohols: Other$12M in 2025 — 2% of the total2905.43Mannitol$9.2M in 2025 — 2% of the total2905.42Pentaerythritol$8.8M in 2025 — 2% of the total2905.16Octanol (octyl alcohol) and isomers thereof$6.1M in 2025 — 1% of the total2905.32Diols: Propylene glycol (propane-1,2-diol)$5.1M in 2025 — 1% of the total2905.13Butan-1-ol (n-butylalcohol)$2.2M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2905.41Acyclic alcoholsand their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives — other polyhydric alcohols: 2 Ethyl-2-(hydroxymethyl) propane-1,3-diol (trimethylolropane)$1.6M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2905.49Acyclic alcoholsand their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives — other types$1.4M in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 29

2933Heterocycliccompoundswithnitrogen hetero-atom(s) only$4.3B in 20252902Cyclic hydrocarbons$1.4B in 20252942Other organic compounds$1.3B in 20252921Amine- function compounds$1.1B in 20252941Antibiotics$935M in 20252934Nucleic acids and their salts$840M in 20252924Carboxyamide-functioncompounds$831M in 20252915Saturatedacyclicmonocarboxylicacidsandtheir anhydrides, halides, peroxides andperoxyacids$710M in 20252922Oxygen-functionamino-compounds - amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than…$705M in 20252918Carboxylicacidswithadditionaloxygen function and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and…$692M in 20252909Ethers, ether-alcohols, ether-phenols, ether-alcohol-phenols, alcoholperoxides, ether…$643M in 20252914Ketones and quinones$605M in 2025