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2939

Heading in chapter 29 — Organic chemicals

Vegetablealkaloids, natural orreproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters…

$366MIndia’s exports in 2025
140countries bought from India in 2025
3.5×change since 2013 ($104M)
2%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. Netherlands
  3. Poland
  4. Italy
  5. Switzerland
  6. Brazil
  7. China
  8. Egypt
  9. Ireland
  10. Germany

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

What's inside 2939

14 codes India exports
2939.79Vegetablealkaloids, natural orreproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives…$151M in 2025 — 41% of the total2939.30Caffeine and its salts$70M in 2025 — 19% of the total2939.59Theophylline and aminophylline(theophylline- ethylenediamine) and their derivatives; salts thereof: Other$45M in 2025 — 12% of the total2939.42Pseudoephedrine (INN) and its salts$30M in 2025 — 8% of the total2939.19Alkaloids of opium and their derivatives; salts thereof: Other$30M in 2025 — 8% of the total2939.80Vegetablealkaloids, natural orreproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters and other derivatives…$15M in 2025 — 4% of the total2939.20Alkaloids of cinchona and their derivatives; salts thereof$14M in 2025 — 4% of the total2939.44Ephedrine and its salts: Norephedrine and its salts$3.6M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2939.41Ephedrine and its salts$2.3M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2939.49Vegetablealkaloids, natural orreproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters… — other types$2.3M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2939.69Vegetablealkaloids, natural orreproduced by synthesis, and their salts, ethers, esters… — other types$2.2M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2939.11Alkaloids of opium and their derivatives; salts thereof: Concentrates of poppy straw; buprenorphine (INN)…$1.2M in 2025 — under 1% of the total2939.43Cathine (INN) and its salts$250K in 2025 — under 1% of the total2939.61Ergometrine (inn) and its salts$0 in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 29