$4.2MIndia’s exports in FY 2025-26
26countries bought from India
-29%against FY 2024-25 ($5.8M)
4,435tonnes shipped in FY 2025-26
India’s exports, year by year
US$, Indian financial years (April–March). Source: DGCI&S, Ministry of Commerce (Tradestat).
Biggest buyers, FY 2025-26
- Sudan
- Bhutan
- Oman
- United Arab Emirates
- Nigeria
- Nepal
- Mayotte
- Comoros
- Saudi Arabia
- Somalia
Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.
GST on this code
5% or 18%
- 5% — Toilet Soap (other than industrial soap) in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapesNotification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, entry 251
- 18% — Soap; organic surface-active products and preparations for use as soap, in the form of cakes, moulded pieces or shapes, whether or not containing soap[other than toilet soap in the form of bars, cakes, moulded pieces or shapes]; organic surface active products and preparations for washing the skin, in the form of liquid or cream and put up for retail sale, whether or not containing soap; paper, wadding, felt and nonwovens, impregnated, coated or covered with soap or detergentNotification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule II, entry 66
GST on supply within India, as of 1 May 2026. Exports are zero-rated supplies.
Other codes in 3401.19
3401.19.90Soap and washing preparations — other types$4.7M in FY 2025-263401.19.41Soap and washing preparations — other, household and laundry soaps not elsewhere specified or included: Household soaps$3.2M in FY 2025-263401.19.30Soap and washing preparations — other: Tablets and cakes$1.6M in FY 2025-263401.19.11Soap and washing preparations — other, bars and blocks of not less than 500 gm in weight: Industrial soap$780K in FY 2025-263401.19.19Bars and blocks of not less than 500 gm in weight: Other$130K in FY 2025-263401.19.20Soap and washing preparations — other: Flakes, chips and powder$50K in FY 2025-26