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Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances

$36BIndia’s exports in 2025
210countries bought from India in 2025
2.8×change since 2013 ($13B)
$69BIndia 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. United Arab Emirates
  3. United Kingdom
  4. Singapore
  5. Germany
  6. China
  7. Rep. of Korea
  8. Saudi Arabia
  9. Thailand
  10. France

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

Headings in this chapter

86 codes India exports
8411Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines - turbo-jets$5.7B in 2025 — 16% of the total8481Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the…$2.8B in 2025 — 8% of the total8483Transmission shafts$2.3B in 2025 — 6% of the total8409Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408$1.8B in 2025 — 5% of the total8429Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels…$1.7B in 2025 — 5% of the total8413Pumps for liquids$1.6B in 2025 — 4% of the total8431Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430$1.5B in 2025 — 4% of the total8414Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans$1.5B in 2025 — 4% of the total8408Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines)$1.4B in 2025 — 4% of the total8419Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment$1.4B in 2025 — 4% of the total8479Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included…$1.3B in 2025 — 4% of the total8421Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers$1.1B in 2025 — 3% of the total8471Automatic data processing machines and units thereof$1.0B in 2025 — 3% of the total8474Machinery for sorting, screening, separating, washing, crushing, grinding, mixing or…$895M in 2025 — 2% of the total8482Ball or roller bearings$798M in 2025 — 2% of the total8412Other engines and motors$705M in 2025 — 2% of the total8407Spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines$631M in 2025 — 2% of the total8415Air conditioning machines, comprising a motor- driven fan and elements for changing the…$523M in 2025 — 1% of the total8473Parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) suitable for use…$450M in 2025 — 1% of the total8477Machinery for working rubber or plastics or for the manufacture of products from these…$406M in 2025 — 1% of the total8472Other office machines (for example, hectograph or stencil duplicating machines…$371M in 2025 — 1% of the total8428Other lifting, handling, loading or unloading machinery (for example, lifts, escalators…$355M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8418Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or freezing equipment, electric or other$346M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8422Dish washing machines$295M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8438Machinery, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, for the industrial…$277M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8466Parts and accessories suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of…$257M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8443Printing machinery used for printing by means of plates, cylinders and other printing…$253M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8402Steam or other vapour generating boilers (other than central heating hot water boilers…$249M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8467Tools for working in the hand, pneumatic, hydraulic or with self- contained electric or…$240M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8480Moulding boxes for metal foundry$229M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8455Metal-rolling mills and rolls therefor$217M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8432Agricultural, horticultural or forestry machinery for soil preparation or cultivation$216M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8487Machines parts, not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or…$212M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8430Other moving, grading, levelling, scraping, excavating, tamping, compacting, extracting…$197M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8484Gaskets and similar joints of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or…$193M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8427Fork-lift trucks$173M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8424Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand- operated) for projecting, dispersing or…$150M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8406Steam turbines and other vapour turbines$143M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8445Machines for preparing textile fibres$141M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8448Auxiliary machinery for use with machines of heading 8444, 8445, 8446 or 8447 (for…$138M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8475Machines for assembling electric or electronic lamps, tubes or valves or flash- bulbs, in…$121M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8426Ship’s derricks$108M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8433Harvesting or threshing machinery, including straw or fodder balers$107M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8457Machining centres, unit construction machines (single station) and multi-station transfer…$105M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8450Household or laundry-type washing machines, including machines which both wash and dry$104M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8425Pulley tackle and hoists other than skip hoists$93M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8417Industrial or laboratory furnaces and ovens, including incinerators, non-electric$89M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8437Machines for cleaning, sorting or grading seed, grain or dried leguminous vegetables$87M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8451Machinery (other than machines of heading 8450) for washing, cleaning, wringing, drying…$78M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8441Other machinery for making up paper pulp, paper or paperboard, including cutting machines…$70M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8439Machinery for making pulp of fibrous cellulosic material or for making or finishing paper…$69M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8452Sewing machines, other than book-sewing machines of heading 8440$68M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8486Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of…$68M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8410Hydraulic turbines, water wheels, andregulators therefor$60M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8454Converters, ladles, ingot moulds and casting machines, of a kind used in metallurgy or in…$54M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8423Weighing machinery$54M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8458Lathes$52M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8465Machine-tools$49M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8446Weaving machines (looms)$46M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8436Other agricultural, horticultural, forestry, poultry-keeping or bee-keeping machinery…$41M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8404Auxiliary plant for use with boilers of heading 8402 or 8403 (for example, economisers…$37M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8460Machine-tools for deburring, sharpening, grinding, honing, lapping, polishing or…$33M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8416Furnace burners for liquid fuel, for pulverised solid fuel or for gas$30M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8434Milking machines and dairy machinery$24M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8461Machine-tools for planing, shaping, slotting, broaching, gear cutting, gear grinding or…$24M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8468Machinery and apparatus for soldering, brazing or welding$23M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8463Other machine-tools for working metal, or cermets, without removing meterial$21M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8478Machinery for preparing or making up tobacco, not specified or included elsewhere in…$21M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8462Machine-tools$20M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8459Machine-tools$20M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8420Calendering or other rolling machines, other than for metals of glass, and cyclinders…$19M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8442Machinery, apparatus and equipment (other then the machine tools of headings 8456 to…$18M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8440Book-binding machinery, including book- sewing machines$17M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8444Machines for extruding, drawing, texturing or cutting ma-made textiles materials$17M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8405Producer gas or water gas generators, with or without their purifiers$16M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8476Automatic goods-vending machines (for example, postage stamps, cigarette, food or…$15M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8464Machine-tools for working stone, ceramics concrete, asbestos-cement or like mineral…$10M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8456Machine-tools for working any material by removal of material, by laser or other light or…$9.6M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8470Calculating machines and pocket-size data recording, reproducing and displaying machines…$5.5M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8435Presses, crushers and similar machinery used in the manufacture of wine, cider, fruit…$4.8M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8403Central heating boilers other than those of heading 8402$3.8M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8447Knitting machines, stitch-bonding machines and machines for making gimped yarn, tulle…$3.3M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8485Machinery parts , not containing electrical connectors, insulators, coils, contacts or…$2.8M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8453Machinery for preparing, tanning or working hides, skins or leather or for making or…$1.8M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8401Nuclear reactors$1.1M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8449Machinery for the manufacture or finishing of felt or nonwovens in the piece or in…$740K in 2025 — under 1% of the total