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Heading in chapter 84 — Nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances

Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers

$1.1BIndia’s exports in 2025
195countries bought from India in 2025
2.5×change since 2013 ($464M)
3%of chapter 84 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. United Arab Emirates
  3. Thailand
  4. Saudi Arabia
  5. Bangladesh
  6. France
  7. China
  8. Russian Federation
  9. Germany
  10. Belgium

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

What's inside 8421

11 codes India exports
8421.21Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — for filtering or purifying water$261M in 2025 — 23% of the total8421.99Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers; filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus, for liquids or…$245M in 2025 — 22% of the total8421.39Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — other types$179M in 2025 — 16% of the total8421.29Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — other types$132M in 2025 — 12% of the total8421.23Oil or petrol-filters for internal combustion engines$125M in 2025 — 11% of the total8421.19Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — other types$93M in 2025 — 8% of the total8421.31Filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus for gases: Intake air filters for internal combustion engines$60M in 2025 — 5% of the total8421.91Parts: Of centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers$31M in 2025 — 3% of the total8421.22Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers — for filtering or purifying beverages other than water$6.3M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8421.11Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers: Cream separators$5.1M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8421.12Centrifuges, including centrifugal dryers: Clothes dryers$120K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 84

8411Turbo-jets, turbo-propellers and other gas turbines - turbo-jets$5.7B in 20258481Taps, cocks, valves and similar appliances for pipes, boiler shells, tanks, vats or the…$2.8B in 20258483Transmission shafts$2.3B in 20258409Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the engines of heading 8407 or 8408$1.8B in 20258429Self-propelled bulldozers, angledozers, graders, levellers, scrapers, mechanical shovels…$1.7B in 20258413Pumps for liquids$1.6B in 20258431Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machinery of headings 8425 to 8430$1.5B in 20258414Air or vacuum pumps, air or other gas compressors and fans$1.5B in 20258408Compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or semi-diesel engines)$1.4B in 20258419Machinery, plant or laboratory equipment$1.4B in 20258479Machines and mechanical appliances having individual functions, not specified or included…$1.3B in 20258471Automatic data processing machines and units thereof$1.0B in 2025