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8516

Heading in chapter 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof

Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters

$148MIndia’s exports in 2025
159countries bought from India in 2025
3.4×change since 2013 ($43M)
under 1%of chapter 85 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. Germany
  4. Russian Federation
  5. Netherlands
  6. Italy
  7. Canada
  8. Nepal
  9. Slovenia
  10. United Kingdom

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

What's inside 8516

14 codes India exports
8516.80Electric heating resistors$46M in 2025 — 31% of the total8516.79Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters — other types$31M in 2025 — 21% of the total8516.32Electro-thermic hair-dressing or hand-drying apparatus: Other hair-dressing apparatus$21M in 2025 — 14% of the total8516.90Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters; electric space heating apparatus and…$14M in 2025 — 9% of the total8516.10Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters$12M in 2025 — 8% of the total8516.29Electric space heating apparatus and electric soil heating apparatus: Other$8.9M in 2025 — 6% of the total8516.60Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters — other ovens; Cookers, cooking plates boiling rings, grillers and roasters$8.2M in 2025 — 6% of the total8516.40Electric smoothing irons$1.9M in 2025 — 1% of the total8516.50Microwave ovens$1.5M in 2025 — 1% of the total8516.31Electro-thermic hair-dressing or hand-drying apparatus: Hair dryers$1.0M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8516.71Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters — other electro-thermic appliances: Coffee or tea makers$900K in 2025 — under 1% of the total8516.33Electro-thermic hair-dressing or hand-drying apparatus: Hand-drying apparatus$420K in 2025 — under 1% of the total8516.72Electric instantaneous or storage water heaters and immersion heaters — other electro-thermic appliances: Toasters$150K in 2025 — under 1% of the total8516.21Electric space heating apparatus and electric soil heating apparatus: Storage heating radiators$40K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 85