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8517

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

Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks

$1.5BIndia’s exports in 2025
154countries bought from India in 2025
0.5×change since 2013 ($2.7B)
8%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. China, Hong Kong SAR
  2. Netherlands
  3. USA
  4. Mexico
  5. United Arab Emirates
  6. Other Asia, nes
  7. Japan
  8. China
  9. Singapore
  10. Australia

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

What's inside 8517

5 codes India exports
8517.62Machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other d$1.5B in 2025 — 97% of the total8517.69Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks — other types$30M in 2025 — 2% of the total8517.18Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks — other types$9.6M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8517.11Line telephone sets with cordless handsets$2.0M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8517.61Voice, images or other data, including apparatus for communication in a wired or wireless network (such as a…$820K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 85

8504Electrical transformers, static converters (for example, rectifiers) and inductors$3.1B in 20258544Insulated$2.8B in 20258538Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of headings 8535, 8536 or…$1.6B in 20258536Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making…$1.5B in 20258503Parts suitable for use solely or principally with the machines of heading 8501 or 8502$1.4B in 20258537Boards, panels, consoles, desks, cabinets and other bases, equipped with two or more…$988M in 20258501Electric motors and generators$881M in 20258502Electric generating sets and rotary converters - generating sets with…$794M in 20258507Electric accumulators, including separators therefore, whether or not rectangular$726M in 20258511Electrical ignition or starting equipment of a kind used for spark-ignition or…$479M in 20258535Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making…$306M in 20258512Electrical lighting or signalling equipment$294M in 2025