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

Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for…

$180MIndia’s exports in 2025
165countries bought from India in 2025
0.4×change since 2013 ($419M)
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. Germany
  3. China
  4. South Africa
  5. France
  6. Poland
  7. China, Hong Kong SAR
  8. Austria
  9. Singapore
  10. United Arab Emirates

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

What's inside 8523

8 codes India exports
8523.52Smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37$85M in 2025 — 47% of the total8523.59Semiconductor media, other than smart cards, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37$49M in 2025 — 27% of the total8523.51Semiconductor media: Solid-state non-volatile storage devices$33M in 2025 — 18% of the total8523.80Discs, tapes, solid-state non-volatile storage devices, "smart cards" and other media for… — other types$11M in 2025 — 6% of the total8523.49Optical media, recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37$2.7M in 2025 — 2% of the total8523.21Magnetic discs, magnetic media: Cards incorporating a magnetic stripe$520K in 2025 — under 1% of the total8523.29Magnetic discs, other$150K in 2025 — under 1% of the total8523.41Optical media, unrecorded, excluding products of Chapter 37$50K 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 20258517Telephone sets, including telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$1.5B 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 2025