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8536

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

Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making…

$1.5BIndia’s exports in 2025
187countries bought from India in 2025
2.5×change since 2013 ($594M)
7%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. France
  4. United Arab Emirates
  5. United Kingdom
  6. Singapore
  7. China
  8. China, Hong Kong SAR
  9. Netherlands
  10. Mexico

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

What's inside 8536

10 codes India exports
8536.90Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making… — other apparatus$643M in 2025 — 44% of the total8536.50Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making… — other switches$250M in 2025 — 17% of the total8536.20Automatic circuit breakers$243M in 2025 — 17% of the total8536.49Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making connections to or in…$101M in 2025 — 7% of the total8536.41Relays: For a voltage not exceeding 60V$64M in 2025 — 4% of the total8536.69Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making… — other types$54M in 2025 — 4% of the total8536.70Connectors for optical fibres, optical fibre bundles or$48M in 2025 — 3% of the total8536.10Fuses$46M in 2025 — 3% of the total8536.30Electrical apparatus for switching or protecting electrical circuits, or for making… — other apparatus for protecting electrical circuits$16M in 2025 — 1% of the total8536.61Lamp-holders$3.4M 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 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