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Heading in chapter 87 — Vehicles other than railway or tramway rolling-stock

Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons…

$8.6BIndia’s exports in 2025
144countries bought from India in 2025
1.5×change since 2013 ($5.6B)
34%of chapter 87 exports

India’s exports, year by year

US$, calendar years, all destinations combined. Source: UN Comtrade (India’s own reports).

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. South Africa
  2. Saudi Arabia
  3. Mexico
  4. Japan
  5. United Arab Emirates
  6. Chile
  7. Peru
  8. Australia
  9. Spain
  10. Sri Lanka

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

What's inside 8703

13 codes India exports
8703.22Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1000 cc but not exceeding 1500 cc$5.5B in 2025 — 64% of the total8703.21Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1000 cc$2.1B in 2025 — 24% of the total8703.23Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cc but not exceeding 3000 cc$413M in 2025 — 5% of the total8703.80Vehicles with only electric motor for propulsion$398M in 2025 — 5% of the total8703.32Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — of a cylinder capacity exceeding 1500 cc but not exceeding 2500 cc$90M in 2025 — 1% of the total8703.31Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — of a cylinder capacity not exceeding 1500 cc$47M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8703.40Vehicles with spark-ignition engine and electric motor, not chargeable from an external power source$20M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8703.33Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — of a cylinder capacity exceeding 2500 cc$17M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8703.24Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — of a cylinder capacity exceeding 3000 cc$3.7M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8703.10Vehicles specially designed for travelling on snow; golf cars and similar vehicles$1.9M in 2025 — under 1% of the total8703.90Motor cars and other motor vehicles principally designed for the transport of persons… — other types$630K in 2025 — under 1% of the total8703.60Vehicles with spark-ignition engine and electric motor, chargeable from an external power source$360K in 2025 — under 1% of the total8703.50Vehicles with diesel or semi-diesel engine and electric motor, not chargeable from an external power source$40K in 2025 — under 1% of the total

Other codes in chapter 87

8708Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705$7.6B in 20258711Motorcycles$3.7B in 20258704Motor vehicles for the transport of goods$1.6B in 20258714Parts and accessories of vehicles of$1.3B in 20258701Tractors$1.2B in 20258706Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles of headings 8701 to 8705$352M in 20258702Motor vehicles for the transport of ten or more persons, including the driver$270M in 20258716Trailers and semi-trailers$211M in 20258705Special purpose motor vehicles, other than those principally designed for the transport…$128M in 20258712Bicycles and other cycles$74M in 20258707Bodies$52M in 20258713Carriages for disabled persons$45M in 2025