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9027

Heading in chapter 90 — Optical, photographic, measuring, medical instruments; parts

Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters…

$170MIndia’s exports in 2025
164countries bought from India in 2025
2.4×change since 2013 ($71M)
3%of chapter 90 exports

India’s exports, year by year

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

Biggest buyers, 2025

  1. Russian Federation
  2. Qatar
  3. USA
  4. United Arab Emirates
  5. Sweden
  6. Singapore
  7. Germany
  8. Armenia
  9. Rep. of Korea
  10. Saudi Arabia

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

What's inside 9027

5 codes India exports
9027.90Microtomes; parts and accessories$63M in 2025 — 37% of the total9027.10Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters… — other instruments or apparatus: Gas or smoke analysis apparatus$48M in 2025 — 28% of the total9027.50Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters… — other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (uv, visible, ir)$33M in 2025 — 19% of the total9027.30Spectrometers, spectro-photometers and spectrographs using optical radiations (uv, visible, ir)$17M in 2025 — 10% of the total9027.20Chromatographs and electrophoresis instruments$9.3M in 2025 — 5% of the total

Other codes in chapter 90

9018Instruments and appliances used in medical, surgical, dental or veterinary sciences…$1.5B in 20259001Optical fibres and optical fibre bundles$626M in 20259032Automatic regulating or controlling instruments and apparatus$510M in 20259021Orthopaedic appliances, including crutches, surgical belts and trusses$489M in 20259022Apparatus based on the use of x-rays or of alpha, beta or gamma radiations$377M in 20259031Measuring or checking instruments, appliances and machines, not specified or included…$371M in 20259026Instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking the flow, level, pressure or other…$354M in 20259030Oscilloscopes, spectrum analysers and other instruments and apparatus for measuring or…$207M in 20259014Direction finding compasses$153M in 20259028Gas, liquid or electricity supply or production meters, including calibrating meters…$107M in 20259015Surveying$88M in 20259025Hydrometers and similar floating instruments, thermometers, pyrometers, barometers…$69M in 2025