$24MIndia’s exports in FY 2025-26
101countries bought from India
-70%against FY 2024-25 ($80M)
2,84,900pieces shipped in FY 2025-26
India’s exports, year by year
US$, Indian financial years (April–March). Source: DGCI&S, Ministry of Commerce (Tradestat).
Biggest buyers, FY 2025-26
- United States
- Singapore
- Russia
- China
- Germany
- United Arab Emirates
- Australia
- United Kingdom
- Morocco
- South Korea
Ranked by value. Country-by-country figures are not shown.
GST on this code
5% or 18%
- 5% — Instruments and apparatus for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses, for physical or chemical analysisNotification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule I, entry 489
- 18% — Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters, refractometers, spectrometers, gas or smoke checking viscosity, porosity, expansion, surface tension or the like; instruments and apparatus for measuring or checking quantities of heat, sound or light (including exposure meters); microtomes [other than instruments and apparatus for medical, surgical, dental or veterinary uses for physical or chemical analysis]Notification 9/2025-CT(R), Schedule II, entry 576
GST on supply within India, as of 1 May 2026. Exports are zero-rated supplies.
Other codes in 9027.50
9027.50.30Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters… — other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR): Polarimeters$860K in FY 2025-269027.50.10Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters… — other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR): Photometers$410K in FY 2025-269027.50.20Instruments and apparatus for physical or chemical analysis (for example, polarimeters… — other instruments and apparatus using optical radiations (UV, visible, IR): Refractometers$410K in FY 2025-26