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2601

Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron pyrites

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India's exports of 2601 2025

US$ 1.83 bn

exported in , down 32.3% on , to 22 countries.

Five-year trend

20212022202320242025

Top 5 markets in 2025

  1. 1 China US$ 1.71 bn93.2% share −31.0%
  2. 2 Malaysia US$ 68.0 mn3.7% share +5.5%
  3. 3 Indonesia US$ 30.5 mn1.7% share −56.6%
  4. 4 South Korea US$ 9.8 mn0.5% share −56.7%
  5. 5 Qatar US$ 5.7 mn0.3% share −31.4%
Other 17 countriesUS$ 9.8 mn · 0.5%
Source: UN Comtrade database (United Nations Statistics Division), as reported by India. Values in US$, calendar years. Updated Oct 2026. Check these markets' country risk ›

Where India sells it 47 markets

Every market for this product, with its growth, share, ECGC rating and any trade agreement with India. Use it to spot markets that are growing, sizeable and low-risk.

MarketValue 2025ShareChangeYearly growthECGC ratingTrade agreement

ECGC ratings are ECGC's short-term country classification (see the ratings page); putting them beside trade figures is Exportsmitra's own analysis, not ECGC's. Yearly growth is the average over the years shown.

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India against its competitors

India's share of each market's imports of 2601, and who else sells there.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
China 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia60%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil22%
  3. 🇿🇦 South Africa3.6%
  4. 🇨🇦 Canada1.7%
  5. 🇵🇪 Peru1.6%
  6. 🇮🇳 India1.6%
123 bn1.6%6th Australia 60% Brazil 22%
Oman 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil78%
  2. 🇮🇳 India17%
  3. 🇧🇭 Bahrain4.6%
  4. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates<0.1%
  5. 🇺🇸 United States<0.1%
  6. 🇶🇦 Qatar<0.1%
1.24 bn17%2nd Brazil 78% Bahrain 4.6%
Malaysia 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil66%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia11%
  3. 🇧🇭 Bahrain9.6%
  4. 🇮🇳 India5.9%
  5. 🇻🇪 Venezuela2.4%
  6. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates2.0%
1.48 bn5.9%4th Brazil 66% Australia 11%
Kenya 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India70%
  2. 🇧🇭 Bahrain11%
  3. 🇿🇦 South Africa9.9%
  4. 🇴🇲 Oman9.2%
  5. 🇨🇳 China<0.1%
  6. 🇹🇿 Tanzania<0.1%
61.6 mn70%1st Bahrain 11% South Africa 9.9%
Indonesia 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia70%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil16%
  3. 🇮🇳 India2.8%
  4. 🇲🇷 Mauritania1.8%
  5. 🇨🇦 Canada1.7%
  6. 🇺🇸 United States1.3%
1.34 bn2.8%3rd Australia 70% Brazil 16%
South Korea 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia66%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil15%
  3. 🇿🇦 South Africa9.4%
  4. 🇨🇦 Canada6.7%
  5. 🇨🇱 Chile1.3%
  6. 🇧🇭 Bahrain0.7%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.2% · 9th
7.20 bn0.2%9th Australia 66% Brazil 15%
Saudi Arabia 2025
  1. 🇴🇲 Oman49%
  2. 🇧🇭 Bahrain34%
  3. 🇻🇳 Vietnam11%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil2.7%
  5. 🇿🇦 South Africa1.9%
  6. 🇮🇳 India1.7%
296 mn1.7%6th Oman 49% Bahrain 34%
Qatar 2024
  1. 🇧🇭 Bahrain44%
  2. 🇸🇪 Sweden36%
  3. 🇴🇲 Oman13%
  4. 🇨🇦 Canada6.0%
  5. 🇮🇳 India0.4%
  6. 🇨🇳 China<0.1%
477 mn0.4%5th Bahrain 44% Sweden 36%
Armenia 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India85%
  2. 🇷🇺 Russia14%
  3. 🇬🇪 Georgia1.8%
1.0 mn85%1st Russia 14% Georgia 1.8%
United Arab Emirates 2023
  1. 🇧🇭 Bahrain45%
  2. 🇴🇲 Oman27%
  3. 🇸🇪 Sweden23%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil3.6%
  5. 🇷🇺 Russia0.7%
  6. 🇨🇳 China<0.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 7th
996 mn<0.1%7th Bahrain 45% Oman 27%

The markets that buy the most 2601 where India has under 5%: openings, or where others are stronger.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
China 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia60%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil22%
  3. 🇿🇦 South Africa3.6%
  4. 🇨🇦 Canada1.7%
  5. 🇵🇪 Peru1.6%
  6. 🇮🇳 India1.6%
123 bn1.6%6th Australia 60% Brazil 22%
Japan 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia49%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil37%
  3. 🇨🇦 Canada7.9%
  4. 🇿🇦 South Africa4.3%
  5. 🇨🇱 Chile0.6%
  6. 🇵🇪 Peru0.6%
9.67 bn–not sold Australia 49% Brazil 37%
South Korea 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia66%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil15%
  3. 🇿🇦 South Africa9.4%
  4. 🇨🇦 Canada6.7%
  5. 🇨🇱 Chile1.3%
  6. 🇧🇭 Bahrain0.7%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.2% · 9th
7.20 bn0.2%9th Australia 66% Brazil 15%
Germany 2025
  1. 🇨🇦 Canada36%
  2. 🇿🇦 South Africa21%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil18%
  4. 🇸🇪 Sweden16%
  5. 🇱🇷 Liberia2.4%
  6. 🇺🇸 United States1.9%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 24th
3.48 bn<0.1%24th Canada 36% South Africa 21%
Vietnam 2023
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia56%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil35%
  3. 🇨🇳 China3.2%
  4. 🇰🇭 Cambodia2.6%
  5. 🇱🇦 Laos2.2%
  6. 🇫🇮 Finland0.9%
1.86 bn–not sold Australia 56% Brazil 35%
Bahrain 2024
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil74%
  2. 🇨🇱 Chile17%
  3. 🇨🇦 Canada8.5%
  4. 🇴🇲 Oman<0.1%
  5. 🇨🇳 China<0.1%
  6. 🇹🇷 Turkey<0.1%
1.61 bn–not sold Brazil 74% Chile 17%
Indonesia 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia70%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil16%
  3. 🇮🇳 India2.8%
  4. 🇲🇷 Mauritania1.8%
  5. 🇨🇦 Canada1.7%
  6. 🇺🇸 United States1.3%
1.34 bn2.8%3rd Australia 70% Brazil 16%
Egypt 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil45%
  2. 🇴🇲 Oman20%
  3. 🇸🇪 Sweden12%
  4. 🇧🇭 Bahrain9.3%
  5. 🇨🇱 Chile7.3%
  6. 🇨🇦 Canada5.1%
1.33 bn–not sold Brazil 45% Oman 20%
Algeria 2024
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil26%
  2. 🇨🇦 Canada25%
  3. 🇲🇷 Mauritania17%
  4. 🇧🇭 Bahrain16%
  5. 🇴🇲 Oman6.8%
  6. 🇷🇺 Russia5.7%
1.06 bn–not sold Brazil 26% Canada 25%
Turkey 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil58%
  2. 🇷🇺 Russia8.9%
  3. 🇸🇪 Sweden8.9%
  4. 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan7.3%
  5. 🇳🇴 Norway6.7%
  6. 🇺🇦 Ukraine6.0%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 29th
1.02 bn<0.1%29th Brazil 58% Russia 8.9%

US$ million. Each market's own import figures as reported to UN Comtrade (the year shown; some countries report late), so they differ from India's export figures above. Open a market for its six biggest suppliers. Exportsmitra's figures, not ECGC's.

Source: Harmonized System 2022 edition (World Customs Organization), from the UN Comtrade classification list.