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Subheading 5201.00 · Section XI

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India's exports of 5201.00 2025

US$ 544 mn

exported in , down 39.8% on , to 49 countries.

Five-year trend

20212022202320242025

Top 5 markets in 2025

  1. 1 Bangladesh US$ 491 mn90.3% share −25.0%
  2. 2 China US$ 20.4 mn3.7% share −84.1%
  3. 3 Indonesia US$ 16.0 mn2.9% share −20.9%
  4. 4 Vietnam US$ 10.8 mn2.0% share −85.0%
  5. 5 Japan US$ 2.1 mn0.4% share +4.4%
Other 44 countriesUS$ 3.7 mn · 0.7%
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 84 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.

India against its competitors heading 5201

India's share of each market's imports of 5201, and who else sells there.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Vietnam 2023
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia39%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States35%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil16%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey3.6%
  5. 🇮🇳 India2.0%
  6. 🇲🇽 Mexico0.9%
2.62 bn2.0%5th Australia 39% United States 35%
Indonesia 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil43%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia31%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States18%
  4. 🇬🇷 Greece2.3%
  5. 🇮🇳 India2.2%
  6. 🇦🇷 Argentina1.3%
709 mn2.2%5th Brazil 43% Australia 31%
China 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil42%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia30%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States12%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey6.4%
  5. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan2.5%
  6. 🇮🇱 Israel2.2%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.7% · 9th
1.93 bn0.7%9th Brazil 42% Australia 30%
Japan 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States67%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia14%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil6.1%
  4. 🇮🇳 India4.9%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey3.3%
  6. 🇲🇽 Mexico1.3%
49.2 mn4.9%4th United States 67% Australia 14%
Poland 2025
  1. 🇹🇷 Turkey76%
  2. 🇮🇳 India22%
  3. 🇩🇪 Germany0.9%
  4. 🇵🇰 Pakistan0.5%
  5. 🇱🇻 Latvia0.2%
  6. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan<0.1%
8.9 mn22%2nd Turkey 76% Germany 0.9%
Israel 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India55%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan41%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States2.4%
  4. 🇯🇴 Jordan2.3%
  5. 🇨🇳 China<0.1%
3.5 mn55%1st Japan 41% United States 2.4%
France 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States37%
  2. 🇹🇷 Turkey31%
  3. 🇮🇳 India7.4%
  4. 🇵🇰 Pakistan6.7%
  5. 🇯🇵 Japan6.4%
  6. 🇨🇮 Cote D'Ivoire2.7%
25.6 mn7.4%3rd United States 37% Turkey 31%
Latvia 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India53%
  2. 🇹🇷 Turkey40%
  3. 🇵🇱 Poland6.0%
  4. 🇵🇰 Pakistan1.2%
  5. 🇱🇹 Lithuania<0.1%
  6. 🇮🇹 Italy<0.1%
3.5 mn53%1st Turkey 40% Poland 6.0%
Italy 2025
  1. 🇹🇷 Turkey47%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States12%
  3. 🇬🇷 Greece9.7%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil9.2%
  5. 🇮🇳 India4.2%
  6. 🇩🇪 Germany3.3%
43.6 mn4.2%5th Turkey 47% United States 12%
Thailand 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States55%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia19%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil18%
  4. 🇦🇷 Argentina2.5%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey1.9%
  6. 🇮🇳 India1.0%
191 mn1.0%6th United States 55% Australia 19%

The markets that buy the most 5201 where India has under 5%: openings, or where others are stronger.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Vietnam 2023
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia39%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States35%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil16%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey3.6%
  5. 🇮🇳 India2.0%
  6. 🇲🇽 Mexico0.9%
2.62 bn2.0%5th Australia 39% United States 35%
China 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil42%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia30%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States12%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey6.4%
  5. 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan2.5%
  6. 🇮🇱 Israel2.2%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.7% · 9th
1.93 bn0.7%9th Brazil 42% Australia 30%
Turkey 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States37%
  2. 🇧🇷 Brazil35%
  3. 🇬🇷 Greece9.5%
  4. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan9.2%
  5. 🇸🇾 Syria3.3%
  6. 🇲🇽 Mexico1.4%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 28th
1.71 bn<0.1%28th United States 37% Brazil 35%
Pakistan 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil37%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States36%
  3. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan9.1%
  4. 🇦🇺 Australia4.0%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey3.6%
  6. 🇦🇷 Argentina2.5%
1.50 bn–not sold Brazil 37% United States 36%
Indonesia 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil43%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia31%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States18%
  4. 🇬🇷 Greece2.3%
  5. 🇮🇳 India2.2%
  6. 🇦🇷 Argentina1.3%
709 mn2.2%5th Brazil 43% Australia 31%
Egypt 2025
  1. 🇧🇷 Brazil43%
  2. 🇬🇷 Greece37%
  3. 🇸🇩 Sudan8.0%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey4.6%
  5. 🇺🇸 United States3.9%
  6. 🇧🇯 Benin2.8%
331 mn–not sold Brazil 43% Greece 37%
Malaysia 2025
  1. 🇦🇺 Australia39%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States31%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil30%
  4. 🇦🇹 Austria0.4%
  5. 🇮🇩 Indonesia<0.1%
  6. 🇵🇰 Pakistan<0.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 9th
311 mn<0.1%9th Australia 39% United States 31%
Iran 2023
  1. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates35%
  2. 🇰🇷 South Korea26%
  3. 🇹🇯 Tajikistan24%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey10%
  5. 🇷🇺 Russia1.4%
  6. 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan0.9%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.5% · 7th
292 mn0.5%7th United Arab Emirates 35% South Korea 26%
Thailand 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States55%
  2. 🇦🇺 Australia19%
  3. 🇧🇷 Brazil18%
  4. 🇦🇷 Argentina2.5%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey1.9%
  6. 🇮🇳 India1.0%
191 mn1.0%6th United States 55% Australia 19%
Mexico 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States100%
188 mn–not sold United States 100%

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.