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Heading 5501 · Section XI

5501

Synthetic filament tow

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India's exports of 5501 2025

US$ 6.4 mn

exported in , up 68.8% on , to 10 countries.

Five-year trend

20212022202320242025

Top 5 markets in 2025

  1. 1 Peru US$ 5.9 mn92.0% share +547.0%
  2. 2 Belgium US$ 322 thousand5.0% share −26.5%
  3. 3 Ecuador US$ 159 thousand2.5% share −20.1%
  4. 4 Thailand US$ 20 thousand0.3% share new
  5. 5 Senegal US$ 7 thousand0.1% share −30.2%
Other 5 countriesUS$ 9 thousand · 0.1%
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 40 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 5501, and who else sells there.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
United Arab Emirates 2023
  1. 🇮🇳 India86%
  2. 🇹🇭 Thailand8.1%
  3. 🇮🇹 Italy2.0%
  4. 🇲🇾 Malaysia1.8%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey1.3%
  6. 🇨🇳 China0.7%
2.6 mn86%1st Thailand 8.1% Italy 2.0%
Peru 2024
  1. 🇹🇭 Thailand59%
  2. 🇩🇪 Germany24%
  3. 🇮🇳 India18%
  4. 🇪🇸 Spain<0.1%
5.9 mn18%3rd Thailand 59% Germany 24%
Saudi Arabia 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China57%
  2. 🇹🇷 Turkey20%
  3. 🇮🇳 India17%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil1.6%
  5. 🇰🇪 Kenya1.1%
  6. 🇪🇬 Egypt0.9%
5.1 mn17%3rd China 57% Turkey 20%
Iran 2023
  1. 🇹🇷 Turkey78%
  2. 🇨🇳 China8.8%
  3. 🇧🇾 Belarus7.7%
  4. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates3.7%
  5. 🇮🇳 India0.5%
  6. 🇩🇪 Germany0.5%
156 mn0.5%5th Turkey 78% China 8.8%
Turkey 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China65%
  2. 🇹🇭 Thailand24%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal4.4%
  4. 🇰🇷 South Korea4.2%
  5. 🇫🇷 France1.2%
  6. 🇮🇳 India0.5%
62.9 mn0.5%6th China 65% Thailand 24%
Nigeria 2025
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan40%
  2. 🇹🇷 Turkey38%
  3. 🇨🇳 China11%
  4. 🇰🇷 South Korea4.3%
  5. 🇸🇬 Singapore1.9%
  6. 🇲🇾 Malaysia1.7%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.4% · 10th
76.1 mn0.4%10th Japan 40% Turkey 38%
Belgium 2025
  1. 🇫🇷 France61%
  2. 🇨🇳 China32%
  3. 🇮🇳 India4.6%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany0.7%
  5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands0.7%
  6. 🇺🇸 United States0.7%
4.0 mn4.6%3rd France 61% China 32%
Germany 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States68%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan13%
  3. 🇹🇷 Turkey7.6%
  4. 🇫🇷 France6.2%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy0.7%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.7%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.5% · 9th
29.8 mn0.5%9th United States 68% Japan 13%
Kenya 2025
  1. 🇰🇷 South Korea35%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan21%
  3. 🇸🇬 Singapore14%
  4. 🇨🇳 China9.3%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey4.8%
  6. 🇿🇦 South Africa4.2%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.3% · 12th
42.3 mn0.3%12th South Korea 35% Japan 21%
Thailand 2025
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan60%
  2. 🇩🇪 Germany27%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States5.1%
  4. 🇨🇳 China5.0%
  5. 🇲🇾 Malaysia0.9%
  6. 🇹🇼 Taiwan0.4%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.2% · 9th
13.0 mn0.2%9th Japan 60% Germany 27%

The markets that buy the most 5501 where India has under 5%: openings, or where others are stronger.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Iran 2023
  1. 🇹🇷 Turkey78%
  2. 🇨🇳 China8.8%
  3. 🇧🇾 Belarus7.7%
  4. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates3.7%
  5. 🇮🇳 India0.5%
  6. 🇩🇪 Germany0.5%
156 mn0.5%5th Turkey 78% China 8.8%
Nigeria 2025
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan40%
  2. 🇹🇷 Turkey38%
  3. 🇨🇳 China11%
  4. 🇰🇷 South Korea4.3%
  5. 🇸🇬 Singapore1.9%
  6. 🇲🇾 Malaysia1.7%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.4% · 10th
76.1 mn0.4%10th Japan 40% Turkey 38%
Turkey 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China65%
  2. 🇹🇭 Thailand24%
  3. 🇵🇹 Portugal4.4%
  4. 🇰🇷 South Korea4.2%
  5. 🇫🇷 France1.2%
  6. 🇮🇳 India0.5%
62.9 mn0.5%6th China 65% Thailand 24%
Indonesia 2025
  1. 🇰🇷 South Korea34%
  2. 🇹🇭 Thailand29%
  3. 🇹🇼 Taiwan12%
  4. 🇨🇳 China12%
  5. 🇯🇵 Japan11%
  6. 🇲🇾 Malaysia1.4%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 20th
61.5 mn<0.1%20th South Korea 34% Thailand 29%
Japan 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States84%
  2. 🇹🇭 Thailand6.1%
  3. 🇨🇳 China5.6%
  4. 🇭🇺 Hungary1.3%
  5. 🇲🇽 Mexico1.1%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.7%
57.7 mn–not sold United States 84% Thailand 6.1%
China 2025
  1. 🇰🇷 South Korea58%
  2. 🇹🇭 Thailand20%
  3. 🇯🇵 Japan14%
  4. 🇲🇾 Malaysia3.4%
  5. 🇲🇽 Mexico0.9%
  6. 🇺🇸 United States0.6%
46.6 mn–not sold South Korea 58% Thailand 20%
United States 2025
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan60%
  2. 🇭🇺 Hungary29%
  3. 🇨🇳 China5.2%
  4. 🇳🇱 Netherlands3.4%
  5. 🇹🇭 Thailand0.7%
  6. 🇰🇷 South Korea0.5%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 19th
46.1 mn<0.1%19th Japan 60% Hungary 29%
Kenya 2025
  1. 🇰🇷 South Korea35%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan21%
  3. 🇸🇬 Singapore14%
  4. 🇨🇳 China9.3%
  5. 🇹🇷 Turkey4.8%
  6. 🇿🇦 South Africa4.2%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.3% · 12th
42.3 mn0.3%12th South Korea 35% Japan 21%
Germany 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States68%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan13%
  3. 🇹🇷 Turkey7.6%
  4. 🇫🇷 France6.2%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy0.7%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.7%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.5% · 9th
29.8 mn0.5%9th United States 68% Japan 13%
United Kingdom 2025
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan54%
  2. 🇵🇹 Portugal16%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States14%
  4. 🇫🇷 France7.6%
  5. 🇨🇳 China2.3%
  6. 🇩🇪 Germany2.1%
21.3 mn–not sold Japan 54% Portugal 16%

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.