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Heading 5908 · Section XI

5908

Textile wicks, woven, plaited or knitted; for lamps, stoves, lighters, candles or the like; incandescent gas mantles and tubular knitted gas mantle fabric therefor, whether or not impregnated

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India's exports of 5908 2025

US$ 2.5 mn

exported in , down 2.3% on , to 64 countries.

Five-year trend

20212022202320242025

Top 5 markets in 2025

  1. 1 United States US$ 1.1 mn42.9% share −12.1%
  2. 2 Germany US$ 508 thousand20.4% share −19.3%
  3. 3 United Kingdom US$ 162 thousand6.5% share +61.5%
  4. 4 Israel US$ 130 thousand5.2% share −39.6%
  5. 5 Australia US$ 85 thousand3.4% share +24.1%
Other 59 countriesUS$ 535 thousand · 21.5%
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 90 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.

Subheadings 1

India against its competitors

India's share of each market's imports of 5908, and who else sells there.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
United States 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China31%
  2. 🇵🇭 Philippines19%
  3. 🇩🇪 Germany16%
  4. 🇮🇳 India14%
  5. 🇯🇵 Japan4.9%
  6. 🇧🇷 Brazil2.6%
7.4 mn14%4th China 31% Philippines 19%
Germany 2025
  1. 🇵🇱 Poland66%
  2. 🇮🇳 India16%
  3. 🇩🇰 Denmark6.5%
  4. 🇨🇳 China6.2%
  5. 🇺🇸 United States1.4%
  6. 🇸🇪 Sweden0.9%
5.7 mn16%2nd Poland 66% Denmark 6.5%
United Kingdom 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany34%
  2. 🇨🇳 China18%
  3. 🇮🇳 India16%
  4. 🇺🇸 United States15%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy6.0%
  6. 🇵🇱 Poland5.7%
0.7 mn16%3rd Germany 34% China 18%
Greece 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany44%
  2. 🇮🇳 India37%
  3. 🇷🇸 Serbia9.7%
  4. 🇨🇱 Chile4.6%
  5. 🇨🇳 China2.6%
  6. 🇺🇸 United States1.6%
0.3 mn37%2nd Germany 44% Serbia 9.7%
Australia 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States53%
  2. 🇨🇳 China13%
  3. 🇮🇳 India12%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany10%
  5. 🇬🇷 Greece4.9%
  6. 🇸🇪 Sweden2.5%
0.8 mn12%3rd United States 53% China 13%
Canada 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States90%
  2. 🇨🇳 China3.8%
  3. 🇮🇳 India3.0%
  4. 🇻🇳 Vietnam1.5%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany0.9%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.1%
3.4 mn3.0%3rd United States 90% China 3.8%
Israel 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China45%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States26%
  3. 🇮🇳 India13%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany11%
  5. 🇪🇸 Spain3.1%
  6. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.8%
0.6 mn13%3rd China 45% United States 26%
Japan 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China29%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States24%
  3. 🇮🇳 India21%
  4. 🇨🇱 Chile8.2%
  5. 🇲🇾 Malaysia6.3%
  6. 🇩🇪 Germany6.1%
0.2 mn21%3rd China 29% United States 24%
Thailand 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China36%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States22%
  3. 🇮🇳 India19%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany16%
  5. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong5.4%
  6. 🇮🇩 Indonesia0.3%
0.2 mn19%3rd China 36% United States 22%
Kenya 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India78%
  2. 🇨🇳 China21%
  3. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.8%
  4. 🇮🇹 Italy0.3%
0.03 mn78%1st China 21% United Kingdom 0.8%

The markets that buy the most 5908 where India has under 5%: openings, or where others are stronger.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Poland 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany87%
  2. 🇧🇪 Belgium6.6%
  3. 🇩🇰 Denmark3.1%
  4. 🇨🇳 China1.5%
  5. 🇺🇸 United States0.8%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.2%
4.9 mn–not sold Germany 87% Belgium 6.6%
Canada 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States90%
  2. 🇨🇳 China3.8%
  3. 🇮🇳 India3.0%
  4. 🇻🇳 Vietnam1.5%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany0.9%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.1%
3.4 mn3.0%3rd United States 90% China 3.8%
China 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States59%
  2. 🇩🇪 Germany28%
  3. 🇰🇷 South Korea5.3%
  4. 🇯🇵 Japan3.9%
  5. 🇨🇱 Chile2.2%
  6. 🇮🇳 India0.4%
2.3 mn0.4%6th United States 59% Germany 28%
Vietnam 2023
  1. 🇨🇳 China38%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan23%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States17%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany16%
  5. 🇰🇷 South Korea5.2%
  6. 🇲🇾 Malaysia1.4%
2.1 mn–not sold China 38% Japan 23%
Djibouti 2023
  1. 🇨🇳 China100%
1.7 mn–not sold China 100%
Sweden 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany96%
  2. 🇨🇭 Switzerland1.7%
  3. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom1.0%
  4. 🇩🇰 Denmark0.5%
  5. 🇨🇳 China0.2%
  6. 🇳🇱 Netherlands0.2%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 12th
1.6 mn<0.1%12th Germany 96% Switzerland 1.7%
Mexico 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China41%
  2. 🇺🇸 United States33%
  3. 🇪🇸 Spain14%
  4. 🇧🇷 Brazil8.9%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany2.4%
  6. 🇯🇵 Japan<0.1%
1.6 mn–not sold China 41% United States 33%
France 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany38%
  2. 🇨🇭 Switzerland25%
  3. 🇨🇳 China9.4%
  4. 🇪🇸 Spain8.0%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy5.0%
  6. 🇺🇸 United States3.3%
  7. 🇮🇳 India2.0% · 8th
0.9 mn2.0%8th Germany 38% Switzerland 25%
Denmark 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany79%
  2. 🇵🇱 Poland16%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States1.3%
  4. 🇸🇪 Sweden1.1%
  5. 🇨🇳 China0.9%
  6. 🇸🇰 Slovakia0.5%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 17th
0.8 mn<0.1%17th Germany 79% Poland 16%
Philippines 2025
  1. 🇯🇵 Japan98%
  2. 🇨🇳 China1.6%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States0.3%
  4. 🇰🇷 South Korea0.2%
  5. 🇭🇰 Hong Kong0.1%
  6. 🇲🇾 Malaysia0.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 8th
0.7 mn<0.1%8th Japan 98% China 1.6%

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.