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Heading 8442 · Section XVI

8442

Machinery, apparatus and equipment (excluding machines of headings 8456 to 8465) for preparing or making printing components; plates, cylinders and other printing components; lithographic stones prepared for printing purposes

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India's exports of 8442 2025

US$ 17.5 mn

exported in , down 4.9% on , to 105 countries.

Five-year trend

20212022202320242025

Top 5 markets in 2025

  1. 1 United Arab Emirates US$ 1.7 mn9.8% share −6.9%
  2. 2 Bangladesh US$ 1.3 mn7.3% share −26.9%
  3. 3 Brazil US$ 1.3 mn7.2% share +918.2%
  4. 4 Sri Lanka US$ 1.1 mn6.1% share −34.2%
  5. 5 Tanzania US$ 1.0 mn5.7% share +10.4%
Other 100 countriesUS$ 11.2 mn · 63.9%
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 131 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 8442, and who else sells there.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Tanzania 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India38%
  2. 🇰🇪 Kenya28%
  3. 🇨🇳 China16%
  4. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates13%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany3.1%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom0.5%
2.3 mn38%1st Kenya 28% China 16%
United Arab Emirates 2023
  1. 🇨🇳 China54%
  2. 🇮🇹 Italy6.9%
  3. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom5.6%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany5.4%
  5. 🇨🇭 Switzerland5.2%
  6. 🇮🇳 India5.0%
8.4 mn5.0%6th China 54% Italy 6.9%
United States 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany27%
  2. 🇨🇳 China8.7%
  3. 🇨🇭 Switzerland8.7%
  4. 🇮🇹 Italy8.7%
  5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands8.4%
  6. 🇯🇵 Japan8.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.5% · 20th
86.9 mn0.5%20th Germany 27% China 8.7%
Thailand 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China61%
  2. 🇻🇳 Vietnam9.5%
  3. 🇯🇵 Japan8.1%
  4. 🇩🇪 Germany7.7%
  5. 🇨🇭 Switzerland4.3%
  6. 🇹🇼 Taiwan2.9%
  7. 🇮🇳 India1.7% · 7th
21.6 mn1.7%7th China 61% Vietnam 9.5%
Ghana 2025
  1. 🇮🇳 India44%
  2. 🇨🇳 China25%
  3. 🇮🇹 Italy6.7%
  4. 🇳🇱 Netherlands6.2%
  5. 🇦🇹 Austria6.1%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom4.5%
0.8 mn44%1st China 25% Italy 6.7%
Nigeria 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China49%
  2. 🇦🇹 Austria16%
  3. 🇮🇳 India10%
  4. 🇮🇹 Italy9.7%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany3.3%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom3.3%
3.4 mn10%3rd China 49% Austria 16%
Indonesia 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China63%
  2. 🇩🇪 Germany9.8%
  3. 🇨🇭 Switzerland4.6%
  4. 🇲🇾 Malaysia4.2%
  5. 🇯🇵 Japan3.8%
  6. 🇹🇭 Thailand2.6%
  7. 🇮🇳 India1.5% · 8th
21.6 mn1.5%8th China 63% Germany 9.8%
South Africa 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany25%
  2. 🇨🇳 China14%
  3. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates11%
  4. 🇹🇼 Taiwan6.5%
  5. 🇮🇳 India5.1%
  6. 🇫🇷 France4.6%
6.1 mn5.1%5th Germany 25% China 14%
Malaysia 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China37%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan20%
  3. 🇸🇬 Singapore14%
  4. 🇺🇸 United States9.9%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany9.0%
  6. 🇹🇼 Taiwan2.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.8% · 8th
37.3 mn0.8%8th China 37% Japan 20%
Oman 2025
  1. 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates51%
  2. 🇮🇹 Italy15%
  3. 🇨🇳 China12%
  4. 🇮🇳 India11%
  5. 🇰🇼 Kuwait2.1%
  6. 🇧🇭 Bahrain1.7%
2.4 mn11%4th United Arab Emirates 51% Italy 15%

The markets that buy the most 8442 where India has under 5%: openings, or where others are stronger.

MarketIts importsIndia's shareLeading suppliers
Germany 2025
  1. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic16%
  2. 🇨🇳 China11%
  3. 🇨🇭 Switzerland10%
  4. 🇵🇱 Poland8.5%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy6.5%
  6. 🇸🇰 Slovakia5.8%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.3% · 24th
97.6 mn0.3%24th Czech Republic 16% China 11%
United States 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany27%
  2. 🇨🇳 China8.7%
  3. 🇨🇭 Switzerland8.7%
  4. 🇮🇹 Italy8.7%
  5. 🇳🇱 Netherlands8.4%
  6. 🇯🇵 Japan8.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.5% · 20th
86.9 mn0.5%20th Germany 27% China 8.7%
China 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany35%
  2. 🇰🇷 South Korea16%
  3. 🇯🇵 Japan13%
  4. 🇨🇳 China9.5%
  5. 🇹🇼 Taiwan8.1%
  6. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom4.0%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.3% · 22nd
54.3 mn0.3%22nd Germany 35% South Korea 16%
France 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany28%
  2. 🇨🇭 Switzerland16%
  3. 🇮🇹 Italy7.5%
  4. 🇵🇹 Portugal6.3%
  5. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom6.3%
  6. 🇨🇳 China6.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 36th
51.1 mn<0.1%36th Germany 28% Switzerland 16%
Italy 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany35%
  2. 🇨🇳 China9.6%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States8.0%
  4. 🇳🇱 Netherlands7.1%
  5. 🇧🇪 Belgium6.5%
  6. 🇨🇿 Czech Republic6.5%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.1% · 19th
49.6 mn0.1%19th Germany 35% China 9.6%
Malaysia 2025
  1. 🇨🇳 China37%
  2. 🇯🇵 Japan20%
  3. 🇸🇬 Singapore14%
  4. 🇺🇸 United States9.9%
  5. 🇩🇪 Germany9.0%
  6. 🇹🇼 Taiwan2.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India0.8% · 8th
37.3 mn0.8%8th China 37% Japan 20%
Netherlands 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany32%
  2. 🇧🇪 Belgium26%
  3. 🇯🇵 Japan17%
  4. 🇹🇷 Turkey4.4%
  5. 🇵🇱 Poland4.4%
  6. 🇮🇹 Italy3.9%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 46th
36.6 mn<0.1%46th Germany 32% Belgium 26%
Canada 2025
  1. 🇺🇸 United States59%
  2. 🇩🇪 Germany8.7%
  3. 🇨🇦 Canada6.9%
  4. 🇨🇳 China6.2%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy3.7%
  6. 🇳🇱 Netherlands2.6%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 32nd
32.2 mn<0.1%32nd United States 59% Germany 8.7%
United Kingdom 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany25%
  2. 🇨🇳 China13%
  3. 🇺🇸 United States13%
  4. 🇵🇱 Poland9.7%
  5. 🇮🇹 Italy5.3%
  6. 🇨🇭 Switzerland4.4%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 29th
30.3 mn<0.1%29th Germany 25% China 13%
Austria 2025
  1. 🇩🇪 Germany69%
  2. 🇭🇺 Hungary9.1%
  3. 🇧🇪 Belgium3.2%
  4. 🇺🇸 United States3.1%
  5. 🇨🇭 Switzerland2.3%
  6. 🇪🇸 Spain2.1%
  7. 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 30th
28.2 mn<0.1%30th Germany 69% Hungary 9.1%

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.