# India Import Opportunities

Explore India's import opportunities by product, supplier concentration, demand growth, and market size.

- Latest import year: 2024
- Latest imports: $655.6B
- Import CAGR: +5.6%
- Trade openness: 24.9%

## Top Import Opportunities

| Rank | Product | Description | Market size | Demand growth | Suppliers | Concentration |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | ---: | ---: |
| 1 | HS 270900 | Oils: petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous minerals, crude | $130.1B | +13.8% | 36 | 2143 |
| 2 | HS 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $53.8B | +21.1% | 46 | 2162 |
| 3 | HS 851770 | Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts | $10.9B | +18.2% | 75 | 6880 |
| 4 | HS 271111 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, natural gas | $14.1B | +70.5% | 16 | 3247 |
| 5 | HS 270112 | Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated | $14.9B | +12.2% | 14 | 4112 |
| 6 | HS 270119 | Coal: (other than anthracite and bituminous), whether or not pulverised but not agglomerated | $11.7B | +19.2% | 23 | 4182 |
| 7 | HS 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $7.3B | +20.9% | 66 | 6730 |
| 8 | HS 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $5.5B | +16.6% | 71 | 8867 |
| 9 | HS 710231 | Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set | $11.1B | +9.1% | 32 | 3237 |
| 10 | HS 854231 | Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits | $10.8B | +15.4% | 87 | 2493 |
| 11 | HS 854140 | Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light emitting diodes | $4.5B | +21.6% | 63 | 6126 |
| 12 | HS 151110 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $5.7B | +23.0% | 10 | 3662 |
| 13 | HS 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $5.1B | +15.2% | 43 | 3988 |
| 14 | HS 850760 | Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square) | $2.7B | +30.2% | 56 | 7147 |
| 15 | HS 150710 | Vegetable oils: soya-bean oil and its fractions, crude, whether or not degummed, not chemically modified | $3.9B | +17.0% | 21 | 5004 |
| 16 | HS 271112 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, propane | $5.7B | +24.3% | 20 | 2504 |
| 17 | HS 852990 | Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors | $3.2B | +11.0% | 77 | 7519 |
| 18 | HS 880240 | Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg | $10.4B | +17.0% | 23 | 1585 |
| 19 | HS 854232 | Electronic integrated circuits: memories | $4.0B | +16.7% | 57 | 4035 |
| 20 | HS 854239 | Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542 | $5.6B | +13.4% | 75 | 2645 |
| 21 | HS 151211 | Vegetable oils: sunflower seed or safflower oil and their fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $3.0B | +15.6% | 18 | 4285 |
| 22 | HS 260300 | Copper ores and concentrates | $3.6B | +26.0% | 20 | 2329 |
| 23 | HS 271113 | Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: liquefied, butanes | $5.4B | +14.4% | 19 | 2455 |
| 24 | HS 740311 | Copper: refined, unwrought, cathodes and sections of cathodes | $2.3B | +9.4% | 18 | 5911 |
| 25 | HS 711011 | Metals: platinum, unwrought or in powder form | $1.6B | +31.8% | 20 | 4974 |
| 26 | HS 271019 | Not reported | $6.0B | +4.8% | 99 | 1512 |
| 27 | HS 170114 | Sugars: cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter | $1.5B | +10.4% | 12 | 9976 |
| 28 | HS 710813 | Metals: gold, semi-manufactured | $2.1B | +17.1% | 22 | 4007 |
| 29 | HS 850440 | Electrical static converters | $2.0B | +14.8% | 93 | 4064 |
| 30 | HS 151190 | Vegetable oils: palm oil and its fractions, other than crude, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $1.9B | +5.1% | 19 | 6959 |
| 31 | HS 710691 | Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder) | $3.4B | +9.9% | 26 | 2899 |
| 32 | HS 841112 | Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN | $2.4B | +13.3% | 26 | 3002 |
| 33 | HS 284390 | Inorganic or organic compounds: of precious metals (excluding gold and silver), whether or not chemically defined, amalgams of precious metals | $892.9M | +28.1% | 26 | 9157 |
| 34 | HS 721891 | Steel, stainless: semi-finished products, of rectangular (other than square) cross-section | $799.2M | +24.5% | 9 | 9977 |
| 35 | HS 271311 | Petroleum coke: (not calcined), obtained from bituminous minerals | $1.5B | +29.2% | 18 | 3099 |
| 36 | HS 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $2.7B | +21.4% | 64 | 1953 |
| 37 | HS 710692 | Metals: silver, semi-manufactured | $2.0B | +17.6% | 36 | 2480 |
| 38 | HS 390410 | Vinyl chloride, other halogenated olefin polymers: poly(vinyl chloride), not mixed with any other substances, in primary forms | $2.4B | +15.2% | 52 | 2147 |
| 39 | HS 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $3.5B | +16.4% | 102 | 1075 |
| 40 | HS 847330 | Machines: parts and accessories of automatic data processing, magnetic or optical readers, digital processing units | $1.8B | +8.1% | 76 | 3531 |
| 41 | HS 853400 | Circuits: printed | $1.4B | +14.5% | 66 | 4402 |
| 42 | HS 310530 | Fertilizers, mineral or chemical: diammonium hydrogenorthophosphate (diammonium phosphate) | $2.7B | +7.7% | 11 | 2929 |
| 43 | HS 740200 | Copper: unrefined, copper anodes for electrolytic refining | $1.2B | +27.3% | 23 | 3755 |
| 44 | HS 080211 | Nuts, edible: almonds, fresh or dried, in shell | $965.0M | +12.4% | 7 | 8450 |
| 45 | HS 284330 | Gold compounds | $877.8M | +31.0% | 18 | 5525 |
| 46 | HS 760200 | Aluminium: waste and scrap | $3.4B | +17.8% | 138 | 893 |
| 47 | HS 711019 | Metals: platinum, semi-manufactured | $782.0M | +23.2% | 23 | 5941 |
| 48 | HS 870840 | Vehicles: parts, gear boxes | $1.5B | +19.0% | 59 | 2396 |
| 49 | HS 847989 | Machines and mechanical appliances: n.e.s. in item no. 8479.8, having individual functions | $1.7B | +8.6% | 86 | 2725 |
| 50 | HS 260200 | Manganese ores and concentrates, including ferruginous manganese ores and concentrates with a manganese content of 20% or more, calculated on the dry weight | $982.3M | +26.8% | 23 | 4632 |

## Supply Gaps

Products with higher supplier concentration may deserve closer continuity and sourcing review. This is a screening signal, not a recommendation by itself.

## Method

Reported trade observations and calculated indicators are shown separately. Validate suppliers, tariffs, standards, logistics, pricing, and continuity before acting.

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-30). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

This page presents derived Yugalinks views of reported observations and calculated indicators.