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India's merchandise imports by principal commodity (the groups the monthly press release uses: petroleum, gold, electronics, pulses, rice and about 165 more), every month since April 2009, ₹ crore

190 series, each with its latest value, its change on a year earlier and its trend.

Source Ministry of Commerce and Industry, TradeStat (DGCI&S customs data) Base TradeStat, as published Frequency monthly Vintage 2026-10-09 Download CSV, JSON
190 series
Trend Data
Plantation (group 1)Principal commodity Other ₹1,282 croreAug 2026 +10.1% CSV
Agri & allied products (group 2)Principal commodity Other ₹33,399 croreAug 2026 +16.8% CSV
Marine products (group 3)Principal commodity Other ₹244 croreAug 2026 +21.7% CSV
Ores & minerals (group 4)Principal commodity Other ₹43,362 croreAug 2026 +57.2% CSV
Leather & leather manufactures (group 5)Principal commodity Other ₹866 croreAug 2026 +6.8% CSV
Gems & jewellery (group 6)Principal commodity Other ₹50,299 croreAug 2026 −⁠24.5% CSV
Sports goods (group 7)Principal commodity Other ₹454 croreAug 2026 +16.9% CSV
Chemicals & related products (group 8)Principal commodity Other ₹62,195 croreAug 2026 +16.5% CSV
Plastic & rubber articles (group 9)Principal commodity Other ₹24,114 croreAug 2026 +16.5% CSV
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware (group 10)Principal commodity Other ₹3,661 croreAug 2026 −⁠6.1% CSV
Paper & related products (group 11)Principal commodity Other ₹7,012 croreAug 2026 +2.7% CSV
Base metals (group 12)Principal commodity Other ₹45,986 croreAug 2026 +16.9% CSV
Optical, medical & surgical instruments (group 13)Principal commodity Other ₹9,707 croreAug 2026 +23.1% CSV
Electoronics items (group 14)Principal commodity Other ₹1,30,395 croreAug 2026 +53.3% CSV
Machinery (group 15)Principal commodity Other ₹63,045 croreAug 2026 +22.2% CSV
Office equipments (group 16)Principal commodity Other ₹63 croreAug 2026 +31.3% CSV
Transport equipments (group 17)Principal commodity Other ₹22,434 croreAug 2026 +23.8% CSV
Project goods (group 18)Principal commodity Other ₹961 croreAug 2026 +377.7% CSV
Textiles & allied products (group 19)Principal commodity Other ₹9,102 croreAug 2026 +15.7% CSV
Petroleum crude & products (group 20)Principal commodity Other ₹1,59,325 croreAug 2026 +37.3% CSV
Others (group 21)Principal commodity Other ₹6,816 croreAug 2026 +16.3% CSV
Tea (A1)Principal commodity Plantation ₹54 croreAug 2026 −⁠14.8% CSV
Coffee (A2)Principal commodity Plantation ₹255 croreAug 2026 +15.1% CSV
Rice -basmoti (A3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 — CSV
Rice(other than basmoti) (A4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹11 croreAug 2026 +185.6% CSV
Wheat (A5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹3 croreAug 2026 −⁠87.6% CSV
Other cereals (A6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹28 croreAug 2026 −⁠4.5% CSV
Pulses (A7)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹1,941 croreAug 2026 +93.1% CSV
Tobacco unmanufactured (A8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹8 croreAug 2026 −⁠86.2% CSV
Tobacco manufactured (A9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹99 croreAug 2026 +54.6% CSV
Spices (B1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹1,392 croreAug 2026 +50.9% CSV
Cashew (B2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹2,174 croreAug 2026 −⁠16.5% CSV
Cashew nut shell liquid (B3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹4 croreAug 2026 +125.6% CSV
Sesame seeds (B4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹27 croreAug 2026 +29.3% CSV
Niger seeds (B5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹5 croreAug 2026 +3.9% CSV
Groundnut (B6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 −⁠29.3% CSV
Other oil seeds (B7)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹985 croreAug 2026 +4959.5% CSV
Vegetable oils (B8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹19,354 croreAug 2026 +9.1% CSV
Oil meals (B9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹191 croreAug 2026 +67.2% CSV
Guergam meal (C1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 −⁠97.1% CSV
Castor oil (C2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 −⁠79.3% CSV
Shellac (C3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹14 croreAug 2026 +45.9% CSV
Sugar (C4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹1,073 croreAug 2026 +45.0% CSV
Mollases (C5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹2 croreAug 2026 +23.9% CSV
Fruits / vegetable seeds (C6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹213 croreAug 2026 +42.0% CSV
Fresh fruits (C7)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹2,593 croreAug 2026 +22.8% CSV
Fresh vegetables (C8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹12 croreAug 2026 +43.9% CSV
Processed vegetables (C9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹38 croreAug 2026 +41.5% CSV
Processed fruits and juices (D1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹736 croreAug 2026 +341.5% CSV
Cereal preparations (D2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹246 croreAug 2026 +10.2% CSV
Cocoa products (D3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹713 croreAug 2026 −⁠37.9% CSV
Milled products (D4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹3 croreAug 2026 +59.1% CSV
Misc processed items (D5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹576 croreAug 2026 +52.2% CSV
Animal casings (D6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 — CSV
Sheep/goat meat (D8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹3 croreAug 2026 −⁠38.5% CSV
Other meat (D9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹6 croreAug 2026 +23.1% CSV
Processed meat (E1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 — CSV
Dairy products (E2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹102 croreAug 2026 +75.0% CSV
Poultry products (E3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹8 croreAug 2026 −⁠26.9% CSV
Floricltr products (E4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹37 croreAug 2026 +35.0% CSV
Natural rubber (E5)Principal commodity Plantation ₹972 croreAug 2026 +10.6% CSV
Alcoholic beverages (E6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹671 croreAug 2026 −⁠9.5% CSV
Marine products (E7)Principal commodity Marine products ₹244 croreAug 2026 +21.7% CSV
Iron ore (E8)Principal commodity Ores & minerals ₹1,144 croreAug 2026 +1.8% CSV
Mica (E9)Principal commodity Ores & minerals ₹3 croreAug 2026 −⁠16.8% CSV
Coal,coke and briquittes etc (F1)Principal commodity Ores & minerals ₹24,573 croreAug 2026 +36.2% CSV
Bulk minerals and ores (F2)Principal commodity Ores & minerals ₹13,617 croreAug 2026 +114.4% CSV
Granit, natrl stone and prodct (F3)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware ₹440 croreAug 2026 +40.4% CSV
Processed minerals (F4)Principal commodity Ores & minerals ₹1,394 croreAug 2026 +5.0% CSV
Sulpher, unroasted iron pyrite (F5)Principal commodity Ores & minerals ₹2,097 croreAug 2026 +773.0% CSV
Other crude minerals (F6)Principal commodity Ores & minerals ₹535 croreAug 2026 +6.4% CSV
Raw hides and skins (F7)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures ₹20 croreAug 2026 −⁠22.5% CSV
Finished leather (F8)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures ₹306 croreAug 2026 +3.4% CSV
Leather goods (F9)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures ₹52 croreAug 2026 +24.9% CSV
Leather garments (G1)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures ₹2 croreAug 2026 +90.0% CSV
Footwear of leather (G2)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures ₹451 croreAug 2026 +12.2% CSV
Leather footwear component (G3)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures ₹33 croreAug 2026 −⁠24.9% CSV
Saddlery and harness (G4)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures ₹2 croreAug 2026 +81.1% CSV
Pearl, precs, semiprecs stones (G5)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery ₹13,728 croreAug 2026 +10.9% CSV
Gold (G6)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery ₹21,941 croreAug 2026 −⁠53.9% CSV
Silver (G7)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery ₹9,791 croreAug 2026 +147.7% CSV
Other precious and base metals (G8)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery ₹2,199 croreAug 2026 +1296.0% CSV
Gold and oth precs metl jwlery (G9)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery ₹2,639 croreAug 2026 +4.0% CSV
Sports goods (H1)Principal commodity Sports goods ₹454 croreAug 2026 +16.9% CSV
Fertilezers crude (H2)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹910 croreAug 2026 −⁠37.0% CSV
Fertilezers manufactured (H3)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹17,093 croreAug 2026 +30.7% CSV
Ayush and herbal products (H4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products ₹127 croreAug 2026 −⁠19.6% CSV
Bulk drugs, drug intermediates (H5)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹3,060 croreAug 2026 −⁠10.8% CSV
Dye intermediates (H6)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹1,920 croreAug 2026 +184.6% CSV
Dyes (H7)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹184 croreAug 2026 −⁠6.9% CSV
Drug formulations, biologicals (H8)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹2,485 croreAug 2026 +11.8% CSV
Agro chemicals (H9)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹1,163 croreAug 2026 −⁠4.9% CSV
Surgicals (I1)Principal commodity Optical, medical & surgical instruments ₹1,195 croreAug 2026 +16.6% CSV
Inorganic chemicals (I2)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹5,853 croreAug 2026 +15.0% CSV
Organic chemicals (I3)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹13,049 croreAug 2026 +4.4% CSV
Other miscellaenious chemicals (I4)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹1,027 croreAug 2026 +22.3% CSV
Cosmetics and toiletries (I5)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹2,356 croreAug 2026 +23.1% CSV
Essential oils (I6)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹163 croreAug 2026 −⁠14.8% CSV
Residul chemicl and alled prod (I7)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹10,623 croreAug 2026 +24.5% CSV
Auto tyres and tubes (I8)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹207 croreAug 2026 −⁠4.2% CSV
Othr rubber prodct excpt footw (I9)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles ₹3,655 croreAug 2026 +28.7% CSV
Footwear of rubber/canvas etc (J1)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles ₹83 croreAug 2026 −⁠25.8% CSV
Paint, varnish and allid prodc (J2)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹2,051 croreAug 2026 +15.2% CSV
Graphite, explsivs and accesor (J3)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products ₹258 croreAug 2026 +5.0% CSV
Cmnt, clinkr and asbstos cmnt (J4)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware ₹80 croreAug 2026 −⁠27.5% CSV
Ceramics and allied products (J5)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware ₹1,206 croreAug 2026 +16.6% CSV
Glass and glassware (J6)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware ₹1,934 croreAug 2026 −⁠20.8% CSV
Books, publications and prntng (J7)Principal commodity Paper & related products ₹190 croreAug 2026 +4.5% CSV
Newsprint (J8)Principal commodity Paper & related products ₹267 croreAug 2026 −⁠2.7% CSV
Paper, paper board and product (J9)Principal commodity Paper & related products ₹2,954 croreAug 2026 −⁠8.0% CSV
Plywood and allied products (K1)Principal commodity Paper & related products ₹1,149 croreAug 2026 +7.0% CSV
Other wood and wood products (K2)Principal commodity Paper & related products ₹1,029 croreAug 2026 +79.7% CSV
Pulp and waste paper (K3)Principal commodity Paper & related products ₹1,423 croreAug 2026 −⁠6.0% CSV
Optical items (incl.lens etc) (K4)Principal commodity Optical, medical & surgical instruments ₹866 croreAug 2026 +54.4% CSV
Human hair, products thereo (K5)Principal commodity Others ₹4 croreAug 2026 −⁠32.0% CSV
Moulded and extruded goods (K6)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles ₹2,172 croreAug 2026 +22.7% CSV
Packaging materials (K7)Principal commodity Others ₹338 croreAug 2026 +20.6% CSV
Plastic raw materials (K8)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles ₹14,586 croreAug 2026 +18.7% CSV
Plastc sht, film, plts etc (K9)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles ₹2,561 croreAug 2026 −⁠9.3% CSV
Stationry/offce, school supply (L1)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles ₹94 croreAug 2026 +6.5% CSV
Other plastic items (L2)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles ₹963 croreAug 2026 +22.8% CSV
Iron and steel (L3)Principal commodity Base metals ₹12,499 croreAug 2026 −⁠6.9% CSV
Products of iron and steel (L4)Principal commodity Base metals ₹4,531 croreAug 2026 +6.6% CSV
Aluminium, products of aluminm (L5)Principal commodity Base metals ₹10,878 croreAug 2026 +29.7% CSV
Copper and prdcts made of copr (L6)Principal commodity Base metals ₹12,947 croreAug 2026 +44.1% CSV
Lead and products made of led (L7)Principal commodity Base metals ₹808 croreAug 2026 −⁠10.2% CSV
Nickel, product made of nickel (L8)Principal commodity Base metals ₹1,129 croreAug 2026 +11.9% CSV
Tin and products made of tin (L9)Principal commodity Base metals ₹902 croreAug 2026 +262.9% CSV
Zinc and products made of zinc (M1)Principal commodity Base metals ₹758 croreAug 2026 −⁠13.6% CSV
Oth non ferous metal and prodc (M2)Principal commodity Base metals ₹1,535 croreAug 2026 +21.6% CSV
Auto components/parts (M3)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹7,102 croreAug 2026 +19.4% CSV
Electrodes (M4)Principal commodity Electoronics items ₹128 croreAug 2026 −⁠24.0% CSV
Accumulators and batteries (M5)Principal commodity Electoronics items ₹6,654 croreAug 2026 +69.2% CSV
Hnd tool, cttng tool of metals (M6)Principal commodity Machinery ₹1,704 croreAug 2026 +49.0% CSV
Machine tools (M7)Principal commodity Machinery ₹4,186 croreAug 2026 +20.7% CSV
Medical and scientific instrum (M8)Principal commodity Optical, medical & surgical instruments ₹7,647 croreAug 2026 +21.3% CSV
Office equipments (M9)Principal commodity Office equipments ₹63 croreAug 2026 +31.3% CSV
Ac, refrigeration machnry etc (N1)Principal commodity Machinery ₹4,274 croreAug 2026 +26.2% CSV
Bicycle and parts (N2)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹152 croreAug 2026 +23.3% CSV
Cranes, lifts and winches (N3)Principal commodity Machinery ₹2,728 croreAug 2026 +35.9% CSV
Electric machinery and equipme (N4)Principal commodity Machinery ₹14,098 croreAug 2026 +23.3% CSV
Ic engines and parts (N5)Principal commodity Machinery ₹2,896 croreAug 2026 +36.6% CSV
Indl. machnry for dairy etc (N6)Principal commodity Machinery ₹17,489 croreAug 2026 +7.1% CSV
Atm, injctng mlding mchnry etc (N7)Principal commodity Machinery ₹1,608 croreAug 2026 +24.5% CSV
Nucler reactr, indl boilr, prt (N8)Principal commodity Machinery ₹550 croreAug 2026 +22.1% CSV
Other construction machinery (N9)Principal commodity Machinery ₹1,959 croreAug 2026 −⁠11.9% CSV
Other misc. engineering items (O1)Principal commodity Machinery ₹9,362 croreAug 2026 +51.6% CSV
Prime mica and mica products (O2)Principal commodity Machinery ₹562 croreAug 2026 +44.0% CSV
Pumps of all types (O3)Principal commodity Machinery ₹1,628 croreAug 2026 +37.0% CSV
Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (O4)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹8,743 croreAug 2026 +15.1% CSV
Motor vehicle/cars (O5)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹1,377 croreAug 2026 +68.9% CSV
Railwy trnsprt equipmnts, prts (O6)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹562 croreAug 2026 −⁠10.8% CSV
Ship, boat and floating struct (O7)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹3,926 croreAug 2026 +43.3% CSV
Two and three wheelers (O8)Principal commodity Transport equipments ₹364 croreAug 2026 +678.0% CSV
Computer hardware, peripherals (O9)Principal commodity Electoronics items ₹27,945 croreAug 2026 +71.5% CSV
Consumer electronics (P1)Principal commodity Electoronics items ₹5,912 croreAug 2026 +16.8% CSV
Electronics components (P2)Principal commodity Electoronics items ₹55,634 croreAug 2026 +70.1% CSV
Electronics instruments (P3)Principal commodity Electoronics items ₹12,883 croreAug 2026 +27.0% CSV
Telecom instruments (P4)Principal commodity Electoronics items ₹21,238 croreAug 2026 +26.7% CSV
Project goods (P5)Principal commodity Project goods ₹961 croreAug 2026 +377.7% CSV
Manmade staple fibre (P6)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹498 croreAug 2026 +23.4% CSV
Cotton yarn (P7)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹28 croreAug 2026 +23.4% CSV
Cotton fabrics, madeups etc (P8)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹588 croreAug 2026 +13.8% CSV
Oth txtl yrn, fbric mdup artcl (P9)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹880 croreAug 2026 −⁠15.9% CSV
Silk,raw (Q1)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹127 croreAug 2026 +2.8% CSV
Natrl silk yarn,fabrics,madeup (Q2)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹48 croreAug 2026 +0.2% CSV
Manmade yarn,fabrics,madeups (Q3)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹2,527 croreAug 2026 −⁠6.6% CSV
Wool, raw (Q4)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹238 croreAug 2026 +39.4% CSV
Wollen yarn,fabrics,madeupsetc (Q5)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹144 croreAug 2026 +56.3% CSV
Rmg cotton incl accessories (Q6)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹702 croreAug 2026 −⁠3.6% CSV
Rmg silk (Q7)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹7 croreAug 2026 +62.6% CSV
Rmg manmade fibres (Q8)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹802 croreAug 2026 +40.7% CSV
Rmg wool (Q9)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹32 croreAug 2026 +66.8% CSV
Rmg of othr textle matrl (R1)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹184 croreAug 2026 +11.3% CSV
Coir and coir manufactures (R2)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹3 croreAug 2026 −⁠15.0% CSV
Handloom products (R3)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹8 croreAug 2026 +301.5% CSV
Silk waste (R4)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 −⁠100.0% CSV
Jute, raw (R5)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 −⁠100.0% CSV
Jute yarn (R6)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹130 croreAug 2026 +1403.7% CSV
Jute hessian (R7)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹73 croreAug 2026 +75.9% CSV
Floor cvrng of jute (R8)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 −⁠75.0% CSV
Other jute manufactures (R9)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹20 croreAug 2026 −⁠46.8% CSV
Handcrfs(excl.handmade crpts) (S1)Principal commodity Others ₹500 croreAug 2026 −⁠17.6% CSV
Carpet(excl. silk) handmade (S2)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹26 croreAug 2026 −⁠14.8% CSV
Silk carpet (S3)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹0 croreAug 2026 −⁠93.3% CSV
Cotton raw incld. waste (S4)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products ₹2,037 croreAug 2026 +82.9% CSV
Petroleum: crude (S5)Principal commodity Petroleum crude & products ₹1,16,869 croreAug 2026 +35.9% CSV
Petroleum products (S6)Principal commodity Petroleum crude & products ₹42,455 croreAug 2026 +41.3% CSV
Other commodities (ZZ)Principal commodity Others ₹5,975 croreAug 2026 +20.3% CSV
Total importsPrincipal commodity Other ₹6,74,721 croreAug 2026 +24.4% CSV

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