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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, US$ million

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 $0.13 bnAug 2026 +0.9% CSV
Agri & allied products (group 2)Principal commodity Other $3.50 bnAug 2026 +7.1% CSV
Marine products (group 3)Principal commodity Other $0.03 bnAug 2026 +11.6% CSV
Ores & minerals (group 4)Principal commodity Other $4.54 bnAug 2026 +44.1% CSV
Leather & leather manufactures (group 5)Principal commodity Other $0.09 bnAug 2026 −⁠2.1% CSV
Gems & jewellery (group 6)Principal commodity Other $5.27 bnAug 2026 −⁠30.8% CSV
Sports goods (group 7)Principal commodity Other $0.05 bnAug 2026 +7.2% CSV
Chemicals & related products (group 8)Principal commodity Other $6.51 bnAug 2026 +6.8% CSV
Plastic & rubber articles (group 9)Principal commodity Other $2.53 bnAug 2026 +6.8% CSV
Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware (group 10)Principal commodity Other $0.38 bnAug 2026 −⁠13.9% CSV
Paper & related products (group 11)Principal commodity Other $0.73 bnAug 2026 −⁠5.9% CSV
Base metals (group 12)Principal commodity Other $4.82 bnAug 2026 +7.1% CSV
Optical, medical & surgical instruments (group 13)Principal commodity Other $1.02 bnAug 2026 +12.8% CSV
Electoronics items (group 14)Principal commodity Other $13.66 bnAug 2026 +40.5% CSV
Machinery (group 15)Principal commodity Other $6.60 bnAug 2026 +12.0% CSV
Office equipments (group 16)Principal commodity Other $0.01 bnAug 2026 +20.3% CSV
Transport equipments (group 17)Principal commodity Other $2.35 bnAug 2026 +13.5% CSV
Project goods (group 18)Principal commodity Other $0.10 bnAug 2026 +337.9% CSV
Textiles & allied products (group 19)Principal commodity Other $0.95 bnAug 2026 +6.0% CSV
Petroleum crude & products (group 20)Principal commodity Other $16.69 bnAug 2026 +25.8% CSV
Others (group 21)Principal commodity Other $0.71 bnAug 2026 +6.6% CSV
Tea (A1)Principal commodity Plantation $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠21.9% CSV
Coffee (A2)Principal commodity Plantation $0.03 bnAug 2026 +5.5% CSV
Rice -basmoti (A3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 — CSV
Rice(other than basmoti) (A4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +159.1% CSV
Wheat (A5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠88.6% CSV
Other cereals (A6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠12.5% CSV
Pulses (A7)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.20 bnAug 2026 +77.0% CSV
Tobacco unmanufactured (A8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠87.4% CSV
Tobacco manufactured (A9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.01 bnAug 2026 +41.6% CSV
Spices (B1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.15 bnAug 2026 +38.3% CSV
Cashew (B2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.23 bnAug 2026 −⁠23.5% CSV
Cashew nut shell liquid (B3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +110.0% CSV
Sesame seeds (B4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +18.6% CSV
Niger seeds (B5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠3.6% CSV
Groundnut (B6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠25.0% CSV
Other oil seeds (B7)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.10 bnAug 2026 +4547.7% CSV
Vegetable oils (B8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $2.03 bnAug 2026 +0.0% CSV
Oil meals (B9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.02 bnAug 2026 +53.3% CSV
Guergam meal (C1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠100.0% CSV
Castor oil (C2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠82.6% CSV
Shellac (C3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +34.5% CSV
Sugar (C4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.11 bnAug 2026 +32.9% CSV
Mollases (C5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +14.3% CSV
Fruits / vegetable seeds (C6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.02 bnAug 2026 +30.2% CSV
Fresh fruits (C7)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.27 bnAug 2026 +12.6% CSV
Fresh vegetables (C8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +33.0% CSV
Processed vegetables (C9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +30.0% CSV
Processed fruits and juices (D1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.08 bnAug 2026 +304.8% CSV
Cereal preparations (D2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.03 bnAug 2026 +1.0% CSV
Cocoa products (D3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.07 bnAug 2026 −⁠43.0% CSV
Milled products (D4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +42.9% CSV
Misc processed items (D5)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.06 bnAug 2026 +39.5% CSV
Animal casings (D6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 — CSV
Sheep/goat meat (D8)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠44.6% CSV
Other meat (D9)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +14.0% CSV
Processed meat (E1)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 — CSV
Dairy products (E2)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.01 bnAug 2026 +60.3% CSV
Poultry products (E3)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠32.5% CSV
Floricltr products (E4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +23.7% CSV
Natural rubber (E5)Principal commodity Plantation $0.10 bnAug 2026 +1.4% CSV
Alcoholic beverages (E6)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.07 bnAug 2026 −⁠17.0% CSV
Marine products (E7)Principal commodity Marine products $0.03 bnAug 2026 +11.6% CSV
Iron ore (E8)Principal commodity Ores & minerals $0.12 bnAug 2026 −⁠6.7% CSV
Mica (E9)Principal commodity Ores & minerals $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠24.3% CSV
Coal,coke and briquittes etc (F1)Principal commodity Ores & minerals $2.57 bnAug 2026 +24.8% CSV
Bulk minerals and ores (F2)Principal commodity Ores & minerals $1.43 bnAug 2026 +96.6% CSV
Granit, natrl stone and prodct (F3)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware $0.05 bnAug 2026 +28.7% CSV
Processed minerals (F4)Principal commodity Ores & minerals $0.15 bnAug 2026 −⁠3.7% CSV
Sulpher, unroasted iron pyrite (F5)Principal commodity Ores & minerals $0.22 bnAug 2026 +700.5% CSV
Other crude minerals (F6)Principal commodity Ores & minerals $0.06 bnAug 2026 −⁠2.4% CSV
Raw hides and skins (F7)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠28.8% CSV
Finished leather (F8)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures $0.03 bnAug 2026 −⁠5.2% CSV
Leather goods (F9)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures $0.01 bnAug 2026 +14.6% CSV
Leather garments (G1)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures $0.00 bnAug 2026 +73.3% CSV
Footwear of leather (G2)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures $0.05 bnAug 2026 +2.8% CSV
Leather footwear component (G3)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠31.3% CSV
Saddlery and harness (G4)Principal commodity Leather & leather manufactures $0.00 bnAug 2026 +64.3% CSV
Pearl, precs, semiprecs stones (G5)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery $1.44 bnAug 2026 +1.7% CSV
Gold (G6)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery $2.30 bnAug 2026 −⁠57.7% CSV
Silver (G7)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery $1.03 bnAug 2026 +127.1% CSV
Other precious and base metals (G8)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery $0.23 bnAug 2026 +1179.6% CSV
Gold and oth precs metl jwlery (G9)Principal commodity Gems & jewellery $0.28 bnAug 2026 −⁠4.7% CSV
Sports goods (H1)Principal commodity Sports goods $0.05 bnAug 2026 +7.2% CSV
Fertilezers crude (H2)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.10 bnAug 2026 −⁠42.3% CSV
Fertilezers manufactured (H3)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $1.79 bnAug 2026 +19.8% CSV
Ayush and herbal products (H4)Principal commodity Agri & allied products $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠26.4% CSV
Bulk drugs, drug intermediates (H5)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.32 bnAug 2026 −⁠18.3% CSV
Dye intermediates (H6)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.20 bnAug 2026 +160.9% CSV
Dyes (H7)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.02 bnAug 2026 −⁠14.7% CSV
Drug formulations, biologicals (H8)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.26 bnAug 2026 +2.4% CSV
Agro chemicals (H9)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.12 bnAug 2026 −⁠12.9% CSV
Surgicals (I1)Principal commodity Optical, medical & surgical instruments $0.13 bnAug 2026 +6.9% CSV
Inorganic chemicals (I2)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.61 bnAug 2026 +5.4% CSV
Organic chemicals (I3)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $1.37 bnAug 2026 −⁠4.3% CSV
Other miscellaenious chemicals (I4)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.11 bnAug 2026 +12.1% CSV
Cosmetics and toiletries (I5)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.25 bnAug 2026 +12.8% CSV
Essential oils (I6)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.02 bnAug 2026 −⁠21.9% CSV
Residul chemicl and alled prod (I7)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $1.11 bnAug 2026 +14.1% CSV
Auto tyres and tubes (I8)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.02 bnAug 2026 −⁠12.2% CSV
Othr rubber prodct excpt footw (I9)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles $0.38 bnAug 2026 +18.0% CSV
Footwear of rubber/canvas etc (J1)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠32.0% CSV
Paint, varnish and allid prodc (J2)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.21 bnAug 2026 +5.6% CSV
Graphite, explsivs and accesor (J3)Principal commodity Chemicals & related products $0.03 bnAug 2026 −⁠3.8% CSV
Cmnt, clinkr and asbstos cmnt (J4)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠33.5% CSV
Ceramics and allied products (J5)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware $0.13 bnAug 2026 +6.9% CSV
Glass and glassware (J6)Principal commodity Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos, mica or similar materials; ceramic products; glass and glassware $0.20 bnAug 2026 −⁠27.4% CSV
Books, publications and prntng (J7)Principal commodity Paper & related products $0.02 bnAug 2026 −⁠4.2% CSV
Newsprint (J8)Principal commodity Paper & related products $0.03 bnAug 2026 −⁠10.9% CSV
Paper, paper board and product (J9)Principal commodity Paper & related products $0.31 bnAug 2026 −⁠15.7% CSV
Plywood and allied products (K1)Principal commodity Paper & related products $0.12 bnAug 2026 −⁠1.9% CSV
Other wood and wood products (K2)Principal commodity Paper & related products $0.11 bnAug 2026 +64.7% CSV
Pulp and waste paper (K3)Principal commodity Paper & related products $0.15 bnAug 2026 −⁠13.8% CSV
Optical items (incl.lens etc) (K4)Principal commodity Optical, medical & surgical instruments $0.09 bnAug 2026 +41.5% CSV
Human hair, products thereo (K5)Principal commodity Others $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠38.7% CSV
Moulded and extruded goods (K6)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles $0.23 bnAug 2026 +12.5% CSV
Packaging materials (K7)Principal commodity Others $0.04 bnAug 2026 +10.5% CSV
Plastic raw materials (K8)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles $1.53 bnAug 2026 +8.8% CSV
Plastc sht, film, plts etc (K9)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles $0.27 bnAug 2026 −⁠16.8% CSV
Stationry/offce, school supply (L1)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠2.4% CSV
Other plastic items (L2)Principal commodity Plastic & rubber articles $0.10 bnAug 2026 +12.6% CSV
Iron and steel (L3)Principal commodity Base metals $1.31 bnAug 2026 −⁠14.7% CSV
Products of iron and steel (L4)Principal commodity Base metals $0.47 bnAug 2026 −⁠2.3% CSV
Aluminium, products of aluminm (L5)Principal commodity Base metals $1.14 bnAug 2026 +18.9% CSV
Copper and prdcts made of copr (L6)Principal commodity Base metals $1.36 bnAug 2026 +32.1% CSV
Lead and products made of led (L7)Principal commodity Base metals $0.08 bnAug 2026 −⁠17.7% CSV
Nickel, product made of nickel (L8)Principal commodity Base metals $0.12 bnAug 2026 +2.6% CSV
Tin and products made of tin (L9)Principal commodity Base metals $0.09 bnAug 2026 +232.6% CSV
Zinc and products made of zinc (M1)Principal commodity Base metals $0.08 bnAug 2026 −⁠20.8% CSV
Oth non ferous metal and prodc (M2)Principal commodity Base metals $0.16 bnAug 2026 +11.4% CSV
Auto components/parts (M3)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.74 bnAug 2026 +9.4% CSV
Electrodes (M4)Principal commodity Electoronics items $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠30.3% CSV
Accumulators and batteries (M5)Principal commodity Electoronics items $0.70 bnAug 2026 +55.1% CSV
Hnd tool, cttng tool of metals (M6)Principal commodity Machinery $0.18 bnAug 2026 +36.6% CSV
Machine tools (M7)Principal commodity Machinery $0.44 bnAug 2026 +10.7% CSV
Medical and scientific instrum (M8)Principal commodity Optical, medical & surgical instruments $0.80 bnAug 2026 +11.2% CSV
Office equipments (M9)Principal commodity Office equipments $0.01 bnAug 2026 +20.3% CSV
Ac, refrigeration machnry etc (N1)Principal commodity Machinery $0.45 bnAug 2026 +15.7% CSV
Bicycle and parts (N2)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.02 bnAug 2026 +13.1% CSV
Cranes, lifts and winches (N3)Principal commodity Machinery $0.29 bnAug 2026 +24.6% CSV
Electric machinery and equipme (N4)Principal commodity Machinery $1.48 bnAug 2026 +13.0% CSV
Ic engines and parts (N5)Principal commodity Machinery $0.30 bnAug 2026 +25.2% CSV
Indl. machnry for dairy etc (N6)Principal commodity Machinery $1.83 bnAug 2026 −⁠1.8% CSV
Atm, injctng mlding mchnry etc (N7)Principal commodity Machinery $0.17 bnAug 2026 +14.2% CSV
Nucler reactr, indl boilr, prt (N8)Principal commodity Machinery $0.06 bnAug 2026 +12.0% CSV
Other construction machinery (N9)Principal commodity Machinery $0.21 bnAug 2026 −⁠19.2% CSV
Other misc. engineering items (O1)Principal commodity Machinery $0.98 bnAug 2026 +39.0% CSV
Prime mica and mica products (O2)Principal commodity Machinery $0.06 bnAug 2026 +32.0% CSV
Pumps of all types (O3)Principal commodity Machinery $0.17 bnAug 2026 +25.6% CSV
Aircraft, spacecraft and parts (O4)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.92 bnAug 2026 +5.5% CSV
Motor vehicle/cars (O5)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.14 bnAug 2026 +54.8% CSV
Railwy trnsprt equipmnts, prts (O6)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.06 bnAug 2026 −⁠18.2% CSV
Ship, boat and floating struct (O7)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.41 bnAug 2026 +31.4% CSV
Two and three wheelers (O8)Principal commodity Transport equipments $0.04 bnAug 2026 +612.9% CSV
Computer hardware, peripherals (O9)Principal commodity Electoronics items $2.93 bnAug 2026 +57.2% CSV
Consumer electronics (P1)Principal commodity Electoronics items $0.62 bnAug 2026 +7.1% CSV
Electronics components (P2)Principal commodity Electoronics items $5.83 bnAug 2026 +55.9% CSV
Electronics instruments (P3)Principal commodity Electoronics items $1.35 bnAug 2026 +16.4% CSV
Telecom instruments (P4)Principal commodity Electoronics items $2.22 bnAug 2026 +16.1% CSV
Project goods (P5)Principal commodity Project goods $0.10 bnAug 2026 +337.9% CSV
Manmade staple fibre (P6)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.05 bnAug 2026 +13.1% CSV
Cotton yarn (P7)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +13.2% CSV
Cotton fabrics, madeups etc (P8)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.06 bnAug 2026 +4.3% CSV
Oth txtl yrn, fbric mdup artcl (P9)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.09 bnAug 2026 −⁠22.9% CSV
Silk,raw (Q1)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠5.7% CSV
Natrl silk yarn,fabrics,madeup (Q2)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.01 bnAug 2026 −⁠8.2% CSV
Manmade yarn,fabrics,madeups (Q3)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.26 bnAug 2026 −⁠14.4% CSV
Wool, raw (Q4)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.02 bnAug 2026 +27.8% CSV
Wollen yarn,fabrics,madeupsetc (Q5)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.02 bnAug 2026 +43.2% CSV
Rmg cotton incl accessories (Q6)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.07 bnAug 2026 −⁠11.7% CSV
Rmg silk (Q7)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +50.0% CSV
Rmg manmade fibres (Q8)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.08 bnAug 2026 +29.0% CSV
Rmg wool (Q9)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +52.7% CSV
Rmg of othr textle matrl (R1)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.02 bnAug 2026 +2.0% CSV
Coir and coir manufactures (R2)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠23.3% CSV
Handloom products (R3)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 +269.6% CSV
Silk waste (R4)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠100.0% CSV
Jute, raw (R5)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠100.0% CSV
Jute yarn (R6)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.01 bnAug 2026 +1271.7% CSV
Jute hessian (R7)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.01 bnAug 2026 +61.1% CSV
Floor cvrng of jute (R8)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 — CSV
Other jute manufactures (R9)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠51.1% CSV
Handcrfs(excl.handmade crpts) (S1)Principal commodity Others $0.05 bnAug 2026 −⁠24.4% CSV
Carpet(excl. silk) handmade (S2)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠21.8% CSV
Silk carpet (S3)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.00 bnAug 2026 −⁠50.0% CSV
Cotton raw incld. waste (S4)Principal commodity Textiles & allied products $0.21 bnAug 2026 +67.7% CSV
Petroleum: crude (S5)Principal commodity Petroleum crude & products $12.24 bnAug 2026 +24.6% CSV
Petroleum products (S6)Principal commodity Petroleum crude & products $4.45 bnAug 2026 +29.5% CSV
Other commodities (ZZ)Principal commodity Others $0.63 bnAug 2026 +10.2% CSV
Total importsPrincipal commodity Other $70.67 bnAug 2026 +14.1% CSV

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