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Where does India get its batteries? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $3.5 billion of batteries (169 thousand tonnes), 2.3% of the world total. China sold 78% of the total, followed by South Korea (7%) and Japan (5%). India was the world’s 12th-largest importer of batteries.

Summary

Value
$3.5billion
Tonnes
169thousand tonnes
Share of world total
2.3%
World rank
12th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2.7Tonnes: 108,618USD per tonne: $24,92078.3%Land
South Korea0.25Tonnes: 14,014USD per tonne: $17,7037.2%Sea
Japan0.16Tonnes: 3,938USD per tonne: $41,0344.7%Air
Vietnam0.12Tonnes: 10,733USD per tonne: $11,6093.6%Sea
Germany0.04Tonnes: 3,114USD per tonne: $12,4651.1%Sea
Indonesia0.04Tonnes: 7,185USD per tonne: $5,3601.1%Sea
Hong Kong re-exports0.03Tonnes: 777USD per tonne: $39,1670.88%Sea
United States0.02Tonnes: 2,818USD per tonne: $7,0380.57%Sea
Poland0.02Tonnes: 3,374USD per tonne: $5,0830.5%Sea
Thailand0.02Tonnes: 4,233USD per tonne: $3,9450.48%Sea
Malaysia0.01Tonnes: 2,211USD per tonne: $4,7050.3%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 221USD per tonne: $28,8810.18%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 827USD per tonne: $5,8740.14%Sea
Philippines< 0.01Tonnes: 471USD per tonne: $9,0760.12%Sea
Taiwan< 0.01Tonnes: 277USD per tonne: $15,0300.12%Air
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 824USD per tonne: $4,2160.1%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 774USD per tonne: $4,3590.1%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 375USD per tonne: $7,3030.08%Sea
Luxembourg< 0.01Tonnes: 132USD per tonne: $17,6380.07%Sea
Israel< 0.01Tonnes: 55USD per tonne: $38,4760.06%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 1998

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • China 2.7
  • South Korea 0.25
  • Japan 0.16
  • Vietnam 0.12
  • Germany 0.04

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.012.7
South Korea< 0.010.25
Japan< 0.010.16
Vietnam00.12
Germany< 0.010.04

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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