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Where does India get its mobile phones? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $8.9 billion of mobile phones (92 thousand tonnes), 1.4% of the world total. China sold 50% of the total, followed by Vietnam (13%) and Singapore (7%). India was the world’s 17th-largest importer of mobile phones.

Summary

Value
$8.9billion
Tonnes
92thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.4%
World rank
17th
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
China4.5Tonnes: 60,760USD per tonne: $73,50850.4%Land
Vietnam1.1Tonnes: 2,232USD per tonne: $514,52013%Air
Singapore re-exports0.66Tonnes: 3,091USD per tonne: $212,6227.4%Air
South Korea0.48Tonnes: 1,806USD per tonne: $267,7295.5%Air
Mexico0.38Tonnes: 884USD per tonne: $424,6754.2%Air
Thailand0.28Tonnes: 594USD per tonne: $469,1833.2%Air
Taiwan0.27Tonnes: 951USD per tonne: $283,1873%Air
United States0.25Tonnes: 840USD per tonne: $301,6162.9%Air
Malaysia0.24Tonnes: 814USD per tonne: $291,1522.7%Air
Hong Kong re-exports0.1Tonnes: 18,354USD per tonne: $5,2921.1%Sea
Netherlands re-exports0.09Tonnes: 368USD per tonne: $233,8200.97%Air
Germany0.08Tonnes: 249USD per tonne: $311,6890.88%Air
Japan0.06Tonnes: 198USD per tonne: $320,4030.72%Air
United Kingdom0.06Tonnes: 291USD per tonne: $212,7060.7%Air
Israel0.05Tonnes: 105USD per tonne: $504,0110.6%Air
Philippines0.04Tonnes: 106USD per tonne: $358,2910.43%Air
Czechia0.02Tonnes: 28USD per tonne: $820,2850.26%Air
Canada0.02Tonnes: 53USD per tonne: $405,5880.24%Air
France0.02Tonnes: 81USD per tonne: $247,7840.23%Air
Ireland0.02Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $375,0160.18%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2006

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

  • China 4.5
  • Vietnam 1.1
  • Singapore 0.66
  • South Korea 0.48
  • Mexico 0.38

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China< 0.014.5
Vietnam01.1
Singapore< 0.010.66
South Korea< 0.010.48
Mexico00.38

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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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