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Who buys India’s cargo and passenger ships? Export destinations 2024

In 2024, India exported $2.7 billion of cargo and passenger ships (705 thousand tonnes), 3.2% of the world total. Its main destinations were Singapore (41%), the United Arab Emirates (17%) and the Maldives (11%). India was the world’s 4th-largest exporter of cargo and passenger ships.

Summary

Value
$2.7billion
Tonnes
705thousand tonnes
Share of world total
3.2%
World rank
4th
Routes to the main destinations. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Destinations

The 20 main destinations in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
Singapore re-exports1.1Tonnes: 311,492USD per tonne: $3,49440.6%Sea
United Arab Emirates0.46Tonnes: 119,685USD per tonne: $3,85117.2%Sea
Maldives0.3Tonnes: 13,158USD per tonne: $22,79011.2%Sea
United States0.24Tonnes: 75,190USD per tonne: $3,2459.1%Sea
Sri Lanka0.15Tonnes: 40,375USD per tonne: $3,6045.4%Sea
Indonesia0.11Tonnes: 53,250USD per tonne: $2,0274%Sea
Qatar0.06Tonnes: 17,840USD per tonne: $3,2452.2%Sea
Oman0.05Tonnes: 17,045USD per tonne: $2,9461.9%Sea
Saudi Arabia0.05Tonnes: 15,109USD per tonne: $3,1611.8%Sea
Tanzania0.04Tonnes: 13,340USD per tonne: $3,2451.6%Sea
Finland0.03Tonnes: 1,179USD per tonne: $29,0891.3%Sea
Egypt0.03Tonnes: 8,888USD per tonne: $3,2451.1%Sea
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 6,539USD per tonne: $3,2450.79%Sea
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 4,263USD per tonne: $3,2450.52%Sea
Sweden0.01Tonnes: 393USD per tonne: $30,0180.44%Sea
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 393USD per tonne: $19,0000.28%Sea
Poland0.01Tonnes: 3,178USD per tonne: $2,3110.27%Sea
Turkey< 0.01Tonnes: 138USD per tonne: $23,4190.12%Sea
Bangladesh< 0.01Tonnes: 496USD per tonne: $5,1970.1%Land
Marshall Islands< 0.01Tonnes: 393USD per tonne: $6,2830.09%Sea

Trend

Who it sells to

Singapore has been its main destination since 2020

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

  • Singapore 1.1
  • United Arab Emirates 0.46
  • Maldives 0.3
  • United States 0.24
  • Sri Lanka 0.15

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Singapore< 0.011.1
United Arab Emirates00.46
Maldives00.3
United States00.24
Sri Lanka00.15

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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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