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Where does India get its sugar? Import sources 2024

In 2024, India imported $1.7 billion of sugar (3.4 million tonnes), 4.1% of the world total. Brazil sold 99% of the total, followed by France (0.5%) and Germany (0.2%). India was the world’s 4th-largest importer of sugar.

Summary

Value
$1.7billion
Tonnes
3.4million tonnes
Share of world total
4.1%
World rank
4th
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
Brazil1.7Tonnes: 3,333,063USD per tonne: $50199%Sea
France0.01Tonnes: 12,041USD per tonne: $6580.47%Sea
Germany< 0.01Tonnes: 2,545USD per tonne: $1,5210.23%Sea
United States< 0.01Tonnes: 558USD per tonne: $3,3670.11%Sea
Poland< 0.01Tonnes: 4,427USD per tonne: $2690.07%Sea
New Zealand< 0.01Tonnes: 642USD per tonne: $1,1340.04%Sea
Kenya< 0.01Tonnes: 809USD per tonne: $8740.04%Sea
United Arab Emirates< 0.01Tonnes: 1,215USD per tonne: $4440.03%Sea
Belgium re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 1,776USD per tonne: $2190.02%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $17,9280.01%Sea
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 65USD per tonne: $1,8700.01%Sea
Israel< 0.01Tonnes: 66USD per tonne: $1,7000.01%Sea
Thailand< 0.01Tonnes: 100USD per tonne: $6310%Sea
Japan< 0.01Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $3,3860%Sea
Australia< 0.01Tonnes: 15USD per tonne: $1,3470%Sea
Singapore re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: —USD per tonne: —0%Sea
Mauritius< 0.01Tonnes: 16USD per tonne: $6170%Sea
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $3,9910%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $10,7260%Sea
Switzerland< 0.01Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $12,8730%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

Brazil has been its main source since 2002

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

  • Brazil 1.7
  • France 0.01
  • Germany < 0.01
  • United States < 0.01
  • Poland < 0.01

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
Brazil0.191.7
France00.01
Germany< 0.01< 0.01
United States< 0.01< 0.01
Poland0< 0.01

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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