Summary
- Share of its imports
- 5.5%
- Value imported
- $1.3billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 5th
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 17
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 8
- Dominated value
- $841million
- Share of total imports
- 3.7%
Trend
Trend in shares
India went from 1.8% to 5.5% of what Iran buys
Share (%)
- India 5.5%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 149 | 1.8% | 17 |
| 1996 | 194 | 1.8% | 17 |
| 1997 | 274 | 1.6% | 20 |
| 1998 | 236 | 1.4% | 20 |
| 1999 | 227 | 1.5% | 21 |
| 2000 | 279 | 1.6% | 22 |
| 2001 | 560 | 2.7% | 12 |
| 2002 | 588 | 2.4% | 12 |
| 2003 | 1,087 | 3.5% | 9 |
| 2004 | 1,312 | 3.2% | 9 |
| 2005 | 1,217 | 2.7% | 10 |
| 2006 | 1,703 | 4.8% | 7 |
| 2007 | 1,844 | 3.7% | 9 |
| 2008 | 2,332 | 4% | 8 |
| 2009 | 1,947 | 4.3% | 8 |
| 2010 | 2,074 | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2011 | 2,239 | 2.9% | 10 |
| 2012 | 2,572 | 3.7% | 6 |
| 2013 | 4,961 | 7.3% | 4 |
| 2014 | 4,361 | 6.3% | 5 |
| 2015 | 2,864 | 5.2% | 5 |
| 2016 | 2,472 | 4.5% | 7 |
| 2017 | 2,561 | 3.9% | 6 |
| 2018 | 2,881 | 5.4% | 5 |
| 2019 | 3,848 | 7.8% | 4 |
| 2020 | 2,410 | 5.8% | 4 |
| 2021 | 1,674 | 3.1% | 6 |
| 2022 | 2,586 | 4.5% | 5 |
| 2023 | 1,187 | 4% | 6 |
| 2024 | 1,253 | 5.5% | 5 |
Products where India sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rice | India | 99.6%over 75% | Thailand · 0.36% | $698 million |
| Bananas | India | 52.3% | Philippines · 46.2% | $61 million |
| Frozen beef | India | 83%over 75% | Paraguay · 9.8% | $17 million |
| Ginger, saffron, turmeric and other spices | India | 64.6% | China · 32.9% | $15 million |
| Peanuts | India | 80.8%over 75% | China · 19.2% | $12 million |
| Safety glass (tempered and laminated) | India | 67.6% | China · 25% | $11 million |
| Anise, coriander and cumin seeds | India | 96.5%over 75% | Turkey · 2.4% | $10 million |
| Medicinal and aromatic plants | India | 60.8% | China · 16.7% | $3 million |
| Phenols | India | 65.4% | China · 23% | $3 million |
| Nutmeg, mace and cardamom | India | 94.8%over 75% | Indonesia · 3.8% | $2 million |
| Worked stone | India | 55.1% | China · 31.6% | $2 million |
| Feldspar and fluorspar | India | 92.1%over 75% | Spain · 5.7% | $1 million |
| Butter and milk fats | India | 100%over 75% | — | $1 million |
| Ceramic tiles | India | 62.9% | China · 32% | $1 million |
| Copra | India | 100%over 75% | — | $1 million |
| Petroleum jelly and paraffin wax | India | 57.7% | China · 14.8% | $1 million |
| Gelatin capsules and carved articles | India | 66.2% | China · 31.5% | $1 million |
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- India sells 29.3% of what the world exports of rice; next come Thailand (17.2%), Vietnam (10.5%) and Pakistan (10.1%). The rest of the world exported 39.3 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 2.1% of what the world exports of bananas; next come Ecuador (28.3%), Colombia (10.9%) and Costa Rica (10.7%). The rest of the world exported 251.4 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 9.8% of what the world exports of frozen beef; next come Brazil (27.5%), Australia (15.5%) and United States (12.6%). The rest of the world exported 1,881.1 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 17.8% of what the world exports of ginger, saffron, turmeric and other spices; next come China (21.7%), Germany (4.2%) and Netherlands (4.1%). The rest of the world exported 207.8 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 17.7% of what the world exports of peanuts; next come Argentina (18.9%), United States (15.4%) and China (10.6%). The rest of the world exported 347.2 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 0.58% of what the world exports of safety glass (tempered and laminated); next come China (34.5%), Germany (7.5%) and Poland (7.4%). The rest of the world exported 1,142.1 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 54.8% of what the world exports of anise, coriander and cumin seeds; next come Egypt (6.9%), China (6.6%) and Vietnam (3.8%). The rest of the world exported 74.8 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 12.4% of what the world exports of medicinal and aromatic plants; next come China (20.2%), Canada (7.7%) and Germany (4.3%). The rest of the world exported 1,308.4 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 4.8% of what the world exports of phenols; next come Germany (10.5%), Taiwan (10.4%) and South Korea (8.7%). The rest of the world exported 2,054.7 times what Iran buys from India.
- India sells 19.5% of what the world exports of nutmeg, mace and cardamom; next come Guatemala (41.9%), Indonesia (18.7%) and Nepal (4.9%). The rest of the world exported 484.4 times what Iran buys from India.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from India
Iran is India’s 54th-largest customer, with 0.27% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.