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Trade between Denmark and India

In 2024, Denmark exported $825 million to India and imported $1.1 billion. Denmark ran a deficit of $285 million with India, compared with a deficit of $181 million in 2019. India was Denmark’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Denmark was India’s 65th (0.2%).

Summary

Denmark → India
$825million
India → Denmark
$1.1billion
Denmark’s balance
-$285million

Balance

Denmark’s trade balance with India

Trade between Denmark and India grew 2.9-fold since 1995

USD billions (current). Denmark’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 0.8
  • Imports 1.1
  • Balance -0.3

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$431 million$226 million$204 million
1996$243 million$214 million$29 million
1997$81 million$179 million-$98 million
1998$121 million$228 million-$107 million
1999$155 million$221 million-$66 million
2000$133 million$215 million-$82 million
2001$166 million$216 million-$50 million
2002$143 million$227 million-$84 million
2003$237 million$313 million-$76 million
2004$331 million$427 million-$97 million
2005$520 million$627 million-$107 million
2006$521 million$557 million-$36 million
2007$435 million$716 million-$282 million
2008$604 million$735 million-$131 million
2009$627 million$699 million-$71 million
2010$469 million$757 million-$288 million
2011$599 million$946 million-$347 million
2012$544 million$798 million-$255 million
2013$508 million$889 million-$381 million
2014$467 million$909 million-$441 million
2015$417 million$710 million-$293 million
2016$489 million$719 million-$230 million
2017$509 million$806 million-$298 million
2018$564 million$858 million-$294 million
2019$633 million$814 million-$181 million
2020$556 million$734 million-$177 million
2021$678 million$1 billion-$342 million
2022$1 billion$1.3 billion-$285 million
2023$825 million$1 billion-$194 million
2024$825 million$1.1 billion-$285 million

What they sell each other

What Denmark sells to India

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. 289 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  2. Liquid pumps$35 million · 4.2%
    860 tonnes
  3. Copper scrap$24 million · 2.9%
    4 thousand tonnes
  4. Valves and taps$24 million · 2.9%
    637 tonnes
  5. 200 tonnes · India’s sources
  6. Enzymes$22 million · 2.7%
    3 thousand tonnes
  7. Food processing machinery$21 million · 2.6%
    440 tonnes
  8. Vaccines, blood and antisera$20 million · 2.4%
    112 tonnes · Denmark’s destinations
  9. 682 tonnes
  10. Coated narrow steel strip$17 million · 2.1%
    4 thousand tonnes

What India sells to Denmark

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Refined petroleum$138 million · 12.4%
    170 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations
  2. Hot-rolled flat steel$109 million · 9.8%
    142 thousand tonnes
  3. Women's suits and dresses$77 million · 7%
    2 thousand tonnes
  4. Women's blouses$60 million · 5.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  5. Bags, suitcases and cases$35 million · 3.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  6. 996 tonnes · India’s destinations
  7. T-shirts$25 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  8. Bed, table and kitchen linen$24 million · 2.1%
    3 thousand tonnes
  9. Valves and taps$20 million · 1.8%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. New tires$18 million · 1.6%
    5 thousand tonnes · India’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Aarhus to Nhava Sheva (Mumbai).

The estimated sea route between Aarhus and Nhava Sheva (Mumbai) is 11,561 nautical miles (21,411 km) long: ≈ 27–34.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover and the Cape of Good Hope (11,561 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal and the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait (7,064 nautical miles).

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.4 billion · 73.4%
  2. Air$515 million · 26.6%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

India was Denmark’s 22nd largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Denmark was India’s 65th (0.2%).

India in Denmark’s trade
0.8%
India’s rank among Denmark’s partners
22nd
Denmark in India’s trade
0.2%
Denmark’s rank among India’s partners
65th

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Sources and methodology

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.