India Imports

Imports to India tumbled declined 13.85 percent over a year earlier to USD 36.89 billion in September 2019, as purchases went down for coal, coke & briquettes (-23.96 percent); petroleum, crude & products (-18.33 percent); pearls, precious & semi-precious stones (-17.34 percent) and organic & inorganic chemicals (-16.21 percent). Imports in India averaged 8307 USD Million from 1957 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 45730 USD Million in August of 2018 and a record low of 117.40 USD Million in August of 1958.

Imports in India is expected to be 44500.00 USD Million by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Imports in India to stand at 45700.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the India Imports is projected to trend around 45100.00 USD Million in 2020, according to our econometric models.

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India Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-10860.00	-13450.00	258.90	-20210.90	USD Million	[+]
Current Account	-14315.70	-4628.37	7360.00	-31857.18	USD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	-2.30	-1.90	2.30	-4.80	percent	[+]
Imports	36890.00	39580.00	45730.00	117.40	USD Million	[+]
Exports	26030.00	26130.00	32550.00	59.01	USD Million	[+]
External Debt	557400.00	543300.00	557400.00	96392.00	USD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	73.30	71.10	100.00	57.90	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-823.59	-83.26	766.97	-823.59	USD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	1824.00	3812.00	8569.00	-1336.00	USD Million	[+]
Remittances	14641.80	12616.91	14641.80	5999.10	USD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	798587.00	817455.00	1191147.00	129286.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	618.16	618.16	618.16	357.75	Tonnes	[+]
Crude Oil Production	669.00	674.00	813.00	526.00	BBL/D/1K	[+]
Terrorism Index	7.57	7.53	8.09	7.22		[+]
Weapons Sales	46.00	56.00	56.00	0.00	USD Million	[+]

India Imports by Country	Last	Previous
China	453.41	425.74	INR Billion	Aug/19
United States	204.05	199.69	INR Billion	Aug/19
Saudi Arabia	180.66	155.66	INR Billion	Aug/19
Iraq	160.49	103.08	INR Billion	Aug/19
United Arab Emirates	153.50	157.18	INR Billion	Aug/19
Hong Kong	98.11	96.39	INR Billion	Aug/19
Indonesia	89.10	71.91	INR Billion	Aug/19
Singapore	80.07	97.59	INR Billion	Aug/19
Japan	78.43	78.01	INR Billion	Aug/19
Switzerland	78.40	82.22	INR Billion	Aug/19
Australia	73.43	61.78	INR Billion	Aug/19
Nigeria	68.41	54.52	INR Billion	Aug/19
Malaysia	58.26	64.56	INR Billion	Aug/19
Qatar	49.28	63.87	INR Billion	Aug/19
Thailand	43.47	45.44	INR Billion	Aug/19
United Kingdom	43.36	41.58	INR Billion	Aug/19
Belgium	42.64	56.32	INR Billion	Aug/19
Russia	34.92	41.61	INR Billion	Aug/19
South Africa	29.42	40.03	INR Billion	Aug/19
Italy	28.15	29.29	INR Billion	Aug/19

India Imports by Category	Last	Previous
Non Pol Items	10697670.00	8656960.00	INR Million	Aug/19
Non Pol Items	2040709.63	2073298.61	INR Million	Aug/19
Petroleum Crude & Products	773.81	663.50	INR Billion	Aug/19
Non Oil	151.06	109.19	USD Million	Aug/19
Oil	55.33	44.45	USD Million	Aug/19
Non Oil	28.71	28.45	USD Million	Aug/19
Cotton Raw & Waste	21.66	15.01	INR Billion	Aug/19
Project Goods	13.75	7.51	INR Billion	Aug/19
Oil	10.88	9.60	USD Million	Aug/19

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India main imports are: mineral fuels, oils and waxes and bituminous substances (27 percent of total imports); pearls, precious and semi-precious stones and jewelry (14 percent); electrical machinery and equipment (10 percent); nuclear reactors, boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances (8 percent); and organic chemicals (4 percent). India’s major import partners are: China (16 percent of total imports), the United States (6 percent), United Arab Emirates (6 percent), Saudi Arabia (5 percent) and Switzerland (5 percent). This page provides the latest reported value for - India Imports - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news. India Imports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2019.