India imports · 2025-26

India's top 50 imported chemicals

The chemicals, polymers and fertilisers India buys most from abroad, ranked by import bill, with separate lists of pharma intermediates and bulk drugs, and of agrochemicals. Each one is demand that Indian suppliers could serve. Open a product to see the 5-year trend, where it comes from and what is changing.

Import bill of these 50, 2025-26

₹3,30,106 cr

Imports rising

37 of 50

Largest by import bill

Urea

111.7 lakh t · ₹45,815 cr

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#	Product	Imports 2025-26	Import bill	Growth a year	Last year	Trend	Main sources
1	UreaFertilisers · 1 update	111.7 lakh t	₹45,815 cr	+1.6%	+61.6%	Steady	China 21% · Oman 16% · Russia 14%
2	Diammonium phosphate (DAP)Fertilisers · 1 update	63.7 lakh t	₹42,770 cr	+1.9%	+39.6%	Steady	Saudi Arabia 41% · Morocco 27% · Russia 11%
3	Phosphoric acidInorganic chemicals · 1 update	21.6 lakh t	₹23,666 cr	-3%	+1.9%	Steady	Jordan 30% · Morocco 20% · Senegal 20%
4	PVC resinPolymers · 2 updates	31 lakh t	₹18,874 cr	+14.2%	-7.1%	Rising	China 46% · Japan 15% · Taiwan 9%
5	Polypropylene (homo + copolymer)Polymers · 2 updates	19.5 lakh t	₹17,506 cr	+18.7%	+26.9%	Rising	UAE 26% · Singapore 25% · Saudi Arabia 17%
6	Purified terephthalic acid (PTA)Petrochemicals · 2 updates	22.1 lakh t	₹12,985 cr	+28.7%	+5.6%	Rising	Thailand 29% · China 25% · Taiwan 17%
7	Potassium chloride (MOP)Fertilisers · 1 update	36.6 lakh t	₹11,290 cr	-6.4%	-15.2%	Falling	Russia 46% · Canada 20% · Turkmenistan 11%
8	NPK complex fertilisersFertilisers · 1 update	23.3 lakh t	₹10,192 cr	+22.6%	+28.5%	Rising	Russia 91% · Norway 2% · Saudi Arabia 2%
9	Styrene monomerPetrochemicals · 1 update	12.1 lakh t	₹9,990 cr	+10.4%	+6.3%	Rising	Saudi Arabia 43% · Kuwait 25% · Singapore 16%
10	MethanolSolvents & alcohols · 2 updates	35.8 lakh t	₹9,586 cr	+10%	+19.4%	Rising	Oman 42% · Saudi Arabia 25% · Qatar 9%
11	Ammonia (anhydrous)Inorganic chemicals · 1 update	25 lakh t	₹9,564 cr	+0.7%	-1.2%	Steady	Oman 39% · Saudi Arabia 31% · Indonesia 10%
12	HDPE (polyethylene ≥0.94)Polymers · 1 update	10 lakh t	₹8,278 cr	+9.2%	-12.6%	Rising	UAE 41% · Saudi Arabia 15% · Qatar 10%
13	SulphurInorganic chemicals · 1 update	21.1 lakh t	₹6,877 cr	+7.6%	-3.7%	Rising	UAE 36% · Oman 23% · Qatar 9%
14	ParaxylenePetrochemicals · 3 updates	8.2 lakh t	₹6,376 cr	+4.7%	-14.9%	Rising	Japan 59% · Singapore 30% · USA 8%
15	Monoethylene glycol (MEG)Petrochemicals · 1 update	12.9 lakh t	₹5,725 cr	+15.7%	+15%	Rising	USA 41% · Kuwait 33% · Saudi Arabia 17%
16	PolycarbonatePolymers · 2 updates	3.3 lakh t	₹5,400 cr	+13.3%	+3.2%	Rising	Thailand 38% · South Korea 26% · Saudi Arabia 12%
17	LLDPEPolymers · 1 update	5.6 lakh t	₹4,861 cr	+9.4%	+29.8%	Rising	Singapore 25% · Saudi Arabia 21% · UAE 17%
18	Triple superphosphate (TSP)Fertilisers · 1 update	9.3 lakh t	₹4,847 cr	—too few years	+156.7%	—	Morocco 100%
19	Acetic acidOrganic chemicals · 1 update	13.8 lakh t	₹4,322 cr	+8.9%	+19.2%	Rising	China 63% · Malaysia 19% · USA 7%
20	Linear alkyl benzene (LAB)Petrochemicals · 1 update	3 lakh t	₹4,015 cr	+3.3%	+7.6%	Rising	Saudi Arabia 60% · Thailand 19% · Qatar 11%
21	TolueneSolvents & alcohols · 1 update	5.8 lakh t	₹3,994 cr	-0.8%	-1.3%	Steady	South Korea 54% · Thailand 18% · China 14%
22	EVA copolymerPolymers · 1 update	3.3 lakh t	₹3,932 cr	+11.6%	+10.5%	Rising	South Korea 54% · Saudi Arabia 17% · Taiwan 8%
23	LDPEPolymers · 1 update	3.5 lakh t	₹3,442 cr	+14.1%	+5.9%	Rising	Saudi Arabia 29% · Qatar 25% · USA 13%
24	Polymeric MDIPolymers · 1 update	2.3 lakh t	₹3,433 cr	+16%	+3.7%	Rising	South Korea 44% · China 17% · Japan 14%
25	AnilineOrganic chemicals · 2 updates	3.2 lakh t	₹3,127 cr	+34.9%	+60.9%	Rising	China 82% · Belgium 13% · UK 2%
26	6-APA (penicillin intermediate)Intermediates & KSMs · 2 updates	13,034 t	₹3,026 cr	+12.3%	+18.7%	Rising	China 83% · Germany 7% · Austria 6%
27	IodineInorganic chemicals	4,637 t	₹2,971 cr	+11.4%	-1.9%	Rising	Chile 73% · Japan 17% · USA 5%
28	Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)Petrochemicals · 1 update	5.4 lakh t	₹2,835 cr	+2.6%	+5.3%	Steady	Qatar 46% · Japan 32% · China 12%
29	Polybutadiene rubber (PBR)Polymers	1.7 lakh t	₹2,627 cr	+7.9%	+10.7%	Rising	South Korea 37% · China 11% · Saudi Arabia 11%
30	Polyether polyolsPolymers · 1 update	2 lakh t	₹2,314 cr	+5.2%since 2022-23	-20.6%	Rising	Singapore 18% · China 16% · Saudi Arabia 15%
31	CPVC resinPolymers · 1 update	1.4 lakh t	₹2,285 cr	+7.2%	+11.3%	Rising	Thailand 43% · Japan 24% · Netherlands 14%
32	ABS resinPolymers · 1 update	1.7 lakh t	₹2,213 cr	+11%	+6.3%	Rising	South Korea 49% · Taiwan 28% · Thailand 13%
33	Sulphuric acidInorganic chemicals · 1 update	20.1 lakh t	₹2,212 cr	+0.1%	+6.1%	Steady	South Korea 46% · Japan 26% · China 21%
34	Lauryl alcohol (fatty alcohol)Organic chemicals · 1 update	89,510 t	₹2,175 cr	+2%	-9.1%	Steady	Malaysia 70% · Indonesia 16% · Thailand 13%
35	OrthoxylenePetrochemicals · 1 update	2.6 lakh t	₹2,149 cr	+59.9%	+7.7%	Rising	China 59% · South Korea 14% · Singapore 14%
36	PhenolOrganic chemicals · 2 updates	2.8 lakh t	₹2,064 cr	+10.1%	+8%	Rising	Thailand 41% · Taiwan 18% · Singapore 18%
37	AcrylonitrilePetrochemicals · 1 update	2 lakh t	₹1,923 cr	+8%	-5.6%	Rising	Taiwan 62% · South Korea 28% · China 9%
38	Soda ashInorganic chemicals · 2 updates	9 lakh t	₹1,852 cr	+4.5%	-12.6%	Rising	USA 34% · Türkiye 23% · China 12%
39	Yellow phosphorusInorganic chemicals	52,751 t	₹1,819 cr	+4.4%	+14.9%	Rising	Vietnam 54% · Latvia 43% · Türkiye 3%
40	Erythromycin & derivativesAntibiotics · 1 update	2,037 t	₹1,676 cr	0%	+13.6%	Steady	China 99% · Spain <1% · Thailand <1%
41	Monoammonium phosphate (MAP)Fertilisers · 1 update	2.1 lakh t	₹1,596 cr	+7.4%	+5.9%	Rising	China 47% · Russia 27% · Saudi Arabia 11%
42	Butyl acrylateOrganic chemicals · 1 update	1.7 lakh t	₹1,572 cr	-6%	-15.4%	Falling	Saudi Arabia 29% · Taiwan 24% · Malaysia 22%
43	Epoxy resinPolymers · 1 update	61,650 t	₹1,541 cr	+15.6%	-0.9%	Rising	Thailand 33% · South Korea 24% · China 14%
44	Ammonium sulphateFertilisers	9.7 lakh t	₹1,538 cr	+47.1%	+55.3%	Rising	China 92% · UAE 5% · Hong Kong 2%
45	EPDM rubberPolymers	77,938 t	₹1,534 cr	+13.3%	+13.9%	Rising	South Korea 31% · USA 22% · Japan 17%
46	MethionineOrganic chemicals	77,254 t	₹1,516 cr	+9%	+5.5%	Rising	Singapore 46% · China 26% · Japan 21%
47	Vinyl acetate monomer (VAM)Organic chemicals · 1 update	2.1 lakh t	₹1,488 cr	+9.1%	-5.5%	Rising	Singapore 61% · Saudi Arabia 37% · China 2%
48	Bisphenol AOrganic chemicals · 1 update	1.5 lakh t	₹1,460 cr	+18.8%	+34.4%	Rising	South Korea 45% · Thailand 40% · Taiwan 9%
49	Carbon blackInorganic chemicals	1.3 lakh t	₹1,452 cr	-5.8%	-10.8%	Falling	China 28% · South Korea 12% · Türkiye 11%
50	Methacrylate esters (incl. MMA)Organic chemicals	1.1 lakh t	₹1,406 cr	+10.2%	-2.8%	Rising	Singapore 33% · China 27% · Saudi Arabia 20%

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Imports and import bill are India's official figures for the financial year 2025-26 (Export Import Data Bank, Department of Commerce; data from DGCI&S). The import bill is the total CIF value before duty, in ₹ crore. It is not a price.
Growth a year is the yearly growth rate of import volume from 2020-21 to 2025-26, or from the first year a product had its own tariff line (marked "since"). Rising means more than +3% a year, Falling less than −3%, otherwise Steady. It describes the past; it is not a forecast.
Net imports are imports minus India's exports of the same tariff lines in 2025-26. India's own production is not included, so this is not total demand.
What's changing lists reported facts (new plants, duties, supply deals) with the source and its date.
Fuels, ores, edible oils, gold compounds, finished medicines and catch-all "other" tariff lines are left out.
The pharma list covers intermediates, key starting materials and bulk drugs that have their own tariff line. Many pharma intermediates are recorded under "other" lines (for example other heterocyclic compounds), so they cannot be counted one by one.
The agrochemicals list covers pesticide tariff lines that name their products, most of them created on 1 May 2023 or later, so they have only one or two full years and no growth rate yet. A new line often fills up as importers move goods into it from "other" lines, so a big jump in its first years can overstate the real rise in demand. Most pesticide imports are still recorded under "other insecticides / fungicides / herbicides" and are not shown.

Source: Export Import Data Bank, Department of Commerce (DGCI&S data), figures as published on 2026-11-10. Duty, licences and rules for each product: XchangeIQ (free). Want to supply one of these? See buyer requirements.