#15 of pharma imports · Vitamins
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) & derivatives: imports into India
Tariff line 29362700 · CAS 50-81-7
Imports 2025-26
10,524 t
+78.6% vs 2024-25
Import bill (CIF, before duty)
₹308 cr
Volume growth, 2020-21 to 2025-26
+2.9% a year
Steady
Net imports 2025-26
9,674 t
Exports 850 t
Import volume by financial year
SteadyShow as table
| Year | Imports | Import bill |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 9,137 t | ₹315 cr |
| 2021-22 | 4,373 t | ₹223 cr |
| 2022-23 | 9,520 t | ₹323 cr |
| 2023-24 | 7,604 t | ₹216 cr |
| 2024-25 | 5,891 t | ₹216 cr |
| 2025-26 | 10,524 t | ₹308 cr |
Where it comes from (2025-26)
Share of the import bill
- China83.6%
- UK7.4%
- Taiwan3.2%
What's changing
- DGTR recommended a five-year anti-dumping duty of $3.20–3.55/kg on vitamin C from China in September 2021; no such duty appears in CBIC's anti-dumping notifications since.Medical Dialogues; CBIC anti-dumping notifications, 10 Sept 2021
Reported facts with their source. Not a forecast.
Buy or supply vitamin c (ascorbic acid) & derivatives in India
Source: Export Import Data Bank, Department of Commerce (DGCI&S data), as published on 10 Nov 2026. The import bill is the total declared value, not a price per kg. How to read these figures.