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Section 14

Hand tools and cutting tools

India’s exports: 1,022.36 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
4
top markets
5

How to start

  1. Get an Import Export Code (IEC) from DGFT online; it is free and linked to your PAN.
  2. Register with EEPC India and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Agricultural hand tools and spanners for Africa and Latin America are a common first market; DIY tools for Europe need higher finish.
  4. Offer private-label packing (blister, hang-tag) with the buyer’s brand.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States73.17 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Germany8.58 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United Kingdom7.54 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. United Arab Emirates6.58 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. France5.51 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • EEPC RCMC
  • Conformity to DIN, ISO or ANSI tool standards asked by buyers
  • GS mark or third-party test reports for retail chains in Europe

Watch out for

  • Chinese tools compete hard on price; compete on forging quality and small lots.
  • Steel price changes move your costs.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Agricultural Implements, Cutlery and Hand Tools →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "M6, HND TOOL, CTTNG TOOL OF METALS"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 8205, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023