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Section 14

Iron and steel products (fasteners, castings, fabricated items)

India’s exports: 10,362.46 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. Castings, forgings and fasteners made to a buyer drawing are the usual MSME entry; quote by weight and machining.
  4. Join EEPC buyer-seller meets and the IESS / Engineering Expo events.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States3,015.46 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. United Arab Emirates835.02 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. Germany510.9 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Saudi Arabia433.97 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. United Kingdom330.99 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • EEPC RCMC
  • ISO 9001; material test certificates (EN 10204 3.1) for each heat
  • CE marking or product standards where the item is regulated in the EU

Watch out for

  • EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) needs emissions data for iron and steel goods.
  • US tariffs on steel and its derivatives change often.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Nuts, Bolts, Washers and Rivets (Light Engineering) →Malleable Iron Castings (Pipe Fittings and Auto Parts) →MS Fabrication / Steel Furniture Unit →Wrought Iron Furniture →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "L4, PRODUCTS OF IRON AND STEEL"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 73, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023