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Section 14

Organic chemicals and intermediates

India’s exports: 7,680.38 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
1
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 CHEMEXCIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Specialty and custom-synthesis intermediates for pharma and agrochemical buyers suit small plants better than bulk commodity chemicals.
  4. Get the pollution consent (CTE/CTO) and hazardous waste authorisation before production.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States2,679.95 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. China1,343.03 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. Netherlands1,041.01 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Brazil924.05 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Germany765.21 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • CHEMEXCIL RCMC
  • EU REACH registration through an Only Representative for volumes above the threshold
  • Safety Data Sheets in GHS format; hazardous-cargo (IMDG) packing and declaration

Watch out for

  • Chinese price competition and anti-dumping cases swing demand.
  • Some chemicals are controlled (precursors, SCOMET list) and need export authorisation.
Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "I3, ORGANIC CHEMICALS"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 29, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023