Building BusinessServices

Section 14

Pumps (water, submersible and industrial)

India’s exports: 1,632.21 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 EEPC India and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Agricultural and borewell pumps sell well in Africa, the Middle East and South-East Asia, often through distributors.
  4. Offer spares and service manuals; after-sales support wins repeat orders.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States414.49 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Germany98.15 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. United Arab Emirates92.6 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. Saudi Arabia58.79 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. Italy57.69 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • EEPC RCMC
  • CE marking (Machinery and Low Voltage rules) for the EU; UL/CSA for North America where electrical
  • Energy efficiency labels where the importing country requires them

Watch out for

  • Copper and steel prices move costs.
  • Voltage and frequency differ by country (50 Hz / 60 Hz); design for the market.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Monoset Water Pump Manufacturing →Submersible Pump Set Manufacturing (Agriculture) →Hand Pump Manufacturing →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "O3, PUMPS OF ALL TYPES"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 8413, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023