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Section 14

Rubber products (moulded parts, hoses, belts)

India’s exports: 1,870.6 US$ million · 2025-26 (provisional)

HS codes
3
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 CAPEXIL and get your RCMC (Registration-cum-Membership Certificate) through the DGFT e-RCMC system.
  3. Moulded seals, gaskets and mats to drawing are a good start; offer compound test reports with every lot.
  4. Kerala and Tripura units can buy natural rubber close to source.

Top buyer countries

  1. United States155.06 US$ million · 2025-26
  2. Germany74.59 US$ million · 2025-26
  3. Netherlands43.42 US$ million · 2025-26
  4. United Kingdom30.87 US$ million · 2025-26
  5. United Arab Emirates27.18 US$ million · 2025-26

Certificates and registrations

  • CAPEXIL RCMC (rubber manufactured products)
  • IATF 16949 for automotive rubber parts
  • REACH and PAH test reports for consumer items sold in the EU

Watch out for

  • Natural and synthetic rubber prices swing with global markets.
  • Automotive buyers require PPAP approval before orders start.

Businesses in the encyclopedia

Moulded Rubber Parts for Industry (Bushes, O-Rings, Seals) →Rubber Mat Manufacturing →Rubber-Bonded Engine Mounting Unit →Microcellular Rubber Sheets →

Sources (3)
  1. TradeStat, Department of Commerce — Export: Principal Commodity-wise, April–March 2026 (provisional), US$ million — row "I9, OTHR RUBBER PRODCT EXCPT FOOTW"
  2. TradeStat (Export Import Data Bank), Department of Commerce — Commodity-wise all countries export, HS 4016, 2025-26, US$ million · 2025-26
  3. HBP Appendix 2T — List of EPCs / Commodity Boards (DGFT), via research/export-import.json · 2023