FAO FAOSTAT Trade Data · Country
India
Heavy-third FAO agricultural trade profile for India (2018–2023).
- $143.7B
- exports, 2018–2023
- $128.5B
- imports, 2018–2023
- +$15.2B
- trade surplus
- $272.3B
- total trade (imports + exports)
India agricultural trade, 2018–2023
Imports vs exports by year, FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock
Near-balanced trade book
India in the heavy-trade third
India's |exports-imports| is only 6% of total trade, lower-third imbalance (near parity).
Cumulative 2018-2023 ag trade for India reached $272.3B, a heavy-third book where US duty shifts on its headline commodities move real volume. Leading export: Rice; milled; leading import: Palm oil. US MFN duties follow the product's HTS classification, not origin; on a heavy book, map each India-origin shipment to the exact 8- or 10-digit subheading before quoting landed cost.
Dig deeper: How US tariffs move trade flows. Source: FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock (USD converted from 1000 USD units).
Top Agricultural Exports (2023)
| # | Commodity | Export Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rice; milled | $9.9B |
| 2 | Refined sugar | $2.7B |
| 3 | Cake of soya beans | $1.1B |
| 4 | Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | $1.0B |
| 5 | Unmanufactured tobacco | $968.7M |
| 6 | Essential oils n.e.c. | $909.1M |
| 7 | Groundnuts; shelled | $853.4M |
| 8 | Cotton lint; ginned | $755.7M |
| 9 | Coffee; green | $742.0M |
| 10 | Tea leaves | $706.9M |
Top Agricultural Imports (2023)
| # | Commodity | Import Value |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palm oil | $8.8B |
| 2 | Soya bean oil | $4.0B |
| 3 | Sunflower-seed oil; crude | $3.4B |
| 4 | Raw cane or beet sugar (centrifugal only) | $1.3B |
| 5 | Lentils; dry | $1.3B |
| 6 | Beans; dry | $784.5M |
| 7 | Natural rubber in other forms | $702.1M |
| 8 | Cotton lint; ginned | $593.4M |
| 9 | Undenatured ethyl alcohol of an alcoholic strength by volume of less than 80% vol; spirits; liqueurs and other spirituous beverages | $571.8M |
| 10 | Industrial monocarboxylic fatty acids; acid oils from refining | $501.2M |
Trade Profile Summary
- Leading agricultural export: Rice; milled
- Leading agricultural import: Palm oil
Nationwide trading partners with similar ag trade scale
Two FAO peer sets for India's heavy-third book, each excluding this country (commodity tables above stay the bilateral path).
Similar total ag trade
Nearest other countries by cumulative imports+exports ($272.3B here).
Similar trade balance
Nearest other countries by export−import balance (+$15.2B here).
Sources: U.S. International Trade Commission Harmonized Tariff Schedule (2026 Basic Edition) and FAO FAOSTAT Trade: Crops and Livestock. See our methodology for how figures are computed.
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