Reading India’s organic chemicals export statistics (HS Chapter 29)

Published: 28 August 2026 · Category: Insights

What this article is

This is an Insights note on how to use official Indian merchandise trade statistics when evaluating manufacturing location. It does not provide agrochemical-specific export totals, forecasts, or Chemlyst project outcomes.

Observed data (reproducible)

Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), Quarterly Review of Merchandise Foreign Trade, period October–December 2024 (third quarter of financial year 2024–25).

Product scope: ITC-HS Chapter 29 — Organic chemicals (two-digit commodity group in India’s trade classification). This chapter includes many organic intermediates and actives but is not limited to crop-protection products and excludes unrelated chapters (for example finished formulations classified elsewhere).

What to extract: Table 4a (Top 15 two-digit level ITC-HS Commodity Groups — Export) lists Chapter 29 among India’s leading export groups for the quarter, with value reported in USD billion in the published tables. Use the PDF table directly for the exact figure — do not rely on rounded summaries in third-party articles.

PDF: https://www.dgciskol.gov.in/writereaddata/Downloads/20250513155758QRMFT%20Q3%20FY%2024-25.pdf

Broader chemicals context (different scope): The Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals India Chem 2025 publication reports FY 2024–25 exports for chemicals and chemical products excluding pharmaceuticals and fertilizers at ₹3,92,770 crore (see Table 11). That aggregate spans multiple HS chapters and is not an agrochemical-only number.

PDF: http://chemicals.gov.in/sites/default/files/inline-files/Glance-2025_1.pdf

How procurement teams should use this

Question	Use Chapter 29 QRMFT	Use India Chem tables
Macro export trend for organic chemicals	Yes, with chapter definition	Only if you accept the wider basket
Product-specific export readiness	No	No
Facility quality or registration	No	No

For agrochemical technicals, pair macro data with site COA, methods, impurity limits, permits and destination registration — not national totals.

Chemlyst role

Chemlyst coordinates technical and commercial interfaces for manufacturing at qualified partner facilities. This article does not state that Chemlyst exports product X or holds registration Y.

Limitations

Trade statistics lag real time, may be revised, and mix diverse products within a chapter. This note is not customs, legal or regulatory advice.