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Market Research

Two ways to find something worth building: what people are reporting as problems, and what this country is paying foreigners for. Both are ranked; neither is combined into the other.

  • OverviewBoth signals, and where they agree
  • Reported demandWhat people are reporting as problems
  • Import substitutionWhat the country buys from abroad

Country · 2019–2024 · 60,550 trade records

India · 5,668
Commodities tracked
5,668
Imports across the top 24
$4.4B
Categories with demand signal
1
Demand as of
Sep 13, 2026 · 00:00 UTC
Top feasibility score
49/100
Feasibility as of
Nov 10, 2026 · 00:00 UTC

Most feasible to make here

Ranked by a 0–100 score over import volume, existing exports, published substitutes, supplier capacity and lead time. Computed Nov 10, 2026 · 00:00 UTC.

Every kindAgricultural produceProcessed foodMinerals & ceramicsFuels & energyChemicalsPharmaceuticalsPlastics & rubber

Every traded commodity

The Harmonized System catalogue, as the country actually files it. Codes and descriptions are the World Customs Organization’s own.

EverythingAgricultural produceProcessed foodMinerals & ceramicsFuels & energyChemicalsPharmaceuticals
Wood & paper
Textiles & leather
Precious materials
Metals
Machinery
Electronics
Transport equipment
Precision instruments
Other manufactured
Sugars; cane sugar, raw, in solid form, other than as specified in Subheading Note 2 to this chapter, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter

HS 170114

49/100

→ #31

Processed food$1.6B imported

Mostly import dependence (31 pts)

Dog or cat food; (not put up for retail sale), used in animal feeding

HS 230990

44/100

→ #94

Processed food$390.9M imported

Mostly import dependence (26 pts)

Whiskies

HS 220830

40/100

→ #170

Processed food$397.9M imported

Mostly import dependence (26 pts)

Cocoa; butter, fat and oil

HS 180400

40/100

→ #189

Processed food$273.6M imported

Mostly import dependence (26 pts)

Sugars; sucrose, chemically pure, in solid form, not containing added flavouring or colouring matter

HS 170199

37/100

→ #240

Processed food$96.8M imported

Mostly export capability (22 pts)

Dog or cat food; put up for retail sale, used in animal feeding

HS 230910

35/100

→ #309

Processed food$136.2M imported

Mostly import dependence (21 pts)

Non-alcoholic beverages; other than non-alcoholic beer, n.e.c. in item no. 2202.10, not including fruit, nut or vegetable juices of heading no. 2009

HS 220299

35/100

→ #322

Processed food$213.8M imported

Mostly import dependence (21 pts)

Food preparations; n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10

HS 210690

33/100

→ #468

Processed food$78M imported

Mostly export capability (18 pts)

Fish; frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and edible fish offal of subheadings 0303.91 to 0303.99

HS 030389

33/100

→ #492

Processed food$41.8M imported

Mostly export capability (18 pts)

Tobacco; other than homogenised or reconstituted or smoking

HS 240399

33/100

→ #493

Processed food$43.3M imported

Mostly export capability (18 pts)

Tobacco; partly or wholly stemmed or stripped

HS 240120

32/100

→ #534

Processed food$21.5M imported

Mostly export capability (22 pts)

Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking; in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water

HS 030617

32/100

→ #536

Processed food$17M imported

Mostly export capability (22 pts)

Food preparations; bakers' wares n.e.c. in heading no. 1605, whether or not containing cocoa; communion wafers, empty cachets suitable for pharmaceutical use, sealing wafers, rice papers and similar products

HS 190590

29/100

→ #704

Processed food$67.3M imported

Mostly import dependence (15 pts)

Ethyl alcohol and other spirits; denatured, of any strength

HS 220720

29/100

→ #705

Processed food$471M imported

Mostly import dependence (26 pts)

Sugar confectionery; (excluding chewing gum, including white chocolate), not containing cocoa

HS 170490

29/100

→ #772

Processed food$29.8M imported

Mostly import dependence (15 pts)

Chocolate and other food preparations containing cocoa; n.e.c. in chapter 18

HS 180690

29/100

→ #821

Processed food$78.8M imported

Mostly import dependence (15 pts)

Nuts and other seeds; whether or not containing added sugar, other sweetening matter or spirit (excluding ground-nuts except in mixtures)

HS 200819

29/100

→ #834

Processed food$54.7M imported

Mostly import dependence (15 pts)

Sauces and preparations therefor; mixed condiments and mixed seasonings

HS 210390

29/100

→ #851

Processed food$29M imported

Mostly import dependence (15 pts)

Food preparations; sweet biscuits, whether or not containing cocoa

HS 190531

28/100

→ #871

Processed food$13.5M imported

Mostly export capability (18 pts)

Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pellets, resulting from the extraction of soya-bean oil

HS 230400

28/100

→ #876

Processed food$10.8M imported

Mostly export capability (18 pts)

Extracts, essences and concentrates; of coffee, and preparations with a basis of these extracts, essences or concentrates or with a basis of coffee

HS 210111

28/100

→ #877

Processed food$17M imported

Mostly export capability (18 pts)

Flours, meals and pellets; of fish or of crustaceans, molluscs or other aquatic invertebrates

HS 230120

28/100

→ #880

Processed food$16.9M imported

Mostly export capability (18 pts)

Cocoa; powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter

HS 180500

27/100

→ #955

Processed food$238.5M imported

Mostly import dependence (21 pts)

Food preparations; pasta (excluding stuffed), cooked or otherwise prepared

HS 190230

25/100

→ #1066

Processed food$32.4M imported

Mostly import dependence (15 pts)

424 commodities scored · showing page 1

Plastics & rubber
Wood & paper
Textiles & leather
Precious materials
Metals
Machinery
Electronics
Transport equipment
Precision instruments
Other manufactured
  • 680530Abrasive powder or grain; natural or artificial, on a base of materials n.e.c. in heading no. 6805, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made upMinerals & ceramics
  • 680520Abrasive powder or grain; natural or artificial, on a base of paper or paperboard only, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made upMinerals & ceramics
  • 680510Abrasive powder or grain; natural or artificial, on a base of woven textile fabric only, whether or not cut to shape or sewn or otherwise made upMinerals & ceramics
  • 291100Acetals and hemiacetals; whether or not with other oxygen function, and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivativesChemicals
  • 291712Acids; acyclic polycarboxylic acids; adipic acid, its salts and estersChemicals
  • 291713Acids; acyclic polycarboxylic acids; azelaic acid, sebacic acid, their salts and estersChemicals
  • 291714Acids; acyclic polycarboxylic acids; maleic anhydrideChemicals
  • 291719Acids; acyclic polycarboxylic acids; n.e.c. in item no. 2917.1Chemicals
  • 291711Acids; acyclic polycarboxylic acids; oxalic acid, its salts and estersChemicals
  • 291639Acids; aromatic monocarboxylic acids, and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives, other than benzoic acid, its salts and esters, benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chloride, phenylacetic acid and its saltsChemicals
  • 291631Acids; aromatic monocarboxylic acids, benzoic acid, its salts and estersChemicals
  • 291632Acids; aromatic monocarboxylic acids, benzoyl peroxide and benzoyl chlorideChemicals
  • 291634Acids; aromatic monocarboxylic acids, phenylacetic acid and its saltsChemicals
  • 291737Acids; aromatic polycarboxylic acids; dimethyl terephthalateChemicals
  • 291733Acids; aromatic polycarboxylic acids; dinonyl or didecyl orthophthalatesChemicals
  • 291732Acids; aromatic polycarboxylic acids; dioctyl orthophthalatesChemicals
  • 291739Acids; aromatic polycarboxylic acids; n.e.c. in item no. 2917.3Chemicals
  • 291734Acids; aromatic polycarboxylic acids; other esters of orthophthalic acidsChemicals
  • 291735Acids; aromatic polycarboxylic acids; phthalic anhydrideChemicals
  • 291736Acids; aromatic polycarboxylic acids; terephthalic acid and its saltsChemicals
  • 291891Acids; carboxylic acids, with additional oxygen function (not alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone) and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; 2,4,5-T (ISO) (2,4,5-trichlorophenoxyacetic acid), its salts and estersChemicals
  • 291899Acids; carboxylic acids, with additional oxygen function (not alcohol, phenol, aldehyde or ketone) and their anhydrides, halides, peroxides and peroxyacids; their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives; other than 2,4,5-T (ISO)Chemicals
  • 291817Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), 2,2-Diphenyl-2-hydroxyacetic acid (benzilic acid)Chemicals
  • 291818Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), chlorobenzilate (ISO)Chemicals
  • 291814Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), citric acidChemicals
  • 291816Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), gluconic acid, its salts and estersChemicals
  • 291811Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), lactic acid, its salts and estersChemicals
  • 291819Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), other than lactic, tartaric, citric, and gluconic acids and their salts and estersChemicals
  • 291815Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function), salts and esters of citric acidChemicals
  • 291813Acids; carboxylic acids, (with alcohol function but without other oxygen function); salts and esters of tartaric acidChemicals

5668 commodities · showing page 1