Strategic Lens

Pharma and health: India and United Kingdom

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 784 million of pharmaceutical products to United Kingdom and bought USD 58.2 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in pharmaceutical products grew 56 percent, from USD 540 million in 2019 to USD 842 million in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, India sold USD 784 million of pharmaceutical products, against USD 58.2 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

India's exports to United Kingdom: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by India

2019: 457.6Low 457.6 / High 783.62025: 783.6

2019457.6
2020563.6
2021638.6
2022534.4
2023636.4
2024760.2
2025783.6

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from United Kingdom: pharmaceutical products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by India

2019: 82.2Low 57.4 / High 223.82025: 58.2

201982.2
202070.7
2021223.8
202282.6
202357.4
202459.1
202558.2

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026