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Defence and arms: India and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 56.4 million of arms and ammunition to United States and bought USD 3.1 million from it.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, India sold USD 56.4 million of arms and ammunition, against USD 3.1 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 States: arms and ammunition

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

2019: 41.5Low 41.5 / High 80.42025: 56.4

201941.5
202061.7
202180.4
202261.5
202348.3
202463.6
202556.4

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothIn October 2020 the two signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement for sharing information.

Constraints

  • IndiaThe US threatened sanctions when India bought the S-400 system from Russia, although it avoided imposing them.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–United States relations (revision of 16 September 2026); Wikipedia: China–India relations (revision of 23 September 2026)

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