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Supply chains and manufacturing: India and United States

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 10.4 billion of machinery, vehicles and iron and steel to United States and bought USD 8.57 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTrade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel runs both ways in similar amounts: India sold USD 10.4 billion and United States sold USD 8.57 billion in 2025.
  • BothTwo-way trade in machinery, vehicles and iron and steel grew 51 percent, from USD 12.6 billion in 2019 to USD 19.0 billion in 2025.

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: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 7.35Low 6.23 / High 10.442025: 10.44

20197.35
20206.23
20218.76
202210.38
20239.07
20249.59
202510.44

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 States: machinery, vehicles and iron and steel

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

2019: 5.23Low 3.52 / High 8.572025: 8.57

20195.23
20203.52
20214.11
20225.25
20237.31
20247.21
20258.57

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

  • BothUnder iCET, launched in January 2023, the two work on semiconductor supply chain resilience alongside AI, quantum, wireless and space.

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

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