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Materials Imported Materials Exported

Adipic acid Mar-25 Toluene diisocyanate (TDI) Mar-25 Export of organic chemicals, March 2025
Top-50 exported products by volume
Qty FOB Value FOB Price
Qty FOB Value FOB Price
Feb-25 Methyl methacrylate Feb-25 Product [Tonnes] [Rs. mn] [Rs./kg] Product [Tonnes] [Rs. mn] [Rs./kg] Product [Tonnes] [Rs./kg]

Qty FOB Price

Isophthalic acid purified Jan-25 Dec-24 Epichlorohydrin Jan-25 Dec-24 Abacavir sulphate 1.25 19.54 15,707 Algeria 51.48 3.54 69 Benzene 1,17,475 103
72
Russia
58
2.53
45.55
Nepal
60
Amyl methyl ether, t- (TAME)
24,000
1.79
33.60
53
Sri Lanka
Butadiene, 1,3-
15,450
70
Acebrophylline
25.80
1.80
Nigeria
47
Sorbitol (Liquid)
14,156
60
9,911
0.05
0.50
Peru
53
1.32
24.85
Qatar
Trends in prices (Rs./kg) for some major organic chemicals imported into India
Cumene Nov-24 L-Lysine monoHCl (Feed) Nov-24 Brazil 0.59 6.60 11,291 Cameroon 24.85 1.43 57 Methyl t-butyl ether (MTBE) 12,075 161
73
9,973
Ethyl acetate
1.29
Ghana
24.08
53
9,843
Methylaniline, N- (Monomethyl aniline)
Aceclofenac
Oct-24 Oct-24 Bangladesh 11.00 14.36 1,312 Bahrain 23.80 1.17 49 Isophthalic acid 5,400 70
Egypt
23.80
57
1.36
77
Dichlorobenzene, p-
4,650
Pakistan
3.21
1,327
2.75
1.13
52
Iraq
21.60
36
Styrene Sep-24 Methyl isobutyl ketone Sep-24 Nepal 1.45 1.62 1,051 Ethiopia 21.60 1.11 51 Methanol 4,561 123
4,547
Lecithin, soya (liquid)
2,253
Myanmar
0.10
0.23
55
1.15
21.00
Senegal
Dimethyl sulphate
4,074
59
Aug-24 Aug-24 Acefylline piperazine Tunisia 21.00 1.27 60 Hydroxystearic acid, 12- (Ricinoleic acid) 3,653 168
1.08
54
Lebanon
20.16
3,606
41
Methylene chloride; (Dichloromethane)
65
2-Ethylhexanol Jul-24 Jun-24 Caprolactam Propylene oxide Jul-24 Jun-24 Pakistan 8.00 9.31 1,192 Israel 19.30 1.25 107 Phenoxyethanol, 2- 3,576 176
78
Acetic anhydride
3,048
Acesulfame potassium (Acesulfame K)
Acetic acid, food grade
220
2,995
Methyl-6-ethylaniline, 2- (2-Ethyl-6-
Oman
0.02
0.03
657
32.00
Philippines
3.43
methylaniline)
0.03
0.01
515
Nepal
22
Isononyl alcohol May-24 Apr-24 2-Ethylhexyl acrylate May-24 Acetaldehyde 204.52 18.18 89 Acetic acid, natural 16.00 2.86 178 Formaldehyde (Formalin) 2,704 131
Diethyl phthalate (DEP)
2,580
354
Metformin HCl
USA
2,580
Turkey
Benzyl alcohol (Technica/purel grade)
143
Apr-24
2,380
Acetaldehyde dimethyl acetal Acetic acid, pharma grade Acrylamido-2-methylpropane 2,203 278
sulphonic acid, 2-
140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 250 200 150 100 50 0 Argentina 2.34 2.31 986 Thailand 16.80 1.86 111 Paracetamol (4-Acetamidophenol/ 2,081 410
Acetic anhydride Acetaminophen)
Acetaldehyde ethyl phenethyl acetal Belgium 1,885.33 152.69 81 Methyl diethanolamine 2,047 153
USA 0.05 0.12 2,425 South Korea 434.53 26.02 60 Methylstyrene, alpha- 1,999 111
Phthalic anhydride Mar-25 Feb-25 Aniline Mar-25 Feb-25 Acetamide, N-[3-[(2-cyanoethyl)(2-hydroxyethyl) USA 255.91 19.91 100 Acetic acid 1,842 177
89
Toluene
1,851
78
56
19.06
85
Turkey
223.20
amino]
Acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulphonic
1,824
135.56
77
Vietnam
10.64
Turkey
2.10
1.62
773
acid sodium salt, 2-
67.20
Morocco
6.71
acid, 1- (HEDP)
o-Xylene Jan-25 Acrylonitrile Jan-25 Acetamidine HCl 1.70 0.80 472 Thailand 45.82 3.56 78 Hydroxyethylidene-1,1-diphosphonic 1,736 107
Japan
1,477
Erucic acid
326
Acetoacet-m-xylidide
Nitrotoluene, 2-
141
1,445
Dec-24 Bisphenol A Dec-24 Acetazolamide 3.08 16.81 5,450 Japan 3.20 1.03 321 Phenol 1,409 566
93
Canada
1,388
Nicotinamide (Niacinamide)
Methyl ethyl ketone Nov-24 Nov-24 USA 2.28 14.69 6,433 Acetoacet-o-anisidide 54.48 13.19 242 Diethylene glycol (DEG) 1,335 117
47
USA
1.00
1,332
Spain
4.17
Chloramine
4,171
Oct-24 Butyl acrylate Oct-24 Pakistan 1.00 3.88 3,880 Acetoacet-o-toluidide 18.16 4.24 234 Terephthaloyl chloride 1,282 185
102
1,206
Phthalic anhydride
4.78
5,310
Brazil
0.90
USA
1.35
Sorbitan monooleate
0.35
1,163
Bangladesh
3,856
160
Isopropyl alcohol Sep-24 Aug-24 1-Tetradecene Sep-24 Aug-24 Acetic acid 265.60 14.54 55 Taiwan 10.00 2.02 202 Chlorobenzene 1,151 106
77
Triethylene glycol (TEG)
1,125
Acetoacetanilide
1,090
102
Monochloroacetic acid sodium salt
Oman
(Sodium monochloroacetate)
USA
2.90
18.16
160
191.17
10.01
58
South Africa
Butyl acetate Jul-24 Jun-24 Cyclohexanone Jul-24 Jun-24 UAE 188.68 9.39 51 Acetoacetoxyethyl methacrylate, 2- (2-Methac- Cresol, p- 1,064 225
112
Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether (Butyl glycol) 1,058
8.77
172.90
Myanmar
51
127
1,049
Ethylhexyl nitrate, 2-
ryloyloxy)ethyl acetoacetate)
122.15
6.18
Kenya
51
1,024
Dihydromyrcenol
704
USA
389
146.00
56.75
53
5.67
105.38
Bangladesh
1,002
97
Benzyl chloride
118
UAE
7.59
421
18.00
5.61
68
82.08
Venezuela
Acrylic acid May-24 Apr-24 Ethylene glycol monobutyl ether May-24 Apr-24 USA 90.40 5.02 60 China 36.00 10.91 303 Dimethyl phthalate (DMP) 991 1,321
451
973
Erucamide
400
Australia
6.40
16.00
Cote D Ivoire
4.05
74.55
54
Glycine
944
370
396
3.96
Taiwan
10.00
Mozambique
81
74.55
6.02
Menthol, L-
902
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