{
  "id": "trd-imports-041",
  "question": "How much does India import in goods?",
  "topic": "Trade & money",
  "unit": "US$ bn",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "The value of India's merchandise (goods) imports in each financial year, in US dollars, from the customs-based trade data of the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) as published by the RBI. Services imports are not included. The latest year is provisional.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "RBI, Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 111: India's Foreign Trade - US Dollar (DGCI&S data)",
    "url": "https://www.rbi.org.in/Scripts/PublicationsView.aspx?id=23936",
    "table": "HBS 2025-26 Table 111, Imports, Total (col. 7), US$ million, financial year",
    "licence": "RBI website terms of use"
  },
  "released": "2026-07-31",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "US$ million divided by 1,000 to give US$ billion.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), Ministry of Commerce and Industry; republished by the RBI",
    "survey": "Handbook of Statistics on the Indian Economy 2025-26, Table 111: India's Foreign Trade - US Dollar",
    "frequency": "Annual, in the RBI Handbook; the latest year is provisional",
    "measures": "Value of merchandise (goods) imports in each financial year, from DGCI&S customs data",
    "notes": [
      "Services imports are not included; the balance of payments records services separately."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "2011-12",
      "start": "2011-04",
      "end": "2012-03",
      "value": 489.3195
    },
    {
      "period": "2012-13",
      "start": "2012-04",
      "end": "2013-03",
      "value": 490.7367
    },
    {
      "period": "2013-14",
      "start": "2013-04",
      "end": "2014-03",
      "value": 450.2137
    },
    {
      "period": "2014-15",
      "start": "2014-04",
      "end": "2015-03",
      "value": 448.0334
    },
    {
      "period": "2015-16",
      "start": "2015-04",
      "end": "2016-03",
      "value": 381.0078
    },
    {
      "period": "2016-17",
      "start": "2016-04",
      "end": "2017-03",
      "value": 384.357
    },
    {
      "period": "2017-18",
      "start": "2017-04",
      "end": "2018-03",
      "value": 464.7128
    },
    {
      "period": "2018-19",
      "start": "2018-04",
      "end": "2019-03",
      "value": 514.0505
    },
    {
      "period": "2019-20",
      "start": "2019-04",
      "end": "2020-03",
      "value": 474.7093
    },
    {
      "period": "2020-21",
      "start": "2020-04",
      "end": "2021-03",
      "value": 394.4359
    },
    {
      "period": "2021-22",
      "start": "2021-04",
      "end": "2022-03",
      "value": 613.0521
    },
    {
      "period": "2022-23",
      "start": "2022-04",
      "end": "2023-03",
      "value": 715.9689
    },
    {
      "period": "2023-24",
      "start": "2023-04",
      "end": "2024-03",
      "value": 673.992
    },
    {
      "period": "2024-25",
      "start": "2024-04",
      "end": "2025-03",
      "value": 721.1315
    },
    {
      "period": "2025-26",
      "start": "2025-04",
      "end": "2026-03",
      "value": 774.9782
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/trd-imports-041/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/trd-imports-041/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/trd-imports-041/versions.csv"
}