Engineering Goods Exports From India

Introduction

Engineering is by far the largest segment in the Indian industry, employing approximately four million skilled and semi-skilled workers. The engineering sector has witnessed tremendous growth, led by significant investment in power projects an infrastructure development

Export Highlights

• In FY19, India’s engineering export stood at US$ 81.02 billion and for FY20, it stood at US$ 75.97 billion.
• Engineering contributes 25% of India’s total exports in goods and is its largest foreign exchange earner.
• The engineering sector has a 30% weight in India’s Index of Industrial Production.
• The engineering goods export was US$ 76.63 billion in between April 2020 and March 2021 and for March 2021, it was US$ 9.31 billion.
• The top two destination of Indian engineering goods exports during April 2021 were US and China.
• In April 2021, export of engineering goods stood at US$ 978.55 million.

EEPC India (Formerly Engineering Export Promotion Council)

EEPC India has more than 13,000 members, including small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and trading houses.

Source: 

• EEPC India
• Press Information Bureau
• Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics

Note: * - Provisional Value