FY2025-26 · Spices Board of India
India spice export basket by value, FY2025-26
Chilli is 27% of the basket — more than twice the next commodity. Indian spice exports are one big commodity and a long tail.
India's spice export basket is one commodity and a long tail
Chilli alone is 27% of export value by the Spices Board's FY2025-26 figures — more than twice the next commodity. The basket is far more concentrated than 'India, land of spices' suggests.
- Chilli27%
- Cumin12%
- Spice oils & oleoresins12%
- Small cardamom9%
- Mint products8%
- Turmeric7%
- Curry powder/paste6%
- Ginger3%
- Pepper3%
- Coriander2%
Show the data as a table
| Commodity | Share |
|---|---|
| Chilli | 27% |
| Cumin | 12% |
| Spice oils & oleoresins | 12% |
| Small cardamom | 9% |
| Mint products | 8% |
| Turmeric | 7% |
| Curry powder/paste | 6% |
| Ginger | 3% |
| Pepper | 3% |
| Coriander | 2% |
Share of export value, Spices Board of India, FY2025-26 (provisional). A linear scale is used deliberately — a log scale would flatter the tail and undo the argument.
Published 1 June 2026. Machine-readable: /data/export-basket-by-value.json
Sources
- Spices Board of India — Export statistics· Tier 1, retrieved 2026-07-16