What moves on this corridor.
India exports → EU
USD 1.2B wellness-related exports annually — Ayurvedic herbal products (Himalaya, Dabur, Baidyanath, Patanjali export formulations); herbal supplements and adaptogens (ashwagandha, tulsi, triphala — bulk and retail-pack to EU natural health stores); essential oils (rose, sandalwood, lavender — Kannauj); yoga props and equipment (mats, blocks, straps — Pune, Ludhiana manufacturers); wellness tourism (EU visitors to Kerala Panchakarma, Rishikesh yoga ashrams); yoga teacher training certification
Top India states: Kerala (Ayurveda wellness tourism capital; 85% of India's authentic Ayurveda practitioners; EU wellness tourists primary destination), Uttarakhand (Rishikesh — yoga capital of the world; Haridwar — Patanjali; EU yoga tourists), Himachal Pradesh (Dharamsala — EU spiritual tourism; Tibetan wellness traditions), Rajasthan (Rajasthan spa and wellness tourism; jojaoba, rose cultivation for essential oils), Karnataka (Bangalore — organic Ayurvedic product manufacturing; Mysore — traditional Karnataka Ayurveda)
EU exports → India
EUR 300M annually — EU wellness brands entering India (L'Occitane, Weleda — natural cosmetics); EU organic certification bodies (ECOCERT, Soil Association — organic Ayurvedic product certification for EU export); EU yoga brand equipment (Manduka, Jade — premium yoga mats to India affluent yoga market); EU aromatherapy and spa equipment (professional spa systems for India luxury hotels)
Top EU buyers: Germany (largest EU natural health and Ayurveda market; dm-drogerie, Reformhaus, Rossmann natural health retail; BEMER and Kneipp wellness brands), France (Biocoop, Naturalia — French organic and wellness retail; French tourism authority India wellness promotion), Netherlands (Holland & Barrett Netherlands; Dutch natural products market), UK (Holland & Barrett UK — largest EU natural health retailer; Boots Wellness; UK yoga and wellness sector), Austria/Switzerland (Reformhaus Austria; Swiss integrative medicine community — high per-capita wellness spend)
Growth rate
+16% CAGR India Ayurveda export (2019–2024) · Ashwagandha EU market +45% CAGR (post-COVID adaptogen demand) · EU wellness tourism to India +22% CAGR · Yoga teacher training EU market +20% CAGR
FTA duty impact
Herbal products and supplements (HS 1211, 1302, 2106): 0–8.3% → 0% (Day 1–Year 3 FTA). Essential oils (HS 3301): 1.7–3.5% → 0% (Day 1 FTA). Yoga equipment (HS 9506): 2.7% → 0% (Day 1 FTA). GI protection for Ayurvedic medicine formulations (could protect traditional recipes) is under negotiation in FTA GI chapter.