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, lead by significant investments in power projects an infrastructure development. In May 2017, India's merchandise export registered a growth of 8.3 percent.

Engineering exports from India stood at US $6.05 billion during May 2017. Out of 216 exports destinations of Indian engineering goods, top 25 national accounted for 76.7 percent of India's total engineering exports during Apl-May-2017-18. Top ten importers of Indian engineering products during April - May 2017 were US ( US$ 1.55 billion), UAE ( US$ 1.24 billion), Mexico ( US$ 0.47 billion), Italy (US$ 0.46 billion), Germany ( US$ 0.44 billion) , UK ( US$ 0.44 billion ), China ( US$ 0.39 billion ), Bangladesh ( US$ 0.34 billion ), Nepal ( US$ 0.32 billion), and Korea RP ( US$ 0.32 billion ). The EU, North America and Middle east and west Asia (MEMA) recorded the highest shipment of engineering products from India, with a share of 21 percent, 18 percent and 16 percent respectively in total engineering exports in April May 2017-18.