Indian Silver Imports Were a Record 8,506 Tonnes (273,473,854 ounces) in 2015.
2015 Indian Silver Imports were nearly six times larger than 2015’s record sales of American Silver Eagles and nearly 1/3 of the entire estimated 2015 global silver mining production.
In 2015, India imported over 8,500 tonnes of silver. This was up 20% from 2014’s 7,083 tonnes
India’s voracious appetite for silver is, as the Wealth Watchman puts it – gargantuan.
Here is a chart that gives some perspective as to the enormity of Indian silver consumption.

Indian silver imports from 2013-2015 exceeded American Silver Eagle sales from 1986- 2016 and are about 80% of 2015’s global silver mining production
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