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India's exports to China

US$ 18.1 bn

in 2025, up 21.4% on 2024. India's 4th largest market, 4.1% of India's exports, 3,047 products.

2021: US$ 23.0 bn

2022: US$ 15.1 bn

2023: US$ 16.2 bn

2024: US$ 14.9 bn

2025: US$ 18.1 bnUS$ 18.1 bn

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What India sells to China top 15

#	Product (HS 6-digit)	2025	Change
1	2710.12 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not…	US$ 2.35 bn	+94.2%
2	8517.79 Communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all…	US$ 1.78 bn	+423.0%
3	2601.11 Iron ores and concentrates; non-agglomerated	US$ 1.28 bn	−26.0%
4	0306.17 Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in she…	US$ 879 mn	+18.7%
5	0904.21 Spices; fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor gro…	US$ 551 mn	+20.9%
6	1515.30 Vegetable oils; castor oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not c…	US$ 503 mn	−0.1%
7	6703.00 Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked; wool or other anima…	US$ 487 mn	+4.0%
8	2601.12 Iron ores and concentrates; agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites)	US$ 428 mn	−42.7%
9	7601.10 Aluminium; unwrought, (not alloyed)	US$ 329 mn	+23.7%
10	1508.10 Vegetable oils; ground-nut oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified	US$ 308 mn	−8.0%
11	8408.90 Engines; compression-ignition internal combustion piston engines (diesel or sem…	US$ 297 mn	+16.3%
12	2516.11 Granite; crude or roughly trimmed	US$ 256 mn	+14.7%
13	0303.89 Fish; frozen, n.e.c. in heading 0303, excluding fillets, fish meat of 0304, and…	US$ 253 mn	+0.9%
14	8524.92 Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screen…	US$ 247 mn	+249,953.6%
15	2503.00 Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur	US$ 218 mn	+178.7%

Who else sells to China China's imports, 2025

Product (HS 4-digit)	Imports	India's share	Leading suppliers
8517 Telephone sets, including smartphones and other tel… 🇻🇳 Vietnam30% 🇨🇳 China27% 🇰🇷 South Korea11% 🇮🇳 India8.6% 🇹🇼 Taiwan5.6% 🇲🇾 Malaysia4.5%	26.0 bn	8.6%4th	Vietnam 30% China 27%
2601 Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron… 🇦🇺 Australia60% 🇧🇷 Brazil22% 🇿🇦 South Africa3.6% 🇨🇦 Canada1.7% 🇵🇪 Peru1.6% 🇮🇳 India1.6%	123 bn	1.6%6th	Australia 60% Brazil 22%
2710 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, n… 🇷🇺 Russia23% 🇰🇷 South Korea11% 🇲🇾 Malaysia11% 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates11% 🇸🇬 Singapore8.9% 🇮🇳 India6.1%	24.1 bn	6.1%6th	Russia 23% South Korea 11%
7102 Diamonds, whether or not worked, but not mounted or… 🇿🇦 South Africa37% 🇮🇳 India28% 🇧🇪 Belgium25% 🇭🇰 Hong Kong2.3% 🇮🇱 Israel1.7% 🇧🇼 Botswana0.5%	3.34 bn	28%2nd	South Africa 37% Belgium 25%
0306 Crustaceans; in shell or not, live, fresh, chilled… 🇪🇨 Ecuador33% 🇷🇺 Russia14% 🇻🇳 Vietnam10% 🇮🇳 India9.6% 🇨🇦 Canada6.3% 🇦🇺 Australia4.1%	9.67 bn	9.6%4th	Ecuador 33% Russia 14%
0904 Pepper of the genus piper; dried or crushed or grou… 🇮🇳 India89% 🇻🇳 Vietnam4.3% 🇮🇩 Indonesia4.0% 🇲🇲 Myanmar0.9% 🇵🇰 Pakistan0.4% 🇧🇷 Brazil0.4%	627 mn	89%1st	Vietnam 4.3% Indonesia 4.0%
1515 Fixed vegetable or microbial fats and oils n.e.c. i… 🇮🇳 India77% 🇺🇸 United States4.8% 🇦🇺 Australia3.9% 🇪🇸 Spain3.3% 🇫🇷 France2.0% 🇲🇾 Malaysia1.0%	658 mn	77%1st	United States 4.8% Australia 3.9%
6703 Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise… 🇲🇲 Myanmar50% 🇮🇳 India37% 🇧🇩 Bangladesh12% 🇮🇩 Indonesia0.8% 🇮🇹 Italy0.2% 🇺🇸 United States0.2%	1.30 bn	37%2nd	Myanmar 50% Bangladesh 12%
2516 Granite, porphyry, basalt, sandstone, other monumen… 🇮🇳 India46% 🇧🇷 Brazil20% 🇰🇭 Cambodia6.9% 🇦🇴 Angola5.9% 🇵🇹 Portugal4.1% 🇳🇴 Norway3.6%	872 mn	46%1st	Brazil 20% Cambodia 6.9%
8408 Compression-ignition internal combustion piston eng… 🇯🇵 Japan29% 🇰🇷 South Korea24% 🇮🇳 India10% 🇬🇧 United Kingdom8.8% 🇩🇪 Germany8.1% 🇺🇸 United States8.0%	3.78 bn	10%3rd	Japan 29% South Korea 24%
7601 Aluminium; unwrought 🇷🇺 Russia63% 🇲🇾 Malaysia11% 🇮🇩 Indonesia7.4% 🇮🇳 India4.2% 🇹🇭 Thailand3.3% 🇦🇺 Australia1.9%	9.02 bn	4.2%4th	Russia 63% Malaysia 11%
2933 Heterocyclic compounds with nitrogen hetero-atom(s)… 🇮🇪 Ireland27% 🇮🇳 India12% 🇺🇸 United States12% 🇯🇵 Japan7.7% 🇷🇺 Russia6.0% 🇮🇩 Indonesia5.1%	2.75 bn	12%2nd	Ireland 27% United States 12%

What China buys most where India has under 5% of the market: openings, or where others are stronger.

Product (HS 4-digit)	Imports	India's share	Leading suppliers
8542 Electronic integrated circuits 🇹🇼 Taiwan36% 🇰🇷 South Korea22% 🇨🇳 China13% 🇯🇵 Japan6.7% 🇺🇸 United States6.7% 🇮🇱 Israel3.0% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 33rd	425 bn	<0.1%33rd	Taiwan 36% South Korea 22%
2709 Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminous mi… 🇷🇺 Russia17% 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia15% 🇮🇶 Iraq11% 🇲🇾 Malaysia11% 🇧🇷 Brazil8.1% 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates7.0%	295 bn	–not sold	Russia 17% Saudi Arabia 15%
2601 Iron ores and concentrates; including roasted iron… 🇦🇺 Australia60% 🇧🇷 Brazil22% 🇿🇦 South Africa3.6% 🇨🇦 Canada1.7% 🇵🇪 Peru1.6% 🇮🇳 India1.6%	123 bn	1.6%6th	Australia 60% Brazil 22%
7108 Gold (including gold plated with platinum) unwrough… 🇭🇰 Hong Kong26% 🇨🇭 Switzerland25% 🇨🇦 Canada11% 🇿🇦 South Africa9.2% 🇦🇺 Australia8.6% 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan4.8% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 29th	102 bn	<0.1%29th	Hong Kong 26% Switzerland 25%
2603 Copper ores and concentrates 🇨🇱 Chile30% 🇵🇪 Peru25% 🇲🇳 Mongolia7.2% 🇲🇽 Mexico4.4% 🇨🇩 DR Congo4.1% 🇷🇺 Russia4.0% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 54th	81.9 bn	<0.1%54th	Chile 30% Peru 25%
2711 Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons 🇷🇺 Russia19% 🇶🇦 Qatar15% 🇦🇺 Australia14% 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan11% 🇺🇸 United States9.0% 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates5.9%	78.3 bn	–not sold	Russia 19% Qatar 15%
8471 Automatic data processing machines and units thereo… 🇹🇼 Taiwan40% 🇨🇳 China17% 🇻🇳 Vietnam16% 🇹🇭 Thailand8.6% 🇲🇾 Malaysia7.6% 🇲🇽 Mexico3.6% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 25th	65.1 bn	<0.1%25th	Taiwan 40% China 17%
1201 Soya beans, whether or not broken 🇧🇷 Brazil73% 🇺🇸 United States15% 🇦🇷 Argentina7.1% 🇺🇾 Uruguay2.7% 🇨🇦 Canada1.1% 🇷🇺 Russia0.5%	50.4 bn	–not sold	Brazil 73% United States 15%
8486 Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or pri… 🇯🇵 Japan28% 🇳🇱 Netherlands20% 🇸🇬 Singapore15% 🇰🇷 South Korea9.6% 🇲🇾 Malaysia7.6% 🇹🇼 Taiwan6.2% 🇮🇳 India<0.1% · 30th	50.3 bn	<0.1%30th	Japan 28% Netherlands 20%
7403 Copper; refined and copper alloys, unwrought 🇨🇩 DR Congo35% 🇷🇺 Russia10% 🇨🇱 Chile8.1% 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan5.3% 🇿🇲 Zambia4.3% 🇯🇵 Japan4.0% 🇮🇳 India0.7% · 22nd	40.5 bn	0.7%22nd	DR Congo 35% Russia 10%

US$ million. As reported by China's customs to UN Comtrade for 2025 (imports, usually valued with freight and insurance), so the figures differ from India's own export figures above. Open a product for its six biggest suppliers. Exportsmitra's figures, not ECGC's.

Growing fastest

Product	2025	Change
8517.79 Communication apparatus; parts, other than aerials and aerial reflectors of all… +US$ 1.44 bn	US$ 1.78 bn	+423.0%
2710.12 Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not containing biodiesel, not… +US$ 1.14 bn	US$ 2.35 bn	+94.2%
8524.92 Flat panel display modules, whether or not incorporating touch-sensitive screen… +US$ 247 mn	US$ 247 mn	+249,953.6%
2503.00 Sulphur of all kinds; other than sublimed, precipitated and colloidal sulphur +US$ 140 mn	US$ 218 mn	+178.7%
0306.17 Crustaceans; frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in she… +US$ 139 mn	US$ 879 mn	+18.7%
2306.49 Oil-cake and other solid residues; whether or not ground or in the form of pell… +US$ 115 mn	US$ 117 mn	+5,058.5%
0713.31 Vegetables, leguminous; beans of the species vigna mungo (l.) hepper or vigna r… +US$ 107 mn	US$ 107 mn	+286,861.9%
0904.21 Spices; fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor gro… +US$ 95.2 mn	US$ 551 mn	+20.9%

By chapter

85 Electrical machinery and equipment and parts…US$ 2.61 bn
27 Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of t…US$ 2.37 bn
26 Ores, slag and ashUS$ 1.85 bn
03 Fish and crustaceans, molluscs and other aqua…US$ 1.29 bn
29 Organic chemicalsUS$ 1.22 bn
84 Machinery and mechanical appliances, boilers…US$ 1.20 bn
25 Salt; sulphur; earths, stone; plastering mate…US$ 873 mn
15 Animal, vegetable or microbial fats and oils…US$ 835 mn
09 Coffee, tea, mate and spicesUS$ 663 mn
74 Copper and articles thereofUS$ 556 mn

New in 2025

Products India had not sold to China in the earlier years shown.

2607.00 Lead ores and concentratesUS$ 48.7 mn
1511.90 Vegetable oils; palm oil and its fractions, other than crud…US$ 16.0 mn
2613.10 Molybdenum ores and concentrates; roastedUS$ 8.9 mn
2833.24 Sulphates; of nickelUS$ 3.0 mn
2825.40 Nickel oxides and hydroxidesUS$ 2.9 mn
8802.12 Helicopters, except unmanned; of an unladen weight exceedin…US$ 2.2 mn
2822.00 Cobalt oxides and hydroxides; commercial cobalt oxidesUS$ 1.9 mn
7202.49 Ferro-alloys; ferro-chromium, containing by weight 4% or le…US$ 1.2 mn

Source: UN Comtrade database (United Nations Statistics Division), as reported by India. Values in US$, calendar years. ECGC rating: ECGC Limited's short-term country classification, shown for convenience; Exportsmitra's figures and notes are not from ECGC.