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What does India import from China?

Short answer

Electrical machinery and equipment lead India's imports from China, at 38 percent of the 2024 total.

Next come machinery and mechanical appliances, at 21 percent, and organic chemicals, at 9 percent. India's imports from China were USD 127.0 billion in 2024. Ask our desk about the road leg to the Indian port or airport and the documents for this trade.

Period: 2024. Data as of 29 Sep 2026. How we count

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The numbers behind this answer

Electrical machinery and equipment
38%
Machinery and mechanical appliances
21%
Organic chemicals
9%
Total, 2024
USD 127.0 billion
Currency
CNY
Capital
Beijing

Sources

  1. UN Comtrade, India as reporter, 2024

Period: 2024. Data as of 29 Sep 2026.

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