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Agriculture and food: India and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 3.67 billion of agricultural and food products to China and bought USD 730 million from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in agricultural and food products grew 58 percent, from USD 2.78 billion in 2019 to USD 4.40 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, India sold USD 3.67 billion of agricultural and food products, against USD 730 million the other way.

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Last updated on 26 September 2026

The numbers

India's exports to China: agricultural and food products

USD billion · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by India

2019: 2.46Low 2.46 / High 3.672025: 3.67

20192.46
20202.47
20213.13
20223.61
20233.21
20243.08
20253.67

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from China: agricultural and food products

USD million · 2019 to 2025, calendar years, as reported by India

2019: 321.2Low 321.2 / High 729.82025: 729.8

2019321.2
2020336.4
2021358
2022376.5
2023426.9
2024452.2
2025729.8

Sources: UN Comtrade (public preview API), annual goods trade, HS classification (retrieved 26 September 2026)

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

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