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Technology: India and China

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 2.61 billion of electrical and electronic equipment to China and bought USD 57.0 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in electrical and electronic equipment grew 187 percent, from USD 20.8 billion in 2019 to USD 59.6 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, China sold USD 57.0 billion of electrical and electronic equipment, against USD 2.61 billion 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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 0.83Low 0.63 / High 2.612025: 2.61

20190.83
20200.64
20210.99
20220.63
20230.68
20240.8
20252.61

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: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 19.97Low 17.84 / High 56.982025: 56.98

201919.97
202017.84
202126.39
202230.63
202344.15
202447.67
202556.98

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Constraints

  • IndiaIndia banned 59 widely used Chinese apps in June 2020.

Sources: Wikipedia: China–India relations (revision of 23 September 2026)

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