Strategic Lens

Technology: India and Japan

First country

Second country

In 2025, India sold USD 577 million of electrical and electronic equipment to Japan and bought USD 3.53 billion from it.

Benefits

  • BothTwo-way trade in electrical and electronic equipment grew 170 percent, from USD 1.52 billion in 2019 to USD 4.11 billion in 2025.

Constraints

  • BothFlows are one-sided: in 2025, Japan sold USD 3.53 billion of electrical and electronic equipment, against USD 577 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 Japan: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 112.8Low 101.6 / High 576.72025: 576.7

2019112.8
2020101.6
2021336.9
2022452.5
2023317.4
2024488.6
2025576.7

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

India's imports from Japan: electrical and electronic equipment

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

2019: 1.41Low 0.99 / High 3.532025: 3.53

20191.41
20200.99
20211.34
20221.64
20232.68
20242.69
20253.53

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

Data retrieved 26 September 2026

More on this relationship

Benefits

  • BothA January 2021 agreement covers ICT and 5G, and a July 2023 memorandum aims to develop the semiconductor industry.

Sources: Wikipedia: India–Japan relations (revision of 24 September 2026)