India China Import Report: How much love India or Indians have for Chinese products can be gauged from the fact that in the first six months of the year 2026, there has been a record breaking import of Chinese goods in the country. So the exports are not even half of that. These record-breaking figures show how much demand there is for Chinese products in India.
How much goods were imported and exported?
In the first half of the year 2026 i.e. in the first six months from January to June 2026, the total trade between the two countries was $ 91.72 billion, which is 23.6% more than last year. During this period, India’s exports to China also increased by 37.2% to $12.31 billion. However, exports are still much lower than imports.
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Despite increase in exports, India’s trade deficit with China increased to about $67.1 billion. This means that India has sold much less goods to China than what it bought from China. Due to which business losses are also continuously increasing.
Why did imports from China increase?
India buys not only finished goods from China but also electronics, machines, industrial equipment, chemicals and spare parts in large quantities. They are used in India in applications like mobile phones, medicines, renewable energy and engineering. Because of this, imports from China are continuously increasing.
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What does India import from China?
India mainly buys most of electronics and industrial goods from China. These include products like telecom products, smartphones and their parts, semiconductors (chips), lithium-ion batteries, chargers, servers, cables, industrial machinery, computers, organic chemicals, plastics and polymers.
What does India export to China?
Whereas India exports minerals and mineral ores, petroleum products, organic chemicals, electronic goods, agricultural and marine products, metals and their products, diamonds, gems and jewellery, medicines and their related products to China.

