NEW DELHI: India’s exports to China rose 37% to $14.2 billion between April and December, with shipments jumping 67% to over $2 billion in the last month of 2025, the government told the Indian Parliament on Friday. The latest data from the Ministry of Commerce showed that imports increased by 13.5% in the first nine months, reaching nearly US$96 billion. Parliament, Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry Jitin Prasada Said that most of the goods imported from China are capital goods, intermediate products and raw materials. Replying to a question, he said that during the last financial year (2024-25), imports from China in industries such as fertilizers (61.4%), chemicals (19.7%), steel (10.3%) and artificial yarn (9.5%) have declined in 2024-25. Replying to a question on India’s trade balance with China, Prasada said: “In 2024-25, imports from China declined across several sectors as compared to the previous year.” He also said active pharmaceutical ingredients, auto parts, electronic components and components, and mobile phone parts are imported and then used to manufacture finished products. “These goods are imported to meet the needs of India’s rapidly expanding industries such as electronics, pharmaceuticals, telecom and power. The growth in imports of electronic components, computer hardware and peripherals, telephony components, etc. can be attributed to India’s transformation towards a digital society and knowledge economy,” the minister said.
