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  "format": "india-by-the-numbers.series.v1",
  "id": "world/china-trade",
  "name": "Trade with China",
  "hub": "World",
  "topic": "Trade and partners",
  "moduleIds": [
    "china-trade"
  ],
  "url": "https://data.indiadispatch.com/world/china-trade",
  "period": "2025-26",
  "periodKey": "2025-26",
  "latest": {
    "formattedValue": "$113 billion imports in 2025-26",
    "change": "No earlier comparable observation is retained for this measure",
    "supportingFigures": "Merchandise imports from China were $113 billion, against exports of $14.3 billion, in the latest completed financial year. This comparison measures value, not physical quantities."
  },
  "source": {
    "name": "Department of Commerce",
    "url": "https://tradestat.commerce.gov.in/ftspcc/ttrade_region_wise_all_countries"
  },
  "numericValue": 113447340000,
  "unit": "USD",
  "measure": "imports_usd_million",
  "readingLabel": "Goods imports from China",
  "readingValue": "$113 billion imports in 2025-26",
  "comparison": {
    "status": "unavailable",
    "reason": "No earlier comparable observation is retained for this measure",
    "text": "No earlier comparable observation is retained for this measure"
  },
  "cadence": "Annual",
  "version": "f3076dfb3a188b0e709bcf4c1a54c630e86cd18b8b6a4491fdab2e8927d9e734",
  "dateModified": "2026-10-29T04:53:30.103Z",
  "coverage": "2011-04-01/2026-09",
  "notes": [
    "Merchandise trade covers goods, not services. China is reported separately from Hong Kong.",
    "Trade balance equals India’s exports minus its imports. A negative balance is a merchandise deficit.",
    "Current-year figures are provisional and cumulative from April through the stated month. They are kept separate from completed financial years."
  ],
  "license": {
    "name": "Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "scope": "India Dispatch's original compiled tables and editorial text"
  },
  "sourceRights": "Underlying source publishers retain their own rights. This license does not grant rights to publisher documents, branding or other third-party material.",
  "attribution": "India by the numbers, Trade with China, 2025-26, https://data.indiadispatch.com/world/china-trade. Source: Department of Commerce.",
  "valueRepresentation": "Table cells are the publication's formatted observations, with units retained. Missing observations are not zero. Numeric latest amounts, where present, are separately labelled INR and USD.",
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    {
      "title": "Current financial year to date",
      "columns": [
        "Period",
        "Exports to China",
        "Imports from China",
        "Balance"
      ],
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        {
          "id": "current",
          "cells": [
            "April through September 2026",
            "$11.4 billion",
            "$80.4 billion",
            "−$69 billion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "title": "Completed financial years",
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        "Exports to China",
        "Imports from China",
        "Balance"
      ],
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        {
          "id": "2011-12",
          "cells": [
            "2011-12",
            "$14.2 billion",
            "$43.5 billion",
            "−$29.3 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2012-13",
          "cells": [
            "2012-13",
            "$18.1 billion",
            "$54.7 billion",
            "−$36.6 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2013-14",
          "cells": [
            "2013-14",
            "$13.6 billion",
            "$52.2 billion",
            "−$38.7 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2014-15",
          "cells": [
            "2014-15",
            "$14.9 billion",
            "$51 billion",
            "−$36.2 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2015-16",
          "cells": [
            "2015-16",
            "$12 billion",
            "$60.4 billion",
            "−$48.5 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2016-17",
          "cells": [
            "2016-17",
            "$9.01 billion",
            "$61.7 billion",
            "−$52.7 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2017-18",
          "cells": [
            "2017-18",
            "$10.2 billion",
            "$61.3 billion",
            "−$51.1 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2018-19",
          "cells": [
            "2018-19",
            "$13.3 billion",
            "$76.4 billion",
            "−$63 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2019-20",
          "cells": [
            "2019-20",
            "$16.8 billion",
            "$70.3 billion",
            "−$53.6 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2020-21",
          "cells": [
            "2020-21",
            "$16.6 billion",
            "$65.3 billion",
            "−$48.6 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2021-22",
          "cells": [
            "2021-22",
            "$21.2 billion",
            "$65.2 billion",
            "−$44 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2022-23",
          "cells": [
            "2022-23",
            "$21.3 billion",
            "$94.6 billion",
            "−$73.3 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2023-24",
          "cells": [
            "2023-24",
            "$15.3 billion",
            "$98.5 billion",
            "−$83.2 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2024-25",
          "cells": [
            "2024-25",
            "$16.7 billion",
            "$102 billion",
            "−$85.1 billion"
          ]
        },
        {
          "id": "2025-26",
          "cells": [
            "2025-26",
            "$14.3 billion",
            "$113 billion",
            "−$99.2 billion"
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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