Largest trading partners

India's largest trade partners with their total trade (sum of imports
and exports) in billions of US dollars for the financial year 2017–18
were as follows:

Rank Country Exports Imports Total Trade Trade

Balance
1 China 16.34 68.06 84.4 -51.72
2 United States 48.6 25.7 74.3 22.9
3 United Arab Emirates 30.29 19.45 49.74 10.84
4 Saudi Arabia 6.39 20.32 26.72 -13.93
5 Switzerland 0.98 19.30 20.28 -18.32
6 Germany 7.09 12.09 20.33 -5.25
7 Hong Kong 13.7 20.34 34.04 -6.64
8 Indonesia 2.82 13.13 19.05 -10.96
9 South Korea 3.52 13.05 18.13 -8.93
10 Malaysia 3.71 9.08 16.93 -5.30
11 Singapore 7.72 7.31 16.93 2.68
12 Nigeria 2.22 9.95 16.36 -11.00
13 Belgium 5.03 8.26 16.33 -5.29
14 Qatar 0.90 9.02 15.66 -13.55
15 Japan 4.66 9.85 15.52 -4.75
16 Iraq 1.00 10.84 15.08 -13.42
17 Kuwait 1.25 4.97 14.58 -12.18
18 United Kingdom 8.83 5.19 14.34 4.30
 19 Iran 2.78 6.28 13.13 -4.78
20 Australia 3.26 8.90 13.03 -7.47
21 Venezuela 0.13 5.70 11.99 -11.47
22 South Africa 3.59 5.95 11.72 -3.40
- Remaining Countries 126.78 104.92 231.70 21.86
India's Total 262.29 381.01 758.30 -137.63
Countries of which India is the largest trading partner
India is the primary export or import partner of several countries.
The percentages on these tables are based on 2017 data as shown
on the CIA World Factbook.

Exports
Region Percentage
Bhutan 95.3%
Guinea-Bissau 67.1%
Afghanistan 56.5%
Nepal 53.1%
Nigeria 30.6%
Mozambique 28.1%
Ghana 23.8%
Tanzania 21.8%
Iraq 21.2%
United Arab Emirates 10.1%
Imports[8]
 Region Percentage
Bhutan 89.5%
Nepal 70.2%
Sri Lanka 22.0%
Burundi 18.5%
Mauritius 17.9%
Tanzania 16.5%
Export partners
India exports approximately 7500 commodities to about 192
countries.[9] India exported US$ 264 billion worth of commodities in
2015.[10][11] The following table shows India's 11 largest
destinations for exports:

Rank Country Value (US$ billion) Share of overall exports

1 United States 40.4 15.3%
2 United Arab Emirates 30.3 11.5%
3 Hong Kong 12.2 4.6%
4 China 9.5 3.6%
5 United Kingdom 8.9 3.4%
6 Singapore 7.8 3%
7 Germany 7 2.7%
8 Saudi Arabia 7 2.7%
9 Sri Lanka 5.5 2.1%
10 Bangladesh 5.5 2.1%
11 Vietnam 5.3 2%
 Import partners
India imports around 6000 commodities from 140 countries.[12]
India imported $390.7 billion worth of commodities in 2015, down
by 15% from the previous year.[13] [14] The following table shows
India's 11 largest sources of imports:

Rank Country Value (US$ billion) Share of overall imports

1 China 61.5 15.8%
2 Saudi Arabia 21.4 5.5%
3 Switzerland 21.1 5.4%
4 United States 20.5 5.2%
5 United Arab Emirates 20.3 5.2%
6 Indonesia 13.9 3.5%
7 South Korea 13.1 3.4%
8 Germany 11.8 3%
9 Iraq 11.3 2.9%
10 Nigeria 10.2 2.6%
11 Qatar 9.7 2.5%