India’s top two export items are petroleum, coal products and manufacturers. China’s top two export items are electronic equipment and machinery and equipment. Meanwhile, India’s top two import items are oil and metals. China’s top import items are machinery and equipment, and electronic equipment. In terms of export value, China is way ahead of India. Also, most of Chinese exports are relatively high value added goods, but that of India are primary commodities. Textile and wearing apparel are top fourth and fifth exports of China. The value of electronic and machinery exports of China is 3.6 times higher than the value of textiles and wearing apparel exports. Few years ago, textiles and wearing apparel were the top export times. Seems like China fast moving to export of higher value added items.
| India | China | ||
| Top ten exports to world, 2010 | USD bn | Top ten exports to world, 2010 | USD bn |
| Petroleum, coal products | 37.15 | Electronic equipment | 427.80 |
| Manufactures n.e.c. | 32.63 | Machinery and equipment n.e.c | 329.62 |
| Chemical, rubber, plastic pro | 26.97 | Chemical, rubber, plastic pro | 125.76 |
| Textiles | 15.49 | Textiles | 112.06 |
| Machinery and equipment n.e.c | 13.72 | Wearing apparel | 98.62 |
| Ferrous metals | 10.71 | Manufactures n.e.c. | 58.00 |
| Wearing apparel | 9.23 | Transport equipment n.e.c. | 56.06 |
| Metals n.e.c. | 8.60 | Leather products | 54.83 |
| Minerals n.e.c. | 8.35 | Metal products | 54.50 |
| Motor vehicles and parts | 8.05 | Wood products | 45.19 |
| Top ten imports from world, 2010 | Top ten imports from world, 2010 | ||
| Oil | 65.51 | Machinery and equipment n.e.c | 273.94 |
| Metals n.e.c. | 33.99 | Electronic equipment | 197.66 |
| Chemical, rubber, plastic pro | 31.15 | Chemical, rubber, plastic pro | 175.43 |
| Machinery and equipment n.e.c | 29.65 | Oil | 135.30 |
| Manufactures n.e.c. | 15.67 | Minerals n.e.c. | 114.81 |
| Electronic equipment | 14.72 | Metals n.e.c. | 68.45 |
| Minerals n.e.c. | 12.91 | Motor vehicles and parts | 54.56 |
| Ferrous metals | 9.46 | Ferrous metals | 28.09 |
| Petroleum, coal products | 7.93 | Petroleum, coal products | 27.60 |
| Coal | 7.23 | Oil seeds | 26.54 |
Here is a previous blog post on Nepal’s top export to and imports from India and China.The data is sourced from UNCOMTRADE database using WITS. It is at 2-digit level (GTAP nomenclature).
