# India exports to China: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from India to China, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/IND-CHN/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, India reported $16.0B in goods exports to China. The overall review level is Critical attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $16.0B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 60.8% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 20 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 271 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.3 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 38.4% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 260111 | Iron ores and concentrates: non-agglomerated | $111.0B | 76.9% | Critical attention |
| 2 | 260112 | Iron ores and concentrates: agglomerated (excluding roasted iron pyrites) | $2.3B | 43% | Watch |
| 3 | 271012 | Not reported | $10.5B | 54.1% | High attention |
| 4 | 030617 | Crustaceans: frozen, shrimps and prawns, excluding cold-water varieties, in shell or not, smoked, cooked or not before or during smoking: in shell, cooked by steaming or by boiling in water | $4.5B | 18.6% | High attention |
| 5 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $2.8B | 71% | Watch |
| 6 | 151530 | Vegetable oils: castor oil and its fractions, whether or not refined, but not chemically modified | $500.2M | 0% | High attention |
| 7 | 670300 | Human hair, dressed, thinned, bleached or otherwise worked: wool or other animal hair or other textile materials, prepared for use in making wigs or the like | $1.0B | 4.5% | Watch |
| 8 | 090421 | Spices: fruits of the genus Capsicum or Pimenta, dried, neither crushed nor ground | $470.8M | 3.8% | High attention |
| 9 | 851762 | Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus | $9.0B | 0% | Watch |
| 10 | 150810 | Vegetable oils: ground-nut oil and its fractions, crude, not chemically modified | $410.6M | 0% | High attention |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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