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The details of India’s land trade with countries sharing borders with India, through trading points along different borders,in 2017-18 are given below:
Values in USD million
| Country
|
Exports from India through land borders | Imports to India through land borders | Total bilateral trade through land borders |
| Afghanistan* | NIL | 307.06 | 307.06 |
| Pakistan | 263.22 | 235.06 | 498.28 |
| China | 1.81 | 1.35 | 3.16 |
| Nepal | 6384.42 | 437.66 | 6822.08 |
| Bhutan | 526.28 | 202.07 | 728.35 |
| Bangladesh | 3617.57 | 517.27 | 4134.84 |
| Myanmar | 0.02 | NIL | 0.02 |
| TOTAL | 10793.32 | 1700.47 | 12493.79 |
*Imports from Afghanistan, through land route, enter India via India-Pakistan border.
Source: DGCIS Database
The value of India’s trade with countries sharing border with India, and all countries, through different sea ports, in 2017-18,was as follows:
Values in USD million
| Particulars | To/From countries sharing border with India | To/From all countries |
| India’s exports through sea ports | 14491.77 | 146119.31 |
| India’s imports through sea ports | 39341.30 | 266109.98 |
Source: DGCIS Database
Besides the above, trade with various countries is also carried out from Air cargo complexes, Inland Container Depots andSpecial Economic Zones.
This information was given by the Minister of State of Commerce and Industry, C. R. Chaudhary, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha yesterday.
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