China is top destination when India thinks of Imports. It contributes 16% of total imports by India. India imports almost everything from china other than mineral oils, fuels and mineral wax. Made in China is what made today’s China. It wouldn’t be wrong that India’s Make in India is preliminary inspired by Made in China.
India imports variety of products from china it includes Dairy products, Explosives, Electrical machinery and equipment, Nuclear reactor , boilers, Organic chemicals, Ships, boats, floating structures, Iron and steel, Glass and glassware, Mobile, handsets, cell phones, Toys, games and sport requisite, Paper and paperboard, Rubber, Footwear, gaiters , silk, base metal, edible fruits, wood, article of wood, wood charcoal, Cotton, to name a few.
A comparative study of India’s Import from China in finacial year 2015-16 nad 2016-17 (Jan) is done.
Values in Rs Lacs.
| S.No. | Commodity | 2015-2016 | 2016-2017(Apr-Jan) |
| 1 | ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND PARTS THEREOF; SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS, TELEVISION IMAGE AND SOUND RECORDERS AND REPRODUCERS,AND PARTS. | 12,949,120.49 | 11,962,700.15 |
| 2 | NUCLEAR REACTORS, BOILERS, MACHINERY AND MECHANICAL APPLIANCES; PARTS THEREOF. | 6,911,353.96 | 6,120,130.71 |
| 3 | ORGANIC CHEMICALS | 3,964,028.14 | 3,163,641.60 |
| 4 | PLASTIC AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 1,105,869.23 | 1,040,358.13 |
| 5 | SHIPS, BOATS AND FLOATING STRUCTURES. | 845,766.78 | 879,974.37 |
| 6 | FERTILISERS. | 2,123,268.70 | 821,090.00 |
| 7 | IRON AND STEEL | 1,547,171.52 | 800,013.88 |
| 8 | OPTICAL, PHOTOGRAPHIC CINEMATOGRAPHIC MEASURING, CHECKING PRECISION, MEDICAL OR SURGICAL INST. AND APPARATUS PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF; | 846,145.05 | 738,792.51 |
| 9 | ARTICLES OF IRON OR STEEL | 776,813.28 | 682,544.69 |
| 10 | VEHICLES OTHER THAN RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY ROLLING STOCK, AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF. | 731,922.38 | 636,303.68 |
| 11 | MISCELLANEOUS CHEMICAL PRODUCTS. | 461,399.45 | 503,269.27 |
| 12 | FURNITURE; BEDDING, MATTRESSES, MATTRESS SUPPORTS, CUSHIONS AND SIMILAR STUFFED FURNISHING; LAMPS AND LIGHTING FITTINGS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INC | 594,693.40 | 497,427.44 |
| 13 | PROJECT GOODS; SOME SPECIAL USES. | 655,494.25 | 455,623.58 |
| 14 | MINERAL FUELS, MINERAL OILS AND PRODUCTS OF THEIR DISTILLATION; BITUMINOUS SUBSTANCES; MINERAL WAXES. | 444,636.64 | 371,161.83 |
| 15 | ALUMINIUM AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 445,372.55 | 367,102.44 |
| 16 | INORGANIC CHEMICALS; ORGANIC OR INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF PRECIOUS METALS, OF RARE-EARTH METALS, OR RADI. ELEM. OR OF ISOTOPES. | 402,526.24 | 316,526.87 |
| 17 | NATURAL OR CULTURED PEARLS,PRECIOUS OR SEMIPRECIOUS STONES,PRE.METALS,CLAD WITH PRE.METAL AND ARTCLS THEREOF;IMIT.JEWLRY;COIN. | 312,995.60 | 276,111.96 |
| 18 | IMPREGNATED, COATED, COVERED OR LAMINATED TEXTILE FABRICS; TEXTILE ARTICLES OF A KIND SUITABLE FOR INDUSTRIAL USE. | 302,938.46 | 252,503.24 |
| 19 | GLASS AND GLASSWARE. | 243,448.31 | 243,729.70 |
| 20 | TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTS REQUISITES; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF. | 286,061.36 | 232,492.63 |
| 21 | PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD. | 220,422.81 | 230,185.66 |
| 22 | TANNING OR DYEING EXTRACTS; TANNINS AND THEIR DERI. DYES, PIGMENTS AND OTHER COLOURING MATTER; PAINTS AND VER; PUTTY AND OTHER MASTICS; INKS. | 244,913.69 | 221,929.08 |
| 23 | RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 239,673.64 | 220,313.42 |
| 24 | ARTICLES OF STONE, PLASTER, CEMENT, ASBESTOS, MICA OR SIMILAR MATERIALS. | 157,909.31 | 203,203.91 |
| 25 | KNITTED OR CROCHETED FABRICS. | 234,445.29 | 202,107.93 |
| 26 | FOOTWEAR, GAITERS AND THE LIKE; PARTS OF SUCH ARTICLES. | 195,843.37 | 186,780.97 |
| 27 | MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF BASE METAL. | 197,078.91 | 181,145.43 |
| 28 | MAN-MADE FILAMENTS. | 208,157.70 | 176,387.28 |
| 29 | CERAMIC PRODUCTS. | 329,792.12 | 173,123.59 |
| 30 | ARTICLES OF LEATHER,SADDLERY AND HARNESS;TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONT.ARTICLES OF ANIMAL GUT(OTHR THN SILK-WRM)GUT. | 155,706.65 | 135,720.52 |
| 31 | MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES. | 144,688.97 | 133,529.70 |
| 32 | MAN-MADE STAPLE FIBRES. | 164,918.13 | 124,003.75 |
| 33 | OTHER MADE UP TEXTILE ARTICLES; SETS; WORN CLOTHING AND WORN TEXTILE ARTICLES; RAGS | 147,637.29 | 111,225.70 |
| 34 | TOOLS IMPLEMENTS, CUTLERY, SPOONS AND FORKS, OF BASE METAL; PARTS THEREOF OF BASE METAL. | 149,448.18 | 108,577.02 |
| 35 | COPPER AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 106,855.79 | 93,880.88 |
| 36 | SILK | 118,406.35 | 91,699.34 |
| 37 | OTHER BASE METALS; CERMETS; ARTICLES THEREOF. | 93,624.52 | 87,647.92 |
| 38 | PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS | 94,789.79 | 77,154.41 |
| 39 | EDIBLE FRUIT AND NUTS; PEEL OR CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS. | 37,175.74 | 77,013.99 |
| 40 | ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, KNITTED OR CORCHETED. | 75,072.26 | 72,779.63 |
| 41 | COTTON. | 84,852.07 | 72,759.03 |
| 42 | WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL. | 84,290.91 | 67,487.31 |
| 43 | ESSENTIAL OILS AND RESINOIDS; PERFUMERY, COSMETIC OR TOILET PREPARATIONS. | 62,596.31 | 60,926.39 |
| 44 | OTHER VEGETABLE TEXTILE FIBRES; PAPER YARN AND WOVEN FABRICS OF PAPER YARN. | 109,964.94 | 54,411.23 |
| 45 | ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES, NOT KNITTED OR CROCHETED. | 62,915.94 | 54,207.36 |
| 46 | ALBUMINOIDAL SUBSTANCES; MODIFIED STARCHES; GLUES; ENZYMES. | 60,136.52 | 49,264.60 |
| 47 | CLOCKS AND WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF. | 47,684.82 | 43,684.75 |
| 48 | WADDING, FELT AND NONWOVENS; SPACIAL YARNS; TWINE, CORDAGE, ROPES AND CABLES AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 48,536.21 | 43,564.96 |
| 49 | SALT; SULPHUR; EARTHS AND STONE; PLASTERING MATERIALS, LIME AND CEMENT. | 47,253.55 | 41,935.31 |
| 50 | RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY LOCOMOTIVES, ROLLING-STOCK AND PARTS THEREOF; RAILWAY OR TRAMWAY TRACK FIXTURES AND FITTINGS AND PARTS THEREOF; MECHANICAL | 49,341.37 | 40,201.68 |
| 51 | SPECIAL WOVEN FABRICS; TUFTED TEXTILE FABRICS; LACE; TAPESTRIES; TRIMMINGS; EMBROIDERY. | 48,622.33 | 40,087.06 |
| 52 | SOAP, ORGANIC SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS, WASHING PREPARATIONS, LUBRICATING PREPARATIONS, ARTIFICIAL WAXES, PREPARED WAXES, POLISHING OR SCOURING PREP. | 38,727.84 | 36,475.69 |
| 53 | EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS. | 41,820.96 | 35,322.28 |
| 54 | RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODER. | 22,977.44 | 22,622.69 |
| 55 | RAW HIDES AND SKINS (OTHER THAN FURSKINS) AND LEATHER | 22,620.06 | 21,564.93 |
| 56 | WOOL, FINE OR COARSE ANIMAL HAIR, HORSEHAIR YARN AND WOVEN FABRIC. | 24,886.77 | 16,901.27 |
| 57 | ORES, SLAG AND ASH. | 14,990.53 | 15,841.56 |
| 58 | CARPETS AND OTHER TEXTILE FLOOR COVERINGS. | 17,098.91 | 15,813.05 |
| 59 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES OF SUCH ARTICLES. | 16,668.63 | 14,477.79 |
| 60 | VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED. | 6,957.87 | 12,809.78 |
| 61 | UMBRELLAS, SUN UMBRELLAS, WALKING-STICKS, SEAT-STICKS, WHIPS,RIDING-CROPS AND PARTS THEREOF. | 16,333.16 | 12,096.01 |
| 62 | PRINTED BOOKDS, NEWSPAPERS, PICTURES AND OTHER PRODUCTS OF THE PRINTING INDUSTRY; MANUSCRIPTS, TYPESCRIPTS AND PLANS. | 28,185.29 | 11,619.99 |
| 63 | PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; WASTE AND SCRAP OF PAPER OR PAPERBOARD. | 9,826.86 | 11,285.86 |
| 64 | LAC; GUMS, RESINS AND OTHER VEGETABLE SAPS AND EXTRACTS. | 11,811.95 | 11,072.28 |
| 65 | OIL SEEDS AND OLEA. FRUITS; MISC. GRAINS, SEEDS AND FRUIT; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW AND FODDER. | 11,839.18 | 9,538.31 |
| 66 | PHOTOGRAPHIC OR CINEMATOGRAPHIC GOODS. | 15,263.89 | 9,492.70 |
| 67 | PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN. | 9,513.02 | 8,585.07 |
| 68 | MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS. | 8,030.47 | 8,392.46 |
| 69 | PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUIT, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS. | 10,437.05 | 7,620.18 |
| 70 | NICKEL AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 25,029.50 | 6,364.02 |
| 71 | HEADGEAR AND PARTS THEREOF. | 6,658.67 | 6,089.02 |
| 72 | COFFEE, TEA, MATE AND SPICES. | 5,914.14 | 6,008.39 |
| 73 | PREPARED FEATHERS AND DOWN AND ARTICLES MADE OF FEATHERS OR OF DOWN; ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS; ARTICLES OF HUMAN HAIR. | 6,511.40 | 5,886.94 |
| 74 | ZINC AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 5,396.50 | 4,903.09 |
| 75 | AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT, AND PARTS THEREOF. | 3,682.56 | 4,511.89 |
| 76 | MISCELLANEOUS GOODS. | 6,574.28 | 3,733.70 |
| 77 | SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY. | 8,380.47 | 3,190.34 |
| 78 | PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED. | 5,347.30 | 2,283.89 |
| 79 | TIN AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 1,070.59 | 1,854.39 |
| 80 | COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS. | 2,028.75 | 1,755.32 |
| 81 | ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PRE. EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXEX. | 1,108.12 | 1,232.27 |
| 82 | FURSKINS AND ARTIFICIAL FUR, MANUFACTURES THEREOF. | 669.22 | 941.51 |
| 83 | TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES. | 809.4 | 915.03 |
| 84 | MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK. | 1,008.84 | 913.52 |
| 85 | LIVE TREES AND OTHER PLANTS; BULBS; ROOTS AND THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS AND ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE. | 1,105.11 | 895.99 |
| 86 | LEAD AND ARTICLES THEREOF. | 1,243.43 | 660.55 |
| 87 | PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR, STARCH OR MILK; PASTRYCOOKS PRODUCTS. | 746.57 | 329.99 |
| 88 | WORKS OF ART COLLECTORS’ PIECES AND ANTIQUES. | 17,731.32 | 215.18 |
| 89 | PREPARATIONS OF MEAT, OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS OR OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES | 379.62 | 196.9 |
| 90 | BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR. | 211.16 | 188.3 |
| 91 | FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTABRATES. | 143.93 | 125.55 |
| 92 | CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK. | 276.31 | 53.12 |
| 93 | ARMS AND AMMUNITION; PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF. | 16.35 | 12.21 |
| 94 | EXPLOSIVES; PYROTECHNIC PRODUCTS; MATCHES; PYROPHORIC ALLOYS; CERTAIN COMBUSTIBLE PREPARATIONS. | 145.45 | 3.5 |
| 95 | DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS’ EGGS; NATURAL HONEY; EDIBLE PROD. OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, NOT ELSEWHERE SPEC. OR INCLUDED. | 377.41 | 3.32 |
| 96 | CEREALS. | 0.65 | 0.03 |
| Total | 40,404,338.49 | 34,173,238.65 | |
| India’s Total | 249,029,808.11 | 207,567,190.31 | |
| %Share | 16.2247 | 16.4637 |