Bilateral trade between India and China is expected to cross the $100 billion mark by 2015. External Affairs Minister, S M Krishna who observed that trade between the two countries had already crossed $74 billion in 2011 and therefore a target of $100 billion in 2015 seemed achievable. Krishna stated that bilateral economic and trade cooperation had witnessed a robust growth rate and India would like to carry forward the positive momentum.
He urged the Chinese authorities to open up their markets to Indian IT and pharmaceutical companies, whose progress was recognized globally. On the other hand, he said, India on its part would also like to welcome Chinese infrastructure companies into its economy. The external affairs minister is looking at balancing trade relations with China. Chinese exports to India continue to grow crossing the $50 billion mark. Chinese exports grew by 23.51% in FY’11 over FY’10. The share of India-China bilateral trade in China's overall trade increased to about 3.8% compared to 2.06% in FY’10.
India’s exports to China were dominated by iron ore. But these declined considerably due to the ban on mining in Karnataka and Goa. Despite this, Indian exports to China, mainly comprising of primary products and commodity sector, increased. On the whole, bilateral trade between India and China was $61.7 billion in FY’10 which has risen to $74 billion in FY’11. The trade deficit from January-December of 2011, however, piled up to $27.07 billion even though Indian exports to China went up to $23.4 billion registering a growth of almost 12.26% compared to the same period in year 2010.
Last year, in order to further enhance economic consultation and cooperation, the two sides have launched the Strategic Economic Dialogue mechanism. Krishna said, ‘we will continue to work hard to maintain the positive momentum of bilateral trade with China.’
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