India-China trade up 93.1 per cent
Beijing: With a 113.5 per cent increase in Indian exports, the Sino-Indian bilateral trade has touched USD 6.674 billion during the first six months of this year.

According to latest trade statistics from China's Customs, the gross volume of foreign trade during January-June touched USD 6.674 billion. This is 93.1 per cent year-on-year increase as against 39.1 per cent of Chinese trade volume in the same period.

China's exports to India during the first six months amounted to USD 2.447 billion, up 65.7 per cent. The communist nation's imports from India during the period touched USD 4.427 billion, up 113.5 per cent.

In 2001, the bilateral trade figure was USD 3.6 billion, up 23.4 per cent over 2000. In 2002, the figure jumped to USD 4.9 billion, up 37.6 per cent over the previous year.

Last year, the bilateral trade was worth USD 7.6 billion, up 53.6 per cent.
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