China Supplies 80% Of Imports In 71 Tariff Lines
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Among the individual product categories tracked, lithium-ion batteries showed a sharp rise in dependence on Chinese supply, the outlets reported. India's imports of lithium-ion batteries from China more than doubled since 2021-22, reaching $3.9 billion in 2025-26, with China accounting for 83.6 per cent of India's total imports of the product, Business Standard and The Hindu BusinessLine reported. This marked the first time that lithium-ion battery imports crossed the 80 per cent dependence threshold on China, the outlets reported.
Semiconductors moved in the opposite direction, according to the outlets. China's share of India's semiconductor imports declined from around 64 per cent in 2024-25 to 48.9 per cent in 2025-26, Business Standard and The Hindu BusinessLine reported. Even with this decline, China remained the source of nearly half of India's semiconductor imports in 2025-26, the outlets reported.
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- HS 85 is India's largest export chapter to China at $3.18 billion.
- India's trade deficit with China stood at $112.1 billion in 2025-26, the country's largest bilateral trade deficit.
- India's overall trade deficit with China reached $112.1 billion in 2025-26, of which electrical machinery alone accounted for $43.1 billion — roughly 38 per cent of the total.