India-China bilateral trade hits historic high of USD 84.44 billion

The India-China bilateral trade has reached 84(point)44 billion US dollar last year, an historic high. A rare novelty of the bilateral trade otherwise dominated by the Chinese exports was about 40 per cent increase of Indian exports to China in 2017 totalling to 16.34 billion dollar, data of the Chinese General Administration of Customs



accessed by PTI Beijing showed.

The bilateral trade in 2017 rose by 18.63 per cent year-on-year to reach 84.44 billion dollar. It is regarded as a landmark as the volume of bilateral trade for the first time touched 80 billion dollar , well above the USD 71.18 billion registered last year.