Imports into India from China in Q2 2026: data brief
Imports into India from China were US$42.31bn in Q2 2026, up 20.0% (US$7.07bn) on Q2 2025.
Top 3 rising headings
- Iron or non-alloy steel (HS 7208): US$194m, up 458.6% from US$35m
- Fertilizers (HS 3102): US$206m, up 389.2% from US$42m
- Cyclic hydrocarbons (HS 2902): US$418m, up 353.8% from US$92m
Top 3 falling headings
- Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum) (HS 7106): US$50m, down 90.1% from US$503m
- Fertilizers (HS 3105): US$37m, down 69.2% from US$120m
- Light-vessels, fire-floats, dredgers, floating cranes, other vessels (HS 8905): US$23m, down 65.8% from US$66m
Headings (HS4) worth at least US$10m in both quarters.
Among these six headings, value per kg runs from US$0.30 for Fertilizers to US$1,993 for Silver (including silver plated with gold or platinum). Why US$ per kg matters →
Cite as: Cambridge China Bridge, "China–India Trade Pulse", Q2 2026, https://camchinabridge.co.uk/china-trade-pulse/india/briefs/2026-q2/. Source: UN Comtrade Database; quarterly totals, changes and value per kg calculated by Cambridge China Bridge. Open data:https://github.com/bonoxu/camchinabridge-open-data
The full China–India Trade Pulse: every chapter, the largest movers and each quarter since 2019 →
Method and sources
- Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database, monthly commodity trade (HS): reporter India, partner China, imports, through the UN Comtrade API. Totals across all customs procedures and transport modes.
- Values are UN Comtrade's primary value for imports, in US dollars as UN Comtrade publishes them (converted from the reporter's own currency by the United Nations). Quarterly totals, changes on a year earlier, rankings and value per kg are calculated by Cambridge China Bridge from the monthly figures. Chapters 98 and 99, reserved for national use, are excluded.
- Value per kg divides value by net weight, summed from the six-digit subheadings that carry a weight. It is shown only where those subheadings carry at least 90% of the line's value; some countries report few weights, so their pages show more dashes.
- Countries report to UN Comtrade some weeks or months after each month ends and may revise their figures; the page is rebuilt monthly and always shows the latest figures published.
Source: United Nations, UN Comtrade Database (cited as "UN Comtrade"). The figures on this page are quarterly totals, changes and rankings calculated from UN Comtrade's monthly data by Cambridge China Bridge; they are not endorsed by the United Nations. Journalists and researchers may quote them with a link to this page.