Observatory of India's Trade Dependence and Vulnerability

Mapping India's Dependence and Vulnerabilities for Crafting De-risking Strategies

Primary source: Amit Kumar, “Defining Strategic and Critical Vulnerabilities in Asymmetrical Trade Interdependence”, Indian Public Policy Review 4, no. 4 (July-August 2023), https://doi.org/10.55763/ippr.2023.04.04.003 .
Primary source: Amit Kumar, “De-risking India's Trade with China: Identifying Strategic and Critical Vulnerabilities” , Takshashila Discussion Document 2025-01, Takshashila Institution.
Trade data: total imports and imports from China by HS8 line, FY 2024-25 and FY 2025-26, TradeStat EIDB, Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India. Values in US$ million.
Product Complexity Index: Observatory of Economic Complexity, HS 2022 series, 2024 scores; C.A. Hidalgo and R. Hausmann, “The building blocks of economic complexity”, PNAS 106, no. 26 (2009).

Name: Observatory of India's Trade Dependence and Vulnerability
Creator: Amit Kumar

The Observatory of India's Trade Dependence and Vulnerability maps India-China trade item by item. It measures India's trade dependence on China across every HS8 commodity India imports, identifies strategic and critical vulnerabilities, and highlights opportunities for de-risking. This page needs JavaScript to show the data.

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