Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s1.61

v1.c5.s1.61

Following the establishment of the People’s Republic of China, in 1954 the governments of India and China signed the first trade agreement between the two countries. In this period, goods exported to India from China mainly included rice, broomcorn, beans, raw silk, machines, transformers, wool, caustic soda, paper, etc. Goods exported to China from India mainly included hemp articles, rice, beans, tobacco, chemicals, drugs, mica, electric fans, woolens and machines.