Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s1.64
Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c5.s1.64
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In the 1980s, goods exported to India from China mainly included raw silk, silk products, edible vegetable oil, coal, mercury, antimony, petroleum, petrochemicals, drug, etc. At the same time the products exported to China from India included iron ore, chrome ore, manganese ore, steel products, tobacco, leather, power generating equipment, etc. In 1982, the value of trade between India and China stood at 145 million USD. From 1984 to 1990 it grew year by year on the whole. The volume of trade further increased in the 1990s. By the year 2000 it had reached a total of 2.91 billion USD.