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📰 India’s trade deficit with China dips to $48.66 billion
Chinese FDI has dipped to $163.78 million in 2019-20 from $229 million in the previous fiscal
•India’s trade deficit with China fell to $48.66 billion in 2019-20 on account of the decline in imports from the neighbouring country, according to government data.
•Exports to China in the last financial year stood at $16.6 billion, while imports aggregated at $65.26 billion, the data showed.
•The trade deficit stood at $53.56 billion in 2018-19 and $63 billion in 2017-18.
•India has time and again raised concerns over the widening trade deficit with China. The government is framing technical regulations and quality norms for several products to reduce dependence on Chinese imports.
•It has also imposed anti-dumping duties on goods, which are being dumped in the domestic market at below the average prices from China.
•Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from China in India dipped to $163.78 million in 2019-20 from $229 million in the previous fiscal, according to the data.
•India had received $350.22 million in FDI from the neighbouring country in 2017-18 and $277.25 million in 2016-17.
•From April 2000 to March 2020, India attracted FDI worth $2.38 billion from China. In April, the government tightened norms for FDI coming from countries which share a land border with India.
•As per the amended FDI policy, a company or an individual from a country that shares a land border with India can invest in any sector only after getting government approval.