2019-08-11_Business_Today

Source: Ministry of

External Affairs, Indian

Embassy in Japan,

Japanese Embassy in

India, CMIE, IBEF

FY15 FY19

Manufactured goods

form the largest chunk

of India's exports to

India has the ninth Japan (in terms of value)

highest trade deficit

($bn) with Japan (2018)

JAPAN HAS LION’S SHARE

THE UPPER

HAND

80

70

60

50

40

30

20

10

0

(` thousand crore)

62

64

65

71

89

33 / -29

30 / -34

26 / -39

31 /-40

34 / -55

India's imports from Japan

India's exports to Japan

Trade balance

FY15

FY16

FY17

FY18

FY19

India's trade balance has

been worsening

HEAVY TILT

Figures in %

Manufactured goods

Agricultural & allied products

Gems & jewellery

Textiles (excl. readymade garments)

Ores & minerals

$35

BILLION

Japanese
investments
in India’s
manufacturing
and infrastructure
sectors between
2014 and 2019

$27

BILLION

Japanese

investments in

India since 2000

`

17,715

CRORE

Total investment

proposed by about

60 Japanese

companies. These

are likely to result

in creation of over

29,000 jobs in India

57

33

20

15

14

9.5

7.2

5.8

5.5

5.4

Taiwan

Singapore

The

Netherlands

Thailand

UK

India

Panama

US

Hong

Kong

South

Korea