Bilateral Trade

India’s trade with the FIPIC Islands

S.NO.

COUNTRY

EXPORTS                        FROM INDIA (2021-22)

IMPORTS                         TO INDIA (2021-22)

TOTAL                    TRADE (2021-22)

1

FIJI ISLAND

57.96

0.49

58.45

2

KIRIBATI REP

1.64

 0.04

1.68

3

NAURU RP

0.31

23.38

23.69

4

PAPUA               NEW GUINEA

69.95

357.58

427.53

5

TIMOR LESTE

26.04

0.00

26.04

6

SOLOMON IS

1.85

25.93

27.78

7

TONGA

1.33

0

1.33

8

TUVALU

0.22

 

0.22

9

VANUATU REP

3.16

0

3.16

10

SAMOA

1.40

0.38

1.78

 

Total

163.86

407.80

571.66

 

Major Exports from India

Major Imports to India

  • Plastics
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Sugar
  • Apparels & Textiles
  • Surgical Instruments
  • Mineral fuels & Ores
  • Wood & Wood Charcoal
  • Precious Stones
  • Ships

 

Source: Department of Commerce, figures in US$ million

Country wise top Exports & Imports

Country

Exports commodities

Imports commodities

Cook Islands

Textiles, Cotton

Nuclear Reactors

Fiji

Textiles, Cotton, Articles of Apparels

Wood & Articles of wood, Aluminum & articles, Iron & steel, Nuclear Reactors, Textile Fabrics, Copper & articles, Tools implements, Misc, manufactured articles, Plastic & articles

Kiribati

Sugar, Pharmaceutical products, footwear, Coffee, Tea & Spices, Plastics, Misc. Edible preparations, Articles of Apparels, Preparation of Cereals, Rubber, Manufactures of Straw, Nuclear Reactors, Cereals, Products of the Milling Industry,  Salt, Misc. Chemical Products,  Plastics, Paper & Paperboard, Glass & Glassware, Misc. articles of base metal

Plastic & articles, Articles of iron steel

Marshall Islands

Pharmaceuticals Products, Vehicles, Nuclear Reactors, Mineral Fuels, Salt, Soap, Plastic and Articles, Furniture, Misc. Manufactured Articles

Salt, Inorganic chemicals, Iron & Steel, Wood & Articles of wood, Vehicles, Plastics & Articles, Textile Fabrics

Micronesia

Pharmaceuticals Products, Man-made Filaments, Plastics and Articles, Apparel, Manufacture of Straw, Ceramic products, Optical, Sugar, Misc. Chemical Products, Footwear, Nuclear Reactors, Furniture

-

Niue

-

 

Papua New Guinea

Cereals, Pharmaceutical products, Articles of Iron, Footwear, Nuclear Reactors, Plastics, Optical,  Vehicles, Textiles Articles, Electrical Machinery, Rubber, Printed books,  Preparation of Cereals, Furniture, Misc. Chemical Products, Articles of Apparel, Sugar, Misc. Articles of Base Metals, Glass and Glassware, Salt, Preparations of Vegetables, Tanning or Dyeing Extracts, Articles of Apparels, Aluminium, Essential Oil, Misc. manufactured articles, Paper & Paperboard, Soap, Coffee Tea & Species, Inorganic Chemicals, Ceramic Products, Vegetable Textile Fabrics, Tools implements, Photographic goods, Cotton, Toys, Wadding, Mineral Fuels, Explosives, Natural or Cultured Pearls, Albuminoidal Substances, Articles of  Leather, Man-made Filaments, Carpets, Articles of Stone,  Iron & Steel, Edible Vegetables, Organic Chemicals, Umbrellas, Copper & Articles, Lead & Articles, Works of art collectors,

Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils, Wood & articles of wood, Residues and Waste from the Food Industries, Natural or Cultured Pearls, Precious Stones, Miscellaneous Chemical Products, Nuclear Reactors, Copper & Articles, Electrical Machinery & Equipment, Cocoa & Cocoa Preparations, Mineral Fuels, Oil seeds & Olea fruits, Articles of Iron or steel, Aluminium & Articles, Rubber & articles, Iron & Steel, Vehicles

Republic of Nauru

Electrical machinery & equipment, Pharmaceutical Products, Paper & Paper Board, Cotton

Salt, Sulphur; Earths and Stone; Plastering Materials, Lime and Cement.  

Republic of Palau

Pharmaceutical products, cotton, Articles of Iron, Vehicles,

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Samoa

Sugar, Plastic & Articles, Vehicles, Pharmaceutical products, Preparation of cereals, Ceramic Products, Nuclear Reactors, Optical, Furniture, Coffee Tea & Spices, Salt, Manufactures of Straw, Textile Articles, Explosives, Printed Books, Article of Stone, Tools Implements

Articles of Iron or Steel, Plastic
and articles there of, Knitted or Crocheted fabrics, Nuclear Reactors, Electrical Machinery & Equipment,

Solomon Islands

Pharmaceuticals products, Sugar, Vehicles, Salt, Preparations of
Cereals, starch or milk, Coffee, tea and spices, Optical, Edible Vegetables, Textiles, Essential Oils, Nuclear Reactors, Soap, Explosives, Printed Books, Apparel, Misc. Articles of Base Metals, Furniture

Animal or Vegetable Fats and Oils, Wood & articles of wood, Iron & Steel

Tonga

Electrical Machinery, Sugar, Cereals, Articles of Apparels, Preparations of Cereals, Pharmaceutical Products, Vehicles, Salt, Tanning of Dyeing Extracts, Articles of Leather, Printed Books Misc. Manufactured Articles

-

Tuvalu

Pharmaceutical products, Plastic & Articles, Optical, Nuclear Reactors

-

Vanuatu

Pharmaceutical products, Vehicles, Sugar, Nuclear Reactors, Optical, Printed Books, Preparations of Vegetables, Plastics and articles, Articles of apparels, Ceramic Products, Preparation of cereals, Salt, Explosives, Electrical Machinery, Toys, Beverages, Footwear, Tanning or Dyeing Products, Articles of Apparels, Tools implements, Misc. Manufactured Articles

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Source: Department of Commerce

Potential Sectors of Cooperation between India and Pacific Islands

 

  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Pharma Machinery & tools
  • Plastics
  • Minerals & Fuels
  • Tourism
  • Education, Skill Development& Capacity Building
  • Oil & natural gas
  • IT
  • Disaster Management
  • Agriculture