India and France bilateral partnership for advancing strategic autonomy in the Indo-Pacific region: Special reference to the Indo-French strategic partnership

Figures & data

Table 1. India and France trade in goods in euro million (excluding military equipment)

Year	Indian Exports to France	French Exports to India	Total Trade	Balance of Trade for India	Year of Year (%) Changes in Total Trade
2012	4,656	3,256	7,912	+1,400	+5.98
2013	4,440	2,713	7,153	+1,727	−9.59
2014	5,216	2,704	7,920	+2,502	+10.70
2015	5,218	2,703	8,548	+2,196	+7.91
2016	4,669	3,910	8,580	+759	+0.37
2017	5,362	5,345	10,707	+17	+24.79
2018	5,993	5,529	11,522	+463	+7.81
2019	6,238	5,358	11,596	+880	+0.64
2020	4,809	4,235	9,045	+574	−21.99
2021	6,702	5,886	12,588	+816	+39.17

Source: French Ministry for Economy and Finance (data rounded off to the nearest million €)

Table 2. Trade between India and France in the last five years (Euro in Million)

Year (January to December)	Indian Exports to France	French Exports to India	Total	Increase and decreased (year of year)
2016	1,775	1,463	3,238	−5.04
2017	2,563	1,739	4,302	+32.85
2018	2,459	1,928	4,387	+1.97
2019	2,463	2,004	4,467	+1.82
2020	2,517	2,249	4,766	+6.69

Source: https://www.eoiparis.gov.in/page/india-france-economic-and-commercial-relations-brief/#:~:text=Bilateral%20Mechanisms%20to%20promote%20Trade,alternately%20in%20Delhi%20and%20Paris.

Table 3. France exports to India in different areas

France Exports to India	Values in USD	Year
Aircraft, spacecraft	2.31 billion	2021
Electrical, electronic equipment	1.35 billion	2021
Machinery, nuclear reactors, boilers	800.69 million	2021
Optical, technical, medical apparatus	474.10 million	2021
Organic chemicals	264.12 million	2021
Plastics	232.16 million	2021
Pharmaceutical products	190.96 million	2021

Source:https://tradingeconomics.com/france/exports/india#:~:text=France%20Exports%20to%20India%20was,COMTRADE%20database%20on%20international%20trade.

Table 4. India and France trade in services in 2020 (Euro in Million)

Number	Major Categories of Services	Indian Exports to France	Indian Imports from France
1.	Manufacturing services supplied by physical inputs held by third parties	103	58
2.	Maintenance & repair services	58	225
3.	Transport	256	508
4.	Travel	65	56
5.	Building & public works	3	5
6.	Pension & insurance services	12	135
7.	Financial services	227	32
8.	Commission for use of intellectual property	61	107
9.	Telecommunication, computer & information services	729	167
10.	Other services to business	985	950
11.	Cultural, leisure & personal services	19	7
12.	Good & services of public administration	0	0
13.	Other services (not included elsewhere)	0	0
	Total	2,517	2,249

Source:https://tradingeconomics.com/france/exports/india#:~:text=France%20Exports%20to%20India%20was,COMTRADE%20database%20on%20international%20trade.

Table 5. FDI equity inflows from France

Fiscal Year (April to March)	Foreign Direct Investment Inflows from France to India
	INR Crores	USD Million	Euro Million	Year of Year Changes
2000–01	455	104	92	N.A.
2001–02	488	108	95	+3.5
2002–03	533	111	98	+3.3
2003–04	176	38	33	−65.6
2004–05	536	117	104	+206.7
2005–06	82	18	16	−84.2
2006–07	527	117	103	+533.6
2007–08	582	145	128	+23.7
2008–09	2,098	466	412	+221.4
2009–10	1,436	302	267	−35.1
2010–11	3,348	734	649	+142.6
2011–12	3,110	662	586	−9.7
2012–13	3,487	646	571	−2.4
2013–14	1,841	305	270	−52.7
2014–15	3,881	634	587	+117.42
2015–16	3,937	598	544	−7.32
2016–17	4,112	614	574	+5.51
2017–18	3,297	511	414	−27.87
2018–19	2,890	406	361	−12.80
2019–20	13,686	1,896	1,730	+379.22
2020–21	9,641	1,291	1,138	−34.21
2021–22	2,507	336	302	−73.46
Cumulative Inflows (April to June 2022)	63,792	10,313	9,290	—–

Source: https://www.eoiparis.gov.in/page/india-france-economic-and-commercial-relations-brief/

Table 6. India’s exports and imports to France

Year	2017–2018	2018–2019	2019–2020	2020–2021	2021–2022
Export	4,900.27	5,232.57	5,097.81	4,782.18	6,640.91
Growth (%)	NA	6.78	−2.58	−6.19	38.87
India’s Total Export	303,526.16	330,078.09	313,361.04	291.808.48	422,004.40
Growth (%)	NA	8.75	−5.06	−6.19	38.87
Share (%)	1.61	1.59	1.63	1.64	1.57
Import	6,524.16	6,665.67	6,168.82	4,343.22	5,782.10
Growth (%)	NA	2.17	−7.45	−29.59	33.13
India’s Total Import	465,580.99	514,078.42	474,709.28	394,435.88	613,052.05
Growth (%)	NA	10.42	−7.66	−16.91	55.43
Share (%)	1.40	1.30	1.30	1.10	0.94
Total Trade	11,424.43	11,898.24	11,266.63	9,125.40	12,423.01
Growth (%)	NA	4.15	−5.31	−19.01	36.14
India’s Total Trade	769,107.15	844,156.51	788,070.32	686,244.36	1,035,056.45
Growth (%)	NA	9.76	−6.64	−12.92	50.83
Share (%)	1.49	1.41	1.43	1.33	1.20
Trade Balance	-1,623.89	-1,433.10	-1,071.00	438.96	858.81
India’s Trade Balance	-162,054.83	184,000.33	-161,348.24	-102,627.40	-191,047.65

Source: https://indbiz.gov.in/country/france/