India is the 16th largest export economy in the world and the 49th most complex economy according to the Economic Complexity Index (ECI). In 2015, India exported $276B and imported $368B, resulting in a negative trade balance of $92.6B. In 2015 the GDP of India was $2.1T and its GDP per capita was $6.1k.

The top exports of India are Refined Petroleum ($29.2B), Diamonds ($23.2B), Packaged Medicaments ($13.4B), Jewellery ($9.2B) and Rice ($6.55B), using the 1992 revision of the HS (Harmonized System) classification. Its top imports are Crude Petroleum ($64.6B), Gold ($35.4B), Diamonds ($17.2B), Coal Briquettes ($13.9B) and Petroleum Gas ($11.7B).

The top export destinations of India are the United States ($44.1B), the United Arab Emirates ($30B), China ($12B), Hong Kong ($11.4B) and the United Kingdom ($9.2B). The top import origins are China ($59B), Switzerland ($21.5B), the United States ($20B), Saudi Arabia ($19.9B) and the United Arab Emirates ($19.4B).

India borders Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Burma, Nepal and Pakistan by land and Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Thailand by sea.