India’s Electronics Push Is Growing, But So Is Its Dependence On Chinese Components

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China supplied at least 80% of India’s imports across 71 electronics-related tariff lines in 2025-26, highlighting the supply-chain challenge behind the country’s manufacturing push

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India’s electronics manufacturing boom is reshaping the country’s industrial landscape, but it is also deepening its dependence on China for the components that keep those supply chains running.

As India and China seek new avenues for a closer economic relationship on the eve of the BRICS Summit, a new study on trade flows has found that rising electronics imports from China reflect a deepening integration of supply chains rather than merely a dependence on price-competitive finished goods.

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