Bilateral Trade between India and the Gulf Cooperation Council grew from US$ 87.35 billion in FY 2020-21 to US$ 154.66 billion in FY 2021-22, registering an increase of 77.06% on a year-on-year basis. Since FY 2017-18, on a compounded annual growth rate basis, bilateral trade between India and the GCC has grown by 10.57%.
This information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Smt. Anupriya Patel, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
Details of India’s exports to the GCC during the last five financial years is as follows:
India's Exports to GCC | ||||||
Values in USD Billion | ||||||
S.No. | Country | 2017-2018 | 2018-2019 | 2019-2020 | 2020-2021 | 2021-2022 |
1 | BAHRAIN | 0.56 | 0.74 | 0.56 | 0.53 | 0.90 |
2 | KUWAIT | 1.37 | 1.33 | 1.29 | 1.05 | 1.24 |
3 | OMAN | 2.44 | 2.25 | 2.26 | 2.36 | 3.15 |
4 | QATAR | 1.47 | 1.61 | 1.27 | 1.28 | 1.84 |
5 | SAUDI ARABIA | 5.41 | 5.56 | 6.24 | 5.86 | 8.76 |
6 | UAE | 28.15 | 30.13 | 28.85 | 16.68 | 28.04 |
GCC Total | 39.39 | 41.62 | 40.47 | 27.76 | 43.93 |
Source: DGCIS