Foreign trade in India includes all imports and exports to and from India. At the Central Government level, it is administered by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Foreign trade accounted for 48.8% of India's GDP in 2015.
There are records throughout the history of Indian trade with foreign countries. Even before independence, the Indian Government maintained semi-autonomous diplomatic relations. He had colonies (such as the Aden Agreement), which sent and received complete missions, and was a founding member of the League of Nations and the United Nations. After India's independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, it soon joined the Commonwealth and strongly supported independence movements in other colonies, such as the Indonesian National Revolution. Partitioning and various territorial disputes, particularly in Kashmir, would weaken relations with Pakistan for years. During the Cold War, India adopted a foreign policy of not aligning itself with any large power bloc. However, India developed close ties with the Soviet Union and received extensive military support from it.
India exports about 7500 commodities to about 190 countries, and imports about 6000 commodities from 140 countries. India exported US $ 318.2 billion and imported US $ 462.9 billion in commodities in 2014.