1. ASEAN Member States (AMS) and India met virtually on 14 September 2021 for the 18th AEM-India Consultations. The Consultations were co-chaired by H.E. Dato Dr. Amin Liew Abdullah, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office and Minister of Finance and Economy II, Brunei Darussalam, and H.E. Anupriya Patel, Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, India.
2. The Meeting noted that, based on preliminary ASEAN data for 2020, two-way trade between ASEAN and India reached USD 65.6 billion, decreasing by 14.9 per cent yearon-year, while total FDI inflows from India amounted to USD 2.1 billion, or an increase of 34.7 per cent year-on-year. This placed India as ASEAN’s seventh largest trading partner and seventh largest source of FDI among ASEAN Dialogue Partners in 2020.

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