Just over a year after the India-China Galwan valley clash, 43 per cent Indian consumers have said that they did not buy any Made in China product in the past 12 months. This is a sharp dip in the number of Indians who had maintained this stand in November 2020, which was 71 per cent. But as time passed, many Indian purchasers are back to their favourite cost-effective products, raising concerns about whether Indian manufacturers can offer the same products at cheap rates.

Revelations from a recent survey to understand where Indian consumers stand a year later on their resolution to not buy Chinese products, show their purchasing choices. The survey was held online by LocalCircles — a community social media platform. It also shows that of those Indian consumers who purchased China products, 60 per cent bought only 1-2 items while 70 per cent of them did so because they felt that the products offer value for money. The survey had around 18,000 responses from over 200 districts of India.