Indian exporters have sought resumption of exports to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries through China, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
The CIS countries include Ukraine, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Exports to these nations have stopped as there is no movement of ships through the Black Sea.
The proposed route -India to Qingdao by ship and from there on to CIS by railways - has been non-operational for over a year.
Source : economictimes.indiatimes.com