<span style="color: #222222;">Trade deficit between India and China is continuously on a declining trajectory. The Commerce and Industry Ministry said, around 23 percent contractions have been reported in the trade deficit between the last three financial years.</span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;"> </span><br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Hardeep Singh Puri said<b> </b>in Lok Sabha today that export has increased to more than 24 per cent whereas the import reduced to more than 14 percent. He said, the government has made sustained efforts to achieve a more balanced trade with China. He added that the government has also implemented policies to promote domestic manufacturing through ease of doing business and creating an enabling physical environment for manufacturing. </span><br />''