Diplomatic briefing
High Commission of India, Port Moresby
High CommissionPapua New Guinea · High Commissioner: Shri Rajeev Kumar
10 figures · 2 sources · built 1 hour ago
In short
India’s high commission in Papua New Guinea records bilateral trade of $689.7m, a reported community of 4,000, 7 agreements on record and a UN voting alignment with India of 53%. Led by Shri Rajeev Kumar, high commissioner.
Total bilateral trade
$689.7m
US dollars · as stated in the brief
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Bilateral Brief — Papua New Guinea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL RELATIONS” section
“Value: US$ million (Source: Dept of Commerce, GOI) Year Export from India to PNG Import into India from PNG Total Bilateral Trade 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 56.17 69.95 85.84 2023-24 70.06 2024-25 70.38 2025-26 73.39 125.85 357.58 643.36 471.86 363.17 616.31 182.02 427.53 729.20 541.93 433.55 689.70”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Overseas Indians
Medium confidence4,000
persons · as of Jan 2026
Source· retrieved 1 day ago
Population of Overseas Indians
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: row "Papua New Guinea"
“PIOs 0 + NRIs 4,000 = 4,000”
Published: undated · Read: 7 October 2026
MEA publishes no methodology for these estimates and told a Parliamentary committee it holds "no authentic data". The page also repeats some countries from an older vintage with the PIO/NRI columns swapped; the first occurrence is used here. This country appears 2× on the page.
Agreements on record
Medium confidence7
agreements · 1950–present
Source· retrieved 1 hour ago
Indian Treaties Database — filtered by country
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: search-result-item count, sorted newest first (newest: 29 April 2016)
“MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOR ESTABLISHING INDIA-PAPUA NEW GUINEA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 29 April 2016”
Published: 29 April 2016 · Read: 8 October 2026
MEA states it cannot vouch for the accuracy or completeness of this database. It carries no status field, so "in force" cannot be derived from it — only that an agreement is on record.
UN votes matching India’s
53%
share of UNGA votes matching India’s · UNGA session 78
Source· retrieved 13 hours ago
United Nations General Assembly Voting Data — Ideal Point Estimates
Source: Bailey, Strezhnev & Voeten — Harvard Dataverse
Where: row “Papua New Guinea”, session 78, IndiaAgree over 84 votes
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
UN General Assembly Voting Data (v39), non-commercial licence. The share is the dataset’s own IndiaAgree column — roll-call votes on which this country and India voted the same way, as the dataset defines agreement — not our calculation. Independent of MEA.
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The relationship, in figures
Trade
Exports to Papua New GuineaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$73.4m
Bilateral Brief — Papua New Guinea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL RELATIONS” section
“Value: US$ million (Source: Dept of Commerce, GOI) Year Export from India to PNG Import into India from PNG Total Bilateral Trade 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 56.17 69.95 85.84 2023-24 70.06 2024-25 70.38 2025-26 73.39 125.85 357.58 643.36 471.86 363.17 616.31 182.02 427.53 729.20 541.93 433.55 689.70”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Imports from Papua New GuineaUS dollars · as stated in the brief$616.3m
Bilateral Brief — Papua New Guinea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “ECONOMIC & COMMERCIAL RELATIONS” section
“Value: US$ million (Source: Dept of Commerce, GOI) Year Export from India to PNG Import into India from PNG Total Bilateral Trade 2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 56.17 69.95 85.84 2023-24 70.06 2024-25 70.38 2025-26 73.39 125.85 357.58 643.36 471.86 363.17 616.31 182.02 427.53 729.20 541.93 433.55 689.70”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Trade balance in India’s favourUS dollars · as stated in the brief · our calculation−$542.9m
Exports minus imports, as stated in the same briefing (in USD)
exports − imports
People
Indian community in Papua New Guineapersons · as stated in the brief4,000
Bilateral Brief — Papua New Guinea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “CULTURAL RELATIONS” section
“There are 4,000 members of Indian Diaspora in PNG.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
MEA’s bilateral brief states the same figure.
Diplomacy
Most recent high-level visityear of the visit · as stated in the brief2025
Bilateral Brief — Papua New Guinea
Source: Ministry of External Affairs, India
Where: “Ministerial visits from PNG to India” section
“On 7 December 2025, Hon. Richard Maru, Minister for International Trade and Investment, met with Hon. Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, in Mumbai, to discuss the strengthening of bilateral trade and investment relations, including cooperation in the energy sector and other areas of mutual economic interest.”
Published: undated · Read: 8 October 2026
Read from the briefing by a language model. The quoted sentence was verified by string matching against the extracted PDF text before this figure was accepted.
Agreements on record (7)
MEA Treaties Database- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY OF THE PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF SHARING SUCCESSFUL DIGITAL SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED AT POPULATION SCALE FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATIONScience and Technology28 July 2023
- MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON FOREIGN CONSULTANTS BETWEEN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OF INDIA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEADiplomatic Relations21 May 2023
- AGREEMENT BETWEEN REPUBLIC OF INDIA AND THE INDEPENDENT STATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON RECIPROCAL VISA WAIVER OR HOLDERS OF DIPLOMATIC AND OFFICIAL PASSPORTSDiplomatic Relations21 May 2023
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF DIPLOMATIC TRAININGDiplomatic Relations19 February 2019
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA FOR ESTABLISHING INDIA-PAPUA NEW GUINEA CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYAid and Cooperation29 April 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON AGRICULTUREAid and Cooperation29 April 2016
- MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND PAPUA NEW GUINEA ON COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF HEALTH CARE AND MEDICAL SCIENCEHealth29 April 2016
The briefing
MEA publishes a bilateral brief — 34 sections, 12,311 characters of extractable text. Sections include: INDIA-PAPUA NEW GUINEA BILATERAL BRIEF · August 2017; · (ii) · Development Plan-3; · Province Governor Sasindran Muthuvel; · HUMANITARIAN AID & OTHER ASSISTANCE.
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