India and Brazil hold a Strategic Partnership and work together in IBSA, BRICS and the G20

Background

India and Brazil elevated their relationship to Strategic Partnership in 2006. The two countries cooperate in plurilateral fora such as IBSA, BRICS, G20, G-4, International Solar Alliance, Global Biofuel Alliance and Coalition for Disaster Resilience Infrastructure, and in the larger multilateral bodies such as the UN, WTO, UNESCO and WIPO. Diplomatic relations were established in 1948. India opened the first ever Embassy in the Latin American region in Rio de Janeiro, the erstwhile capital of Brazil, and later moved it to Brasilia in 1971. India has a Consulate General in São Paulo while Brazil has one in Mumbai. In 2025 the bilateral trade reached USD 15.21 billion, against USD 12.20 billion in 2024, with Indian exports of USD 8.35 billion and imports from Brazil of USD 6.85 billion. India launched the Brazilian satellite Amazonia-1, the first Earth Observation satellite to be completely designed, integrated, tested and operated by Brazil.