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Date : Sep 15, 2021
Table 119 : Imports of Principal Commodities - US Dollar
(US $ Million)
Commodity / Year 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
1. Cotton Raw & Waste 394.1 946.9 979.3 633.1 1328.4 385.8
2. Vegetable Oil 10492.1 10892.7 11637.5 9890.3 9672.9 11088.1
3. Pulses 3902.2 4244.1 2908.3 1140.8 1440.1 1611.7
4. Fruits & vegetables 1853.3 1783.4 2092.6 2143.9 2221.3 2273.4
5. Pulp and Waste paper 955.7 975.1 1154.6 1311.7 1143.0 851.1
6. Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles 1715.1 1502.5 1837.3 1900.0 1922.3 1501.5
7. Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured 8071.5 5024.0 5376.3 7467.4 7468.1 7597.3
8. Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites 217.1 131.2 165.9 217.1 117.7 149.7
9. Metaliferrous ores & other minerals 7298.6 6194.2 9096.9 7583.3 5088.9 4626.1
10. Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc. 13667.6 15759.9 22901.2 26177.8 22455.1 16276.3
11. Petroleum, Crude & products 82944.5 86963.8 108658.7 140920.6 130550.3 82683.9
12. Wood & Wood products 5048.1 4891.8 6027.3 6126.5 5612.2 4449.6
13. Leather & leather products 968.1 935.3 1009.2 1057.7 1014.1 579.8
14. Organic & Inorganic Chemicals 16586.4 16598.4 20631.5 23827.7 20617.1 19825.2
15. Dyeing/tanning/colouring mtrls. 2247.5 2282.7 2887.5 3221.9 2906.4 2733.9
16. Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc. 11794.6 11964.0 14487.7 15682.0 14633.7 13509.1
17. Chemical material & products 5151.8 5375.1 6663.4 7707.6 7643.2 8441.2
18. Newsprint 805.4 849.9 776.7 977.7 700.6 294.1
19. Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones 20069.9 23808.6 34278.9 27075.7 22458.8 18888.0
20. Iron & Steel 14977.5 11683.0 14617.6 17656.7 15369.4 12051.0
21. Non-ferrous metals 9726.1 9868.8 12811.7 14733.0 13138.7 11716.6
22. Machine tools 2757.5 3034.6 3519.6 4642.5 4193.1 3169.6
23. Machinery, electrical & non-electrical 29436.1 28445.8 34258.8 39758.7 39567.3 31791.2
24. Transport equipment 18227.8 22687.7 22732.5 24775.8 25284.7 17874.2
25. Project goods 2761.1 2074.4 2077.6 2375.6 2025.5 1498.9
26. Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc. 3621.7 3857.2 4754.6 5187.4 5024.1 4528.2
27. Electronic goods 40021.9 41930.4 51540.9 55471.0 52522.5 52580.8
28. Medcnl. & Pharmaceutical products 5440.0 4995.0 5480.7 6359.5 6459.9 6973.6
29. Gold 31770.7 27518.0 33657.2 32910.1 28229.7 34603.9
30. Silver 3742.7 1839.2 3213.8 3748.2 2727.8 790.4
31. Other Commodities 24340.8 25299.2 23345.4 21397.4 21172.4 18266.1
Total Imports 381007.8 384357.0 465581.0 514078.4 474709.3 393610.6
Note : Data for 2020-21 are provisional and data for 2019-20 are revised.
Also see notes on Tables.
Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.

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