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Date : Aug 30, 2004
Appendix Table VI.5 : India's Imports of Principal Commodities

Appendix Table VI.5 : India';s Imports of Principal Commodities

 

     

Rupees crore

US $ million

           

Percentage

Variation

     

Percentage Variation

Commodity Group

                   
     

2003-04P

2002-03

2001-02

2003-04P

2002-03

2003-04P

2002-03

2001-02

2003-04P

2002-03

           

over

over

     

over

over

           

2002-03

2001-02

     

2002-03

2001-02

 

1

 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

I.

Bulk Imports

1,34,964

1,17,598

96,638

14.8

21.7

29,371

24,300

20,263

20.9

19.9

     

(38.1)

(39.6)

(39.4)

   

(38.1)

(39.6)

(39.4)

   
 

A. Petroleum, Petroleum Products

94,520

85,367

66,770

10.7

27.9

20,569

17,640

14,000

16.6

26.0

 

and Related Material

(26.7)

(28.7)

(27.2)

   

(26.7)

(28.7)

(27.2)

   
 

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

14,057

11,668

9,745

20.5

19.7

3,059

2,411

2,043

26.9

18.0

     

(4.0)

(3.9)

(4.0)

   

(4.0)

(3.9)

(4.0)

   
 

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

88

119

87

-25.7

36.6

19

24

18

-21.7

34.6

 

2.

Edible Oil

11,674

8,780

6,465

33.0

35.8

2,541

1,814

1,356

40.0

33.8

 

3.

Pulses

2,251

2,737

3,160

-17.8

-13.4

490

566

663

-13.4

-14.6

 

4.

Sugar

43

33

33

31.0

0.3

9

7

7

37.9

-1.2

 

C. Other Bulk Items

26,387

20,563

20,124

28.3

2.2

5,742

4,249

4,220

35.1

0.7

     

(7.5)

(6.9)

(8.2)

   

(7.5)

(6.9)

(8.2)

   
 

1.

Fertilisers

3,303

3,028

3,238

9.1

-6.5

719

626

679

14.9

-7.8

   

a) Crude

615

894

796

-31.2

12.4

134

185

167

-27.6

10.8

   

b) Sulphur and unroasted iron pyrites

396

403

274

-1.8

47.1

86

83

57

3.5

46.2

   

c) Manufactured

2,292

1,731

2,169

32.4

-20.2

499

358

455

39.5

-21.4

 

2.

Non-ferrous Metals

4,331

3,226

3,087

34.3

4.5

942

667

647

41.4

3.0

 

3.

Paper, Paper board and manufactured

                   
   

including Newsprint

2,950

2,175

2,131

35.6

2.1

642

449

447

42.8

0.6

 

4.

Crude Rubber, including Synthetic

                   
   

and Reclaimed

1,287

883

831

45.7

6.2

280

182

174

53.5

4.7

 

5.

Pulp and Waste Paper

1,877

1,662

1,405

12.9

18.3

408

343

295

18.9

16.5

 

6.

Metalliferrous Ores and Metal Scrap

5,746

5,022

5,455

14.4

-7.9

1,251

1,038

1,144

20.5

-9.3

 

7.

Iron and Steel

6,893

4,567

3,976

50.9

14.9

1,500

944

834

59.0

13.2

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

2,19,012

1,79,608

1,48,561

21.9

20.9

47,661

37,113

31,150

28.4

19.1

     

(61.9)

(60.4)

(60.6)

   

(61.9)

(60.4)

(60.6)

   
 

A. Capital Goods

78,722

65,325

47,130

20.5

38.6

17,132

13,498

9,882

26.9

36.6

     

(22.2)

(22.0)

(19.2)

   

(22.2)

(22.0)

(19.2)

   
 

1.

Manufactures of Metals

3,158

2,363

1,941

33.6

21.7

687

488

407

40.7

20.0

 

2.

Machine Tools

2,112

1,195

921

76.7

29.8

460

247

193

86.1

27.9

 

3.

Machinery except Electrical and Electronics

21,701

17,256

14,169

25.8

21.8

4,723

3,566

2,971

32.4

20.0

 

4.

Electrical Machinery except Electronics

3,970

3,214

2,835

23.5

13.4

864

664

594

30.1

11.7

 

5.

Electronic Goods incl. Computer Software

36,192

29,488

19,070

22.7

54.6

7,876

6,093

3,999

29.3

52.4

 

6.

Transport Equipments

9,845

9,183

5,482

7.2

67.5

2,142

1,897

1,149

12.9

65.1

 

7.

Project Goods

1,745

2,626

2,714

-33.6

-3.2

380

543

569

-30.0

-4.6

 

B. Mainly Export Related Items

58,352

49,914

39,394

16.9

26.7

12,699

10,314

8,260

23.1

24.9

     

(16.5)

(16.8)

(16.1)

   

(16.5)

(16.8)

(16.1)

   
 

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-precious Stones

32,756

29,341

22,046

11.6

33.1

7,128

6,063

4,623

17.6

31.2

 

2.

Chemicals, Organic and Inorganic

18,483

14,640

13,352

26.2

9.7

4,022

3,025

2,800

33.0

8.1

 

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, etc.

5,741

4,696

3,565

22.3

31.7

1,249

970

747

28.8

29.8

 

4.

Cashew Nuts, Raw

1,372

1,236

431

11.0

186.8

299

255

90

16.9

182.6

 

C. Others

81,938

64,369

62,037

27.3

3.8

17,831

13,301

13,008

34.1

2.3

     

(23.2)

(21.7)

(25.3)

   

(23.1)

(21.7)

(25.3)

   
 

of which :

                   
 

1.

Gold and Silver

31,327

20,753

21,854

50.9

-5.0

6,817

4,288

4,582

59.0

-6.4

 

2.

Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials

4,963

3,784

3,215

31.2

17.7

1,080

782

674

38.1

16.0

 

3.

Professional, Scientific and Optical Goods

5,636

5,484

4,965

2.8

10.5

1,226

1,133

1,041

8.2

8.8

 

4.

Coal, Coke and Briquittes etc.

6,479

5,999

5,453

8.0

10.0

1,410

1,240

1,143

13.7

8.4

 

5.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

2,956

2,865

2,027

3.2

41.4

643

592

425

8.6

39.3

 

6.

Chemical Materials and Products

2,899

2,187

2,120

32.5

3.2

631

452

444

39.6

1.7

 

7.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

1,500

1,136

1,049

32.1

8.3

326

235

220

39.1

6.7

III.

Total Imports ( I+II )

3,53,976

2,97,206

2,45,200

19.1

21.2

77,032

61,412

51,413

25.4

19.4

P : Provisional.
Note : Figures in parentheses represent percentages to total imports.
Source : DGCI & S.

 



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