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Document - I.54: Indias Imports of Principal Commodities () or PDF - I.54: Indias Imports of Principal Commodities ()
Date : Aug 29, 2005
I.54: India's Imports of Principal Commodities
       

Rupees crore

   

US $ million

   
   

Commodity Group

     

Percentage Variation

     

Percentage Variation

     

2004-05 P

2003-04

2002-03

(2)/(3)

(3)/(4)

2004-05 P

2003-04

2002-03

(7)/(8)

(8)/(9)

   

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

                         

I.

Bulk Imports

1,88,173

1,35,380

1,17,598

39.0

15.1

41,880

29,461

24,300

42.2

21.2

     

(39.1)

(37.7)

(39.6)

   

(39.1)

(37.7)

(39.6)

   
                         
 

A. Petroleum, Petroleum Products &

1,34,094

94,520

85,367

41.9

10.7

29,844

20,569

17,640

45.1

16.6

 

Related Material

(27.9)

(26.3)

(28.7)

   

(27.9)

(26.3)

(28.7)

   
                         
 

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

13,540

14,120

11,668

-4.1

21.0

3,014

3,073

2,411

-1.9

27.4

     

(2.8)

(3.9)

(3.9)

   

(2.8)

(3.9)

(3.9)

   
                         
 

1.

Cereals & Cereal Preparations

112

89

119

25.2

-24.7

25

19

24

28.1

-20.7

 

2.

Edible Oil

10,756

11,683

8,780

-7.9

33.1

2,394

2,543

1,814

-5.8

40.1

 

3.

Pulses

1,719

2,285

2,737

-24.8

-16.5

383

497

566

-23.1

-12.1

 

4.

Sugar

954

63

33

91.0

212

14

7

-

                         
 

C. Other Bulk Items

40,538

26,740

20,563

51.6

30.0

9,022

5,819

4,249

55.0

37.0

     

(8.4)

(7.4)

(6.9)

   

(8.4)

(7.4)

(6.9)

   
                         
 

1.

Fertilisers

5,531

3,312

3,028

67.0

9.4

1,231

721

626

70.8

15.2

   

a) Crude

995

615

894

61.8

-31.2

222

134

185

65.5

-27.6

   

b) Sulphur & Unroasted Iron pyrites

484

396

403

22.2

-1.8

108

86

83

25.0

3.4

   

c) Manufactured

4,052

2,301

1,731

76.1

33.0

902

501

358

80.1

40.0

 

2.

Non-Ferrous Metals

5,630

4,360

3,226

29.1

35.2

1,253

949

667

32.1

42.3

 

3.

Paper, Paperboard & mgfd. Incl. Newsprint

3,156

3,022

2,175

4.4

38.9

702

658

449

6.8

46.3

 

4.

Crude Rubber, Incl. Synthetic & Reclaimed

1,774

1,290

883

37.5

46.1

395

281

182

40.7

53.9

 

5.

Pulp & Waste Paper

2,126

1,880

1,662

13.1

13.1

473

409

343

15.7

19.2

 

6.

Metalliferrous Ores & Metal Scrap

10,651

5,955

5,022

78.9

18.6

2,370

1,296

1,038

82.9

24.9

 

7.

Iron & Steel

11,670

6,921

4,567

68.6

51.5

2,597

1,506

944

72.4

59.6

                         

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

2,92,891

2,23,727

1,79,608

30.9

24.6

65,186

48,688

37,113

33.9

31.2

     

(60.9)

(62.3)

(60.4)

   

(60.9)

(62.3)

(60.4)

   
 

A. Capital Goods

1,01,398

83,994

65,325

20.7

28.6

22,567

18,279

13,498

23.5

35.4

     

(21.1)

(23.4)

(22.0)

   

(21.1)

(23.4)

(22.0)

   
                         
 

1.

Manufactures of Metals

3,986

3,169

2,363

25.8

34.1

887

690

488

28.6

41.3

 

2.

Machine Tools

2,660

2,114

1,195

25.8

76.9

592

460

247

28.7

86.3

 

3.

Machinery Except Electrical & Electronics

29,433

21,797

17,256

35.0

26.3

6,551

4,744

3,566

38.1

33.0

 

4.

Electrical Machinery Except Electronics

5,142

4,008

3,214

28.3

24.7

1,144

872

664

31.2

31.3

 

5.

Electronic Goods Incl. Computer Software

46,678

36,253

29,488

28.8

22.9

10,389

7,889

6,093

31.7

29.5

 

6.

Transport Equipments

10,886

14,833

9,183

-26.6

61.5

2,423

3,228

1,897

-24.9

70.1

 

7.

Project Goods

2,614

1,820

2,626

43.6

-30.7

582

396

543

46.9

-27.0

                         
 

B. Mainly Export Related Items

74,807

58,436

49,914

28.0

17.1

16,649

12,717

10,314

30.9

23.3

     

(15.6)

(16.3)

(16.8)

   

(15.6)

(16.3)

(16.8)

   
                         
 

1.

Pearls, Precious & Semi-Precious Stones

42,341

32,757

29,341

29.3

11.6

9,423

7,129

6,063

32.2

17.6

 

2.

Chemicals, Organic & Inorganic

23,971

18,527

14,640

29.4

26.5

5,335

4,032

3,025

32.3

33.3

 

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabric, etc.

6,737

5,780

4,696

16.6

23.1

1,499

1,258

970

19.2

29.6

 

4.

Cashew Nuts, Raw

1,757

1,372

1,236

28.1

11.0

391

299

255

31.0

16.9

                         
 

C. Others

1,16,687

81,297

64,369

43.5

26.3

25,970

17,692

13,301

46.8

33.0

     

(24.3)

(22.6)

(21.7)

   

(24.3)

(22.6)

(21.7)

   
                         
 

of which :

                   
 

1.

Gold and Silver

48,636

31,506

20,753

54.4

51.8

10,824

6,856

4,288

57.9

59.9

 

2.

Artificial Resins & Plastic Materials

6,272

4,972

3,784

26.2

31.4

1,396

1,082

782

29.0

38.4

 

3.

Professional, Scientific & Optical Goods

6,681

5,653

5,484

18.2

3.1

1,487

1,230

1,133

20.9

8.6

 

4.

Coal, Coke & Briquittes etc.

12,587

6,483

5,999

94.2

8.1

2,801

1,411

1,240

98.6

13.8

 

5.

Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Products

3,051

2,958

2,865

3.2

3.2

679

644

592

5.5

8.7

 

6.

Chemical Materials & Products

3,541

2,902

2,187

22.0

32.7

788

632

452

24.8

39.7

 

7.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

2,034

1,504

1,136

35.2

32.5

453

327

235

38.3

39.5

                         

Total Imports ( I+II )

4,81,064

3,59,108

2,97,206

34.0

20.8

1,07,066

78,149

61,412

37.0

27.3

P: Provisional.
Note: Figures in brackets represent percentage to total imports.
Source: DGCI & S.


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