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Date : Sep 18, 2006

Table 146 : Index numbers of imports – quantum and unit value (base : 1978-79 = 100)

Commodity			1980-81		1981-82		1982-83		1983-84		1984-85		1985-86		1986-87
Commodity			Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U
1			2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
I.	Food & food articles		135	115	244	115	231	112	429	99	250	119	249	143	230	133
	1.	Dairy products	92	168	174	156	142	176	22	148	197	147	52	179	21	218
	2.	Cereals & cereal preparations	104	111	411	97	457	93	1030	90	304	92	92	138	61	163
	3.	Fruits & nuts	56	117	45	169	45	126	103	135	107	134	81	152	167	154
	4.	Spices	124	159	123	173	158	191	227	196	223	145	253	104	306	118
II.	Beverages & tobacco		94	125	127	141	107	161	353	133	118	196	296	185	235	193
	1.	Beverages	85	125	.	141	.	161	236	133	103	196	239	185	196	193
III.	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		72	135	113	128	89	148	107	153	104	186	146	176	158	177
	1.	Oilseeds & oleaginous fruits	27	99	.	99	.	72	11	87	2	190	.	.	8	180
	2.	Crude rubber including synthetic & reclaimed	90	124	201	130	159	142	188	155	186	166	225	158	220	173
	3.	Pulp & waste paper	29	150	67	148	62	145	181	126	266	158	381	154	388	150
	4.	Textile fibres & waste	56	107	108	87	71	128	70	133	53	162	70	137	57	146
	5.	Crude fertilisers	120	161	97	157	114	139	147	177	175	191	219	181	208	170
	6.	Sulphur	107	213	94	298	109	239	112	266	160	335	137	426	148	359
	7.	Minerals excluding coal, petroleum, crude	103	117	154	128	81	138	380	143	154	134	181	129	163	129
		fertilisers, sulphur & precious stones
	8.	Ores & concentrates of base metals n.e.s.	120	106	190	99	143	150	120	91	112	106	117	126	99	161
	9.	Non-ferrous base metals, waste &	183	121	177	133	177	126	134	129	128	142	199	149	259	135
		scrap n.e.s.
IV .	Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc.		131	240	111	279	125	274	113	256	114	284	105	295	109	165
	1.	Petroleum crude	111	241	104	286	116	279	109	260	93	295	98	301	106	160
	2.	Petroleum products	189	239	130	262	143	260	123	247	174	267	109	280	88	184

V.	Animal & vegetable oil, fats & waxes		158	81	137	91	110	74	140	103	116	157	103	135	148	80
VI.	Chemicals & related products		110	145	110	145	88	136	127	133	173	168	219	157	226	140
	1.	Organic chemicals	119	122	157	111	156	120	252	121	232	137	316	118	307	129
	2.	Inorganic chemicals	118	152	194	143	112	166	165	164	259	183	436	150	512	133
	3.	Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials	77	114	80	133	76	158	83	161	112	158	129	185	172	164
	4.	Medicinal & pharmaceutical products	95	113	104	102	100	112	153	121	147	117	219	102	347	78
	5.	Fertilisers, manufactured	113	155	80	171	38	144	42	132	151	179	159	179	110	141
	6.	Artificial resin & plastic material	141	122	154	115	162	121	231	122	216	146	294	155	390	158
		& cellulose ester
VII.	Manufactured goods classified		168	90	173	101	184	103	182	118	157	128	195	131	249	118
	chiefly by material
	1.	Paper, paperboard & articles thereof	445	40	299	78	133	116	111	135	120	156	126	171	145	143
	2.	Textile yarn	105	120	171	120	199	139	162	157	102	175	136	195	92	232
	3.	Non-metallic mineral manufactures n.e.s.	107	93	101	91	171	88	202	114	158	127	179	120	263	110
	4.	Iron & steel	181	100	232	110	221	113	186	120	164	123	221	135	278	119
	5.	Copper	86	144	142	100	105	114	136	128	102	114	157	145	105	145
	6.	Nickel	69	136	133	150	113	140	124	117	142	140	89	162	89	123
	7.	Aluminium	407	156	147	129	68	117	101	131	192	165	246	138	382	156
	8.	Lead	122	133	97	127	238	96	153	84	145	87	157	101	187	100
	9.	Tin	91	138	112	138	61	126	74	134	77	146	69	157	146	77
	10.	Manufactures of metals	210	92	234	107	316	98	268	120	363	84	483	90	378	120

VIII.	Machinery & transport equipment		155	96	199	81	249	81	341	76	227	109	278	119	345	148
	1.	Power generating machinery & equipment	200	71	414	52	950	24	1317	26	457	63	346	90	161	184
	2.	Machinery specialised for particular industries	173	91	266	77	344	74	387	96	327	100	389	134	959	103
	3.	Metal working machinery	173	98	219	86	211	114	178	142	155	151	127	180	132	224
	4.	General industrial machinery & equipment	154	80	160	85	151	95	195	112	187	117	202	140	229	162
	5.	Office machines & automatic data	998	18	1338	18	687	50	628	71	282	163	735	103	994	149
		processing equipment
	6.	Electrical machinery	174	83	185	93	224	83	175	133	219	138	256	146	324	195
	7.	Transport equipment	116	150	75	151	78	255	109	152	101	135	215	98	222	134

IX.	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		147	97	312	54	193	102	192	137	170	146	225	150	268	169
	1.	Professional, scientific & controlling	112	118	202	74	128	140	139	180	122	179	132	230	178	219
		instruments & apparatus n.e.s.
	2.	Photographic apparatus, etc.	222	84	241	92	301	78	256	118	215	140	346	103	393	135
		General index	138	134	151	133	155	136	185	126	156	162	182	159	212	139
(Continued)

Commodity				1987-88		1988-89		1989-90		1990-91		1991-92		1992-93
Commodity				Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U
1				16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
I.	Food & food articles			267	131	476	127	244	165	297	141	125	310	326	261
	1.	Dairy products		176	131	74	241	33	275	2	404	15	268	14	565
	2.	Cereals & cereal preparations		46	169	883	101	292	153	134	157	86	233	488	228
	3.	Fruits & nuts		144	174	124	197	156	215	181	259	178	400	222	496
	4.	Spices		103	126	478	103	187	74	233	95	342	87	431	85
II.	Beverages & tobacco			271	314	342	399	500	407	321	536	189	620	188	878
	1.	Beverages		232	314	313	399	473	407	317	536	172	620	184	878
III.	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels			167	186	201	228	187	302	228	308	156	405	161	571
	1.	Oilseeds & oleaginous fruits		22	115	23	84	.	.	.	.	13	318	.	.
	2.	Crude rubber including synthetic & reclaimed		229	187	279	219	245	252	306	262	162	398	189	489
	3.	Pulp & waste paper		308	185	218	284	227	322	372	294	210	340	229	427
	4.	Textile fibres & waste		58	171	85	183	53	303	55	305	50	362	77	467
	5.	Crude fertilisers		186	183	200	232	239	273	281	300	250	442	231	484
	6.	Sulphur		159	301	180	369	186	427	166	444	150	542	55	1680
	7.	Minerals excluding coal, petroleum, crude fertilisers,		164	157	187	208	187	252	202	283	189	347	142	505
		sulphur & precious stones
	8.	Ores & concentrates of base metals n.e.s.		230	124	221	274	250	360	213	460	250	347	186	570
	9.	Non-ferrous base metals, waste & scrap n.e.s.		195	145	300	180	308	316	308	431	263	506	257	560
IV .	Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc.			126	201	148	193	168	244	182	383	208	407	252	441
	1.	Petroleum crude		122	198	122	185	129	244	141	344	164	381	200	422
	2.	Petroleum products		112	212	175	210	.	.	246	450	271	454	326	476
V.	Animal & vegetable oil, fats & wax		es	186	97	105	131	34	125	52	121	27	213	16	315

VI.	Chemicals & related products			170	165	201	225	118	515	240	280	268	341	292	369
	1.	Organic chemicals		251	194	258	302	292	301	300	346	316	310	324	416
	2.	Inorganic chemicals		374	124	583	159	501	177	496	196	816	271	896	290
	3.	Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials		163	223	150	250	214	282	205	339	140	459	137	576
	4.	Medicinal & pharmaceutical products		120	177	157	190	188	268	172	343	221	319	205	500
	5.	Fertilisers, manufactured		32	159	54	248	33	1000	100	307	97	442	117	468
	6.	Artificial resin & plastic material	& cellulose ester	396	202	360	318	500	282	478	323	501	395	410	420
VII.	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material			207	157	223	209	223	273	187	311	186	337	172	489
	1.	Paper, paperboard & articles thereof		120	213	107	270	103	320	126	342	106	434	114	426
	2.	Textile yarn		146	197	176	250	184	292	224	295	98	380	92	487
	3.	Non-metallic mineral manufactures n.e.s.		251	150	306	193	309	254	228	307	274	327	208	626
	4.	Iron & steel		180	156	165	250	159	301	148	303	122	342	98	491
	5.	Copper		163	163	162	221	157	324	140	394	91	471	124	576
	6.	Nickel		84	195	82	509	78	588	65	428	48	564	76	662
	7.	Aluminium		258	210	74	324	202	367	93	357	87	366	47	515
	8.	Lead		130	167	143	174	190	220	142	291	91	265	31	333
	9.	Tin		89	90	117	107	84	136	89	111	65	127	63	189
	10.	Manufactures of metals		202	171	275	151	265	199	254	255	230	300	281	323
VIII.	Machinery & transport equipment			349	150	356	155	486	143	441	188	425	194	572	181
	1.	Power generating machinery & equipment		128	235	142	240	80	552	119	401	112	544	76	750
	2.	Machinery specialised for particular industries		762	151	428	240	419	282	454	366	351	581	427	554
	3.	Metal working machinery		120	258	116	276	1504	27	123	485	99	516	65	987
	4.	General industrial machinery & equipment		144	199	110	270	115	288	110	362	154	252	180	278
	5.	Office machines & automatic data processing equipment		2835	59	4026	56	6399	43	3526	82	4363	56	12896	25
	6.	Electrical machinery		361	163	744	113	981	105	928	111	1041	91	1860	76
	7.	Transport equipment		123	228	103	270	187	294	206	299	98	340	118	415
IX.	Miscellaneous manufactured articles			224	213	273	238	315	252	328	294	218	420	456	292
	1.	Professional, scientific & controlling instruments &		115	354	105	530	123	590	140	651	100	854	139	913
		apparatus n.e.s.
	2.	Photographic apparatus, etc.		278	161	358	177	421	179	453	188	267	326	637	188
		General index		205	160	224	186	228	228	238	268	228	309	282	331

Commodity			1993-94		1994-95		1995-96		1996-97		1997-98		1998-99
			Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U
1			28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39
I.	Food & food articles		226	343	408	446	208	505	334	371	494	391	727	319
	1.	Dairy products	5	616	19	264	30	334	1	735	17	290	12	561
	2.	Cereals & cereal preparations	149	225	30	356	17	539	194	291	425	294	508	286
	3.	Fruits & nuts	279	488	358	548	340	628	486	459	419	626	585	550
	4.	Spices	635	90	681	60	876	70	1058	79	1212	97	3087	86
II.	Beverages & tobacco		243	1002	467	885	830	939	601	1131	382	1433	946	1121
	1.	Beverages	165	1002	355	885	640	939	359	1131	317	1433	621	1121
III.	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		203	402	270	478	274	570	274	532	287	560	310	552
	1.	Oilseeds & oleaginous fruits	7	362	4	544	.	.	.	.	3	431	.	.
	2.	Crude rubber including synthetic & reclaimed	250	486	258	510	413	618	343	651	328	645	323	672
	3..	Pulp & waste paper	313	379	298	508	262	838	365	537	467	539	430	551
	4.	Textile fibres & waste	98	370	150	476	137	558	116	494	120	508	136	461
	5.	Crude fertilisers	197	472	278	419	257	496	213	546	287	561	314	646
	6.	Sulphur	175	342	222	509	214	599	214	400	.	.	.	.
	7.	Minerals excluding coal, petroleum, crude fertilisers,	254	299	203	493	439	300	261	494	233	529	321	490
		sulphur & precious stones
	8.	Ores & concentrates of base metals n.e.s.	178	410	305	453	427	465	397	665	670	633	607	819
	9.	Non-ferrous base metals, waste & scrap n.e.s.	484	398	549	376	632	556	579	558	617	537	762	520
IV .	Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc.		270	435	284	447	337	511	372	649	411	540	457	439
	1.	Petroleum crude	210	406	187	442	187	494	230	645	235	539	271	441
	2.	Petroleum products	356	488	432	454	610	528	616	653	633	542	651	436
V.	Animal & vegetable oil, fats & waxes		21	284	43	352	110	416	138	401	123	425	258	562
VI.	Chemicals & related products		335	337	390	406	390	579	408	522	509	484	536	498
	1.	Organic chemicals	650	306	904	345	1137	361	1345	331	1258	372	2297	184
	2.	Inorganic chemicals	640	274	803	339	613	539	641	576	1157	440	1278	483
	3.	Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials	194	604	305	586	394	521	441	556	477	576	523	614
	4.	Medicinal & pharmaceutical products	217	471	303	391	346	496	350	393	438	417	425	480
	5.	Fertilisers, manufactured	144	370	134	484	198	631	108	611	154	550	139	661
	6.	Artificial resin & plastic material & cellulose ester	504	382	618	434	700	542	826	483	613	588	884	449
VII.	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		235	432	218	472	227	626	282	612	327	595	371	596
	1.	Paper, paperboard & articles thereof	154	427	154	473	179	836	262	639	314	560	278	660
	2.	Textile yarn	200	412	296	419	214	554	179	543	161	563	274	438
	3.	Non-metallic mineral manufactures n.e.s.	251	607	159	615	213	630	453	426	540	429	559	526
	4.	Iron & steel	125	424	175	445	179	577	150	692	188	599	144	663
	5.	Copper	170	501	199	568	201	721	297	644	243	674	156	554
	6.	Nickel	97	505	137	591	157	763	123	778	160	746	158	620
	7.	Aluminium	183	409	287	585	327	700	501	619	313	662	311	657
	8.	Lead	82	273	112	359	90	409	116	591	171	473	277	392
	9.	Tin	116	173	167	188	125	196	203	230	164	234	148	205
	10.	Manufactures of metals	350	345	323	431	453	440	645	374	573	453	936	368
VIII.	Machinery & transport equipment		715	213	1645	113	1395	191	1205	226	948	293	963	333
	1.	Power generating machinery & equipment	292	290	689	203	901	243	1056	162	937	183	513	317
	2.	Machinery specialised for particular industries	612	547	780	532	1922	305	995	535	831	617	1103	605
	3.	Metal working machinery	107	567	119	777	196	862	216	1489	269	950	184	1300
	4.	General industrial machinery & equipment	366	163	983	81	341	382	302	472	268	556	342	492
	5.	Office machines & automatic data processing	12929	33	62512	10	113507	8	95603	10	.	.	.	.
		equipment
	6.	Electrical machinery	1936	78	4595	43	2360	129	2549	98	3093	105	2316	166
	7.	Transport equipment	273	539	180	719	184	737	245	796	184	784	199	624
IX.	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		387	368	793	224	1371	201	1442	170	2846	127	2959	152
	1.	Professional, scientific & controlling instruments	128	973	133	996	263	790	183	934	1069	239	1004	330
		& apparatus n.e.s.
	2.	Photographic apparatus, etc.	502	279	1123	158	1661	139	2199	104	3419	81	3697	86
		General index	329	327	408	325	515	351	512	400	562	404	644	408

Commodity			1999-00		2000-01		2001-02		2002-03		2003-04		2004-05
			Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U	Q	U
1			40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51
I.	Food & food articles		629	338	277	483	533	453	594	441	606	422	646	479
	1.	Dairy products	47	604	11	703	7	721	15	726	33	630	13	642
	2.	Cereals & cereal preparations	462	258	40	380	24	529	20	685	18	583	22	599
	3.	Fruits & nuts	727	486	658	532	509	474	700	538	739	586	755	744
	4.	Spices	936	227	954	227	917	451	1795	272	2920	161	1587	285
II.	Beverages & tobacco		780	1025	1065	1007	1114	977	1770	866	2350	1095	3930	1224
	1.	Beverages	639	1025	875	1007	937	977	1203	866	1827	1095	3029	1224
III.	Crude materials, inedible, except fuels		417	522	383	588	519	548	489	551	575	561	567	755
	1.	Oilseeds & oleaginous fruits	23	337	.	.	8	265	.	.	36	413	40	380
	2.	Crude rubber including synthetic & reclaimed	269	821	337	733	414	715	394	791	634	722	771	822
	3.	Pulp & waste paper	421	627	393	783	521	643	605	655	679	661	708	720
	4.	Textile fibres & waste	221	449	201	500	303	479	269	481	340	431	261	465
	5.	Crude fertilisers	323	667	480	516	377	513	369	589	239	626	325	745
	6.	Sulphur	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	141	744	171	748
	7.	Minerals excluding coal, petroleum, crude	368	485	403	451	485	409	555	385	695	363	664	426
		fertilisers, sulphur & precious stones
	8.	Ores & concentrates of base metals n.e.s.	745	868	731	969	1634	715	1638	709	1241	870	2553	953
	9.	Non-ferrous base metals, waste & scrap n.e.s.	1182	357	612	582	933	545	896	517	1177	397	1050	589
IV.	Mineral fuels, lubricants, etc.		464	795	442	1077	481	928	504	1122	552	1122	607	1512
	1.	Petroleum crude	398	818	506	1045	542	907	571	1088	636	1088	660	1441
	2.	Petroleum products	457	720	75	1724	26	1264	113	1635	113	1706	147	2461
V.	Animal & vegetable oil, fats & waxes		219	699	423	276	239	536	229	715	504	426	448	451
VI.	Chemicals & related products		604	501	446	560	477	628	470	703	789	521	756	701
	1.	Organic chemicals	2936	162	2272	201	1180	465	1242	526	2207	413	2333	527
	2.	Inorganic chemicals	1262	522	834	677	1122	581	1151	550	1318	508	1260	657
	3.	Dyeing, tanning & colouring materials	594	583	684	519	984	467	1163	466	1934	339	1325	561
	4.	Medicinal & pharmaceutical products	408	500	530	410	661	387	1138	318	1344	278	1638	236
	5.	Fertilisers, manufactured	197	641	76	716	81	726	61	767	83	745	102	1097
	6.	Artificial resin & plastic material & cellulose ester	838	522	510	700	731	616	898	590	1174	592	1204	730
VII.	Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material		463	588	366	727	420	660	535	644	597	682	703	770
	1.	Paper, paperboard & articles thereof	289	627	249	769	262	753	325	614	467	597	404	719
	2.	Textile yarn	453	415	382	561	668	443	785	483	732	497	926	496
	3.	Non-metallic mineral manufactures n.e.s.	1820	238	380	1078	607	681	1002	545	1249	491	1529	520
	4.	Iron & steel	128	684	93	814	105	805	127	767	170	867	258	964
	5.	Copper	143	513	113	508	142	471	127	444	143	726	176	825
	6.	Nickel	140	853	176	1104	316	832	296	1059	292	1236	335	1200
	7.	Aluminium	221	764	229	836	325	800	345	791	419	796	454	884
	8.	Lead	246	426	206	479	265	498	378	421	532	457	776	535
	9.	Tin	134	246	151	247	166	207	157	201	178	216	156	391
	10. Manufactures of metals		562	679	1145	338	1008	416	1191	427	1211	558	1457	585
VIII.	Machinery & transport equipment		1039	276	1076	289	1261	272	1654	288	1950	319	2149	389
	1.	Power generating machinery & equipment	534	370	435	462	268	899	755	338	968	342	800	588
	2.	Machinery specialised for particular industries	522	652	557	574	646	503	729	546	840	517	1351	451
	3.	Metal working machinery	245	716	286	590	158	852	410	397	528	573	516	704
	4.	General industrial machinery & equipment	382	418	323	496	228	775	969	214	663	399	483	722
	5.	Office machines & automatic data processing	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.
		equipment
	6.	Electrical machinery	2793	156	3245	167	3265	193	3734	209	2185	405	2428	440
	7.	Transport equipment	272	658	263	610	294	686	439	771	674	812	779	909
IX.	Miscellaneous manufactured articles		4072	124	5501	111	4062	183	3072	296	2408	389	2394	483
	1.	Professional, scientific & controlling instruments	1784	193	1524	238	1893	233	1490	357	1585	374	1321	574
		& apparatus n.e.s.
	2.	Photographic apparatus, etc.	4478	78	6075	70	4233	128	2352	216	1796	308	1703	335
		General index	705	450	698	487	733	493	802	546	970	545	1055	685
Q Quantum index. U Unit value index. n. e. s. not elsewhere specified or included. Also see Notes on Tables. Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.