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Date : Sep 16, 2013
Table 131 : Imports of Principal Commodities - US Dollar

(US $ million)

Commodity / Year

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

I. Bulk Imports

14790.1

13230.1

19646.1

20815.7

20263.1

24299.5

29461.5

42400.7

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

8164.0

6398.6

12611.4

15650.1

14000.3

17639.5

20569.5

29844.1

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

1483.4

2524.2

2416.9

1443.2

2043.2

2411.0

3072.8

3104.6

1. Cereals and Cereal Preparations

291.5

287.7

221.9

19.1

18.2

24.5

19.4

26.4

2. Edible Oils

743.9

1803.9

1856.8

1308.2

1355.6

1814.2

2542.5

2465.3

3. Pulses

321.4

168.5

81.9

109.1

662.6

565.6

497.2

395.6

4. Sugar

126.5

264.1

256.3

6.8

6.8

6.8

13.6

217.3

C. Other Bulk Items

5142.8

4307.3

4617.8

3722.4

4219.6

4249.0

5819.2

9452.0

1. Fertilisers

1116.6

1076.4

1399.1

751.8

679.0

625.8

720.8

1377.1

a) Crude

178.2

198.3

204.2

222.3

166.8

184.8

133.8

289.5

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

94.3

66.6

116.0

89.0

57.4

83.3

86.2

128.1

c) Manufactured

844.1

811.4

1079.0

440.5

454.8

357.6

500.8

959.5

2. Non-Ferrous Metals

920.3

597.4

546.9

533.8

647.3

666.5

948.8

1310.3

3. Paper, Paper Boards, Manufactures including News Prints

502.1

465.1

447.2

451.1

446.9

449.4

657.7

727.7

4. Crude Rubber, including Synthetic and Reclaimed

160.4

145.4

143.3

151.9

174.3

182.5

280.8

409.2

5. Pulp and Waste Paper

283.9

235.5

255.2

281.7

294.7

343.4

409.1

489.5

6. Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, etc.

738.4

723.9

874.5

774.2

1143.7

1037.8

1295.9

2468.5

7. Iron and Steel

1421.1

1063.5

951.7

777.8

833.7

943.7

1506.1

2669.7

II. Non-Bulk Imports

26694.4

29158.6

30024.6

29720.8

31150.2

37112.6

48687.6

69116.7

A. Capital Goods

9796.1

10064.4

8965.5

8941.1

9882.2

13498.2

18278.9

25135.0

1. Manufactures of Metals

325.3

380.1

405.0

390.3

407.0

488.3

689.7

918.7

2. Machine Tools

422.2

346.9

261.5

219.1

193.0

246.9

460.1

620.4

3. Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

3621.9

3044.5

2745.0

2708.8

2970.8

3565.6

4743.6

6817.8

4. Electrical Machinery except Electronic

378.2

421.0

437.8

481.0

594.4

664.1

872.2

1195.0

5. Electronic Goods

2087.8

2223.0

2796.6

3508.5

3782.0

5599.4

7506.1

9993.2

6. Computer Goods

170.1

162.5

197.0

186.0

216.5

493.8

383.2

666.3

7. Transport Equipment

1051.3

798.2

1136.6

700.3

1149.4

1897.4

3227.9

4327.4

8. Project Goods

1739.4

2688.1

986.0

747.2

569.0

542.7

396.0

596.2

B. Mainly Export Related Items

6913.3

7131.1

9117.3

8058.6

8260.0

10313.7

12716.8

17095.5

1. Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

3342.1

3760.3

5436.0

4807.7

4622.6

6062.8

7128.7

9422.7

2. Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

2956.1

2683.7

2866.3

2443.9

2799.6

3025.2

4031.9

5699.9

3. Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Ups, etc.

408.6

456.8

538.4

596.8

747.5

970.4

1257.8

1571.2

4. Cashew Nuts

206.4

230.3

276.5

210.3

90.4

255.4

298.5

401.7

C. Others

9984.9

11963.2

11941.8

12721.1

13008.0

13300.7

17691.9

26886.2

1. Gold and Silver

3169.3

5072.1

4706.1

4638.0

4582.3

4288.3

6856.4

11150.0

a) Gold

-

-

4151.8

4121.6

4170.4

3844.9

6516.9

10537.7

b) Silver

-

-

554.3

516.5

411.9

443.3

339.5

612.3

2. Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, etc.

692.6

675.7

719.5

554.9

674.1

781.8

1082.0

1456.9

3. Professional, Scientific Controlling Instruments, Photographic Optical Goods

745.7

820.2

844.5

878.8

1041.1

1133.2

1230.3

1530.4

4. Coal, Coke and Briquittes, etc.

1192.5

979.7

1008.1

1103.1

1143.3

1239.6

1410.8

3198.4

5. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

389.4

383.9

373.0

374.7

424.9

592.0

643.7

705.4

6. Chemical Materials and Products

298.8

389.8

360.8

334.5

444.4

452.0

631.6

819.4

7. Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

138.5

160.3

163.9

173.7

219.9

234.7

327.4

471.9

8. Others

3358.1

3481.5

3765.9

4663.4

4478.0

4579.1

5509.8

7553.9

Total Imports

41484.5

42388.7

49670.7

50536.5

51413.3

61412.1

78149.1

111517.4

(Continued)


TABLE 131 : IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES - US DOLLAR (Concld.)

(US $ million)

Commodity / Year

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

2009-10

2010-11

2011-12

2012-13

1

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

I. Bulk Imports

61086.1

84235.8

112744.7

138791.0

125315.1

151167.1

214933.0

229572.5

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

43963.1

56945.3

79644.5

93671.7

87135.9

105964.4

154967.6

169319.3

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

2766.6

4294.1

4600.3

4975.3

9012.7

8854.8

11654.7

14219.7

1. Cereals and Cereal Preparations

36.1

1324.9

705.2

47.0

104.7

119.7

73.6

83.2

2. Edible Oils

2024.0

2108.3

2558.6

3443.4

5582.1

6553.7

9652.0

11230.8

3. Pulses

559.3

860.1

1335.0

1358.1

2068.4

1569.2

1863.7

2341.2

4. Sugar

147.2

0.8

1.5

126.8

1257.5

612.3

65.5

564.6

C. Other Bulk Items

14356.5

22996.4

28499.9

40144.0

29166.5

36347.9

48310.7

46033.5

1. Fertilisers

2127.0

3144.1

5406.0

13626.5

6836.9

7162.0

11601.3

9085.3

a) Crude

317.8

361.1

467.3

1062.6

701.1

715.7

1749.0

1348.1

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

136.0

109.3

362.0

651.2

143.7

241.3

476.9

319.6

c) Manufactured

1673.3

2673.6

4576.6

11912.7

5992.1

6205.1

9375.3

7417.6

2. Non-Ferrous Metals

1844.4

2604.9

3505.2

5699.3

3006.5

4080.2

4888.7

5123.8

3. Paper, Paper Boards, Manufactures including News Prints

944.1

1206.8

1424.8

1770.3

1504.1

2110.0

2567.7

2379.1

4. Crude Rubber, including Synthetic and Reclaimed

414.1

630.8

785.7

860.8

1014.6

1772.1

2501.9

2234.3

5. Pulp and Waste Paper

572.9

639.3

778.0

805.6

880.7

1143.1

1361.5

1284.3

6. Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, etc.

3881.8

8345.8

7911.7

7906.3

7682.8

9704.6

13380.5

14982.2

7. Iron and Steel

4572.2

6424.7

8688.6

9475.3

8240.9

10375.9

12009.3

10944.6

II. Non-Bulk Imports

88079.6

101499.4

138694.4

164905.3

163057.7

218602.0

274386.5

261914.7

A. Capital Goods

37666.2

47069.1

70110.5

71833.1

65865.0

78546.1

99223.3

91449.7

1. Manufactures of Metals

1211.1

1603.6

2662.7

3254.9

2402.1

3328.9

4261.6

4288.4

2. Machine Tools

1076.2

1481.3

2208.0

2259.8

1655.7

2255.3

2986.2

2761.5

3. Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

10009.8

13850.4

19860.4

21601.0

19683.1

23846.8

30110.8

27642.8

4. Electrical Machinery except Electronic

1504.3

1959.8

2870.5

3685.5

3113.4

3843.0

4778.2

4454.2

5. Electronic Goods

13241.7

15972.5

20209.9

23333.8

20955.2

26560.6

32657.4

31457.4

6. Computer Goods

901.9

967.0

893.8

1274.6

1680.5

1129.7

1539.2

574.6

7. Transport Equipment

8838.5

9438.6

20111.6

13230.3

11692.3

11437.5

14079.6

13713.3

8. Project Goods

882.7

1795.9

1293.6

3193.1

4682.8

6144.4

8810.2

6557.6

B. Mainly Export Related Items

18641.0

17871.7

20768.3

31930.8

31270.0

53608.3

51895.2

46844.9

1. Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

9134.4

7487.5

7971.6

16581.3

16162.1

34588.9

28017.2

22619.2

2. Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

6984.1

7830.6

9896.6

12203.0

11903.2

15220.8

18841.8

19256.7

3. Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Ups, etc.

2050.5

2151.2

2474.1

2565.4

2562.4

3217.1

3922.2

3989.2

4. Cashew Nuts

471.9

402.4

425.9

581.1

642.4

581.5

1114.0

979.8

C. Others

31772.4

36558.5

47815.7

61141.4

65922.8

86447.7

123268.0

123620.1

1. Gold and Silver

11317.7

14646.0

17867.0

22783.0

29601.7

42482.7

61401.8

55674.1

a) Gold

10830.5

14461.9

16723.6

20725.6

28640.0

40546.9

56319.8

53694.1

b) Silver

487.2

184.1

1143.3

2057.4

961.7

1935.8

5082.0

1980.0

2. Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, etc.

2267.7

2584.8

3685.2

3939.1

4990.1

6870.5

7540.0

8623.9

3. Professional, Scientific Controlling Instruments, Photographic Optical Goods

1972.7

2341.0

3899.6

4420.3

3616.3

4214.0

5247.2

5367.7

4. Coal, Coke and Briquittes, etc.

3868.7

4576.8

6423.7

9990.2

8960.4

9804.1

17443.9

15438.1

5. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

1027.9

1296.4

1671.7

1886.1

2099.1

2439.3

2981.4

3118.0

6. Chemical Materials and Products

1052.5

1321.6

1625.3

2092.8

2292.1

2914.3

3462.9

3631.0

7. Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

621.9

780.0

1046.6

1171.4

1080.8

1523.2

2064.5

2068.3

8. Others

9643.2

9012.0

11596.7

14858.5

13282.2

16199.8

23126.4

29698.9

Total Imports

149166.0

185735.2

251439.2

303696.3

288372.9

369769.1

489319.5

491487.2

Note : Data for 2011-12 are revised and data for 2012-13 are provisional.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.


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