| (₹ Billion) |
| Commodity / Year | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 1. Cotton Raw & Waste | 6.22 | 10.59 | 24.67 | 23.76 | 31.02 | 25.63 |
| 2. Vegetable Oil | 259.20 | 389.09 | 535.62 | 440.38 | 648.90 | 686.30 |
| 3. Pulses | 75.12 | 94.48 | 133.45 | 110.37 | 170.63 | 256.09 |
| 4. Fruits & vegetables | 39.96 | 50.53 | 67.73 | 83.42 | 101.82 | 118.65 |
| 5. Pulp and Waste paper | 28.31 | 34.52 | 40.57 | 46.48 | 57.81 | 62.65 |
| 6. Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles | 50.13 | 68.56 | 78.43 | 91.21 | 103.40 | 112.02 |
| 7. Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured | 315.33 | 533.11 | 477.22 | 381.57 | 452.95 | 523.45 |
| 8. Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites | 10.99 | 22.86 | 17.39 | 11.05 | 17.50 | 14.22 |
| 9. Metaliferrous ores & other minerals | 294.92 | 388.78 | 497.50 | 507.92 | 568.91 | 474.47 |
| 10. Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc. | 446.70 | 835.96 | 925.38 | 991.31 | 1089.06 | 875.05 |
| 11. Petroleum, Crude & products | 4822.82 | 7430.75 | 8918.71 | 9978.85 | 8428.74 | 5400.69 |
| 12. Wood & Wood products | 168.95 | 240.78 | 276.57 | 309.81 | 334.13 | 330.27 |
| 13. Leather & leather products | 29.01 | 34.48 | 40.26 | 49.84 | 61.48 | 63.22 |
| 14. Organic & Inorganic Chemicals | 613.46 | 801.15 | 913.38 | 1056.63 | 1134.94 | 1081.93 |
| 15. Dyeing/tanning/colouring mtrls. | 72.85 | 101.06 | 118.12 | 146.35 | 149.37 | 146.83 |
| 16. Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc. | 357.91 | 423.40 | 543.53 | 632.61 | 737.28 | 770.59 |
| 17. Chemical material & products | 174.21 | 218.02 | 264.51 | 295.12 | 324.24 | 337.26 |
| 18. Newsprint | 37.41 | 49.38 | 43.75 | 53.95 | 51.28 | 52.70 |
| 19. Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones | 1541.37 | 1343.74 | 1231.68 | 1442.93 | 1379.68 | 1314.10 |
| 20. Iron & Steel | 665.16 | 874.82 | 963.10 | 765.87 | 997.53 | 979.48 |
| 21. Non-ferrous metals | 297.95 | 402.90 | 491.76 | 535.85 | 657.18 | 635.84 |
| 22. Machine tools | 134.98 | 190.60 | 202.44 | 184.99 | 191.88 | 180.56 |
| 23. Machinery, electrical & non-electrical | 1190.50 | 1586.21 | 1673.89 | 1639.08 | 1712.30 | 1928.19 |
| 24. Transport equipment | 678.92 | 897.34 | 1158.33 | 1169.14 | 1125.21 | 1170.02 |
| 25. Project goods | 279.96 | 422.21 | 356.59 | 274.42 | 222.12 | 180.16 |
| 26. Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc. | 126.56 | 172.22 | 204.37 | 217.66 | 227.26 | 235.66 |
| 27. Electronic goods | 1272.98 | 1633.27 | 1790.42 | 1958.96 | 2254.44 | 2619.50 |
| 28. Medcnl. & Pharmaceutical products | 191.49 | 248.43 | 297.36 | 316.61 | 332.11 | 355.66 |
| 29. Gold | 1847.42 | 2699.01 | 2921.53 | 1662.43 | 2106.58 | 2068.65 |
| 30. Silver | 89.53 | 247.04 | 107.97 | 269.74 | 276.86 | 244.35 |
| 31. Other Commodities | 714.36 | 1009.36 | 1375.39 | 1506.03 | 1424.23 | 1615.05 |
| Total Imports | 16834.67 | 23454.63 | 26691.62 | 27154.34 | 27370.87 | 24859.27 |
Note : Data for 2015-16 are provisional and data for 2014-15 are revised. Also see notes on Tables. Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics. |