India’s Imports of Principal Commodities - ଆରବିଆଇ - Reserve Bank of India
India’s Imports of Principal Commodities
Commodity Group |
Rupees crore |
Percentage Variation |
US $ million |
Percentage Variation |
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April-March |
Apr-Feb |
Apr-March |
April-March |
Apr-Feb |
April-March |
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2006-07 |
2007-08 R |
2008-09 P |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
2006-07 |
2007-08 R |
2008-09 P |
2006-07 |
2007-08 |
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10 |
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I. |
Bulk Imports |
3,82,060.4 |
4,53,933.4 |
5,76,772.3 |
41.3 |
18.8 |
84,235.9 |
1,12,819.0 |
1,30,041.4 |
37.9 |
33.9 |
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(45.5) |
(44.8) |
(47.1) |
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(45.4) |
(44.8) |
(47.8) |
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A. |
Petroleum, Petroleum Products |
2,58,571.8 |
3,20,654.5 |
3,93,076.3 |
32.8 |
24.0 |
56,945.3 |
79,715.0 |
89,684.0 |
29.5 |
40.0 |
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& Related Material |
(30.8) |
(31.7) |
(32.1) |
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(30.7) |
(31.7) |
(32.9) |
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B. |
Bulk Consumption Goods |
19,430.8 |
18,517.4 |
20,442.4 |
58.6 |
-4.7 |
4,294.2 |
4,599.4 |
4,491.1 |
55.2 |
7.1 |
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1. |
Cereals & Cereal Preparations |
145.1 |
181.6 |
195.5 |
-9.2 |
25.2 |
32.1 |
45.1 |
43.0 |
-11.1 |
40.7 |
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2. |
Edible Oil |
9,539.9 |
10,301.1 |
14,446.4 |
6.5 |
8.0 |
2,108.3 |
2,558.6 |
3,173.8 |
4.2 |
21.4 |
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3. |
Pulses |
3,891.9 |
5,374.9 |
5,377.7 |
57.2 |
38.1 |
860.1 |
1,335.0 |
1,181.5 |
53.8 |
55.2 |
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4. |
Sugar |
3.5 |
2.2 |
422.8 |
-99.5 |
-35.9 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
92.9 |
-99.5 |
-27.9 |
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C. |
Other Bulk Items |
1,04,057.8 |
1,14,761.6 |
6,49,013.7 |
63.7 |
10.3 |
22,996.5 |
28,504.6 |
35,866.3 |
60.2 |
24.0 |
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1. |
Fertilisers |
14,226.9 |
21,764.8 |
60,521.7 |
51.1 |
53.0 |
3,144.1 |
5,406.0 |
13,296.4 |
47.8 |
71.9 |
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a) |
Crude |
1,634.1 |
1,881.6 |
4,567.0 |
16.2 |
15.1 |
361.1 |
467.3 |
1,003.3 |
13.6 |
29.4 |
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b) |
Sulphur & unroasted iron pyrites |
494.7 |
1,457.4 |
2,962.1 |
-17.8 |
194.6 |
109.3 |
362.0 |
650.8 |
-19.6 |
231.1 |
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c) |
Manufactured |
12,098.0 |
18,425.8 |
52,992.6 |
63.3 |
52.3 |
2,673.6 |
4,576.6 |
11,642.3 |
59.8 |
71.2 |
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2. |
Non-ferrous Metals |
11,787.1 |
14,115.6 |
13,445.9 |
44.4 |
19.8 |
2,604.9 |
3,506.0 |
2,954.0 |
41.2 |
34.6 |
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3. |
Paper, Paperboard & mgfd. incl. Newsprint |
5,460.9 |
5,743.8 |
7,667.8 |
30.7 |
5.2 |
1,206.8 |
1,426.6 |
1,684.6 |
27.8 |
18.2 |
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4. |
Crude Rubber, incl. Synthetic & Reclaimed |
2,854.4 |
3,163.3 |
3,799.2 |
55.7 |
10.8 |
630.8 |
785.7 |
834.7 |
52.3 |
24.6 |
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5. |
Pulp & Waste Paper |
2,892.7 |
3,132.5 |
3,451.1 |
14.0 |
8.3 |
639.3 |
778.0 |
758.2 |
11.6 |
21.7 |
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6. |
Metalliferrous Ores & Metal Scrap |
37,764.5 |
31,854.4 |
34,244.5 |
119.7 |
-15.6 |
8,345.8 |
7,912.0 |
7,523.4 |
115.0 |
-5.2 |
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7. |
Iron & Steel |
29,071.4 |
34,987.3 |
40,123.3 |
43.6 |
20.3 |
6,424.7 |
8,690.2 |
8,815.0 |
40.5 |
35.3 |
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II. |
Non-Bulk Imports |
4,58,445.9 |
5,58,378.3 |
6,49,013.7 |
17.6 |
21.8 |
1,01,499.3 |
1,38,835.0 |
1,42,157.0 |
15.2 |
36.8 |
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(54.5) |
(55.2) |
(52.9) |
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(54.6) |
(55.2) |
(52.2) |
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A. |
Capital Goods |
2,12,985.9 |
2,85,209.3 |
2,64,170.3 |
27.7 |
33.9 |
47,069.2 |
70,840.6 |
58,037.3 |
25.0 |
50.5 |
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1. |
Manufactures of Metals |
7,256.3 |
10,720.9 |
13,458.3 |
35.3 |
47.7 |
1,603.6 |
2,662.9 |
2,956.7 |
32.4 |
66.1 |
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2. |
Machine Tools |
6,702.8 |
8,890.2 |
9,695.7 |
40.7 |
32.6 |
1,481.3 |
2,208.2 |
2,130.1 |
37.6 |
49.1 |
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3. |
Machinery except Electrical & Electronics |
62,672.4 |
79,910.9 |
86,926.2 |
41.4 |
27.5 |
13,850.4 |
19,848.4 |
19,097.4 |
38.4 |
43.3 |
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4. |
Electrical Machinery except Electronics |
8,868.0 |
12,095.6 |
13,410.6 |
33.1 |
36.4 |
1,959.8 |
3,004.3 |
2,946.3 |
30.3 |
53.3 |
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5. |
Electronic Goods incl. Computer Software |
76,650.7 |
87,402.7 |
93,878.4 |
22.4 |
14.0 |
16,939.6 |
21,709.2 |
20,624.8 |
19.8 |
28.2 |
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6. |
Transport Equipments |
42,709.3 |
80,981.1 |
33,916.3 |
9.1 |
89.6 |
9,438.6 |
20,114.2 |
7,451.3 |
6.8 |
113.1 |
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7. |
Project Goods |
8,126.5 |
5,207.9 |
12,885.0 |
107.9 |
-35.9 |
1,795.9 |
1,293.5 |
2,830.8 |
103.5 |
-28.0 |
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B. |
Mainly Export Related Items |
80,868.7 |
83,675.9 |
1,22,855.1 |
-2.0 |
3.5 |
17,871.7 |
20,783.5 |
26,990.9 |
-4.1 |
16.3 |
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1. |
Pearls, Precious & Semi-precious Stones |
33,880.7 |
32,114.2 |
58,237.0 |
-16.2 |
-5.2 |
7,487.5 |
7,976.6 |
12,794.5 |
-18.0 |
6.5 |
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2. |
Chemicals, Organic & Inorganic |
35,433.4 |
39,882.6 |
51,705.3 |
14.6 |
12.6 |
7,830.7 |
9,906.1 |
11,359.5 |
12.1 |
26.5 |
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3. |
Textile Yarn, Fabrics, etc. |
9,733.9 |
9,964.3 |
10,328.9 |
7.2 |
2.4 |
2,151.2 |
2,475.0 |
2,269.2 |
4.9 |
15.1 |
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4. |
Cashew Nuts, Raw |
1,820.7 |
1,714.7 |
2,583.8 |
-12.9 |
-5.8 |
402.4 |
425.9 |
567.6 |
-14.7 |
5.8 |
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C. |
Others |
1,64,591.3 |
1,89,493.0 |
2,61,988.3 |
17.0 |
15.1 |
36,558.3 |
47,210.9 |
57,128.8 |
15.1 |
29.1 |
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Of which : |
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1. |
Gold and Silver |
66,272.3 |
71,933.5 |
82,060.2 |
32.3 |
8.5 |
14,646.0 |
17,866.9 |
18,028.3 |
29.4 |
22.0 |
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2. |
Artificial Resins & Plastic Materials |
11,696.2 |
14,839.3 |
15,736.2 |
16.5 |
26.9 |
2,584.8 |
3,685.8 |
3,457.2 |
14.0 |
42.6 |
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3. |
Professional, Scientific & Optical Goods |
10,593.1 |
12,349.2 |
16,851.8 |
21.3 |
16.6 |
2,341.0 |
3,067.3 |
3,702.3 |
18.7 |
31.0 |
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4. |
Coal, Coke & Briquittes etc. |
20,709.7 |
25,862.2 |
42,691.5 |
20.9 |
24.9 |
4,576.8 |
6,423.7 |
9,379.2 |
18.3 |
40.4 |
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5. |
Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Products |
5,866.4 |
6,734.3 |
7,587.9 |
28.9 |
14.8 |
1,296.5 |
1,672.7 |
1,667.0 |
26.1 |
29.0 |
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6. |
Chemical Materials & Products |
5,980.1 |
6,544.3 |
8,215.5 |
28.3 |
9.4 |
1,321.6 |
1,625.5 |
1,804.9 |
25.6 |
23.0 |
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7. |
Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures |
3,529.5 |
4,217.4 |
4,917.3 |
28.2 |
19.5 |
780.0 |
1,047.5 |
1,080.3 |
25.4 |
34.3 |
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III. |
Total Imports ( I+II ) |
8,40,506.3 |
10,12,311.7 |
12,25,786.0 |
27.3 |
20.4 |
1,85,735.2 |
2,51,654.0 |
2,72,198.4 |
24.5 |
35.5 |
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R : Revised. P : Provisional. |