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India’s Imports of Principal Commodities

APPENDIX TABLE 52 : INDIA’S IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES

Commodity Group

Rupees crore

US $ million

 

 

 

Percentage Variation

 

 

 

Percentage Variation

 

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06P

(2)/(3)

(3)/(4)

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06P

(7)/(8)

(8)/(9)

 

 

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

I.

Bulk Imports

1,35,380

1,90,513

2,68,594

40.7

41.0

29,462

42,401

60,667

43.9

43.1

 

 

 

(37.7)

(38.0)

(42.6)

 

 

(37.7)

(38.0)

(42.6)

 

 

 

A. Petroleum, Petroleum Products &

94,520

1,34,094

1,94,640

41.9

45.2

20,569

29,844

43,963

45.1

47.3

 

Related Material

(26.3)

(26.8)

(30.9)

 

 

(26.3)

(26.8)

(30.9)

 

 

 

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

14,120

13,949

11,869

-1.2

-14.9

3,073

3,105

2,681

1.0

-13.6

 

 

 

(3.9)

(2.8)

(1.9)

 

 

(3.9)

(2.8)

(1.9)

 

 

 

1.

Cereals & Cereal Preparations

89

119

154

33.4

30.1

19

26

35

36.4

32.0

 

2.

Edible Oil

11,683

11,077

8,716

-5.2

-21.3

2,543

2,465

1,969

-3.0

-20.1

 

3.

Pulses

2,285

1,778

2,347

-22.2

32.0

497

396

530

-20.4

34.0

 

4.

Sugar

63

976

652

14

217

147

 

C. Other Bulk Items

26,740

42,469

62,084

58.8

46.2

5,819

9,452

14,023

62.4

48.4

 

 

 

(7.4)

(8.5)

(9.8)

 

 

(7.4)

(8.5)

(9.8)

 

 

 

1.

Fertilisers

3,312

6,188

9,159

86.8

48.0

721

1,377

2,069

91.1

50.2

 

 

a) Crude

615

1,301

1,350

111.5

3.8

134

289

305

116.3

5.4

 

 

b) Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites

396

576

545

45.4

-5.3

86

128

123

48.7

-3.9

 

 

c) Manufactured

2,301

4,311

7,263

87.4

68.5

501

960

1,641

91.6

71.0

 

2.

Non-Ferrous Metals

4,360

5,887

8,157

35.0

38.6

949

1,310

1,842

38.1

40.6

 

3.

Paper, Paperboard & Mgfd. incl. Newsprint

3,022

3,269

4,168

8.2

27.5

658

728

941

10.6

29.4

 

4.

Crude Rubber, incl. Synthetic & Reclaimed

1,290

1,839

1,814

42.5

-1.4

281

409

410

45.7

0.1

 

5.

Pulp & Waste Paper

1,880

2,199

2,471

17.0

12.4

409

490

558

19.6

14.0

 

6.

Metalliferrous Ores & Metal Scrap

5,955

11,091

16,693

86.3

50.5

1,296

2,468

3,771

90.5

52.7

 

7.

Iron & Steel

6,921

11,995

19,622

73.3

63.6

1,506

2,670

4,432

77.3

66.0

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

2,23,727

3,10,552

3,61,933

38.8

16.5

48,688

69,117

81,749

42.0

18.3

 

 

 

(62.3)

(62.0)

(57.4)

 

 

(62.3)

(62.0)

(57.4)

 

 

 

A. Capital Goods

83,994

1,12,935

1,40,245

34.5

24.2

18,279

25,135

31,677

37.5

26.0

 

 

 

(23.4)

(22.5)

(22.2)

 

 

(23.4)

(22.5)

(22.2)

 

 

 

1.

Manufactures of Metals

3,169

4,128

5,316

30.2

28.8

690

919

1,201

33.2

30.7

 

2.

Machine Tools

2,114

2,788

4,730

31.8

69.7

460

620

1,068

34.8

72.2

 

3.

Machinery except Electrical & Electronics

21,797

30,633

43,806

40.5

43.0

4,744

6,818

9,894

43.7

45.1

 

4.

Electrical Machinery except Electronics

4,008

5,369

6,472

34.0

20.5

872

1,195

1,462

37.0

22.3

 

5.

Electronic Goods incl. Computer Software

36,253

47,895

62,367

32.1

30.2

7,889

10,659

14,087

35.1

32.2

 

6.

Transport Equipments

14,833

19,444

13,940

31.1

-28.3

3,228

4,327

3,149

34.1

-27.2

 

7.

Project Goods

1,820

2,679

3,613

47.2

34.8

396

596

816

50.6

36.9

 

B. Mainly Export Related Items

58,436

76,812

82,053

31.4

6.8

12,717

17,095

18,533

34.4

8.4

 

 

 

(16.3)

(15.3)

(13.0)

 

 

(16.3)

(15.3)

(13.0)

 

 

 

1.

Pearls, Precious & Semi-Precious Stones

32,757

42,338

40,469

29.2

-4.4

7,129

9,423

9,141

32.2

-3.0

 

2.

Chemicals, Organic & Inorganic

18,527

25,610

30,501

38.2

19.1

4,032

5,700

6,889

41.4

20.9

 

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabric, etc.

5,780

7,060

8,994

22.1

27.4

1,258

1,571

2,031

24.9

29.3

 

4.

Cashew Nuts, raw

1,372

1,805

2,090

31.6

15.8

299

402

472

34.6

17.5

 

C. Others

81,297

1,20,804

1,39,635

48.6

15.6

17,692

26,886

31,539

52.0

17.3

 

 

 

(22.6)

(24.1)

(22.1)

 

 

(22.6)

(24.1)

(22.1)

 

 

 

of which :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.

Gold & Silver

31,506

50,099

49,540

59.0

-1.1

6,856

11,150

11,189

62.6

0.4

 

2.

Artificial Resins & Plastic Materials

4,972

6,546

9,895

31.7

51.2

1,082

1,457

2,235

34.6

53.4

 

3.

Professional Instruments etc. except electrical

5,653

6,876

8,747

21.6

27.2

1,230

1,530

1,976

24.4

29.1

 

4.

Coal, Coke & Briquittes etc.

6,483

14,371

16,380

121.7

14.0

1,411

3,198

3,700

126.7

15.7

 

5.

Medicinal & Pharmaceutical Products

2,958

3,169

4,515

7.1

42.5

644

705

1,020

9.6

44.6

 

6.

Chemical Materials & Products

2,902

3,681

4,600

26.8

24.9

632

819

1,039

29.7

26.8

 

7.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

1,504

2,120

2,761

40.9

30.2

327

472

624

44.1

32.1

Total Imports (I+II)

3,59,108

5,01,065

6,30,527

39.5

25.8

78,149

1,11,517

1,42,416

42.7

27.7

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

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