Commodity Group

Rupees crore

Percentage Variation

US $ million

Percentage Variation

April-March

Apr-Feb

Apr-March

April-March

Apr-Feb

April-March

2006-07

2007-08 R

2008-09 P

2006-07

2007-08

2006-07

2007-08 R

2008-09 P

2006-07

2007-08

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

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

(45.5)

(44.8)

(47.1)

(45.4)

(44.8)

(47.8)

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

& Related Material

(30.8)

(31.7)

(32.1)

(30.7)

(31.7)

(32.9)

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

1.

Cereals & Cereal Preparations

145.1

181.6

195.5

-9.2

25.2

32.1

45.1

43.0

-11.1

40.7

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

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

4.

Sugar

3.5

2.2

422.8

-99.5

-35.9

0.8

0.6

92.9

-99.5

-27.9

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(54.5)

(55.2)

(52.9)

(54.6)

(55.2)

(52.2)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Of which :

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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