Item

Rupees crore

US $ million

SDR million

1998-99 P

1997-98

1996-97

1998-99 P

1997-98

1996-97

1998-99 P

1997-98

1996-97

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

I.

Exports (a+b)

1,41,604

1,30,101

1,18,817

33,659

35,006

33,470

24,621

25,674

23,350

(8.8)

(9.5)

(11.7)

(-3.9)

(4.6)

(5.3)

(-4.1)

(10.0)

(10.8)

a)

POL @

376

1,311

1,710

89

353

482

65

259

336

(- 71.3)

(- 23.3)

(12.7)

(- 74.6)

(- 26.8)

(6.2)

(- 74.7)

(- 23.0)

(11.8)

b)

Non-oil

1,41,227

1,28,790

1,17,107

33,569

34,654

32,988

24,556

25,416

23,014

(9.7)

(10.0)

(11.7)

(- 3.1)

(5.0)

(5.3)

(- 3.4)

(10.4)

(10.8)

II.

Imports (a+b)

1,76,099

1,54,176

1,38,920

41,858

41,484

39,132

30,619

30,425

27,300

(14.2)

(11.0)

(13.2)

(0.9)

(6.0)

(6.7)

(0.6)

(11.4)

(12.3)

a)

Oil and POL

27,064

30,341

35,629

6,433

8,164

10,036

4,706

5,988

7,002

(- 10.8)

(- 14.8)

(41.5)

(- 21.2)

(- 18.7)

(33.4)

(- 21.4)

(- 14.5)

(40.4)

b)

Non-oil

1,49,034

1,23,835

1,03,291

35,425

33,321

29,096

25,913

24,438

20,299

(20.3)

(19.9)

(5.9)

(6.3)

(14.5)

(-0.2)

(6.0)

(20.4)

(5.1)

III.

Trade Balance

(I-II)

- 34,495

- 24,076

- 20,103

- 8,199

- 6,478

- 5,663

- 5,998

- 4,751

- 3,951

a)

Oil Balance

- 26,688

- 29,030

- 33,918

- 6,344

- 7,811

- 9,554

- 4,640

- 5,729

- 6,666

(I.a-II.a)

b)

Non-oil

Balance

- 7,807

4,954

13,816

- 1,856

1,333

3,892

- 1,357

978

2,715

(I.b-II.b)

P

Provisional.

@

Petroleum, oil and lubricants.

Note :

Figures in brackets relate to percentage variations over the previous year.

Source :

Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.