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Table 120 : Imports of Principal Commodities

   

(Rupees crore)


Commodity

1970-71

1971-72

1972-73

1973-74

1974-75

1975-76

1976-77

1977-78

1978-79


1

 

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10


Food and Live Animals

271.79

196.93

159.75

547.07

855.20

1428.93

955.72

232.47

245.29

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

213.01

131.21

80.79

473.15

763.80

1342.79

867.59

122.49

86.92

 

a) Wheat

173.37

102.60

48.16

346.10

698.18

1210.55

799.23

93.58

66.07

 

b) Rice

29.82

18.07

10.71

6.45

12.17

46.58

45.98

6.18

1.02

 

c) Others

9.82

10.54

21.92

120.60

53.45

85.66

22.38

22.73

19.83

2.

Cashew Nuts Raw

29.41

27.91

31.81

28.80

36.60

33.56

18.34

17.98

9.16

3.

Spices

0.47

0.88

0.83

0.89

0.86

1.17

1.42

7.37

9.15

4.

Others

28.90

36.93

46.32

44.23

53.94

51.41

68.37

84.63

140.06

Beverages and Tobacco

0.31

0.28

0.34

0.44

1.06

0.97

0.68

1.45

0.68

1.

Tobacco, Unmanufactured

0.00

0.02

0.09

0.03

0.22

0.04

0.12

0.36

0.01

2.

Others

0.31

0.26

0.25

0.41

0.84

0.93

0.56

1.09

0.67

Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels

200.31

212.91

189.87

184.14

220.01

212.67

344.00

642.56

578.04

1.

Crude Rubber Incl. Synthetic and Reclaimed

3.85

3.60

3.69

4.07

6.96

7.02

8.36

10.79

29.72

2.

Cotton

98.85

113.39

90.88

52.05

27.40

28.22

129.49

198.87

26.44

3.

Jute

0.14

0.00

1.13

12.22

3.75

3.33

6.76

0.00

1.54

4.

Wool and Other Animal Hair excl. Wool Tops

16.07

14.23

11.88

20.95

27.46

25.92

27.96

30.04

31.87

5.

Manmade Fibres and Waste thereof

.

.

.

.

.

.

16.10

81.70

76.30

6.

Synthetic Fibres suitable for Spinning #

7.21

4.62

4.95

2.54

2.72

6.36

14.08

110.08

121.26

7.

Metalliferrous Ores and Metal Scrap

10.91

9.94

6.59

13.35

5.96

20.21

31.06

45.16

67.70

8.

Crude Fertilisers and Crude Minerals

35.27

36.42

37.78

51.15

113.82

83.59

86.75

112.59

114.05

9.

Others

28.01

30.71

32.97

27.81

31.94

38.02

23.44

53.33

109.16

Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials

136.01

194.57

204.27

560.64

1157.03

1226.05

1413.36

1551.84

1686.92

1.

Petroleum Crude and Partly Refined

105.90

147.47

144.83

417.09

954.90

1051.80

1151.62

1246.20

1243.04

2.

Petroleum Products

29.99

46.67

59.21

143.19

202.05

173.90

261.73

304.78

433.73

3.

Others

0.12

0.43

0.23

0.36

0.08

0.35

0.01

0.86

10.15

Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats

38.50

46.48

24.93

64.88

34.85

16.98

117.97

737.92

552.33

1.

Vegetable oils, fixed

23.08

28.17

15.50

56.94

12.30

14.19

100.61

711.61

537.07

2.

Others

15.42

18.31

9.43

7.94

22.55

2.79

17.36

26.31

15.26

Chemicals

192.28

218.48

258.84

357.45

731.11

759.89

442.55

647.95

836.48

1.

Chemical elements and compounds

67.98

71.85

91.38

109.66

186.18

180.20

137.77

196.55

230.88

2.

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

9.24

8.36

9.14

10.36

11.41

11.81

15.12

17.39

23.40

3.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

24.27

26.56

23.22

26.43

34.21

36.26

42.19

63.57

79.18

4.

Fertilisers, Manufactured

61.20

81.20

96.26

162.84

436.20

469.41

191.61

258.12

370.74

5.

Others

29.59

30.51

38.84

48.16

63.11

62.21

55.86

112.32

132.28

Manufactured Goods Classified

344.69

440.43

449.50

539.32

771.46

619.99

676.98

972.64

1477.24

Chiefly by Material

                 

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

24.57

26.33

41.62

74.10

52.98

84.20

180.64

330.67

466.77

2.

Paper, Paperboard and Manufactures thereof

25.07

34.92

31.36

29.24

59.52

57.68

62.18

81.82

104.70

 

a) Newsprint Paper

18.73

27.59

20.52

18.49

44.99

38.32

47.20

60.86

80.35

 

b) Others

6.34

7.33

10.84

10.75

14.53

19.36

14.98

20.96

24.35

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-up Articles

7.86

10.01

6.25

5.96

12.94

12.54

7.65

20.33

47.37

 

and Related Products

                 

4.

Iron and Steel

147.04

237.60

225.81

249.46

423.71

311.90

219.45

262.77

462.46

5.

Non-Ferrous Metals

119.43

102.40

109.08

140.32

178.70

100.43

157.07

192.12

245.49

6.

Manufactures of Metal, n.e.s.

9.28

12.13

18.79

21.89

27.62

33.14

31.85

38.07

46.09

7.

Others

11.44

17.04

16.59

18.35

15.99

20.10

18.14

46.86

104.36

Machinery and Transport Equipment

394.69

470.59

532.08

651.59

695.70

934.58

1047.56

1110.38

1259.90

1.

Machinery, other than Electric

257.81

270.86

297.93

426.64

403.53

576.67

769.50

694.68

769.55

2.

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Appliances

70.34

105.14

134.02

129.97

160.95

200.78

107.32

190.45

193.60

3.

Transport Equipment

66.54

94.59

100.12

94.97

131.22

157.13

170.74

225.25

296.75

 

a) Railway Vehicles

14.01

19.94

25.31

25.33

25.47

34.32

17.31

18.16

12.48

 

b) Others

52.53

74.65

74.81

69.64

105.75

122.81

153.43

207.09

284.27

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

55.62

43.87

47.86

49.84

52.36

64.72

74.97

123.02

173.76

                     

Total Imports

1634.20

1824.54

1867.44

2955.37

4518.78

5264.78

5073.79

6020.23

6810.64



   

(Rupees crore)


Commodity

1979-80

1980-81

1981-82

1982-83

1983-84

1984-85

1985-86

1986-87


1

 

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18


Food and Live Animals

279.91

380.15

690.14

639.64

1040.15

733.62

878.01

750.25

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

105.82

100.41

347.17

373.19

808.52

242.00

110.20

86.93

 

a) Wheat

84.31

76.59

299.75

351.74

643.38

129.58

61.03

44.05

 

b) Rice

0.74

3.69

14.69

3.87

100.35

90.33

13.73

1.70

 

c) Others

20.77

20.13

32.73

17.58

64.79

22.09

35.44

41.18

2.

Cashew Nuts Raw

11.60

8.71

18.36

1.41

22.12

38.85

24.37

71.17

3.

Spices

11.49

18.28

19.68

27.82

41.09

29.91

24.25

33.24

4.

Others

151.00

252.75

304.93

237.22

168.42

422.86

719.19

558.91

Beverages and Tobacco

0.58

0.78

1.20

1.15

3.12

1.54

3.65

3.03

1.

Tobacco, Unmanufactured

0.05

0.03

0.12

0.03

0.64

0.04

0.03

0.12

2.

Others

0.53

0.75

1.08

1.12

2.48

1.50

3.62

2.91

Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels

533.32

565.44

843.35

767.05

953.30

1123.39

1502.38

1624.56

1.

Crude Rubber Incl. Synthetic and Reclaimed

53.63

31.55

76.01

63.93

82.47

87.23

100.62

107.46

2.

Cotton

0.07

0.02

11.83

0.07

0.00

0.00

12.57

0.07

3.

Jute

0.46

2.02

2.43

8.52

6.49

35.64

6.15

2.56

4.

Wool and Other Animal Hair excl. Wool Tops

31.91

50.79

43.87

55.71

77.38

82.10

102.73

88.04

5.

Manmade Fibres and Waste thereof

56.90

67.12

123.52

90.39

49.99

32.85

21.02

6.13

6.

Synthetic Fibres suitable for Spinning #

52.10

29.41

49.66

55.27

54.82

27.42

47.61

52.85

7.

Metalliferrous Ores and Metal Scrap

92.42

115.56

202.75

193.61

193.00

185.47

362.74

472.00

8.

Crude Fertilisers and Crude Minerals

184.03

208.31

239.53

203.91

301.61

413.50

466.34

420.56

9.

Others

61.80

60.66

93.75

95.64

187.54

259.18

382.60

474.89

Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials

3331.85

5292.99

5230.18

5758.41

4863.35

5463.91

5213.07

3029.42

1.

Petroleum Crude and Partly Refined

2187.53

3348.97

3736.10

4043.74

3541.05

3430.34

3686.80

2120.19

2.

Petroleum Products

1079.55

1914.50

1453.16

1578.19

1290.93

1978.71

1302.59

690.40

3.

Others

64.77

29.52

40.92

136.48

31.37

54.86

223.68

218.83

Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats

455.36

703.83

687.97

447.69

798.20

1007.79

770.11

656.25

1.

Vegetable oils, fixed

446.28

682.90

625.28

396.74

734.05

950.44

749.14

634.32

2.

Others

9.08

20.93

62.69

50.95

64.15

57.35

20.97

21.93

Chemicals

968.77

1324.59

1323.94

988.88

1406.48

2431.08

2872.85

2636.66

1.

Chemical elements and compounds

323.56

358.20

485.18

422.51

659.88

856.65

1089.41

1145.31

2.

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

25.46

20.77

24.85

28.17

31.31

41.48

56.38

66.43

3.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

73.94

84.58

84.44

88.83

146.93

137.14

177.15

213.77

4.

Fertilisers, Manufactured

371.26

652.30

509.71

204.56

204.48

1006.57

1052.84

575.85

5.

Others

174.55

208.74

219.76

244.81

363.88

389.24

497.07

635.30

Manufactured Goods Classified

1971.41

2242.02

2597.75

2821.81

3196.74

2970.04

3781.11

4356.91

Chiefly by Material

               

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

347.37

416.75

397.38

729.17

1097.94

1032.11

1099.67

1489.30

2.

Paper, Paperboard and Manufactures thereof

158.82

186.51

245.38

159.51

156.58

195.48

225.97

217.08

 

a) Newsprint Paper

110.59

115.00

181.26

118.14

112.72

140.62

130.39

121.33

 

b) Others

48.23

71.51

64.12

41.37

43.86

54.86

95.58

95.75

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-up Articles

52.64

59.41

96.73

127.20

136.07

112.63

152.58

150.93

 

and Related Products

               

4.

Iron and Steel

868.59

852.42

1203.54

1172.15

1048.67

941.11

1394.60

1556.36

5.

Non-Ferrous Metals

353.41

477.42

397.13

344.64

390.64

411.73

541.82

516.76

6.

Manufactures of Metal, n.e.s.

75.73

89.45

115.54

143.70

148.67

140.84

201.47

208.99

7.

Others

114.85

160.06

142.05

145.44

218.17

136.14

165.00

217.49

Machinery and Transport Equipment

1382.74

1820.75

1980.65

2572.63

3173.54

3027.08

4083.95

6278.58

1.

Machinery, other than Electric

707.67

1089.12

1348.75

1438.92

2051.39

1928.38

2592.96

4262.53

2.

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Appliances

336.50

259.68

326.89

494.07

675.27

729.85

922.30

1212.49

3.

Transport Equipment

338.57

471.95

305.01

639.64

446.88

368.85

568.69

803.56

 

a) Railway Vehicles

25.54

46.47

55.28

68.90

44.35

32.45

34.03

41.69

 

b) Others

313.03

425.48

249.73

570.74

402.53

336.40

534.66

761.87

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

218.64

218.60

252.37

295.48

396.58

375.75

552.56

760.10

Total Imports

9142.58

12549.15

13607.55

14292.74

15831.46

17134.20

19657.69

  20095.76



     

(Rupees crore)


Commodity

1987-88

1988-89

1989-90

1990-91

1991-92

1992-93

1993-94


1

   

19

20

21

22

23

24

25


I.

Bulk Imports

9100.87

11420.40

14217.50

19464.26

21108.90

27944.24

28580.94

 

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

4042.92

4357.61

6272.52

10816.11

13126.72

17141.70

18046.19

 

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

1478.89

1888.37

925.89

998.55

677.31

1467.52

1024.72

 

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

66.06

773.63

389.65

182.30

173.42

965.83

290.47

 

2.

Edible Oils

968.77

729.70

208.75

325.79

247.79

166.88

166.63

 

3.

Pulses

250.99

384.91

230.42

481.17

255.27

334.38

566.86

 

4.

Sugar

193.07

0.13

97.07

9.29

0.83

0.43

0.76

 

C. Other Bulk Items

3579.06

5174.42

7019.09

7649.60

7304.87

9335.02

9510.03

 

1.

Fertilizers

508.02

933.65

1802.90

1766.12

2352.37

2831.62

2590.59

   

a) Crude

139.84

190.22

268.77

346.61

454.93

458.71

382.67

   

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

180.31

251.11

300.14

278.37

306.63

350.06

226.42

   

c) Manufactured

187.87

492.32

1233.99

1141.14

1590.81

2022.85

1981.50

 

2.

Non Ferrous Metals

638.91

775.95

1186.87

1101.93

839.64

1143.57

1503.01

 

3.

Paper, Paperboards, Mgfs. Incl. News Prints

270.03

303.48

348.43

456.06

487.91

513.26

696.04

 

4.

Crude Rubber, incl. Synthetic and Reclaimed

120.41

172.86

173.87

226.33

182.02

260.63

341.95

 

5.

Pulp and Waste Paper

238.54

259.64

307.21

457.98

298.69

409.02

497.33

 

6.

Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, etc.

483.44

795.57

948.19

1528.20

1174.79

1922.03

1387.50

 

7.

Iron and Steel

1319.71

1933.27

2251.62

2112.98

1969.45

2254.89

2493.61

                   

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

13142.87

16814.82

21110.85

23728.60

26741.94

35430.28

44520.07

 

A. Capital Goods

6565.63

6955.60

8804.31

10470.62

10434.25

13124.76

19580.96

 

1.

Manufactures of Metals

160.52

193.31

241.06

302.27

321.40

422.19

559.40

 

2.

Machine Tools

211.65

251.66

319.39

472.32

425.91

481.12

484.97

 

3.

Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

2614.60

2620.42

3213.10

3767.91

3593.07

4786.23

5902.55

 

4.

Electrical Machinery except Electronic

1093.29

1562.53

1812.17

1702.30

1552.49

2394.90

640.28

 

5.

Electronic Goods

           

2861.64

 

6.

Computer Goods

           

56.54

 

7.

Transport Equipment

759.89

752.74

1480.63

1669.58

914.97

1337.53

3984.72

 

8.

Project Goods

1725.68

1574.94

1737.96

2556.24

3626.41

3702.79

5090.86

 

B. Mainly Export Related Items

3351.34

5400.24

6594.53

6602.96

8827.89

12014.33

13761.54

 

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

2018.44

3175.53

4253.26

3737.60

4824.52

7072.86

8263.21

 

2.

Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

1081.82

1894.07

1920.98

2288.71

3398.73

4134.43

4299.15

 

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-ups, etc.

186.70

269.27

337.43

442.65

337.96

430.71

716.48

 

4.

Cashew Nuts

64.38

61.37

82.86

134.00

266.68

376.33

482.70

 

C. Others

3225.90

4458.98

5712.01

6655.02

7479.80

10291.19

11177.57

 

1.

Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, etc.

567.07

808.57

997.87

1094.56

1401.89

1218.01

1362.80

 

2.

Professional, Scientific Controlling

499.75

679.31

672.61

1059.66

1003.92

1452.21

1324.51

   

Instruments, Photographic Optical Goods

           
 

3.

Coal, Coke and Briquittes, etc.

218.95

419.96

561.95

789.41

1036.41

1383.11

1463.33

 

4.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

167.80

236.42

399.65

468.41

558.50

813.21

808.80

 

5.

Chemical Materials and Products

191.30

186.91

218.53

286.03

338.32

490.80

523.65

 

6.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

104.80

164.22

170.31

202.89

219.00

258.00

272.19

 

7.

Others

1476.23

1963.59

2691.09

2754.06

2921.76

4675.85

5422.29

Total Imports

22243.74

28235.22

35328.35

43192.86

47850.84

63374.52

73101.01



     

(Rupees crore)


Commodity

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01P


1

   

26

27

28

29

30

31

32


I.

Bulk Imports

35544.97

47881.05

58095.72

54967.23

55659.79

85131.79

94830.14

 

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

18612.55

25173.60

35628.52

30341.19

26919.28

54648.60

71496.52

 

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

3592.41

3243.51

4309.65

5512.95

10619.42

10473.05

6543.08

 

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

92.32

80.13

486.94

1083.39

1210.46

961.50

85.17

 

2.

Edible Oils

624.24

2261.92

2929.19

2764.67

7588.93

8046.05

5932.76

 

3.

Pulses

592.73

685.57

890.34

1194.64

708.81

354.69

493.79

 

4.

Sugar

2283.12

215.89

3.18

470.25

1111.22

1110.80

31.36

 

C. Other Bulk Items

13340.01

19463.94

18157.55

19113.09

18121.09

20010.14

16790.54

 

1.

Fertilizers

3304.28

5628.53

3234.85

4149.87

4528.41

6062.74

3407.41

   

a) Crude

479.19

524.44

477.55

662.36

834.43

884.68

999.92

   

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

426.50

483.09

323.12

350.61

280.18

502.47

401.84

   

c) Manufactured

2398.59

4621.00

2434.18

3136.90

3413.80

4675.59

2005.65

 

2.

Non Ferrous Metals

2254.09

3023.51

3924.86

3420.22

2513.47

2369.84

2404.41

 

3.

Paper, Paperboards, Mgfs. Incl. News Prints

773.18

1583.31

1770.32

1866.03

1956.83

1937.95

2056.61

 

4.

Crude Rubber, incl. Synthetic and Reclaimed

370.77

719.21

629.58

596.10

611.75

620.92

690.25

 

5.

Pulp and Waste Paper

635.34

920.82

822.70

1055.29

990.83

1105.64

1274.40

 

6.

Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, etc.

2348.96

2751.01

2909.60

2744.21

3045.58

3789.25

3424.37

 

7.

Iron and Steel

3653.39

4837.55

4865.63

5281.37

4474.22

4123.79

3533.08

                   

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

54425.69

74797.09

80823.96

99209.07

122672.06

130104.68

  136042.62

 

A. Capital Goods

23982.44

34554.17

35222.95

36407.17

42341.42

38849.90

40134.83

 

1.

Manufactures of Metals

647.57

930.47

1123.08

1208.88

1599.11

1755.17

1762.58

 

2.

Machine Tools

670.66

1244.15

1863.76

1568.94

1459.33

1133.02

997.15

 

3.

Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

8565.00

13126.91

12937.39

13460.79

12808.48

11894.71

12582.79

 

4.

Electrical Machinery except Electronic

789.36

1292.39

1154.96

1405.62

1771.12

1897.26

2156.51

 

5.

Electronic Goods

3855.98

5861.56

5054.62

7759.33

9352.40

12118.37

16014.16

 

6.

Computer Goods

137.00

404.19

299.78

632.04

683.80

853.70

781.23

 

7.

Transport Equipment

3496.68

3696.66

5269.24

3907.05

3358.18

4925.07

2939.13

 

8.

Project Goods

5820.19

7997.84

7520.11

6464.52

11309.00

4272.61

2901.28

 

B. Mainly Export Related Items

13553.58

17586.22

21789.73

25693.04

30000.79

39507.57

36793.96

 

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

5116.97

7044.67

10383.60

12420.69

15819.63

23555.78

21966.90

 

2.

Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

6710.34

8581.65

9446.05

10986.43

11290.49

12420.28

11139.87

 

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-ups, etc.

1034.98

1199.82

1272.51

1518.73

1921.91

2333.24

2725.06

 

4.

Cashew Nuts

691.29

760.08

687.57

767.19

968.76

1198.26

962.14

 

C. Others

16889.67

22656.70

23811.28

37108.86

50329.85

51747.22

59113.83

 

1.

Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, etc.

1903.49

2687.46

2825.68

2574.07

2842.87

3117.68

2529.36

 

2.

Professional, Scientific Controlling

1544.54

2237.98

1961.77

2771.40

3450.52

3659.58

3902.41

   

Instruments, Photographic Optical Goods

 

       
 

3.

Coal, Coke and Briquittes, etc.

2224.21

3095.94

3531.77

4431.91

4121.45

4368.36

5039.99

 

4.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

937.20

1357.96

1089.18

1447.12

1615.20

1616.22

1701.47

 

5.

Chemical Materials and Products

633.80

821.09

935.70

1110.50

1639.75

1563.26

1504.21

 

6.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

412.85

506.73

429.24

514.61

674.32

710.11

788.60

 

7.

Others

9233.58

11949.54

13037.93

24259.25

35985.74

36712.02

43647.80

Total Imports

89970.66

122678.14

138919.68

154176.30

178331.85

215236.47

230872.76


P

 

: Provisional.

n.e.s. : not elsewhere specified or included.

 

#

: Data prior to 1976-77 relate to Synthetic and regenerated fibres ( man-made fibres ).

   

Note : Due to change in Commodity Classification by the DGCI & S., data on Chemical elements and compounds, Machinery, other than electric and Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances from 1970-71 to 1975-76 and 1976-77 to 1986-87 may not be strictly compatible.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source : Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics.

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