(Rupees crore)

Commodity /Year

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00

2000-01

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

I. Bulk Imports

35545.0

47881.1

58095.7

54967.2

55659.8

85131.8

95095.1

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

18612.6

25173.6

35628.5

30341.2

26919.3

54648.6

71496.5

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

3592.4

3243.5

4309.7

5513.0

10619.4

10473.1

6593.2

1. Cereals and Cereal Preparations

92.3

80.1

486.9

1083.4

1210.5

961.5

87.1

2. Edible Oils

624.2

2261.9

2929.2

2764.7

7588.9

8046.1

5976.5

3. Pulses

592.7

685.6

890.3

1194.6

708.8

354.7

498.5

4. Sugar

2283.1

215.9

3.2

470.3

1111.2

1110.8

31.1

C. Other Bulk Items

13340.0

19463.9

18157.6

19113.1

18121.1

20010.1

17005.4

1. Fertilisers

3304.3

5628.5

3234.9

4149.9

4528.4

6062.7

3434.7

a) Crude

479.2

524.4

477.6

662.4

834.4

884.7

1015.4

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

426.5

483.1

323.1

350.6

280.2

502.5

406.7

c) Manufactured

2398.6

4621.0

2434.2

3136.9

3413.8

4675.6

2012.6

2. Non-Ferrous Metals

2254.1

3023.5

3924.9

3420.2

2513.5

2369.8

2438.8

3. Paper, Paper Boards, Manufactures including News Prints

773.2

1583.3

1770.3

1866.0

1956.8

1938.0

2060.7

4. Crude Rubber, including Synthetic and Reclaimed

370.8

719.2

629.6

596.1

611.8

620.9

694.0

5. Pulp and Waste Paper

635.3

920.8

822.7

1055.3

990.8

1105.6

1286.9

6. Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, etc.

2349.0

2751.0

2909.6

2744.2

3045.6

3789.3

3536.9

7. Iron and Steel

3653.4

4837.6

4865.6

5281.4

4474.2

4123.8

3553.5

II. Non-Bulk Imports

54425.7

74797.1

80824.0

99209.1

122672.1

130104.7

135777.6

A. Capital Goods

23982.4

34554.2

35223.0

36407.2

42341.4

38849.9

40846.8

1. Manufactures of Metals

647.6

930.5

1123.1

1208.9

1599.1

1755.2

1783.0

2. Machine Tools

670.7

1244.2

1863.8

1568.9

1459.3

1133.0

1000.8

3. Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

8565.0

13126.9

12937.4

13460.8

12808.5

11894.7

12374.9

4. Electrical Machinery except Electronic

789.4

1292.4

1155.0

1405.6

1771.1

1897.3

2197.2

5. Electronic Goods

3856.0

5861.6

5054.6

7759.3

9352.4

12118.4

16028.4

6. Computer Goods

137.0

404.2

299.8

632.0

683.8

853.7

849.7

7. Transport Equipment

3496.7

3696.7

5269.2

3907.1

3358.2

4925.1

3199.1

8. Project Goods

5820.2

7997.8

7520.1

6464.5

11309.0

4272.6

3413.5

B. Mainly Export Related Items

13553.6

17586.2

21789.7

25693.0

30000.8

39507.6

36815.4

1. Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

5117.0

7044.7

10383.6

12420.7

15819.6

23555.8

21963.5

2. Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

6710.3

8581.7

9446.1

10986.4

11290.5

12420.3

11164.7

3. Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Ups, etc.

1035.0

1199.8

1272.5

1518.7

1921.9

2333.2

2726.3

4. Cashew Nuts

691.3

760.1

687.6

767.2

968.8

1198.3

960.9

C. Others

16889.7

22656.7

23811.3

37108.9

50329.9

51747.2

58115.5

1. Gold and Silver

2237.6

2900.4

3519.8

11778.6

21338.7

20392.9

21188.6

a) Gold

17990.9

18829.3

b) Silver

2402.0

2359.4

2. Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, etc.

1903.5

2687.5

2825.7

2574.1

2842.9

3117.7

2534.9

3. Professional, Scientific Controlling Instruments,Photographic Optical Goods

1544.5

2238.0

1961.8

2771.4

3450.5

3659.6

4014.9

4. Coal, Coke and Briquittes, etc.

2224.2

3095.9

3531.8

4431.9

4121.5

4368.4

5039.4

5. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

937.2

1358.0

1089.2

1447.1

1615.2

1616.2

1711.8

6. Chemical Materials and Products

633.8

821.1

935.7

1110.5

1639.8

1563.3

1528.4

7. Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

412.9

506.7

429.2

514.6

674.3

710.1

793.6

8. Others

6996.0

9049.1

9518.1

12480.7

14647.0

16319.2

21303.9

Total Imports

89970.7

122678.1

138919.7

154176.3

178331.9

215236.5

230872.8

(Continued)

TABLE 132 : IMPORTS OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES - RUPEES (Concld.)

(Rupees crore)

Commodity /Year

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

2007-08

2008-09

1

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

I. Bulk Imports

96638.4

117598.3

135380.2

190512.7

270449.7

382060.4

453918.0

627486.3

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

66769.9

85367.0

94520.0

134094.0

194640.0

258571.8

320654.5

419967.6

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

9744.6

11668.1

14120.1

13949.5

12248.5

19430.8

18521.0

22883.2

1. Cereals and Cereal Preparations

86.8

118.6

89.2

118.7

159.7

145.1

2839.1

216.2

2. Edible Oils

6465.0

8779.6

11683.2

11076.9

8961.0

9539.9

10301.1

15837.5

3. Pulses

3160.2

2737.1

2284.9

1777.6

2476.2

3891.9

5374.9

6246.4

4. Sugar

32.6

32.8

62.7

976.2

651.6

3.5

5.9

583.2

C. Other Bulk Items

20123.9

20563.2

26740.2

42469.2

63561.2

104057.8

114742.6

184635.5

1. Fertilisers

3238.4

3028.5

3312.1

6187.7

9417.1

14226.9

21764.8

62672.8

a) Crude

795.7

894.4

615.0

1300.7

1406.9

1634.1

1881.6

4887.4

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

274.0

403.4

395.9

575.6

602.1

494.7

1457.5

2994.8

c) Manufactured

2168.8

1730.7

2301.2

4311.3

7408.1

12098.0

18425.8

54790.5

2. Non-Ferrous Metals

3086.9

3225.6

4359.8

5887.3

8165.7

11787.1

14112.3

26213.0

3. Paper, Paper Boards, Manufactures including News Prints

2131.2

2175.0

3022.1

3269.5

4179.7

5460.9

5736.2

8142.0

4. Crude Rubber, including Synthetic and Reclaimed

831.4

883.0

1290.2

1838.7

1833.2

2854.4

3163.3

3959.0

5. Pulp and Waste Paper

1405.3

1661.8

1880.1

2199.5

2536.6

2892.7

3132.1

3705.0

6. Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, etc.

5454.6

5022.4

5954.9

11091.3

17186.1

37764.5

31852.9

36363.6

7. Iron and Steel

3976.2

4566.9

6921.0

11995.3

20242.8

29071.4

34980.8

43580.2

II. Non-Bulk Imports

148561.4

179607.6

223727.4

310551.8

389959.2

458445.9

558393.7

746949.3

A. Capital Goods

47130.2

65325.1

83994.3

112935.5

166761.5

212985.9

282269.4

330384.3

1. Manufactures of Metals

1941.2

2363.1

3169.4

4127.9

5361.8

7256.3

10720.2

14970.5

2. Machine Tools

920.5

1195.1

2114.4

2787.7

4764.5

6702.8

8889.6

10393.6

3. Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

14168.5

17255.9

21797.4

30633.3

44316.9

62672.4

79959.4

99350.3

4. Electrical Machinery except Electronic

2834.7

3213.9

4008.0

5369.4

6660.2

8868.0

11556.9

16951.0

5. Electronic Goods

18037.2

27098.5

34491.9

44900.8

58625.8

72275.0

81366.3

107319.8

6. Computer Goods

1032.7

2389.7

1760.8

2993.8

3993.1

4375.7

3598.3

5862.5

7. Transport Equipment

5481.9

9182.5

14832.8

19443.7

39131.0

42709.3

80970.7

60850.7

8. Project Goods

2713.6

2626.3

1819.6

2678.9

3908.0

8126.5

5207.9

14685.9

B. Mainly Export Related Items

39393.7

49913.6

58436.0

76812.5

82530.2

80868.7

83614.5

146860.1

1. Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

22046.0

29340.9

32757.3

42337.7

40441.3

33880.7

32094.3

76263.0

2. Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

13351.9

14640.4

18527.1

25610.3

30921.1

35433.4

39844.5

56125.4

3. Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-Ups, etc.

3564.8

4696.1

5779.7

7059.5

9078.3

9733.9

9961.0

11799.2

4. Cashew Nuts

431.1

1236.2

1371.8

1805.0

2089.5

1820.7

1714.8

2672.4

C. Others

62037.4

64368.9

81297.1

120803.9

140667.5

164591.3

192509.8

269704.9

1. Gold and Silver

21853.8

20753.1

31506.1

50098.6

50107.6

66272.3

71933.5

104786.4

a) Gold

19889.2

18607.7

29946.2

47347.6

47950.5

65439.5

67330.4

95323.8

b) Silver

1964.6

2145.5

1560.0

2751.0

2157.1

832.8

4603.1

9462.6

2. Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, etc.

3214.9

3783.7

4972.0

6545.9

10039.9

11696.2

14836.6

18117.3

3. Professional, Scientific Controlling Instruments,Photographic Optical Goods

4965.1

5484.1

5653.4

6876.5

8733.8

10593.1

15700.0

20330.4

4. Coal, Coke and Briquittes, etc.

5452.7

5999.3

6482.7

14370.9

17128.1

20709.7

25862.2

45948.0

5. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

2026.6

2865.2

2958.0

3169.3

4550.9

5866.4

6730.4

8674.8

6. Chemical Materials and Products

2119.6

2187.4

2902.3

3681.5

4659.7

5980.1

6543.6

9625.6

7. Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

1048.8

1135.7

1504.4

2120.2

2753.6

3529.5

4213.7

5387.7

8. Others

21356.0

22160.4

25318.2

33941.0

42693.8

39943.9

46689.8

56834.8

Total Imports

245199.7

297205.9

359107.7

501064.5

660408.9

840506.3

1012311.8

1374435.6

Note : Data for 2007-08 are revised and data for 2008-09 are provisional.
Also see Notes on Tables.
Source :  Directorate General of Commercial Intelliaence and Statistics.