( US $ million)

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

359.6

263.5

208.1

702.0

1077.0

1645.8

1064.6

270.8

298.2

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

281.8

175.6

105.3

607.2

961.9

1546.5

966.4

142.7

105.7

a) Wheat

229.4

137.3

62.7

444.1

879.2

1394.2

890.3

109.0

80.3

b) Rice

39.5

24.2

14.0

8.3

15.3

53.6

51.2

7.2

1.2

c) Others

13.0

14.1

28.6

154.8

67.3

98.7

24.9

26.5

24.1

2.

Cashew Nuts Raw

38.9

37.3

41.4

37.0

46.1

38.7

20.4

20.9

11.1

3.

Spices

0.6

1.2

1.1

1.1

1.1

1.3

1.6

8.6

11.1

4.

Others

38.2

49.4

60.4

56.8

67.9

59.2

76.2

98.6

170.3

Beverages and Tobacco

0.4

0.4

0.4

0.6

1.3

1.1

0.8

1.7

0.8

1.

Tobacco, Unmanufactured

0.0

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.3

0.0

0.1

0.4

0.0

2.

Others

0.4

0.3

0.3

0.5

1.1

1.1

0.6

1.3

0.8

Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels

265.0

284.9

247.4

236.3

277.1

244.9

383.2

748.4

702.6

1.

Crude Rubber Including Synthetic and Reclaimed

5.1

4.8

4.8

5.2

8.8

8.1

9.3

12.6

36.1

2.

Cotton

130.8

151.7

118.4

66.8

34.5

32.5

144.2

231.6

32.1

3.

Jute

0.2

0.0

1.5

15.7

4.7

3.8

7.5

0.0

1.9

4.

Wool and Other Animal Hair excluding Wool Tops

21.3

19.0

15.5

26.9

34.6

29.9

31.1

35.0

38.7

5.

Manmade Fibres and Waste thereof

.

.

.

.

.

.

17.9

95.1

92.8

6.

Synthetic Fibres suitable for Spinning #

9.5

6.2

6.4

3.3

3.4

7.3

15.7

128.2

147.4

7.

Metalliferrous Ores and Metal Scrap

14.4

13.3

8.6

17.1

7.5

23.3

34.6

52.6

82.3

8.

Crude Fertilisers and Crude Minerals

46.7

48.7

49.2

65.6

143.3

96.3

96.6

131.1

138.6

9.

Others

37.1

41.1

43.0

35.7

40.2

43.8

26.1

62.1

132.7

Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials

180.0

260.4

266.1

719.5

1457.1

1412.1

1574.3

1807.4

2050.5

1.

Petroleum Crude and Partly Refined

140.1

197.3

188.7

535.2

1202.5

1211.4

1282.8

1451.5

1511.0

2.

Petroleum Products

39.7

62.5

77.1

183.8

254.4

200.3

291.5

355.0

527.2

3.

Others

0.2

0.6

0.3

0.5

0.1

0.4

0.0

1.0

12.3

Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats

50.9

62.2

32.5

83.3

43.9

19.6

131.4

859.5

671.4

1.

Vegetable oils, fixed

30.5

37.7

20.2

73.1

15.5

16.3

112.1

828.8

652.8

2.

Others

20.4

24.5

12.3

10.2

28.4

3.2

19.3

30.6

18.5

Chemicals

254.4

292.4

337.3

458.7

920.7

875.2

493.0

754.7

1016.8

1.

Chemical elements and compounds

89.9

96.1

119.1

140.7

234.5

207.5

153.5

228.9

280.6

2.

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

12.2

11.2

11.9

13.3

14.4

13.6

16.8

20.3

28.4

3.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

32.1

35.5

30.3

33.9

43.1

41.8

47.0

74.1

96.2

4.

Fertilisers, manufactured

81.0

108.7

125.4

209.0

549.3

540.6

213.4

300.6

450.7

5.

Others

39.2

40.8

50.6

61.8

79.5

71.6

62.2

130.8

160.8

Manufactured Goods Classified

456.1

589.4

585.7

692.1

971.5

714.1

754.1

1132.8

1795.7

Chiefly by Material

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

32.5

35.2

54.2

95.0

66.7

97.0

201.2

385.1

567.4

2.

Paper, Paperboard and manufactures thereof

33.2

46.7

40.9

37.5

75.0

66.4

69.3

95.3

127.3

a) Newsprint Paper

24.8

36.9

26.7

23.7

56.7

44.1

52.6

70.9

97.7

b) Others

8.4

9.8

14.1

13.8

18.3

22.3

16.7

24.4

29.6

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-up Articles

10.4

13.4

8.1

7.6

16.3

14.4

8.5

23.7

57.6

and Related Products

4.

Iron and Steel

194.6

317.9

294.2

320.1

533.6

359.2

244.4

306.1

562.1

5.

Non-Ferrous Metals

158.0

137.0

142.1

180.1

225.0

115.7

175.0

223.8

298.4

6.

Manufactures of Metal, n.e.s.

12.3

16.2

24.5

28.1

34.8

38.2

35.5

44.3

56.0

7.

Others

15.1

22.8

21.6

23.7

20.1

23.2

20.2

54.6

126.9

Machinery and Transport Equipment

522.2

629.7

693.3

836.2

876.1

1076.4

1166.9

1293.3

1531.5

1.

Machinery, other than Electric

341.1

362.4

388.2

547.5

508.2

664.2

857.1

809.1

935.4

2.

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Appliances

93.1

140.7

174.6

166.8

202.7

231.2

119.5

221.8

235.3

3.

Transport Equipment

88.0

126.6

130.4

121.9

165.2

181.0

190.2

262.4

360.7

a) Railway Vehicles

18.5

26.7

33.0

32.5

32.1

39.5

19.3

21.2

15.2

b) Others

69.5

99.9

97.5

89.4

133.2

141.4

170.9

241.2

345.5

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

73.6

58.7

62.4

64.0

65.9

74.5

83.5

143.3

211.2

Total Imports

2162.3

2441.5

2433.1

3792.6

5690.6

6063.7

5651.7

7011.8

8278.7

( US $ million)

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

345.7

480.6

769.5

661.7

1005.9

617.1

717.6

587.1

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

130.7

127.0

387.1

386.1

781.9

203.6

90.1

68.0

a) Wheat

104.1

96.8

334.2

363.9

622.2

109.0

49.9

34.5

b) Rice

0.9

4.7

16.4

4.0

97.1

76.0

11.2

1.3

c) Others

25.6

25.5

36.5

18.2

62.7

18.6

29.0

32.2

2.

Cashew Nuts Raw

14.3

11.0

20.5

1.5

21.4

32.7

19.9

55.7

3.

Spices

14.2

23.1

21.9

28.8

39.7

25.2

19.8

26.0

4.

Others

186.5

319.6

340.0

245.4

162.9

355.7

587.8

437.4

Beverages and Tobacco

0.7

1.0

1.3

1.2

3.0

1.3

3.0

2.4

1.

Tobacco, Unmanufactured

0.1

0.0

0.1

0.0

0.6

0.0

0.0

0.1

2.

Others

0.7

0.9

1.2

1.2

2.4

1.3

3.0

2.3

Crude Materials, Inedible, except Fuels

658.6

714.9

940.4

793.6

922.0

944.9

1227.9

1271.4

1.

Crude Rubber Including Synthetic and Reclaimed

66.2

39.9

84.8

66.1

79.8

73.4

82.2

84.1

2.

Cotton

0.1

0.0

13.2

0.1

0.0

0.0

10.3

0.1

3.

Jute

0.6

2.6

2.7

8.8

6.3

30.0

5.0

2.0

4.

Wool and Other Animal Hair excluding Wool Tops

39.4

64.2

48.9

57.6

74.8

69.1

84.0

68.9

5.

Manmade Fibres and Waste thereof

70.3

84.9

137.7

93.5

48.3

27.6

17.2

4.8

6.

Synthetic Fibres suitable for Spinning #

64.3

37.2

55.4

57.2

53.0

23.1

38.9

41.4

7.

Metalliferrous Ores and Metal Scrap

114.1

146.1

226.1

200.3

186.7

156.0

296.5

369.4

8.

Crude Fertilisers and Crude Minerals

227.3

263.4

267.1

211.0

291.7

347.8

381.2

329.1

9.

Others

76.3

76.7

104.5

98.9

181.4

218.0

312.7

371.6

Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials

4114.7

6692.2

5831.9

5957.4

4703.4

4595.9

4260.8

2370.8

1.

Petroleum Crude and Partly Refined

2701.5

4234.3

4165.9

4183.5

3424.6

2885.4

3013.3

1659.2

2.

Petroleum Products

1333.2

2420.6

1620.3

1632.7

1248.5

1664.4

1064.7

540.3

3.

Others

80.0

37.3

45.6

141.2

30.3

46.1

182.8

171.3

Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats

562.3

889.9

767.1

463.2

772.0

847.7

629.4

513.6

1.

Vegetable oils, fixed

551.1

863.4

697.2

410.4

709.9

799.5

612.3

496.4

2.

Others

11.2

26.5

69.9

52.7

62.0

48.2

17.1

17.2

Chemicals

1196.4

1674.7

1476.2

1023.0

1360.2

2044.9

2348.1

2063.4

1.

Chemical elements and compounds

399.6

452.9

541.0

437.1

638.2

720.6

890.4

896.3

2.

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

31.4

26.3

27.7

29.1

30.3

34.9

46.1

52.0

3.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

91.3

106.9

94.2

91.9

142.1

115.4

144.8

167.3

4.

Fertilisers, manufactured

458.5

824.7

568.3

211.6

197.8

846.7

860.5

450.7

5.

Others

215.6

263.9

245.0

253.3

351.9

327.4

406.3

497.2

Manufactured Goods Classified

2434.6

2834.7

2896.6

2919.3

3091.6

2498.2

3090.4

3409.6

Chiefly by Material

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

429.0

526.9

443.1

754.4

1061.8

868.2

898.8

1165.5

2.

Paper, Paperboard and manufactures thereof

196.1

235.8

273.6

165.0

151.4

164.4

184.7

169.9

a) Newsprint Paper

136.6

145.4

202.1

122.2

109.0

118.3

106.6

95.0

b) Others

59.6

90.4

71.5

42.8

42.4

46.1

78.1

74.9

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-up Articles

65.0

75.1

107.9

131.6

131.6

94.7

124.7

118.1

and Related Products

4.

Iron and Steel

1072.7

1077.8

1342.0

1212.7

1014.2

791.6

1139.9

1218.0

5.

Non-Ferrous Metals

436.4

603.6

442.8

356.5

377.8

346.3

442.8

404.4

6.

Manufactures of Metal, n.e.s.

93.5

113.1

128.8

148.7

143.8

118.5

164.7

163.6

7.

Others

141.8

202.4

158.4

150.5

211.0

114.5

134.9

170.2

Machinery and Transport Equipment

1707.6

2302.1

2208.5

2661.5

3069.2

2546.2

3238.0

4913.5

1.

Machinery, other than Electric

873.9

1377.0

1503.9

1488.6

1983.9

1622.0

2119.3

3335.8

2.

Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Appliances

415.6

328.3

364.5

511.1

653.1

613.9

753.8

948.9

3.

Transport Equipment

418.1

596.7

340.1

661.7

432.2

310.3

464.8

628.9

a) Railway Vehicles

31.5

58.8

61.6

71.3

42.9

27.3

27.8

32.6

b) Others

386.6

538.0

278.5

590.5

389.3

283.0

437.0

596.2

Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles

270.0

276.4

281.4

305.7

383.5

316.1

451.6

594.8

Total Imports

11290.6

15866.5

15172.9

14786.6

15310.9

14412.3

16066.9

15726.7

( US $ million )

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

7019.1

7886.1

8539.4

10848.0

8562.8

9829.8

9112.2

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

3118.1

3009.0

3767.5

6028.1

5324.8

6100.0

5753.5

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

1140.6

1304.0

556.1

556.5

274.7

506.7

326.7

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

50.9

534.2

234.0

101.6

70.3

333.5

92.6

2.

Edible Oils

747.2

503.9

125.4

181.6

100.5

57.6

53.1

3.

Pulses

193.6

265.8

138.4

268.2

103.5

115.5

180.7

4.

Sugar

148.9

0.1

58.3

5.2

0.3

0.0

0.2

C. Other Bulk Items

2760.4

3573.1

4215.9

4263.3

2963.2

3223.1

3032.0

1.

Fertilizers

391.8

644.7

1082.9

984.3

954.2

977.7

825.9

a) Crude

107.9

131.4

161.4

193.2

184.5

158.4

122.0

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

139.1

173.4

180.3

155.1

124.4

120.9

72.2

c) Manufactured

144.9

340.0

741.2

636.0

645.3

698.4

631.7

2.

Non Ferrous Metals

492.8

535.8

712.9

614.1

340.6

394.8

479.2

3.

Paper, Paperboards, Mgfs. including News Prints

208.3

209.6

209.3

254.2

197.9

177.2

221.9

4.

Crude Rubber, including Synthetic and Reclaimed

92.9

119.4

104.4

126.1

73.8

90.0

109.0

5.

Pulp and Waste Paper

184.0

179.3

184.5

255.2

121.2

141.2

158.6

6.

Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, etc.

372.9

549.4

569.5

851.7

476.5

663.6

442.4

7.

Iron and Steel

1017.8

1335.0

1352.4

1177.6

798.9

778.6

795.0

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

10136.6

11611.1

12679.8

13224.6

10847.8

12051.8

14194.0

A. Capital Goods

5063.8

4803.0

5288.1

5835.6

4232.6

4531.6

6242.8

1.

Manufactures of Metals

123.8

133.5

144.8

168.5

130.4

145.8

178.3

2.

Machine Tools

163.2

173.8

191.8

263.2

172.8

166.1

154.6

3.

Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

2016.5

1809.5

1929.9

2100.0

1457.5

1652.6

1881.9

4.

Electrical Machinery except Electronic

843.2

1079.0

1088.4

948.7

629.8

826.9

204.1

5.

Electronic Goods

.

.

.

.

.

.

912.4

6.

Computer Goods

.

.

.

.

.

.

18.0

7.

Transport Equipment

586.1

519.8

889.3

930.5

371.2

461.8

1270.4

8.

Project Goods

1330.9

1087.5

1043.9

1424.7

1471.0

1278.5

1623.1

B. Mainly Export Related Items

2584.8

3729.0

3960.9

3680.0

3581.0

4148.2

4387.5

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

1556.7

2192.8

2554.6

2083.1

1957.1

2442.1

2634.5

2.

Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

834.4

1307.9

1153.8

1275.6

1378.7

1427.5

1370.7

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-ups, etc.

144.0

185.9

202.7

246.7

137.1

148.7

228.4

4.

Cashew Nuts

49.7

42.4

49.8

74.7

108.2

129.9

153.9

C. Others

2488.0

3079.1

3430.8

3709.0

3034.2

3372.0

3563.7

1.

Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, etc.

437.4

558.3

599.4

610.0

568.7

420.5

434.5

2.

Professional, Scientific Controlling

385.4

469.1

404.0

590.6

407.2

501.4

422.3

Instruments, Photographic Optical Goods

3.

Coal, Coke and Briquittes, etc.

168.9

290.0

337.5

440.0

420.4

477.6

466.5

4.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

129.4

163.3

240.0

261.1

226.6

280.8

257.9

5.

Chemical Materials and Products

147.5

129.1

131.3

159.4

137.2

169.5

167.0

6.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

80.8

113.4

102.3

113.1

88.8

89.1

86.8

7.

Others

1138.6

1356.0

1616.3

1534.9

1185.2

1433.0

1728.8

Total Imports

17155.7

19497.2

21219.2

24072.5

19410.5

21881.6

23306.2

( US $ million )

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

11320.6

14314.3