( 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

1,077.0

1,645.8

1,064.6

270.8

298.2

1. Cereals and Cereal Preparations

281.8

175.6

105.3

607.2

961.9

1,546.5

966.4

142.7

105.7

a) Wheat

229.4

137.3

62.7

444.1

879.2

1,394.2

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

-

-

0.1

-

0.3

-

0.1

0.4

-

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 Incl. 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

-

1.5

15.7

4.7

3.8

7.5

-

1.9

4. Wool and Other Animal Hair excl. 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

1,457.1

1,412.1

1,574.3

1,807.4

2,050.5

1. Petroleum Crude and Partly Refined

140.1

197.3

188.7

535.2

1,202.5

1,211.4

1,282.8

1,451.5

1,511.0

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

-

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

1,016.8

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

1,132.8

1,795.7

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

1,076.4

1,166.9

1,293.3

1,531.5

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

2,162.3

2,441.5

2,433.1

3,792.6

5,690.6

6,063.7

5,651.7

7,011.8

8,278.7

( US $ million)

Commodity

1979-80

1980-81

1981-82

1982-83

1983-84

1984-85

1985-86

1986-87

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

Food and Live Animals

345.7

480.6

769.5

661.7

1,005.9

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

-

0.1

-

0.6

-

-

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

1,227.9

1,271.4

1. Crude Rubber Incl. Synthetic and Reclaimed

66.2

39.9

84.8

66.1

79.8

73.4

82.2

84.1

2. Cotton

0.1

-

13.2

0.1

-

-

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 excl. 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

4,114.7

6,692.2

5,831.9

5,957.4

4,703.4

4,595.9

4,260.8

2,370.8

1. Petroleum Crude and Partly Refined

2,701.5

4,234.3

4,165.9

4,183.5

3,424.6

2,885.4

3,013.3

1,659.2

2. Petroleum Products

1,333.2

2,420.6

1,620.3

1,632.7

1,248.5

1,664.4

1,064.7

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

1,196.4

1,674.7

1,476.2

1,023.0

1,360.2

2,044.9

2,348.1

2,063.4

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

2,434.6

2,834.7

2,896.6

2,919.3

3,091.6

2,498.2

3,090.4

3,409.6

Chiefly by Material

1. Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

429.0

526.9

443.1

754.4

1,061.8

868.2

898.8

1,165.5

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

1,072.7

1,077.8

1,342.0

1,212.7

1,014.2

791.6

1,139.9

1,218.0

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

1,707.6

2,302.1

2,208.5

2,661.5

3,069.2

2,546.2

3,238.0

4,913.5

1. Machinery, other than Electric

873.9

1,377.0

1,503.9

1,488.6

1,983.9

1,622.0

2,119.3

3,335.8

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

11,290.6

15,866.5

15,172.9

14,786.6

15,310.9

14,412.3

16,066.9

15,726.7

( US $ million )

Commodity

1987-88

1988-89

1989-90

1990-91

1991-92

1992-93

19

20

21

22

23

24

I.

Bulk Imports

7,019.1

7,886.1

8,539.4

10,848.0

8,562.8

9,829.8

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

3,118.1

3,009.0

3,767.5

6,028.1

5,324.8

6,100.0

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

1,140.6

1,304.0

556.1

556.5

274.7

506.7

1.

Cereals and Cereal Preparations

50.9

534.2

234.0

101.6

70.3

333.5

2.

Edible Oils

747.2

503.9

125.4

181.6

100.5

57.6

3.

Pulses

193.6

265.8

138.4

268.2

103.5

115.5

4.

Sugar

148.9

0.1

58.3

5.2

0.3

-

C. Other Bulk Items

2,760.4

3,573.1

4,215.9

4,263.3

2,963.2

3,223.1

1.

Fertilizers

391.8

644.7

1,082.9

984.3

954.2

977.7

a) Crude

107.9

131.4

161.4

193.2

184.5

158.4

b) Sulphur and Unroasted Iron Pyrites

139.1

173.4

180.3

155.1

124.4

120.9

c) Manufactured

144.9

340.0

741.2

636.0

645.3

698.4

2.

Non Ferrous Metals

492.8

535.8

712.9

614.1

340.6

394.8

3.

Paper, Paperboards, Mgfs. incl. News Prints

208.3

209.6

209.3

254.2

197.9

177.2

4.

Crude Rubber, incl. Synthetic and Reclaimed

92.9

119.4

104.4

126.1

73.8

90.0

5.

Pulp and Waste Paper

184.0

179.3

184.5

255.2

121.2

141.2

6.

Metalliferrous Ores, Metal Scrap, Etc.

372.9

549.4

569.5

851.7

476.5

663.6

7.

Iron and Steel

1,017.8

1,335.0

1,352.4

1,177.6

798.9

778.6

II.

Non-Bulk Imports

10,136.6

11,611.1

12,679.8

13,224.6

10,847.8

12,051.8

A. Capital Goods

5,063.8

4,803.0

5,288.1

5,835.6

4,232.6

4,531.6

1.

Manufactures of Metals

123.8

133.5

144.8

168.5

130.4

145.8

2.

Machine Tools

163.2

173.8

191.8

263.2

172.8

166.1

3.

Machinery except Electrical and Electronic

2,016.5

1,809.5

1,929.9

2,100.0

1,457.5

1,652.6

4.

Electrical Machinery except Electronic

843.2

1,079.0

1,088.4

948.7

629.8

826.9

5.

Transport Equipment

586.1

519.8

889.3

930.5

371.2

461.8

6.

Project Goods

1,330.9

1,087.5

1,043.9

1,424.7

1,471.0

1,278.5

B. Mainly Export Related Items

2,584.8

3,729.0

3,960.9

3,680.0

3,581.0

4,148.2

1.

Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones

1,556.7

2,192.8

2,554.6

2,083.1

1,957.1

2,442.1

2.

Organic and Inorganic Chemicals

834.4

1,307.9

1,153.8

1,275.6

1,378.7

1,427.5

3.

Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-ups, Etc.

144.0

185.9

202.7

246.7

137.1

148.7

4.

Cashew Nuts

49.7

42.4

49.8

74.7

108.2

129.9

C. Others

2,488.0

3,079.1

3,430.8

3,709.0

3,034.2

3,372.0

1.

Artificial Resins and Plastic Materials, Etc.

437.4

558.3

599.4

610.0

568.7

420.5

2.

Professional, Scientific Controlling

385.4

469.1

404.0

590.6

407.2

501.4

Instruments, Photographic Optical Goods

3.

Coal, Coke and Briquittes, Etc.

168.9

290.0

337.5

440.0

420.4

477.6

4.

Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products

129.4

163.3

240.0

261.1

226.6

280.8

5.

Chemical Materials and Products

147.5

129.1

131.3

159.4

137.2

169.5

6.

Non-Metallic Mineral Manufactures

80.8

113.4

102.3

113.1

88.8

89.1

7.

Others

1,138.6

1,356.0

1,616.3

1,534.9

1,185.2

1,433.0

Total Imports

17,155.7

19,497.2

21,219.2

24,072.5

19,410.5

21,881.6

( US $ million )

Commodity

1993-94

1994-95

1995-96

1996-97

1997-98

1998-99

1999-00P

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

I.

Bulk Imports

9,112.2

11,320.6

14,314.3

16,365.1

14,790.1

13,230.1

17,272.2

A. Petroleum, Crude and Products

5,753.5

5,927.8

7,525.8

10,036.2

8,164.0

6,398.6

10,482.0

B. Bulk Consumption Goods

326.7

1,144.1

969.7

1,214.0

1,483.4

2,524.2

2,294.4

1. Cereals and Cereal Preparations

92.6

29.4

24.0

137.2

291.5

287.7

133.6

2. Edible Oils

53.1

198.8

676.2

825.1

743.9

1,803.9

1,842.5

3. Pulses

180.7

188.8

205.0

250.8

321.4

168.5

63.2

4. Sugar

0.2

727.1

64.5

0.9

126.5

264.1

255.2

C. Other Bulk Items

3,032.0

4,248.6

5,818.9

5,114.8

5,142.8

4,307.3

4,495.8

1. Fertilizers