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IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS: APRIL-JULY 2002

Date : 20 Sep 2002
Location : New Delhi
 

The total import of 300 sensitive tariff lines for the period April-July 2002 has been Rs. 4477 crore against Rs. 3588 crore for the corresponding period of last year thereby showing a growth of 24.8 %. However, this growth is almost entirely due to significant increase in the import of crude palm oil & Soya bean oil. But for this import of all other sensitive items together shows negative growth.

Imports of food grains and cotton & silk products have shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports of milk & milk products, fruits & vegetables, edible oil, and automobiles have shown increase during the period under reference.

In the edible oil segment, the imports have increased from Rs. 2120 crore last year to Rs. 3096 crore for the corresponding period this year. However, significant feature of edible oil import is that while import of crude palm oil has gone up, that of refined Soya bean & palm oil has gone down leading to better utilisation of the processing capacity in the country. However, import of Sunflower oil, both crude & refined, has gone down.

Imports from Indonesia, Malaysia, USA, Ivory Coast & Switzerland etc. have shown some increase while those from Australia, Argentina Benin, Paraguay Iran & Tanzania Rep. etc. have shown some decrease

IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS- PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE

Value (Rs. Crore)

Sl. NO.

COMMODITY GROUP

No. of Tariff lines

IMPORT

April-July 01

April-July 02

1

Milk & Milk Products

22

6.88

16.35

2

Fruits & Vegetables

48

237.20

443.90

3

Poultry

13

0.17

0.07

4

Food Grains

12

2.72

0.01

5

Edible Oil

27

2119.77

3095.67

6

Alcoholic beverages

8

9.02

8.89

7

Cotton & Silk

6

1022.23

593.51

8

Automobiles

32

21.48

68.42

9

Products of concern to SSI (toys, writing instruments, tiles, glassware etc.)

20

33.83

37.98

10

Others

112

134.78

212.02

 

Total

300

3588.08

4476.81

Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce & Industry New Delhi, dated 20th September, 2002

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