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IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS DURING APRIL-JUNE 2010
Date : 14 Sep 2010
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The total import of sensitive items for the period April-June 2010 has been Rs.16,190.13 crore as compared to Rs.14,252.09 crore during the corresponding period of last year thereby showing an increase of 13.6%. The gross import of all commodities during same period of current year was Rs.3,78,992 crore as compared to Rs.3,01,439 crore during the same period of last year. Thus import of sensitive items constitutes 4.7% and 4.3% of the gross imports during last year and current year respectively.
Imports of Pulses and cotton & silk have shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports of all other items viz. edible oil, automobiles, fruits & vegetables (including nuts), rubber, milk & milk products, products of SSI, spices, marble & granite, alcoholic beverages and food grains have shown increase during the period under reference.
In the edible oil segment, the import has increased from Rs. 5,856.52 crore last year to Rs.6,071.09 crore for the corresponding period of this year. A significant feature of edible oil import is that import of crude oil has gone up by 11.5% and that of refined oil have gone down by 40.6%. The increase in edible oil import is mainly due to substantial increase in import of Soya-bean crude oil.
Imports of sensitive items from Indonesia, China P RP, Korea RP, Brazil, United States of America, Argentina, Germany, Thailand, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Tanzania REP, etc. have gone up while those from Myanmar, Malaysia, Ukraine, Japan, Canada, Cote D’ Ivoire, Benin, Australia, etc. have shown a decrease.
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IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS-PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES |
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(Value in Rs Crores) |
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Sr. No. |
Commodity Group |
No. of Tariff Lines |
Weights w.r.t. total sensitive items |
Value of Import (Rs Crore) |
Difference (Rs Crore) |
Growth |
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Upto June 2009 |
Upto June 2010 |
Upto June 2009 |
Upto June 2010 |
(Col 7 - Col 6) |
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
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1 |
Milk & Milk Products |
23 |
0.37% |
2.08% |
53.30 |
337.02 |
283.72 |
532.3% |
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Growth is observed in Skimmed milk, Butter Oil, Whole milk and its Contribution is |
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39.61 |
328.44 |
288.83 |
729.2% |
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( and its %age share to this group) |
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74.3% |
97.5% |
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2 |
Fruits & Vegetables |
35 |
9.89% |
9.61% |
1409.43 |
1555.38 |
145.95 |
10.4% |
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Significant growth in Apples fresh and its contribution is |
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175.11 |
312.03 |
136.92 |
78.2% |
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( and its %age share to this group) |
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12.4% |
20.1% |
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3 |
Pulses |
12 |
14.73% |
9.79% |
2099.67 |
1585.67 |
-514.00 |
-24.5% |
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Significant shortfall in Peas (pisum sativum) dried & shld, Tur (arhar) other and their contribution is |
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1040.47 |
316.09 |
-724.39 |
-69.6% |
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( and its %age share to this group) |
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49.6% |
19.9% |
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Poultry |
13 |
0.00% |
0.00% |
0.02 |
0.00 |
-0.02 |
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5 |
Tea & Coffee |
36 |
0.40% |
0.44% |
56.82 |
71.44 |
14.61 |
25.7% |
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Significant growth in Coffee rob parchment other grade and its contribution is |
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31.64 |
41.84 |
10.20 |
32.2% |
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( and their %age share to this group) |
55.7% |
58.6% |
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Spices |
52 |
1.48% |
1.42% |
211.11 |
229.91 |
18.79 |
8.9% |
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Significant growth in Black pepper garbled, Ginger dried unbleached and its contribution is |
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9.81 |
36.38 |
26.57 |
270.9% |
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( and their %age share to this group) |
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4.6% |
15.8% |
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Food Grains |
19 |
0.02% |
0.30% |
2.49 |
48.64 |
46.14 |
1850.2% |
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Edible Oils |
46 |
41.09% |
37.50% |
5856.52 |
6071.19 |
214.68 |
3.7% |
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(a) Crude |
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4976.35 |
5548.06 |
571.71 |
11.5% |
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( Raio of crude to total Edible ) |
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85.0% |
91.4% |
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(b) Refined |
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880.17 |
523.14 |
-357.04 |
-40.6% |
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( Ratio of Refined to total edible import) |
15.0% |
8.6% |
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9 |
Alcholic Beverages |
34 |
0.39% |
0.66% |
55.28 |
106.28 |
51.00 |
92.3% |
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Rubber |
11 |
2.68% |
3.71% |
382.54 |
601.36 |
218.82 |
57.2% |
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Significant growth in Natural rubber in other forms : technically specified natural rubber (TSNR), Other natrl rubbr non-latex and their contribution is |
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156.76 |
340.81 |
184.05 |
117.4% |
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( and their %age share to this group) |
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41.0% |
56.7% |
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11 |
Cotton & Silk |
24 |
4.02% |
3.08% |
573.49 |
498.56 |
-74.93 |
-13.1% |
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Shortfall in Foreign cotton, of all staple lengths, Mulberry raw silk and their contribution is |
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474.16 |
385.85 |
-88.31 |
-18.6% |
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( and their %age share to this group) |
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82.7% |
77.4% |
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12 |
Marble & Granite |
9 |
0.67% |
0.66% |
95.83 |
106.76 |
10.94 |
11.4% |
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Significant growth in Other stone and its contribution is |
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4.90 |
24.54 |
19.63 |
400.3% |
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( and their %age share to this group) |
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5.1% |
23.0% |
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13 |
Automobiles |
26 |
1.70% |
2.68% |
242.04 |
433.97 |
191.93 |
79.3% |
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Parts & accessories of motor vehicles |
36 |
17.28% |
20.97% |
2463.39 |
3394.56 |
931.17 |
37.8% |
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Significant growth in other Prt & Accssrs of Vhcls of HDG 8701-8705 and gear boxes and their contribution is |
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1655.08 |
2065.53 |
410.44 |
24.8% |
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( and their %age share to this group) |
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67.2% |
60.8% |
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15 |
Product of SSI |
34 |
1.45% |
1.93% |
206.29 |
313.06 |
106.77 |
51.8% |
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(Umbrella, locks, toys, writing instruments, tiles, glassware, etc.) |
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Significant growth in Other toys & Dolls of plastics, Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles,Other ( Glass & Glassware) and their contribution is |
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51.60 |
155.75 |
104.15 |
201.9% |
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( and their %age share to this group) |
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25.0% |
49.8% |
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16 |
Others(Bamboos,cocoa,copra & sugar) |
5 |
3.82% |
5.17% |
543.87 |
836.33 |
292.46 |
53.8% |
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Total of Sensitive items |
415 |
100.0% |
100.0% |
14252.09 |
16190.13 |
1938.04 |
13.6% |
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%age share of Import of sensitive items to Total Import (All Commodities) |
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4.7% |
4.3% |
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Total of All commodities ( including sensitive items) as per quick estimate |
301439 |
378992 |
77553 |
25.7% |
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