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IMPORT OF 300 SENSITIVE ITEMS – DATA FOR APRIL-NOVEMBER 2002
PRESS NOTE
Date : 17 Jan 2003
Location : New Delhi
The total import of 300 sensitive tariff lines for the period April-November 2002 has been Rs. 8605 crore against Rs. 7663 crore for the corresponding period of last year thereby showing a growth of 12%. However this growth is almost entirely due to significant increase in the import of crude palm oil, but for which import of all other sensitive items shows negative growth.
Imports of cotton & silk, alcoholic beverages, food grains and poultry have shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports of edible oil, fruits & vegetables, automobiles, milk & milk products and SSI products have shown increase during the period under reference.
In the edible oil segment, the imports have increased from Rs. 4657 crore last year to Rs. 5280 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 palm oil has gone down leading to better utilisation of processing capacity in the country. Import of Sunflower oil, both crude & refined, has gone down.
Imports from Indonesia, Malaysia, Guinea Bisu, Czech Republic & Ivory Coast etc. have shown some increase while those from Argentina, Australia, Thailand, Paraguay, Benin & Iran etc. have shown some decrease.
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IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS- PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE |
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Value (Rs. Crore) |
| Sl.No. |
COMMODITY GROUP |
No.of Tariff lines |
IMPORT |
| April-Nov-01 |
April-Nov-02 |
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1 |
Milk & Milk Products |
22 |
9.77 |
31.18 |
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2 |
Fruits & Vegetables |
48 |
582.30 |
1109.78 |
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3 |
Poultry |
13 |
0.26 |
0.03 |
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4 |
Food Grains |
12 |
2.90 |
1.42 |
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5 |
Edible Oil |
27 |
4657.27 |
5280.39 |
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6 |
Alcoholic beverages |
8 |
20.24 |
16.35 |
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7 |
Cotton & Silk |
6 |
1947.60 |
1417.71 |
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8 |
Automobiles |
32 |
43.86 |
234.51 |
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9 |
Products of concern to SSI (toys, writing instruments, tiles, glassware etc.) |
20 |
71.89 |
90.08 |
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10 |
Others |
112 |
327.13 |
423.09 |
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Total |
300 |
7663.22 |
8604.54 |
Directorate General of Foreign Trade, Ministry of Commerce and
Industry, New Delhi, dated 17th January, 2003
SB/PM/MRS
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