The quantum of alumina and aluminium metal imported/exported during each of the last three years and the current year is as below;

Aluminium:

(Quantity in tonnes)

Item	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14 (upto Nov., 2013)
Import	6,98,984	8,70,981	10,48,129	7,32,219
Export	2,71,959	2,78,747	3,07,589	2,31,988

Alumina:

(Quantity in tonnes)

Item	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	2013-14(upto Nov., 2013)
Import	2,88,535	5,57,297	11,23,580	9,07,078
Export	27,45,230	9,79,395	10,29,982	8,56,784

The issue of purchase and sale between customers and sellers of Special Economic Zones and Domestic Tariff Area is a matter of commercial transactions between entities. Government therefore does not prescribe the terms of tender processes between companies/entities. Government has advised NALCO to take decision in the best commercial interest of the Company and in its long term interest so as to maintain Company’s competitiveness in the sector.

The information was given by the Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry Dr. E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan in Lok Sabha today.

Commercial autonomy in SEZ-DTA transactions upheld; government refrains from prescribing tender terms, companies to decide. The Government affirms that purchases and sales between entities in Special Economic Zones and the Domestic Tariff Area are commercial transactions and that it does not prescribe tender terms between companies. It advised the aluminium producer to decide procurement and sales arrangements in the company's long-term commercial interests to maintain competitiveness. Recent import and export quantities for aluminium and alumina are provided for informational context.