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      India’s Foreign Trade: April 2018

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      I. MERCHANDISE TRADE

      EXPORTS (including re-exports)

      Exports during April 2018 were valued at US $ 25.91 Billion as compared to US $ 24.64 Billion during April 2017 exhibiting a positive growth of 5.17 per cent. In Rupee terms, exports were valued at ₹ 170052.96 crore in April 2018 as compared to ₹ 158913.79 crore during April 2017, registering a positive growth of 7.01 per cent.

      During April 2018, major commodity groups of export showing positive growth over the corresponding month of last year are       

         

      Non-petroleum and Non Gems & Jewellery exports in April 2018 were valued at US $ 19.80 Billion as against US $ 17.72 Billion in April 2017, an increase of 11.73%.

      IMPORTS

      Imports during April 2018 were valued at US $ 39.63 Billion (Rs 260084.67 crore) which was 4.60 per cent higher in Dollar terms and 6.43 per cent higher in Rupee terms over the level of imports valued at US $ 37.88 Billion (Rs. 244380.52 crore) in April 2017.

      Major commodity groups of import showing high growth in April 2018 over the corresponding month of last year are:

      CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS:

      Oil imports during April 2018 were valued at US $ 10.41 Billion which was 41.49 percent higher than oil imports valued at US $ 7.36 Billion in April 2017. In this connection it is mentioned that the global Brent prices ($/bbl) have increased by 35.20 % in April 2018 vis-à-vis April 2017 as per World Bank commodity price data (The pink sheet).

      Non-oil imports during April 2018 were estimated at US $ 29.21 Billion which was 4.30 per cent lower than non-oil imports of US $ 30.53 Billion in April 2017.

      II. TRADE IN SERVICES (for March, 2018, as per the RBI Press Release dated 15th May 2018)

      EXPORTS (Receipts)

      Exports during March 2018 were valued at US $ 16.83 Billion (Rs. 109456.91 Crore) registering a positive growth of 7.16 per cent in dollar terms as compared to negative growth of 3.84 per cent during February 2018 (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

      IMPORTS (Payments)

      Imports during March 2018 were valued at US $ 10.28 Billion (Rs. 66841.93 Crore) registering a positive growth of 1.35 per cent in dollar terms as compared to positive growth of 3.01 per cent during February 2018 (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

      III.TRADE BALANCE

      MERCHANDISE: The trade deficit for April 2018 was estimated at US $ 13.72 Billion as against the deficit of US $ 13.25 Billion during April 2017.

      SERVICES: As per RBI’s Press Release dated 15th May 2018, the trade balance in Services (i.e. net export of Services) for March, 2018 was estimated at US $ 6.55 Billion.

      OVERALL TRADE BALANCE: Taking merchandise and services together, overall trade deficit for April-March 2017-18 is estimated at US $ 80.61 Billion as compared to US $ 41.79 Billion during April-March 2016-17. (Services data for Apr-Mar 2017-18 is arrived by adding Quarterly data of RBI on BOP basis for 3 quarters (Apr-Dec 2017) & the QE data of Jan, Feb & Mar 2018 therefore it is provisional)

      MERCHANDISE TRADE

      EXPORTS & IMPORTS: (US $ Billion)

      (PROVISIONAL)

       

       

      APRIL

      EXPORTS (including re-exports)

       

      2017-18

      24.64

      2018-19

      25.91

      %Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

      5.17

      IMPORTS (including re-imports)

       

      2017-18

      37.88

      2018-19

      39.63

      %Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

      4.60

      TRADE BALANCE

       

      2017-18

      -13.25

      2018-19

      -13.72

       

       

      EXPORTS & IMPORTS: (Rs. Crore)

      (PROVISIONAL)

       

      APRIL

      EXPORTS (including re-exports)

       

      2017-18

      158913.79

      2018-19

      170052.96

      %Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

      7.01

      IMPORTS (including re-imports)

       

      2017-18

      244380.52

      2018-19

      260084.67

      %Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

      6.43

      TRADE BALANCE

       

      2017-18

      -85466.73

      2018-19

      -90031.71

       

      SERVICES TRADE

      EXPORTS & IMPORTS (SERVICES) : (US $ Billion)

      (Provisional)

      March 2018

      EXPORTS (Receipts)

      16.83

      IMPORTS (Payments)

      10.28

      TRADE BALANCE

      6.55

      EXPORTS & IMPORTS (SERVICES): (Rs. Crore)

      (Provisional)

      March 2018

      EXPORTS (Receipts)

      109456.91

      IMPORTS (Payments)

      66841.93

      TRADE BALANCE

      42614.98

      Source: RBI Press Release dated 15th May, 2018

       

      QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR APRIL 2018

       TRADE: EXPORT

      Sl. No.

      Commodities

      (Values in Rs. crores)

      % change

      APR'17

      APR'18

      APR'18

      1

      Tea

      320.88

      326.89

      1.87

      2

      Coffee

      596.17

      550.57

      -7.65

      3

      Rice

      3661.78

      4224.93

      15.38

      4

      Other cereals

      83.30

      201.92

      142.40

      5

      Tobacco

      536.07

      454.86

      -15.15

      6

      Spices

      1765.42

      1833.05

      3.83

      7

      Cashew

      494.94

      295.93

      -40.21

      8

      Oil Meals

      547.08

      527.73

      -3.54

      9

      Oil seeds

      648.06

      615.20

      -5.07

      10

      Fruits & Vegetables

      1409.58

      1389.71

      -1.41

      11

      Cereal preparations & miscellaneous processed items

      714.21

      796.77

      11.56

      12

      Marine Products

      3129.77

      3301.96

      5.50

      13

      Meat, dairy & poultry products

      1933.95

      2264.18

      17.08

      14

      Iron Ore

      1100.21

      564.44

      -48.70

      15

      Mica, Coal & Other Ores, Minerals including processed minerals

      2118.49

      2236.13

      5.55

      16

      Leather & leather products

      2600.99

      2562.73

      -1.47

      17

      Ceramic products & glassware

      1095.70

      1209.90

      10.42

      18

      Gems & Jewellery

      25616.92

      21646.47

      -15.50

      19

      Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

      8339.81

      9636.16

      15.54

      20

      Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

      8354.90

      11772.70

      40.91

      21

      Engineering Goods

      39425.90

      47186.80

      19.68

      22

      Electronic Goods

      3294.73

      3672.99

      11.48

      23

      Cotton Yarn/Fabs./made-ups, Handloom Products etc.

      4999.98

      5884.30

      17.69

      24

      Man-made Yarn/Fabs./made-ups etc.

      2629.22

      2743.64

      4.35

      25

      RMG of all Textiles

      11272.24

      8859.67

      -21.40

      26

      Jute Mfg. including Floor Covering

      166.50

      146.23

      -12.17

      27

      Carpet

      771.13

      729.69

      -5.37

      28

      Handicrafts excl. handmade carpet

      959.99

      908.78

      -5.33

      29

      Petroleum Products

      18997.58

      18463.36

      -2.81

      30

      Plastic & Linoleum

      3340.08

      4419.07

      32.30

       

      Sub-Total

      150925.58

      159426.76

      5.63

       

      GRAND   TOTAL

      158913.79

      170052.96

      7.01

       

      Note: The figures for APRIL'18 and APRIL'17 are provisional and subject to change

      QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR APRIL 2018

      TRADE: EXPORT

      Sl. No.

      Commodities

      (Values in Million USD)

      % change

      APR'17

      APR'18

      APR'18

      1

      Tea

      49.74

      49.80

      0.12

      2

      Coffee

      92.42

      83.88

      -9.24

      3

      Rice

      567.66

      643.69

      13.39

      4

      Other cereals

      12.91

      30.76

      138.26

      5

      Tobacco

      83.10

      69.30

      -16.61

      6

      Spices

      273.68

      279.27

      2.04

      7

      Cashew

      76.73

      45.09

      -41.24

      8

      Oil Meals

      84.81

      80.40

      -5.20

      9

      Oil seeds

      100.46

      93.73

      -6.70

      10

      Fruits & Vegetables

      218.52

      211.73

      -3.11

      11

      Cereal preparations & miscellaneous processed items

      110.72

      121.39

      9.64

      12

      Marine Products

      485.18

      503.07

      3.69

      13

      Meat, dairy & poultry products

      299.80

      344.96

      15.06

      14

      Iron Ore

      170.56

      86.00

      -49.58

      15

      Mica, Coal & Other Ores, Minerals including processed minerals

      328.41

      340.68

      3.74

      16

      Leather & leather products

      403.21

      390.44

      -3.17

      17

      Ceramic products & glassware

      169.86

      184.33

      8.52

      18

      Gems & Jewellery

      3971.18

      3297.94

      -16.95

      19

      Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

      1292.85

      1468.11

      13.56

      20

      Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

      1295.19

      1793.63

      38.48

      21

      Engineering Goods

      6111.87

      7189.13

      17.63

      22

      Electronic Goods

      510.75

      559.60

      9.56

      23

      Cotton Yarn/Fabs./made-ups, Handloom Products etc.

      775.11

      896.50

      15.66

      24

      Man-made Yarn/Fabs./made-ups etc.

      407.59

      418.01

      2.56

      25

      RMG of all Textiles

      1747.44

      1349.81

      -22.76

      26

      Jute Mfg. including Floor Covering

      25.81

      22.28

      -13.68

      27

      Carpet

      119.54

      111.17

      -7.00

      28

      Handicrafts excl. handmade carpet

      148.82

      138.46

      -6.96

      29

      Petroleum Products

      2945.04

      2812.98

      -4.48

      30

      Plastic & Linoleum

      517.78

      673.27

      30.03

       

      Sub-Total

      23396.74

      24289.41

      3.82

       

      GRAND   TOTAL

      24635.09

      25908.37

      5.17

       

      Note 1: Exports include Re-Exports.

      Note 2: The figures for APRIL'18 and APRIL'17 are provisional and subject to change

      QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR APRIL 2018

      TRADE: IMPORT

      Sl. No.

      Commodities

      (Values in Rs. crores)

      % change

      APR'17

      APR'18

      APR'18

      1

      Cotton Raw & Waste

      384.76

      532.17

      38.31

      2

      Vegetable Oil

      6584.96

      6027.44

      -8.47

      3

      Pulses

      1867.12

      289.51

      -84.49

      4

      Fruits & vegetables

      1284.80

      1066.44

      -17.00

      5

      Pulp and Waste paper

      653.82

      537.71

      -17.76

      6

      Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles

      979.88

      826.74

      -15.63

      7

      Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured

      1992.14

      2704.55

      35.76

      8

      Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites

      45.22

      117.80

      160.50

      9

      Metalliferous ores & other minerals

      3838.58

      6160.10

      60.48

      10

      Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc.

      12031.44

      14742.71

      22.53

      11

      Petroleum, Crude & products

      47472.50

      68344.24

      43.97

      12

      Wood &  Wood products

      3013.94

      3270.28

      8.51

      13

      Leather & leather products

      512.00

      495.79

      -3.17

      14

      Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

      10900.70

      13127.60

      20.43

      15

      Dyeing/tanning/colouring materials.

      1595.30

      1569.49

      -1.62

      16

      Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc.

      8270.59

      8240.90

      -0.36

      17

      Chemical material & products

      3188.96

      3832.68

      20.19

      18

      Newsprint

      396.30

      442.58

      11.68

      19

      Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones

      23773.44

      15376.84

      -35.32

      20

      Iron & Steel

      6507.40

      8506.23

      30.72

      21

      Non-ferrous metals

      6405.10

      7526.70

      17.51

      22

      Machine tools

      1962.70

      2198.84

      12.03

      23

      Machinery, electrical & non-electrical

      17137.39

      19025.66

      11.02

      24

      Transport equipment

      7654.18

      10372.46

      35.51

      25

      Project goods

      1300.59

      1329.09

      2.19

      26

      Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc.

      2401.88

      2587.36

      7.72

      27

      Electronic goods

      28618.78

      27263.57

      -4.74

      28

      Medicinal & Pharmaceutical products

      2678.01

      3207.14

      19.76

      29

      Gold

      24855.20

      16930.91

      -31.88

      30

      Silver

      2276.11

      3161.44

      38.90

       

      Sub-Total

      230583.79

      249814.97

      8.34

       

      GRAND   TOTAL

      244380.52

      260084.67

      6.43

       

      Note: The figures for APRIL'18 and APRIL'17 are provisional and subject to change

      QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR APRIL 2018

      TRADE: IMPORT

      Sl. No.

      Commodities

      (Values in Million USD)

      % change

      APR'17

      APR'18

      APR'18

      1

      Cotton Raw & Waste

      59.65

      81.08

      35.93

      2

      Vegetable Oil

      1020.81

      918.31

      -10.04

      3

      Pulses

      289.44

      44.11

      -84.76

      4

      Fruits & vegetables

      199.17

      162.48

      -18.42

      5

      Pulp and Waste paper

      101.36

      81.92

      -19.18

      6

      Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles

      151.90

      125.96

      -17.08

      7

      Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured

      308.82

      412.05

      33.43

      8

      Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites

      7.01

      17.95

      156.06

      9

      Metalliferous ores & other minerals

      595.06

      938.52

      57.72

      10

      Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc.

      1865.13

      2246.12

      20.43

      11

      Petroleum, Crude & products

      7359.27

      10412.57

      41.49

      12

      Wood &  Wood products

      467.23

      498.24

      6.64

      13

      Leather & leather products

      79.37

      75.54

      -4.83

      14

      Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

      1689.84

      2000.05

      18.36

      15

      Dyeing/tanning/colouring materials.

      247.31

      239.12

      -3.31

      16

      Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc.

      1282.12

      1255.54

      -2.07

      17

      Chemical material & products

      494.36

      583.93

      18.12

      18

      Newsprint

      61.44

      67.43

      9.75

      19

      Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones

      3685.40

      2342.73

      -36.43

      20

      Iron & Steel

      1008.79

      1295.96

      28.47

      21

      Non-ferrous metals

      992.93

      1146.73

      15.49

      22

      Machine tools

      304.26

      335.00

      10.10

      23

      Machinery, electrical & non-electrical

      2656.67

      2898.65

      9.11

      24

      Transport equipment

      1186.56

      1580.29

      33.18

      25

      Project goods

      201.62

      202.49

      0.43

      26

      Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc.

      372.34

      394.20

      5.87

      27

      Electronic goods

      4436.53

      4153.73

      -6.37

      28

      Medicinal & Pharmaceutical products

      415.15

      488.62

      17.70

      29

      Gold

      3853.10

      2579.50

      -33.05

      30

      Silver

      352.85

      481.66

      36.51

       

      Sub-Total

      35745.49

      38060.48

      6.48

       

      GRAND   TOTAL

      37884.28

      39625.13

      4.60

      Note 1: Imports include Re-Imports.

      Note 2: The figures for APRIL'18 and APRIL'17 are provisional and subject to change.

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