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India’s Foreign Trade: October 2018

November 16, 2018

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India’s overall exports (Merchandise and Services combined) in April-October 2018-19* are estimated to be USD 308.32 Billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 17.17 per cent over the same period last year. Overall imports in April-October 2018-19* are estimated to be USD 374.88 Billion, exhibiting a positive growth of 18.88 per cent over the same period last year.

*Note: Services data pertains to April-September 2018-19 as September 2018 is the latest data available as per RBI’s Press Release dated 15th November 2018. It is arrived at by adding Month-wise QE data of RBI’s press release for April to September 2018-19. This data is provisional and subject to revision by RBI. In addition, it may be noted that data for October 2018 is estimated and added to the April-September 2018-19 data of RBI to calculate the Overall Trade Deficit for April-October 2018-19. It will be revised based on RBI’s next press release for October 2018.

I. MERCHANDISE TRADE

EXPORTS (including re-exports)

Exports in October 2018 were US $ 26.98 Billion, as compared to US $ 22.89 Billion in October 2017, exhibiting a positive growth of 17.86 per cent. In Rupee terms, exports were ₹ 1,98,634.84 Crore in October 2018, as compared to ₹ 1,48,962.64 Crore in October 2017, registering a positive growth of 33.35 per cent.       

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

Cumulative value of exports for the period April-October 2018-19 was US $ 191.01 Billion (Rs. 13,23,940.28 Crore) as against US $ 168.64 Billion (Rs. 10,87,270.47 Crore) during the period April-October 2017-18, registering a positive growth of 13.27 per cent in Dollar terms (21.77 per cent in Rupee terms).

Non-petroleum and Non Gems and Jewellery exports in October 2018 were US $ 18.94 Billion, as compared to US $ 16.54 Billion in October 2017, exhibiting a positive growth of 14.54 per cent. Non-petroleum and Non Gems and Jewellery exports in April-October 2018-19 were US $ 137.98 Billion, as compared to US $ 124.45 Billion for the corresponding period in 2017-18, an increase of 10.88 %.

IMPORTS

Imports in October 2018 were US $ 44.11 Billion (Rs. 3,24,774.78 Crore), which was 17.62 per cent higher in Dollar terms and 33.07 per cent higher in Rupee terms over imports of US $ 37.50 Billion (Rs. 2,44,064.20 Crore) in October 2017. Cumulative value of imports for the period April-October 2018-19 was US $ 302.47 Billion (Rs. 20,97,058.41Crore), as against US $ 259.92 Billion (Rs. 16,75,887.95 Crore) during the period April-October 2017-18, registering a positive growth of 16.37 per cent in Dollar terms (25.13 per cent in Rupee terms).

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

CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS:

Oil imports in October 2018 were US $ 14.21 Billion (Rs. 1,04,630.60 Crore), which was 52.64 percent higher in Dollar terms (72.70 percent higher in Rupee terms), compared to US $ 9.31 Billion (Rs. 60,586.10 Crore) in October 2017. Oil imports in April-October 2018-19 were US $ 83.94 Billion (Rs. 5,82,813.70 Crore) which was 50.48 per cent higher in Dollar terms (62.01 percent higher in Rupee terms) compared to US $ 55.78 Billion (Rs. 3,59,733.15 Crore), over the same period last year.

In this connection it is mentioned that the global Brent price ($/bbl) has increased by 39.66% in October 2018 vis-à-vis October 2017 as per data available from World Bank (Pink Sheet).

Non-oil imports in October 2018 were estimated at US $ 29.90 Billion (Rs. 2,20,144.18 Crore) which was 6.05 per cent higher in Dollar terms (19.98 percent higher in Rupee terms), compared to US $ 28.19 Billion (Rs. 1,83,478.10 Crore) in October 2017. Non-oil imports in April-October 2018-19 were US $ 218.53 Billion (Rs. 15,14,244.71 Crore) which was 7.05 per cent higher in Dollar terms (15.05 percent higher in Rupee terms), compared to US $ 204.14 Billion (Rs. 13,16,154.80 Crore) in April-October 2017-18.

Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports were US $ 28.21 billion in October 2018, recording a positive growth of 11.77 per cent, as compared to Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports in October 2017. Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports were US $ 199.21 billion in April-October 2018-19, recording a positive growth of 8.14 per cent, as compared to Non-Oil and Non-Gold imports in April-October 2017-18.

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

EXPORTS (Receipts)

Exports in September 2018 were US $ 16.38 Billion (Rs. 1,18,295.88 Crore) registering a negative growth of 0.88 per cent in dollar terms, vis-à-vis August 2018. (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

IMPORTS (Payments)

Imports in September 2018 were US $ 9.95 Billion (Rs. 71,825.34 Crore) registering a negative growth of 3.94 per cent in dollar terms, vis-à-vis August 2018.  (as per RBI’s Press Release for the respective months).

III.TRADE BALANCE

MERCHANDISE: The trade deficit for October 2018 was estimated at US $ 17.13 Billion as against the deficit of US $ 14.61 Billion in October 2017.

SERVICES: As per RBI’s Press Release dated 15th November 2018, the trade balance in Services (i.e. Net Services export) for September, 2018 is estimated at US $ 6.44 Billion.

OVERALL TRADE BALANCE: Taking merchandise and services together, overall trade deficit for April-October 2018-19* is estimated at US $ 66.57 Billion as compared to US $ 52.23 Billion in April-October 2017-18.

*Note: Services data pertains to April-September 2018-19 as September 2018 is the latest data available as per RBI’s Press Release dated 15th November 2018. It is arrived at by adding Month-wise QE data of RBI’s press release for April to September 2018-19. This data is provisional and subject to revision by RBI. In addition, it may be noted that data for October 2018 is estimated and added to the April-September 2018-19 data of RBI to calculate the Overall Trade Deficit for April-October 2018-19. It will be revised based on RBI’s next press release for October 2018.

MERCHANDISE TRADE 

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: (US $ Billion)

(PROVISIONAL)

 

OCTOBER

APRIL- OCTOBER

EXPORTS (including re-exports)

 

 

2017-18

22.89

168.64

2018-19

26.98

191.01

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

17.86

13.27

IMPORTS

 

 

2017-18

37.50

259.92

2018-19

44.11

302.47

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

17.62

16.37

TRADE BALANCE

 

 

2017-18

-14.61

-91.28

2018-19

-17.13

-111.46

EXPORTS & IMPORTS: (Rs. Crore)

(PROVISIONAL)

 

OCTOBER

APRIL- OCTOBER

EXPORTS(including re-exports)

 

 

2017-18

1,48,962.64

10,87,270.47

2018-19

1,98,634.84

13,23,940.28

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

33.35

21.77

IMPORTS

 

 

2017-18

2,44,064.20

16,75,887.95

2018-19

3,24,774.78

20,97,058.41

%Growth 2018-19/ 2017-18

33.07

25.13

TRADE BALANCE

 

 

2017-18

-95,101.56

-5,88,617.48

2018-19

-1,26,139.94

-7,73,118.13
 

SERVICES TRADE

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

(Provisional)

SEPTEMBER 2018

APRIL- SEPTEMBER 2018-19

EXPORTS (Receipts)

16.38

101.07

IMPORTS (Payments)

9.95

62.57

TRADE BALANCE

6.44

38.50

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

(Provisional)

SEPTEMBER 2018

APRIL-SEPTEMBER 2018-19

EXPORTS (Receipts)

1,18,295.88

 6,92,694.98

IMPORTS (Payments)

 71,825.34

 4,28,772.48

TRADE BALANCE

 46,470.55

 2,63,922.50
 

 Note: Services data pertains to April-September 2018-19 as September 2018 is the latest data available as per RBI’s Press Release dated 15th November 2018. April-September 2017-18 data is arrived at by adding Month-wise QE data. This has been used along with the estimate of service exports and imports for October 2018, as explained in page-1 for the purpose of this Press note. 

QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR OCTOBER 2018

 TRADE: EXPORT

Sl. No.

Commodities

(Values in Rs. crores)

% change

OCT'17

OCT'18

OCT'18

1

Tea

463.71

573.48

23.67

2

Coffee

397.79

366.71

-7.81

3

Rice

3497.64

3324.93

-4.94

4

Other cereals

153.90

171.16

11.21

5

Tobacco

517.81

521.19

0.65

6

Spices

1458.08

1937.09

32.85

7

Cashew

531.23

353.67

-33.42

8

Oil Meals

426.31

583.62

36.90

9

Oil seeds

558.56

616.29

10.34

10

Fruits & Vegetables

1123.78

1668.77

48.50

11

Cereal preparations & miscellaneous processed items

689.26

982.85

42.60

12

Marine Products

4781.41

5076.23

6.17

13

Meat, dairy & poultry products

3038.96

2668.51

-12.19

14

Iron Ore

749.89

961.31

28.19

15

Mica, Coal & Other Ores, Minerals including processed minerals

1597.25

2310.44

44.65

16

Leather & leather products

2403.78

3033.97

26.22

17

Ceramic products & glassware

979.37

1668.95

70.41

18

Gems & Jewellery

21539.59

25704.15

19.33

19

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

8735.24

11151.23

27.66

20

Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

8995.36

13638.60

51.62

21

Engineering Goods

38103.67

46935.32

23.18

22

Electronic Goods

2968.44

5785.26

94.89

23

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

5376.03

6704.34

24.71

24

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

2311.89

3037.27

31.38

25

RMG of all Textiles

5401.86

8327.42

54.16

26

Jute Mfg. including Floor Covering

150.65

192.19

27.58

27

Carpet

667.69

1013.21

51.75

28

Handicrafts excl. handmade carpet

870.47

1078.37

23.88

29

Petroleum Products

19807.05

33476.05

69.01

30

Plastic & Linoleum

3557.11

5306.76

49.19

 

Sub Total

141853.75

189169.34

33.36

 

 GRAND   TOTAL

148962.64

198634.84

33.35
 

 Note 1: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other’.

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

QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR OCTOBER 2018

TRADE: EXPORT

Sl. No.

Commodities

(Values in Million USD)

% change

OCT'17

OCT'18

OCT'18

1

Tea

71.25

77.88

9.31

2

Coffee

61.12

49.80

-18.52

3

Rice

537.43

451.56

-15.98

4

Other cereals

23.65

23.25

-1.69

5

Tobacco

79.56

70.78

-11.04

6

Spices

224.04

263.08

17.43

7

Cashew

81.63

48.03

-41.16

8

Oil Meals

65.50

79.26

21.01

9

Oil seeds

85.82

83.70

-2.47

10

Fruits & Vegetables

172.67

226.64

31.26

11

Cereal preparations & miscellaneous processed items

105.91

133.48

26.03

12

Marine Products

734.68

689.40

-6.16

13

Meat, dairy & poultry products

466.95

362.41

-22.39

14

Iron Ore

115.22

130.56

13.31

15

Mica, Coal & Other Ores, Minerals including processed minerals

245.42

313.78

27.85

16

Leather & leather products

369.35

412.04

11.56

17

Ceramic products & glassware

150.48

226.66

50.62

18

Gems & Jewellery

3309.64

3490.88

5.48

19

Drugs & Pharmaceuticals

1342.20

1514.45

12.83

20

Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

1382.17

1852.26

34.01

21

Engineering Goods

5854.78

6374.28

8.87

22

Electronic Goods

456.11

785.70

72.26

23

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

826.05

910.52

10.23

24

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

355.23

412.49

16.12

25

RMG of all Textiles

830.02

1130.95

36.26

26

Jute Mfg. including Floor Covering

23.15

26.10

12.74

27

Carpet

102.59

137.60

34.13

28

Handicrafts excl. hand made carpet

133.75

146.45

9.50

29

Petroleum Products

3043.43

4546.38

49.38

30

Plastic & Linoleum

546.56

720.71

31.86

 

Sub Total

21796.36

25691.08

17.87

 

 GRAND   TOTAL

22888.70

26976.59

17.86
 

 Note 1: Exports include Re-Exports.

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

Note 3: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other’. 

QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR OCTOBER 2018

TRADE: IMPORT

Sl. No.

Commodities

(Values in Rs. crores)

% change

OCT'17

OCT'18

OCT'18

1

Cotton Raw & Waste

206.39

258.30

25.15

2

 Vegetable Oil

5504.91

5489.70

-0.28

3

Pulses

1548.97

827.63

-46.57

4

Fruits & vegetables

1353.13

1815.72

34.19

5

Pulp and Waste paper

713.21

842.99

18.20

6

Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles

1002.06

1294.43

29.18

7

Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured

3823.55

3045.46

-20.35

8

Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites

45.20

72.62

60.65

9

Metalliferous ores & other minerals

5493.25

5185.99

-5.59

10

Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc.

13136.31

16702.34

27.15

11

Petroleum, Crude & products

60586.10

104630.60

72.70

12

Wood &  Wood products

3083.35

3757.37

21.86

13

Leather & leather products

514.48

634.70

23.37

14

Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

10957.85

15699.41

43.27

15

Dyeing/tanning/colouring mtrls.

1592.89

2170.46

36.26

16

Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc.

7344.29

9981.02

35.90

17

Chemical material & products

3332.28

5081.02

52.48

18

Newsprint

428.54

742.78

73.33

19

Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones

11620.05

13456.77

15.81

20

Iron & Steel

7276.74

10883.66

49.57

21

Non-ferrous metals

6652.17

9612.07

44.50

22

Machine tools

1703.72

3033.68

78.06

23

Machinery, electrical & non-electrical

17242.93

21937.41

27.23

24

Transport equipment

12323.38

10749.90

-12.77

25

Project goods

1635.55

1119.58

-31.55

26

Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc.

2520.12

3189.10

26.55

27

Electronic goods

25861.38

38606.09

49.28

28

Medicinal. & Pharmaceutical products

3125.57

3917.02

25.32

29

Gold

19201.20

12404.52

-35.40

30

Silver

2256.47

3874.55

71.71

 

Sub Total

232086.05

311016.89

34.01

 

 GRAND   TOTAL

244064.20

324774.78

33.07
 

 Note 1: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other’.

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

 QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR OCTOBER 2018

TRADE: IMPORT

Sl. No.

Commodities

(Values in Million USD)

% change

OCT'17

OCT'18

OCT'18

1

Cotton Raw & Waste

31.71

35.08

10.63

2

 Vegetable Oil

845.85

745.56

-11.86

3

Pulses

238.01

112.40

-52.78

4

Fruits & vegetables

207.91

246.59

18.60

5

Pulp and Waste paper

109.59

114.49

4.47

6

Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles

153.97

175.80

14.18

7

Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured

587.50

413.60

-29.60

8

Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites

6.95

9.86

41.87

9

Metalliferous ores & other minerals

844.06

704.31

-16.56

10

Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc.

2018.45

2268.34

12.38

11

Petroleum, Crude & products

9309.30

14209.88

52.64

12

Wood &  Wood products

473.77

510.29

7.71

13

Leather & leather products

79.05

86.20

9.04

14

Organic & Inorganic Chemicals

1683.72

2132.14

26.63

15

Dyeing/tanning/colouring mtrls.

244.75

294.77

20.44

16

Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc.

1128.48

1355.52

20.12

17

Chemical material & products

512.02

690.05

34.77

18

Newsprint

65.85

100.88

53.20

19

Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones

1785.47

1827.56

2.36

20

Iron & Steel

1118.10

1478.11

32.20

21

Non-ferrous metals

1022.13

1305.41

27.71

22

Machine tools

261.78

412.00

57.38

23

Machinery, electrical & non-electrical

2649.44

2979.32

12.45

24

Transport equipment

1893.54

1459.94

-22.90

25

Project goods

251.31

152.05

-39.50

26

Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc.

387.23

433.11

11.85

27

Electronic goods

3973.70

5243.09

31.94

28

Medicinal. & Pharmaceutical products

480.26

531.97

10.77

29

Gold

2950.34

1684.66

-42.90

30

Silver

346.72

526.20

51.77

 

Sub Total

35660.96

42239.18

18.45

 

 GRAND   TOTAL

37501.43

44107.65

17.62

 Note 1: Imports include Re-Imports.

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

Note 3: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other’.

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