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Import of sensitive items during April-November 2011

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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry

10-February-2012 16:12 IST

Total import of sensitive items for the period April-November 2011 has been Rs.67264 crores as compared to Rs.47260 crores during the corresponding period of last year thereby showing an increase of 42.3%. The gross import of all commodities during same period of current year was Rs.1435305 crores as compared to Rs.1085781 crores during the same period of last year. Thus import of sensitive items constitutes 4.4% and 4.7% of the gross imports during last year and current year respectively.  

Imports of milk & milk products and food grains have declined at broad group level during the period. Imports of all other items viz. edible oil, fruits & vegetables (including nuts), pulses, automobiles, rubber, products of SSI, cotton & silk, spices, alcoholic beverages, marble & granite and tea & coffee have increased during the period under reference.  

In the edible oil segment, the import has increased from Rs.18890.3 crores last year to Rs. 31066.5 crores for the corresponding period of this year. The imports of both crude oil as well as refined oil have gone up by 64.6% and 63.7% respectively. The increase in edible oil import is mainly due to substantial increase in import of crude palm oil and its fractions.

Imports of sensitive items from Indonesia, China P RP, Malaysia, Argentina, Germany, Korea RP,  Ukraine, United States of America, Canada, Myanmar, Japan, Thailand, United Kingdom, Cote D’ Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Benin etc. have gone up while those from Brazil, Australia etc. have gone down.

IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS-PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Value in Rs. Crore)

Sr. No.

Commodity Group

No. of Tariff

Weights w.r.t. total sensitive items

Value of Import (Rs Crore)

Difference (Rs Crore)

 Growth

 

 

Lines

Upto November 2010

Upto November 2011

Upto November 2010

Upto November 2011

(Col 7 -      Col 6)

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

1

Milk & Milk Products

23

1.43%

0.82%

678.17

552.71

-125.46

-18.5%

 

Fall is observed in Butter Oil and whole milk and their Contribution is

419.00

92.02

-326.98

-78.0%

 

( and its %age share to this group)

 

 

 

61.8%

16.6%

 

 

2

Fruits & Vegetables

35

7.29%

10.13%

3446.45

6811.40

3364.95

97.6%

 

Significant growth in Cashew nuts in shell and Apples fresh

2067.26

5001.97

2934.71

142.0%

 

( and their %age share to this group)

 

 

 

60.0%

73.4%

 

 

3

Pulses

12

11.16%

9.06%

5275.36

6094.03

818.67

15.5%

 

Significant growth in Peas (pisum sativum) dried & shld and  its contribution is

1515.3

2645.4

1130.2

74.6%

 

( and its %age share to this group)

 

 

 

28.7%

43.4%

 

 

4

Poultry

13

0.00%

0.00%

0.00

0.89

0.89

 

5

Tea & Coffee

36

0.39%

0.32%

184.48

217.61

33.13

18.0%

 

Significant growth in Coffee rob parchment other grade and its contribution is                                                

107.32

140.50

33.18

30.9%

 

( and its %age share to this group)

58.2%

64.6%

 

 

6

Spices

52

1.10%

1.29%

520.50

868.82

348.32

66.9%

 

Significant growth in Light black pepper , other cloves, cloves not extracted and extracted and their contribution is

157.68

367.22

209.54

132.9%

 

( and their %age share to this group)

 

 

 

30.3%

42.3%

 

 

7

Food Grains

19

0.47%

0.02%

222.74

12.35

-210.39

-94.5%

8

Edible Oils

46

39.97%

46.19%

18890.29

31066.47

12176.18

64.5%

 

   (a)   Crude

 

 

 

16606.78

27327.79

10721.02

64.6%

 

( Ratio of crude to total Edible )

 

87.9%

88.0%

 

 

 

   (b)   Refined

 

 

 

2283.52

3738.68

1455.16

63.7%

 

( Ratio of Refined to total edible import)

12.1%

12.0%

 

 

9

Alcholic Beverages

34

0.73%

0.74%

343.43

496.91

153.48

44.7%

10

Rubber

11

4.78%

3.70%

2258.11

2488.77

230.67

10.2%

 

Significant growth in Natural rubber in other forms : smoked sheets and technically specified natural rubber

1951.38

2273.69

322.31

16.5%

 

( and their %age share to this group)

 

 

 

86.4%

91.4%

 

 

11

Cotton & Silk

24

2.29%

2.06%

1080.37

1382.96

302.59

28.0%

 

Siginificant growth in foreign cotton, of all staple length and Mulberry raw silk and their contribution is

796.68

1152.84

356.16

44.7%

 

( and their %age share to this group)

 

 

 

73.7%

83.4%

 

 

12

Marble & Granite

9

0.64%

0.70%

303.74

471.15

167.41

55.1%

 

Growth in Others (simply cut/sawnmarble trauertine & alabaster with a flat or even surface and its contribution is

165.55

315.08

149.53

90.3%

 

( and their %age share to this group)

 

54.5%

66.9%

 

 

13

Automobiles

26

3.01%

3.83%

1422.67

2575.14

1152.47

81.0%

13

Parts & accessories of motor vehicles

36

20.91%

18.26%

9881.37

12280.83

2399.46

24.3%

 

Siginificant growth in :Other parts & accessories of vehicles of heading 8701-8705, Gear boxes  and bodies(incl cabs) and their contribution is

6546.99

8190.24

1643.25

25.1%

 

( and their %age share to this group)

 

 

 

66.3%

66.7%

 

 

14

Product of SSI

34

2.11%

2.13%

998.15

1429.37

431.22

43.2%

 

(Umbrella, locks, toys, writing instruments, tiles, glassware, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

Significant growth in Other toys, Dolls of plastics, Tiles and cubes other than mosaic tiles and cubes  and Locks of a kind used for motor vehicles and their contribution is

563.64

842.18

278.54

49.4%

 

( and their %age share to this group)

 

 

 

56.5%

58.9%

 

 

15

Others(Bamboos, cocoa,copra & sugar)

5

3.71%

0.76%

1753.81

514.32

-1239.48

-70.7%

 

Total of Sensitive items

415

100.0%

100.0%

47259.64

67263.75

20004.11

42.3%

 

%age share of Import of sensitive items to Total Import (All Commodities)

4.4%

4.7%

 

 

 

Total of All commodities ( including sensitive items) as per quick estimate

1085780.5

1435304.8

349524.3

32.2%

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