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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry

07-May-2012 15:28 IST

Brass Imports

The detail of total brass imported during each of the last three years is   given as under:

                 

Year	Quantity ( in Tons)	Value (Rs. Lacs)
2009-10	1168	2205
2010-11	2174	6272
2011-12(April-Dec.11)            (Provisional)	1091	3981

                        All figures have been rounded off                          

                        Source: DGCI&S                

             The demand and consumption data on brass is not maintained.

The import value of sensitive items has increased to Rs.83714 crores 

 (Provisional) during the period April-January 2012 as compared to  Rs.58697 crores during the corresponding period of last year. Import takes place either because the country is short of it or because  domestic prices are higher.                                                           

This information was given by Shri Jyotiradiya M. Scindia,  Minister of State for Commerce & Industry   in written reply to a question in  Lok    Sabha today.

 

DS/GK

Import trends: rising imports of sensitive items indicate import dependence and domestic price-driven sourcing affecting commodity supply. The release provides brass import quantities and values for three recent years (with provisional April-December 2011 figures), states that brass demand and consumption data are not maintained, and records that provisional import values for sensitive items rose in April-January 2012 versus the prior year; it explains imports occur due to domestic shortage or relatively higher domestic prices and attributes the figures to DGCI&S and a ministerial written reply.