Details of value of import of Petroleum, Crude & Products and Gold during the last three years are given below:

                                                                                             Value in US $ Billions

                                                                Source: DGCI&S                                   (P)   Provisional

This information was given by the Minister of State for Commerce & Industry Dr. D. Purandeswari in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.

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(Release ID :92647)

Import value disclosure shows rising petroleum and gold import values over recent years, as reported in a parliamentary reply. Disclosure of import values for petroleum (crude and products) and gold shows a sustained increase across the referenced fiscal years, reported to parliament in a written reply. The release provides provisional year-on-year trade valuation figures for petroleum and gold and identifies the source of the statistical series as official trade compilation.