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Government of India
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Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Import of sensitive items during April-July 09
New Delhi: October 8, 2009
The total import of sensitive items for the period April-July 09 has been Rs.18061 crore as compared to Rs.13424 crore during the corresponding period of last year thereby showing an increase of 34.5%. The gross import of all commodities during same period of current year was Rs.382422 crore as compared to Rs.488668 crore during the same period of last year. Thus import of sensitive items constitutes 2.7% and 4.7% of the gross imports during last year and current year respectively.
Imports of automobiles, products of SSI and alcoholic beverages have shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports of all other items viz. edible oil, Pulses, fruits & vegetables (including nuts), cotton & silk, rubber, spices, marble & granite, milk & milk products, tea & coffee and food grains have shown increase during the period under reference.
In the edible oil segment, the import has increased from Rs.3682.91 crore last year to Rs.7150.81 crore for the corresponding period of this year. The imports of both crude edible oil as well as refined oil have gone up by 94.6% and 91.6% 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, Myanmar, United States of America, Malaysia, Canada, Ukraine, Brazil, Argentina, Benin, Cote D' Ivoire, Australia, Thailand etc. have gone up while those from China P RP, Korea RP, Japan, Germany, Czech Republic etc. have shown a decrease.
IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS-PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES is attached………..
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Government of India
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Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Ministry of Corporate Affairs nominates Shri A. K. Srivastava as its Official Spokesperson
New Delhi: October 8, 2009
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs has nominated Shri A. K. Srivastava, Joint Secretary, as the Official Spokesperson of the Ministry for interacting with the media representatives from the side of the Ministry.
| 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 July 2008 | Upto July 2009 | Upto July 2008 | Upto July 2009 | (Col 7 - Col 6) | |||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| 1 | Milk & Milk Products | 23 | 0.11% | 0.48% | 14.70 | 86.36 | 71.66 | 487.3% |
| Growth is observed in Butter Oil, Other fats & oils dervtvd from milk and its Contribution is | 0.03 | 73.35 | 73.33 | |||||
| ( and its %age share to this group) | 0.2% | 84.9% | ||||||
| 2 | Fruits & Vegetables | 35 | 11.58% | 11.23% | 1554.38 | 2028.90 | 474.52 | 30.5% |
| Significant growth in Cashew nuts in shell and their contributions | 1035.09 | 1389.69 | 354.61 | 34.3% | ||||
| ( and its %age share to this group) | 66.6% | 68.5% | ||||||
| 3 | Pulses | 12 | 12.59% | 14.65% | 1690.57 | 2645.99 | 955.42 | 56.5% |
| Significant growth in beans of the species vigna mungo Hepper or vigna radiata Wilczek dried & shld, Other dried leguminous vegtbls and their contributions | 466.75 | 1061.07 | 594.32 | 127.3% | ||||
| ( and its %age share to this group) | 27.6% | 40.1% | ||||||
| 4 | Poultry | 13 | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.00 | |
| 5 | Tea & Coffee | 36 | 0.36% | 0.47% | 48.58 | 84.03 | 35.45 | 73.0% |
| Significant growth in Coffee rob parchment other grade in black tea leaf and bulk | 3.28 | 60.59 | 57.31 | 1747.6% | ||||
| ( and their %age share to this group) | 6.8% | 72.1% | ||||||
| 6 | Spices | 52 | 1.78% | 1.42% | 239.36 | 255.76 | 16.40 | 6.8% |
| Significant growth in clove not extracted (other than stem), black pepper ungarbled and their contribution is) | 31.58 | 54.83 | 23.24 | 73.6% | ||||
| ( and their %age share to this group) | 13.2% | 21.4% | ||||||
| 7 | Food Grains | 19 | 0.03% | 0.04% | 3.92 | 7.71 | 3.79 | 96.7% |
| 8 | Edible Oils | 46 | 27.43% | 39.59% | 3682.91 | 7150.81 | 3467.90 | 94.2% |
| (a) Crude | 3139.52 | 6109.74 | 2970.22 | 94.6% | ||||
| ( Ratio of crude to total Edible ) | 85.2% | 85.4% | ||||||
| (b) Refined | 543.40 | 1041.07 | 497.68 | 91.6% | ||||
| ( Ratio of Refined to total edible import) | 14.8% | 14.6% | ||||||
| 9 | Alcholic Beverages | 34 | 0.92% | 0.44% | 124.17 | 79.35 | -44.82 | -36.1% |
| 10 | Rubber | 11 | 2.09% | 3.40% | 281.07 | 614.06 | 332.99 | 118.5% |
| Significant growth in Natural rubber in other forms : smoked sheets | 48.12 | 337.76 | 289.64 | 601.9% | ||||
| ( and their %age share to this group) | 17.1% | 55.0% | ||||||
| 11 | Cotton & Silk | 24 | 5.45% | 4.31% | 731.96 | 777.59 | 45.63 | 6.2% |
| Significant growth Mulberry raw silk and its contributions | 190.68 | 228.45 | 37.78 | 19.8% | ||||
| ( and their %age share to this group) | 26.1% | 29.4% | ||||||
| 12 | Marble & Granite | 9 | 0.82% | 0.64% | 110.47 | 115.37 | 4.89 | 4.4% |
| Growth in Others marble, travertine and alabaster | 1.89 | 9.46 | 7.58 | 401.1% | ||||
| ( and their %age share to this group) | 1.7% | 8.2% | ||||||
| 13 | Automobiles | 26 | 4.73% | 1.87% | 634.59 | 338.59 | -296.00 | -46.6% |
| 14 | Parts & accessories of motor vehicles | 36 | 28.97% | 17.04% | 3889.02 | 3077.86 | -811.16 | -20.9% |
| Significant shortfall in Gear boxes, Other Pats& Accssrs of Vhcls of HDG 8701-8705 and its contributions | 2711.41 | 2074.33 | -637.08 | -23.5% | ||||
| ( and their %age share to this group) | 69.7% | 67.4% | ||||||
| 15 | Product of SSI | 34 | 2.90% | 1.39% | 389.83 | 250.30 | -139.53 | -35.8% |
| Significant fall in Other(toys), Tiles and cubes other than mosaic tiles and cubes(Ceramic tiles) , Other umbrellas and its contributions | 161.44 | 85.18 | -76.26 | -47.2% | ||||
| ( and their %age share to this group) | 41.4% | 34.0% | ||||||
| 16 | Others(Bamboos,cocoa,copra & sugar) | 5 | 0.21% | 3.03% | 28.67 | 547.97 | 519.30 | 1811.1% |
| Total of Sensitive items | 415 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 13424.26 | 18060.70 | 4636.44 | 34.5% | |
| %age share of Import of sensitive items to Total Import (All Commodities) | 2.7% | 4.7% | ||||||
| Total of All commodities ( including sensitive items) as per quick estimate | 488668 | 382422 | -106246 | -21.7% | ||||
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