Table : 6.7
Imports by Commodity Groups
(US$ million)
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1994-95 1995-96 Apr-Sept Apr-Sept 1995-96 1996-97
1995-96 1996-97 (Apr-Mar) (Apr-Sept)
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Commodities (%Change)
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I. Food and allied products, 1658.7 1317.8 647.0 650.6 -20.6 0.5
of which
1. Cereals 29.4 24.0 12.0 11.0 -18.5 -8.4
2. Pulses 188.8 205.0 100.2 92.7 8.6 -7.5
3. Cashewnuts 220.1 227.2 79.0 64.1 3.3 -18.9
4. Edible oils 198.8 676.3 364.6 440.7 240.2 20.9
II. Fuel, of which 6636.2 8451.9 3659.5 5031.1 27.4 37.5
5. Coal 708.4 925.6 393.7 448.7 30.7 14.0
6. POL 5927.8 7526.3 3265.9 4582.4 27.0 40.3
III.Fertilizers 1052.4 1682.8 849.5 368.4 59.9 -56.6
IV.Paper board, 246.2 473.4 235.0 264.0 92.2 12.4
manufactures & newsprint
V.Capital goods, of which 7594.6 10210.1 4725.1 4480.0 34.4 -5.2
7. Machinery except 2727.8 3924.6 1761.0 1907.8 43.9 8.3
elec. & machine tools
8. Electrical machinery 1479.7 2138.9 935.2 828.6 44.6 -11.4
& electronic goods
9. Transport equipments 1113.6 1105.2 512.3 485.3 -0.8 -5.3
10. Project goods 1853.6 2391.2 1230.9 914.0 29.0 -25.7
VI.Others, of which 6866.6 8633.7 4100.1 4455.6 25.7 8.7
11. Chemicals 2945.3 3614.7 1768.7 1745.0 22.7 -1.3
12. Pearls, precious 1629.5 2106.2 979.9 1241.9 29.3 26.7
& semi-precious stones
13. Iron & steel 1082.1 1339.7 592.3 683.0 23.8 15.3
14. Non-ferrous metals 717.9 904.0 433.0 521.0 25.9 20.3
15. Professional instruments, 491.8 669.1 326.2 264.7 36.1 -18.9
optical goods etc
VII. Unclassified items 4599.7 5908.3 2830.7 2703.6 28.4 -4.5
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Grand Total 28654.4 36677.9 17046.9 17953.2 28.0 5.3
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Source: DGCI&S, Calcutta
From the database of Ministry of Finance disseminated on Internet through NICNET