Table : 6.8
Composition Of India's Imports
(Percentage shares)
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1994-95 1995-96 Apr-Sept Apr-Sept
Commodities 1995-96 1996-97
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I. Food and allied products, of which 5.8 3.6 3.8 3.6
1. Cereals 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
2. Pulses 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5
3. Cashewnuts 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4
4. Edible oils 0.7 1.8 2.1 2.5
II. Fuel, of which 23.2 23.0 21.5 28.0
5. Coal 2.5 2.5 2.3 2.5
6. POL 20.7 20.5 19.2 25.5
III. Fertilizers 3.7 4.6 5.0 2.1
IV. Paper board, manufactures & newsprint 0.9 1.3 1.4 1.5
V. Capital goods, of which 26.5 27.8 27.7 25.0
7. Machinery except electrical & machine tools 9.5 10.7 10.3 10.6
8. Electrical machinery & electronic goods 5.2 5.8 5.5 4.6
9. Transport equipments 3.9 3.0 3.0 2.7
10. Project goods 6.5 6.5 7.2 5.1
VI. Others,of which 24.0 23.5 24.1 24.8
11. Chemicals 10.3 9.9 10.4 9.7
12. Pearls, precious & semi-precious stones 5.7 5.7 5.7 6.9
13 Iron & steel 3.8 3.7 3.5 3.8
14 Non-ferrous metals 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.9
15. Professional instruments, optical goods etc 1.7 1.8 1.9 1.5
VII. Unclassified items 16.1 16.1 16.6 15.1
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Grand Total 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Source: DGCI&S, Calcutta
From the database of Ministry of Finance disseminated on Internet through NICNET