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Exports and Imports, The details of the major products which have been exported from the country in October 18 with percentage share and percentage growth over October 18

December 17, 2018
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 
MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY 
(DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE) 

LOK SABHA 

STARRED QUESTION NO. 82 
TO BE ANSWERED ON 17th DECEMBER,2018 
EXPORTS AND IMPORTS 
82. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL: 
Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री )  be pleased to state: 
  •  (a) whether India has exported 17.86 per cent of merchandise in October 2018; 
  • (b) if so, the details thereof along with the manner in which this is likely to benefit our international trade; 
  • (c) the details of products which have been mostly exported from the country; 
  • (d) the details of the position of import of oil products; and 
  • (e) the details of products imported and exported by India from 2014 till date?
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ANSWER 





वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ( श्री सुरेश प्रभु )
THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
(SHRI SURESH PRABHU) 
a) to e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. 
STATEMENT REFERRED TO I N REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e ) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 82 FOR ANSWER ON 17th DECEMBER,2018 REGARDING “EXPORTS AND IMPORTS”. 
(a) & (b): The value of India’s merchandise exports in October 2018 was US$ 26.98 billion as compared to US$ 22.89 billion in October 2017 with a positive growth rate of 17.88 percent. During the current financial (Apr-Oct 2018) merchandise exports have grown by 13.13% over the same period of the last year. Exports along with imports form part of, and hence contribute to International Trade. International Trade of India has increased in the current financial year with exports and imports both rising. As per the latest data available from WTO, India’s share in the world merchandise exports increased from 1.65 percent in 2016 to 1.68 percent in 2017. Further, India’s exports are a major source of GDP growth. They comprised about 19 percent of GDP in 2017-18. 
(c): The details of the major products which have been exported from the country in October 2018 with percentage share and percentage growth over October, 2017 are given at Annexure-I. 
(d): The value of India’s imports of petroleum crude and products in October 2018 was US$ 14.25 billion as compared to US$ 9.31 billion in October 2017, with a positive growth of 53.06%. The share of petroleum crude and products in India’s total import has increased to 32.22% in October 2018 from 24.82% in October, 2017. 
(e): The details of India’s exports of major products from 2014-15 to 2018-19 (April- October) are given at Annexure-II and the details of India’s imports of major products from 2014-15 to 2018-19 (April-October) are given at Annexure-III. 
Annexure-I 
Statement referred to in reply of part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred question no. 82 for answer on 17th December 2018.

India’s

Export for major commodities 		(value

in

US$ million)
S.
No.
Major Commodities October,

2017 		October,

2018 * 		% Share in

Oct,

18 		% Change in Oct,

18

over

Oct, 17
1
Engineering Goods 5854.78 6374.28 23.63
8.87
2
Petroleum Products 3043.43 4542.72 16.84
49.26
3
Gems And Jewellery 3309.64 3490.59 12.94
5.47
4
Organic And Inorganic Chemicals 1382.17 1852.27 6.87
34.01
5
Drugs And Pharmaceuticals 1342.20 1514.51 5.61
12.84
6
Rmg Of All Textiles 830.02 1130.95 4.19
36.26
7
Cotton Yarn/Fabs./Madeups, Handloom Products Etc. 826.05 910.46 3.37
10.22
8
Electronic Goods 456.11 785.79 2.91
72.28
9
Plastic And Linoleum 546.56 720.86 2.67
31.89
10 Marine Products 734.68 689.42 2.56
-6.16
11 Rice 537.43 452.67 1.68 -15.77
12 Man-Made Yarn/Fabs./Madeups Etc. 355.23 412.48 1.53
16.12
13 Leather And Leather Manufactures 369.35 412.06 1.53
11.56
14 Meat, Dairy And Poultry Products 466.95 362.41 1.34 -22.39
15 Mica, Coal And Other Ores, Minerals Including Process 245.42 313.78 1.16
27.85
16 Spices 224.04 263.09 0.98
17.43
17 Fruits And Vegetables 172.67 227.71 0.84
31.87
18 Ceramic Products And Glassware 150.48 226.66 0.84
50.62
19 Handicrafts Excl. Hand Made Carpet 133.75 146.35 0.54
9.42
20 Carpet 102.59 137.60 0.51
34.13
21 Cereal Preparations And Miscellaneous Processed Item 105.91 133.41 0.49
25.97
22 Iron Ore 115.22 130.56 0.48
13.31
23 Oil Seeds 85.82 83.75 0.31
-2.42
24 Oil Meals 65.50 80.78 0.30
23.33
25 Tea 71.25 77.88 0.29
9.31
26 Tobacco 79.56 70.78 0.26 -11.04
27 Coffee 61.12 49.80 0.18 -18.52
28 Cashew 81.63 48.03 0.18 -41.16
29 Jute Mfg. Including Floor Covering 23.15 26.10 0.10
12.75
30 Other Cereals 23.65 23.61 0.09
-0.17
31 Others 1092.31 1289.04 4.78
18.01
India’s

Total Export 		22888.70 26980.41 100.00
17.88

Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata (*: Provisional) 
Annexure-II 
Statement referred to in reply of part (e) of Lok Sabha Starred question no. 82 for answer on 17th December 2018.
India’s Export for major commodities (value

in

US$

million)


S.

No.

Major Commodities

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18 		2017-18

(Apr- Oct) 		2018-19

(Apr- Oct)*
1 Engineering Goods 73074.84 61949.53 67216.12 78695.69 43117.76 48016.73
2 Petroleum Products 56794.15 30582.64 31545.26 37465.08 19533.84 28481.44
3 Gems And Jewellery 41266.07 39284.27 43412.76 41544.44 24660.70 24259.51
4 Organic And Inorganic Chemicals 14425.41 13696.98 14476.86 18508.50 9673.55 12714.80
5 Drugs And Pharmaceuticals 15431.50 16909.49 16785.00 17282.81 9643.89 10802.43
6 Rmg Of All Textiles 16833.32 16964.36 17368.15 16706.94 10004.57 8846.16
7 Cotton Yarn/Fabs./Madeups, Handloom Products Etc. 10774.60 10119.36 9862.20 10260.36 5711.85 6678.72
8 Plastic And Linoleum 5745.98 5764.18 5796.46 6851.13 3687.20 4963.28
9 Electronic Goods 6260.75 5959.52 5962.93 6393.12 3512.38 4666.05
10 Rice 7853.12 5846.62 5733.79 7806.15 4411.92 4232.23
11 Marine Products 5510.49 4767.51 5903.06 7389.22 4480.26 4155.63
12 Leather And Leather Manufactures 6030.48 5407.84 5165.60 5289.13 3088.40 3051.08
13 Man-Made Yarn/Fabs./Madeups Etc. 5275.03 4621.66 4557.08 4826.33 2756.21 2922.30
14 Meat, Dairy And Poultry Products 5385.00 4575.47 4368.79 4610.06 2596.81 2584.17
15 Mica, Coal And Other Ores, Minerals Including Process 3903.50 3656.04 3578.16 3776.88 2040.69 2384.45
16 Spices 2430.35 2541.46 2851.95 3115.37 1751.50 1830.53
17 Ceramic Products And Glassware 1644.38 1712.05 1856.63 2131.78 1212.86 1440.92
18 Fruits And Vegetables 2153.51 2268.81 2454.72 2513.33 1268.13 1326.70
19 Handicrafts Excl. Hand Made Carpet 1378.04 1648.00 1926.75 1823.34 1053.25 1054.93
20 Cereal Preparations And Miscellaneous Processed Item 1257.70 1319.75 1270.85 1416.64 789.01 887.63
21 Carpet 1360.77 1440.07 1490.19 1429.82 839.11 851.43
22 Oil Meals 1324.17 553.01 805.45 1093.16 534.80 651.79
23 Iron Ore 515.27 191.46 1533.53 1471.06 783.23 643.82
24 Oil Seeds 1735.38 1246.89 1355.23 1174.34 573.23 637.96
25 Tobacco 958.62 982.01 958.69 934.25 524.67 564.28
26 Coffee 814.02 783.87 842.84 968.57 572.25 479.66
27 Tea 681.79 720.03 731.26 837.36 462.60 463.95
28 Cashew 909.26 768.55 786.93 922.41 568.98 359.80
29 Other Cereals 869.11 261.18 212.30 248.59 119.19 215.56
30 Jute Mfg. Including Floor Covering 296.96 295.36 309.95 335.08 199.40 193.66
31 Others 17458.41 15453.12 14732.96 15705.21 8469.99 10158.00
India’s total Export
310352.01 262291.09 275852.43 303526.16 168642.24 190519.56
Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata (*: Provisional) 
Annexure-III 
Statement referred to in reply of part (e) of Lok Sabha Starred question no. 82 for answer on 17th December 2018.

India’s

Import for major commodities 		(value

in

US$

million)


S.

No.

Major

Commodities

2014-15

2015-16

2016-17

2017-18 		2017-18

(Apr-Oct) 		2018-19

(Apr- Oct)*
1
Petroleum, Crude And Products 138325.51 82944.47 86963.84 108658.69 55780.72 84233.63
2
Electronic Goods 37539.99 40939.82 42878.89 52890.68 30482.15 35623.01
3
Machinery, Electrical And Non-Electrical 27296.15 28518.21 27497.28 32908.94 18086.40 22278.77
4
Gold 34407.18 31770.74 27518.03 33657.21 19930.54 19440.78
5
Pearls, Precious And Semi-Precious Stones 22598.25 20069.95 23808.59 34278.91 19708.71 16246.46
6
Coal, Coke And Briquettes, Etc. 17802.56 13667.59 15759.93 22901.23 12274.26 15323.22
7
Organic And Inorganic Chemicals 18593.02 16586.38 16598.44 20631.46 11485.01 14434.56
8
Transport Equipment 18345.36 18227.84 22687.67 22732.55 12318.44 10724.59
9
Iron And Steel 16301.34 14977.55 11683.05 14617.59 8328.65 10272.00
10
Artificial Resins, Plastic Materials, Etc. 12070.29 11794.55 11963.97 14487.66 8389.59 9400.27
11
Non-Ferrous Metals 10746.13 9726.13 9868.83 12811.67 7154.98 8897.29
12
Vegetable Oil 10621.48 10492.08 10892.75 11637.48 7234.08 6080.12
13
Metaliferrous Ores And Other Minerals 9299.43 7298.63 6194.20 9096.90 4855.61 4770.27
14
Chemical Material And Products 5305.97 5151.83 5375.11 6663.38 3664.72 4523.52
15
Fertilisers, Crude And Manufactured 7398.71 8071.52 5023.97 5376.34 3512.95 4258.29
16
Medcnl. And Pharmaceutical Products 5432.76 5439.97 4994.96 5480.69 3010.13 3789.86
17
Wood And Wood Products 5471.00 5048.12 4891.78 6027.35 3523.43 3597.16
18
Professional Instrument, Optical Goods, Etc. 3714.54 3621.73 3857.24 4754.56 2722.23 2985.60
19
Machine Tools 3137.17 2757.46 3034.56 3519.58 1861.38 2664.16
20
Silver 4523.51 3742.74 1839.17 3213.80 2081.63 2312.48
21
Dyeing/Tanning/Colouring Mtrls. 2447.75 2247.53 2282.69 2887.51 1645.27 1964.86
22
Fruits And Vegetables 1665.67 1853.34 1783.43 2092.60 1158.56 1248.77
23
Project Goods 3631.43 2761.07 2074.44 2077.61 1251.53 1188.77
24
Textile Yarn Fabric, Madeup Articles 1691.54 1715.14 1502.50 1837.29 1056.00 1137.39
25
Pulp And Waste Paper 944.02 955.72 975.14 1154.55 701.77 775.55
26
Leather And Leather Products 1005.06 968.07 935.33 1009.17 583.09 618.95
27
Newsprint 839.25 805.41 849.88 776.67 504.53 589.25
28
Pulses 2786.11 3902.22 4244.13 2908.33 2085.64 558.12
29
Cotton Raw And Waste 508.80 394.10 946.88 979.32 805.69 455.35
30
Sulphur And Unroasted Iron Pyrts 286.41 217.10 131.19 165.88 71.50 99.85
31
Others 23297.03 24340.75 25299.15 23345.40 13649.01 13263.05
India’s

total

Import 		448033.41 381007.76 384357.03 465580.99 259918.18 303755.93

Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata (*: Provisional)