Lok Sabha Question No. 5859 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Agricultural Produce in Foreign Trade Basket
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: TARIQ ANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5859(H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  APRIL, 2017

## AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE IN FOREIGN TRADE BASKET

## 5859(H). SHRI TARIQ ANWAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the agricultural produce included in foreign trade basket at the time of independence along with the value and quantum thereof;
- (b) the details of changes in the said basket after a period of every ten years along with the value and quantum of the produce; and
- (c) the  present  status  of  the  said  basket  along  with  the  value  and  quantum  of  the produce therein?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a,  b  &  c):    ITC  (HS)  [Indian  Trade  Classification  based  on  Harmonized System)  based  data  is  available  only  from  2000-01  onwards  in  the database maintained by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence &  Statistics (DGCI&S).  Details  of India's agricultural exports and imports, for the years 2000-01, 2009-10, 2015-16 and 201617 (April - January) are at Annexure-I and Annexure - II respectively. Quantities have not been provided as different units are sometimes used for different HS Codes within a single chapter and hence are not additive.

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EXPORT UNDER CHAPTER 01 TO 24

| CHA- PTER   | Chapter Description                                                                                      |   2000-01 |   2009-10 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (Apr to Jan) |
|-------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| 01          | LIVE ANIMALS                                                                                             |      1.66 |     16.81 |     70.8  |                  30.47 |
| 02          | MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL                                                                               |    317.61 |   1323.75 |   4209.99 |                3286.62 |
| 03          | FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES                                           |   1373.2  |   1815.49 |   4486.29 |                4673.71 |
| 04          | DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HOENEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN N.E.S.                      |     45.27 |    194.64 |    328.49 |                 228    |
| 05          | PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, N.E.S. OF INCLUDED                                                            |     42.82 |     67.08 |     91.64 |                  68.57 |
| 06          | LIVE TREES & OTHER PLANTS; BULBS; ROOTS & THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS & ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE                     |     29.03 |     61.95 |     73.8  |                  65.61 |
| 07          | EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS                                                           |    265.15 |    848.75 |   1261.41 |                1050.39 |
| 08          | EDIBLE FRUIT & NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS                                                      |    600.48 |   1096.62 |   1584.68 |                1271.76 |
| 09          | COFFEE, TEA, MATE &SPICES                                                                                |    857.4  |   1616.58 |   2954.88 |                2529.7  |
| 10          | CEREALS                                                                                                  |    742.96 |   2991.45 |   6272.02 |                4786.35 |
| 11          | PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INSULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN                                  |     38.61 |     65.96 |    299.47 |                 181.41 |
| 12          | OIL SEEDS OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISC. GRAINS, SEEDS & FRUITS; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW &FODDER |    331.65 |    835.61 |   1673.54 |                1452.12 |
| 13          | LAC; GUMS, RESINS & OTHER VEGETABLES SAPS &EXTRACTS                                                      |    235.12 |    395.44 |    868.99 |                 658.64 |
| 14          | VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED                     |     18.36 |     50.78 |     66.06 |                  53.71 |
| 15          | ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS & OILS & THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; ANIMAL VEGETABLE WAXES                        |    232.61 |    560.22 |    877.27 |                 706.72 |
| 16          | PREPARATIONS OF MEAT OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSES OF OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES                  |      4.58 |    253.1  |    211.97 |                 260.66 |
| 17          | SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY                                                                           |    117.63 |    103.82 |   1763.61 |                1268.83 |
| 18          | COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS                                                                             |      2.97 |     20.59 |    193.31 |                 137.63 |
| 19          | PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR , STARCH OR MIILK; PASTRY COOK' PRODUCTS                                  |     39.05 |    214.53 |    506.24 |                 435.17 |
| 20          | PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS                                        |     67.37 |    274.97 |    488.26 |                 392.76 |
| 21          | MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS                                                                        |    123.82 |    293.66 |    568.83 |                 512.03 |
| 22          | BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR                                                                           |     37.01 |    130.43 |    320.51 |                 258.21 |
| 23          | RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER                                      |    460.63 |   1735.33 |    802.69 |                 794.47 |
| 24          | TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES                                                             |    190.13 |    916.06 |    982.01 |                 765.12 |
|             | Grand Total                                                                                              |   6175.11 |  15883.6  |  30956.8  |               25868.7  |

Source: DGCI&S

## Annexure - I

Value in USD Million

## IMPORT UNDER CHAPTER 01 TO 24

| CHA- PTER   | Chapter Description                                                                                     |   2000-01 |   2009-10 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (Apr to Jan) |
|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|
| 01          | LIVE ANIMALS                                                                                            |      0.29 |     11.43 |      9.28 |                   8.21 |
| 02          | MEAT AND EDIBLE MEAT OFFAL                                                                              |      0.09 |      1.15 |      1.95 |                   2.4  |
| 03          | FISH AND CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSCS AND OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES                                          |      6.72 |     42.41 |     67.18 |                  49.28 |
| 04          | DAIRY PRODUCE; BIRDS' EGGS; NATURAL HOENEY; EDIBLE PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN N.E.S.                     |     11.86 |     70.39 |     51.82 |                  31.72 |
| 05          | PRODUCTS OF ANIMAL ORIGIN, N.E.S. OF INCLUDED                                                           |     13.23 |     20.6  |     38.44 |                  34.73 |
| 06          | LIVE TREES &OTHER PLANTS; BULBS; ROOTS &THE LIKE; CUT FLOWERS &ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE                       |      0.46 |      9.71 |     17.43 |                  16.85 |
| 07          | EDIBLE VEGETABLES AND CERTAIN ROOTS AND TUBERS                                                          |    113.23 |   2254.42 |   4022.32 |                3536.57 |
| 08          | EDIBLE FRUIT &NUTS; PEEL OF CITRUS FRUIT OR MELONS                                                      |    385.74 |   1247.32 |   3051.09 |                2511.7  |
| 09          | COFFEE, TEA, MATE &SPICES                                                                               |     56.76 |    315.16 |    771.96 |                 608.72 |
| 10          | CEREALS                                                                                                 |      7.95 |     66.83 |    188.59 |                 706.66 |
| 11          | PRODUCTS OF THE MILLING INDUSTRY; MALT; STARCHES; INSULIN; WHEAT GLUTEN                                 |     11.69 |     26.79 |     56.93 |                  47.36 |
| 12          | OIL SEEDS OLEAGINOUS FRUITS; MISC. GRAINS, SEEDS &FRUITS; INDUSTRIAL OR MEDICINAL PLANTS; STRAW &FODDER |     26.07 |    171.55 |    328.72 |                 319.35 |
| 13          | LAC; GUMS, RESINS &OTHER VEGETABLES SAPS & EXTRACTS                                                     |     24.81 |     91.83 |    203.38 |                 177.02 |
| 14          | VEGETABLE PLAITING MATERIALS; VEGETABLE PRODUCTS NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED                    |      1.42 |      7.22 |     29.04 |                  31.91 |
| 15          | ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS &OILS &THEIR CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; ANIMAL VEGETABLE WAXES                         |   1417.56 |   5645.43 |  10530.4  |                8937.14 |
| 16          | PREPARATIONS OF MEAT OF FISH OR OF CRUSTACEANS, MOLLUSES OF OTHER AQUATIC INVERTEBRATES                 |      0.17 |      3.89 |      2.86 |                   2.34 |
| 17          | SUGARS AND SUGAR CONFECTIONERY                                                                          |     16.17 |   1317.97 |    692.56 |                 967.52 |
| 18          | COCOA AND COCOA PREPARATIONS                                                                            |      9.51 |     79.85 |    212.96 |                 195.93 |
| 19          | PREPARATIONS OF CEREALS, FLOUR , STARCH OR MIILK; PASTRY COOK' PRODUCTS                                 |     11.45 |     30.63 |     59.31 |                  46.98 |
| 20          | PREPARATIONS OF VEGETABLES, FRUITS, NUTS OR OTHER PARTS OF PLANTS                                       |      8.72 |     47.3  |     78.46 |                  66.16 |
| 21          | MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PREPARATIONS                                                                       |     52.47 |     56.02 |    137.38 |                 123.19 |
| 22          | BEVERAGES, SPIRITS AND VINEGAR                                                                          |     13.62 |    296.4  |    559.58 |                 557.41 |
|             | RESIDUES AND WASTE FROM THE FOOD INDUSTRIES; PREPARED ANIMAL FODDER                                     |     27.79 |    181.52 |    382.28 |                 413.22 |
| 23          | TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES                                                            |      4.58 |     24.78 |     50.28 |                  37.28 |
| 24          | Grand Total                                                                                             |   2222.38 |  12020.6  |  21544.1  |               19429.6  |

Source: DGCI&S

## Annexure - II

Value in USD Million