Lok Sabha Question No. 1374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-24
Subject: Sale of Bitumen
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1374

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  July, 2017

## Sale of Bitumen

## 1374.  DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

## Will the Minister of  PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased  to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  domestically  produced  bitumen  is  being  sold  and  exported  to neighbouring countries by ignoring heavy domestic demand;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof along with exports of bitumen during the last three years and the current year, country-wise;
- (c) the details of bitumen production from all refineries across the country along with sale of bitumen in  the country during the said period, company-wise; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government    is  importing/proposes  to  allow  the  import  of  bitumen  in  the country and if so, the details thereof along with names of countries from which the bitumen has been imported during the said period, country-wise?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्य मंत्री ( स्विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेंद्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) & (b):   The details of export of domestically produced bitumen from refineries during the last three years and current year are given in Annexure-I. The export in last 3 years is less than 2% of the bitumen production in the country. As per the extant Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 and ITC (HS), 2012 Schedule 2-Export Policy, policy condition for bitumen export is 'free' (Chapter 27) without any restriction.
- (c):    The  details  of  bitumen  production  from  refineries  across  the  country  along  with  its consumption during the last three years and current year are given in Annexure-II
- (d):   As per the Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 and ITC (HS), 2012 Schedule 1-Import Policy, policy condition under ITC(HS) code 27132000 for bitumen import is 'free' (Chapter 27)  without  any  restriction.  The  details  of  country-wise  import  of  bitumen  during  the  last three years and current year are given in Annexure-III.

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Annexure referred to reply  to  parts  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred  Question  No. 1374 asked by Dr. Gokaraju Ganga Raju to be answered on 24.7.2017 regarding  'Sale of Bitumen'

## Details of export of domestically produced bitumen from refineries

| Table-1 : COUNTRY WISE EXPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | Table-1 : COUNTRY WISE EXPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | Table-1 : COUNTRY WISE EXPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | Table-1 : COUNTRY WISE EXPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | Table-1 : COUNTRY WISE EXPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   |
|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
| COUNTRY                                          | 2014-15                                          | 2015-16                                          | 2016-17 (P)                                      | 2017-18 (P) APRIL- JUNE                          |
| AUSTRALIA                                        | 5.1                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              |
| BANGLADESH                                       | 26.3                                             | 26.4                                             | 3.8                                              | 0.0                                              |
| BHUTAN                                           | 0.0                                              | 2.0                                              | 0.0                                              | 2.0                                              |
| CHINA                                            | 0.0                                              | 5.0                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              |
| FIJI                                             | 0.0                                              | 5.7                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              |
| INDONESIA                                        | 5.0                                              | 5.1                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              |
| MALAYSIA                                         | 46.8                                             | 39.7                                             | 9.7                                              | 0.0                                              |
| NEPAL                                            | 7.3                                              | 4.3                                              | 4.1                                              | 2.0                                              |
| SINGAPORE                                        | 0.0                                              | 9.1                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              |
| SAUDI ARABIA                                     | 4.0                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES                             | 0.0                                              | 3.5                                              | 11.5                                             | 0.0                                              |
| VIETNAM                                          | 0.0                                              | 0.0                                              | 8.7                                              | 0.0                                              |
| Grand Total                                      | 94.5                                             | 100.9                                            | 37.8                                             | 4.1                                              |

Source: Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC)

Note :-  (P) : Provisional

## Annexure referred to reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1374 asked by Dr. Gokaraju Ganga Raju to be answered on 24.7.2017 regarding  'Sale of Bitumen'

## Details of bitumen production from refineries across the country along with its consumption

| Table-2 : Consumption and Production of Bitumen (In TMT)   | Table-2 : Consumption and Production of Bitumen (In TMT)   | Table-2 : Consumption and Production of Bitumen (In TMT)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                       | Production                                                 | Consumption                                                |
| 2014-15                                                    | 4690                                                       | 5073                                                       |
| 2015-16                                                    | 5157                                                       | 5938                                                       |
| 2016-17 (P)                                                | 5185                                                       | 5889                                                       |
| 2017-18 (P) April-June                                     | 1561                                                       | 1690                                                       |

Source : Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC)

Note :-  (P) : Provisional

## Annexure referred to reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1374 asked by Dr. Gokaraju Ganga Raju to be answered on 24.7.2017 regarding  'Sale of Bitumen.'

## Details of country-wise import of bitumen

| COUNTRY WISE IMPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | COUNTRY WISE IMPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | COUNTRY WISE IMPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | COUNTRY WISE IMPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   | COUNTRY WISE IMPORT OF BITUMEN INTMT   |
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| COUNTRY                                | 2014-15                                | 2015-16                                | 2016-17 (P)                            | 2017-18 April (P) *                    |
| BAHRAIN                                | 0.3                                    | 1.6                                    | 0.4                                    | 0.2                                    |
| BELGIUM                                | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1.9                                    | 0                                      |
| CHINA                                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 12.1                                   | 0                                      |
| GREECE                                 | 0                                      | 21.8                                   | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| IRAN                                   | 170.7                                  | 121.3                                  | 45.2                                   | 4.8                                    |
| KOREA RP                               | 0                                      | 9.5                                    | 7.7                                    | 0                                      |
| KAZAKHSTAN                             | 0.5                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| MALAYSIA                               | 14.9                                   | 35.9                                   | 73.8                                   | 12                                     |
| MAURITANIA                             | 0.1                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| PHILIPPINES                            | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0.0001                                 | 0                                      |
| QATAR                                  | 0.3                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| RUSSIA                                 | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0.6                                    | 0                                      |
| SINGAPORE                              | 7                                      | 2.2                                    | 30.2                                   | 0                                      |
| SPAIN                                  | 5.6                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| TAIWAN                                 | 0                                      | 0.5                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| THAILAND                               | 5.2                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| TURKEY                                 | 3                                      | 0.7                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      |
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES                   | 309.4                                  | 685.5                                  | 782.5                                  | 59.9                                   |
| UNITED STATES OF AMERICA               | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0.2                                    | 0                                      |
| Grand Total                            | 517                                    | 879                                    | 955                                    | 77                                     |

Source : Petroleum Planning & Analysis Cell (PPAC)

Note :-  (P) : Provisional