Lok Sabha Question No. 3321 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-06
Subject: Hazardous Chemicals
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: SANGANNA AMARAPPA KARADI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALSS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS & PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA ADMITTED UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3321 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.12.2016

## Hazardous Chemicals

## 3321: SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA

Will the Minister of Chemicals & Fertilizers be pleased to state:-

(a)The details of the Hazardous Liquid Chemicals being regularly imported into the country in terms of  volume/quantity,  Storage  capacity,  and  environmental  clearance  Notifications,  Recommended Inventories, Storage costs etc;

(b)The  policy/plans  for  exploiting  and  using  the  Indian  water  Resources/sea  waters  for  storage  of Hazardous Liquid Chemicals in floating tanks at off-shores

(c)The storage capacity  envisaged  and storage  costs estimated from  floating tanks  at  off-shores  in (K/L and M/T)

(d) The Detailed Project Report (DPR) in respect of Technical Feasibility and economic liability for the proposed floating tanks at off-shores; and

(e) The details of the joint ventures being considered with MNCs, the Inter Ministerial Committee, Government of India at the off-shores?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE OF THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS, SHIPPING, ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a)    The  Government  of  India  has  promulgated  'Manufacture,  Storage  and  Import  of  Hazardous Chemicals  (MSIHC)  Rules,  1989'  under  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986,  which  are administered by the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change.  According to these Rules, any person responsible for importing hazardous chemicals in India is to provide the data of import to the concerned authorities, as identified in Column 2 of Schedule 5 to the Rules.  As per available information, in 2006-2007, 423939MT of 90 categories of hazardous chemicals were imported by 63 industries  through  08  seaports.  Whereas,  in  2007-08,  325396MT  of  117  categories  of  hazardous chemicals were imported by 82 industries through 12 seaports and 2 airports. India's import under ITC (HS) Code Chapter 28 (inorganic chemicals) and 29 (organic chemicals) (at 4 digit level) for the last three years and 2016-17 (from April to September) is placed at Annex. I.

(b) to (e) :The major ports do not have any proposal for storage of hazardous Liquid Chemicals in floating tanks at offshore. .

Annex-1 Refer to Para (a) of Lok Sabha Admitted Unstarred Question No. 3321

IMPORT UNDER CHAPTER 28 (Inorganic Chemicals)

(VALUES IN MILLION USD )

| Sr. No .   | Chemical                                                                                                            | HS Code   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (APR TO SEP)   | 2016-17 (APR TO SEP)   |
|------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Sr. No .   | Chemical                                                                                                            | HS Code   | QTY(KG)   | VAL       | QTY(KG)   | VAL       | QTY(KG)   | VAL       | QTY(KG)                | VAL                    |
| 1          | FLUORINE, CHLORINE, BROMINE AND IODINE                                                                              | 2801      | 9493649   | 142.33    | 11143118  | 124.33    | 6979151   | 96.36     | 4135789                | 46.46                  |
| 2          | SULPHUR, SUBLIMED OR PRECIPITATED; COLLOIDAL SULPHUR                                                                | 2802      | 5549470   | 10.04     | 3071918   | 7.1       | 884741    | 1.65      | 125450                 | 0.32                   |
| 3          | CARBON (CARBON BLACKS AND OTHER FORMS OF CARBON NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED OR INCLUDED)                                | 2803      | 146837359 | 189.28    | 140495399 | 180.47    | 124605270 | 128.92    | 57246771               | 55.46                  |
| 4          | HYDROGEN, RARE GASES AND OTHER NON-METALS                                                                           | 2804      | 63152361  | 203.23    | 69009362  | 217.59    | 72376267  | 194.21    | 41366378               | 101.97                 |
| 5          | ALKALI OR ALKALINE-EARTH METALS; RARE-EARTH METALS,SCANDIUM AND YTTRIUM, WHETHER OR NOT INTERMIXED OR INTERALLOYED; | 2805      | 10683278  | 51.65     | 11283959  | 49.21     | 11710027  | 47.35     | 5192021                | 22.4                   |

|    | MERCURY                                                                                           |      |             |         |            |         |            |         |            |        |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|---------|------------|--------|
|  6 | HYDROGEN CHLORIDE (HYDROCHLORIC ACID); CHLOROSULPHURIC ACID                                       | 2806 | 203161      |    0.72 |     233345 |    0.64 |     344343 |    0.93 |     121202 |   0.44 |
|  7 | SULPHURIC ACID; OLEUM                                                                             | 2807 | 671934103   |   34.2  |  862318958 |   33.48 | 1388790138 |   70    |  825566258 |  21.89 |
|  8 | NITRIC ACID; SULPHONITRIC ACIDS                                                                   | 2808 | 20613       |    0.37 |      17087 |    0.3  |      22678 |    0.45 |    1557778 |   0.54 |
|  9 | DIPHOSPHORUS PENTAOXIDE; PHOSPHORIC ACID; POLYPHOSPHORIC ACIDS, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED | 2809 | 175476141 7 | 1226.06 | 1801262649 | 1362.01 | 2195081463 | 1676.37 | 1344703743 | 815.72 |
| 10 | OXIDES OF BORON; BORIC ACIDS Oxides of boron; boric acids :                                       | 2810 | 12604502    |   10.97 |   17372174 |   14.24 |   15254951 |   11.66 |   12988927 |   8.64 |
| 11 | OTHER INORGANIC ACIDS AND OTHER INORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS OF NON-METALS Other inorganic acids :  | 2811 | 33893021    |   48.46 |   54098220 |   57.1  |   61034495 |   62.17 |   25252634 |  31.77 |
| 12 | HALIDES AND HALIDE OXIDES OF NON-METALS                                                           | 2812 | 1629020     |   12.91 |    2205192 |   14.38 |    1765345 |   14.32 |    1238728 |   5.87 |
| 13 | SULPHIDES OF NON- METALS; COMMERCIAL PHOSPHORUS TRISULPHIDE                                       | 2813 | 20743710    |   19.42 |    7860078 |    7.29 |    2338547 |    1.96 |    1088364 |   0.78 |

|   14 | AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS OR IN AQUEOUS SOLUTION                                                                                               |   2814 | 195697361 1   |   941.05 |   2071873902 |   1166.76 |   2190088637 |   965.09 |   1175669770 |   423.85 |
|------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|---------------|----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|----------|--------------|----------|
|   15 | SODIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC SODA); POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC POTASH); PEROXIDES OF SODIUM OR POTASSIUM Sodium hydroxide (caustic soda) |   2815 | 355669532     |   155.85 |    429214037 |    176.69 |    502502111 |   197.69 |    241402230 |    91.19 |
|   16 | HYDROXIDE AND PEROXIDE OF MAGNESIUM; OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES, OF STRONTIUM OR BARIUM                                           |   2816 | 2081128       |     2.13 |      1726354 |      1.89 |      1264524 |     1.27 |       698264 |     0.7  |
|   17 | ZINC OXIDE; ZINC PEROXIDE                                                                                                               |   2817 | 4802736       |    11.99 |      5609704 |     14.22 |      3796687 |     9.33 |      1934952 |     4.69 |
|   18 | ARTIFICIAL CORUNDUM, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; ALUMINIUM OXIDE; ALUMINIUM HYDROXIDE                                            |   2818 | 119638387 6   |   478.14 |    801967248 |    360.4  |   1014493437 |   367.86 |    681402284 |   232.15 |
|   19 | CHROMIUM OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES                                                                                                          |   2819 | 3386572       |    12.4  |      3781479 |     12.49 |      3462232 |    10.86 |      1666879 |     5.13 |
|   20 | MANGANESE OXIDES                                                                                                                        |   2820 | 8007640       |    13.46 |     12499749 |     15.18 |     13191576 |    14.72 |      8388914 |     7.86 |
|   21 | IRON OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; EARTH COLOURS CONTAINING 70% OR                                                                             |   2821 | 26040195      |    27.1  |     26007574 |     29.68 |     46407565 |    30.56 |     15203018 |    17.09 |

|    | MORE BY WEIGHT OF COMBINED IRON EVALUATED AS Fe 2 O 3                                                                      |      |          |        |          |        |          |        |          |       |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|-------|
| 22 | COBALT OXIDES AND HYDROXIDES; COMMERCIAL COBALT OXIDES                                                                     | 2822 |    93757 |   2.13 |   100586 |   2.56 |   135928 |   3.07 |    67741 |  1.27 |
| 23 | TITANIUM OXIDES                                                                                                            | 2823 | 17445879 |  49.6  | 19179526 |  49.65 | 17192082 |  42.43 |  7759815 | 19.04 |
| 24 | LEAD OXIDES; RED LEAD AND ORANGE LEAD                                                                                      | 2824 |  1520335 |   3.56 |  1089848 |   2.49 |   385929 |   0.81 |   182305 |  0.36 |
| 25 | HYDRAZINE AND HYDROXYLAMINE AND THEIR INORGANIC SALTS; OTHER INORGANIC BASES; OTHER METAL OXIDES, HYDROXIDES AND PEROXIDES | 2825 | 30303627 | 125.25 | 32363960 | 137.78 | 34861484 | 117.84 | 28842712 | 84.93 |
| 26 | FLUORIDES; FLUOROSILICATES, FLUOROALUMINATE S AND OTHER COMPLEX FLUORINE SALTS Fluorides :                                 | 2826 | 50533301 |  41.92 | 71715474 |  56.16 | 49073208 |  44.98 | 45162976 | 27.21 |
| 27 | CHLORIDES, CHLORIDE OXIDES AND CHLORIDE HYDROXIDES; BROMIDES AND BROMIDE OXIDES; IODIDES AND IODIDE OXIDES                 | 2827 | 43695625 |  50.67 | 48519815 |  41.84 | 63780570 |  42.97 | 35380590 | 21    |

|   28 | HY P O C H L O R I T E S; COMMERCIA L CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITES; CHLORITES; HYPOBROMITES                                       |   2828 | 2649973     |   3.09 |    3506656 |   4.93 |    4940086 |   5.76 |   2268413 |   2.33 |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-------------|--------|------------|--------|------------|--------|-----------|--------|
|   29 | CHLORATES AND PERCHLORATES; BROMATES AND PERBROMATES; IODATES AND PERIODATES Chlorates                                     |   2829 | 35809937    |  27.48 |   28257875 |  21.97 |   20913563 |  14.33 |   3518223 |   2.36 |
|   30 | SULPHIDES; POLYSULPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED                                                                |   2830 | 14535252    |   9.33 |   15043805 |  10.02 |   13695498 |   9.05 |   7513146 |   4.81 |
|   31 | DITHIONITES AND SULPHOXYLATES                                                                                              |   2831 | 451535      |   0.77 |     335556 |   0.54 |    1461458 |   1.65 |    775759 |   0.91 |
|   32 | SULPHITES; THIOSULPHATES                                                                                                   |   2832 | 11291169    |   9.82 |   11923335 |   8.06 |   16882477 |   9.54 |   9956681 |   4.53 |
|   33 | SULPHATES; ALUMS; PEROXOSULPHATES (PERSULPHATES) Sodium sulphates :                                                        |   2833 | 55520838    |  43.76 |   51655712 |  41.51 |   47742478 |  35.02 |  24186902 |  15.07 |
|   34 | NITRITES; NITRATES                                                                                                         |   2834 | 19119029    |  10.6  |   17442354 |  10.3  |   18661969 |   9.81 |  11907036 |   5.91 |
|   35 | PHOSPHINATES (HYPOPHOSPHITES), PHOSPHONATES (PHOSPHITES) AND PHOSPHATES; POLYPHOSPHATES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED |   2835 | 119252333   | 120.91 |  115507975 | 123.69 |  145424100 | 128.86 |  75515346 |  61.24 |
|   36 | CARBONATES; PEROXOCARBONATE                                                                                                |   2836 | 116984371 7 | 278.55 | 1387821234 | 352.38 | 1435839348 | 315.68 | 776651886 | 155.93 |

|    | S (PERCARBONATES); COMMERCIAL AMMONIUM CARBONATE CONTAINING AMMONIUM CARBAMATE                                                    |      |           |        |           |        |           |       |           |       |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|-------|-----------|-------|
| 37 | CYANIDES, CYANIDE OXIDES AND COMPLEX CYANIDES Cyanides and cyanide oxides :                                                       | 2837 |   9139165 |  22.22 |   7394395 |  15.9  |   8107911 | 14.61 |   5694396 |  9.97 |
| 38 | SILICATES; COMMERCIAL ALKALI METAL SILICATES Of sodium :                                                                          | 2839 | 330485645 |  27.97 | 346107174 |  23.96 | 406436414 | 24.21 | 136925165 |  8.73 |
| 39 | BORATES; PEROXOBORATES (PERBORATES) Disodium tetraborate (refined borax) :                                                        | 2840 |  67919167 |  41.09 |  78868045 |  47.17 |  79579206 | 46.12 |  40643258 | 23.06 |
| 40 | SALTS OF OXOMETALLIC OR PEROXOMETALLIC ACIDS                                                                                      | 2841 |  15245310 |  33.94 |  14043373 |  33.29 |  12765637 | 23.9  |  10816081 | 14.17 |
| 41 | OTHER SALTS OF INORGANIC ACIDS OR PEROXOACIDS, (INCLUDING ALUMINOSILICATES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED), OTHER THAN AZIDES | 2842 |   3198224 |  11.84 |   4786834 |   9.67 |   6584839 | 11.54 |   5843601 |  5.96 |
| 42 | COLLOIDAL PRECIOUS METALS; INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF                                                                      | 2843 |     10698 | 100.92 |     21096 | 103.61 |     27548 | 91.14 |     10240 | 55.21 |

|    | PRECIOUS METALS, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS                                           |      |          |       |           |       |          |       |          |       |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|----------|-------|-----------|-------|----------|-------|----------|-------|
| 43 | COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC OR ORGANIC, OF RARE- EARTH METALS, OF YTTRIUM OR OF SCANDIUM OR OF MIXTURES                          | 2846 |   536933 | 13.79 |   1104845 |  9.49 |   598349 |  8.15 |   298469 |  3.86 |
| 44 | HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, WHETHER OR NOT SOLIDIFIED WITH UREA                                                                    | 2847 | 62527251 | 27.08 |  56319855 | 23.53 | 44089214 | 17.1  | 27825611 | 11.26 |
| 45 | PHOSPHIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, EXCLUDING FERROPHOSPHORUS                                                  | 2848 |    64754 |  0.48 |     26107 |  0.18 |    33633 |  0.19 |    25785 |  0.16 |
| 46 | CARBIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED                                                                               | 2849 | 93671183 | 87.24 | 110081845 | 97.94 | 94643794 | 82.5  | 49622346 | 42.21 |
| 47 | HYDRIDES, NITRIDES, AZIDES, SILICIDES AND BORIDES, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, OTHER THAN COMPOUNDS WHICH ARE ALSO | 2850 |  3761386 | 45.94 |   4420804 | 52    |  5206218 | 54.9  |  2232208 | 22.19 |

|    | CARBIDES OF HEADING 2849                                                                                                                                                                                                      |       |             |         |            |         |              |         |            |         |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-------------|---------|------------|---------|--------------|---------|------------|---------|
| 48 | INORGANIC OR ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF MERCURY, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED, EXCLUDING AMALGAMS                                                                                                                              | 2852  | 6360        |    0.17 |        145 |    0.12 | 2253         |    0.83 |        140 |    0.04 |
| 49 | OTHER INORGANIC COMPOUNDS (INCLUDING DISTILLED OR CONDUCTIVITY WATER AND WATER OF SIMILAR PURITY); LIQUID AIR (WHETHER OR NOT RARE GASES HAVE BEEN REMOVED); COMPRESSED AIR; AMALGAMS, OTHER THAN AMALGAMS OF PRECIOUS METALS | 2853  | 2924360     |   14.83 |    2037071 |   10.8  | 1790826      |    7.51 |    1354181 |    2.38 |
|    |                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Total | 844640769 7 | 4796.71 | 8762726806 | 5136.99 | 1018725020 5 | 5068.23 | 5757931366 | 2501.02 |

Note: Figures for 2016-17 (Apr to Sep) is provisional.

## IMPORT UNDER CHAPTER  29 (organic chemicals)

(VALUES IN MILLION USD)

| Sr. No.   | Chemical                                                                                                                |         | 2013-14    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    | 2014-15   | 2015-16    | 2015-16   | 2016-17 (APR TO SEP)   | 2016-17 (APR TO SEP)   |
|-----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------------------|------------------------|
|           |                                                                                                                         | HS Code | QTY(KG)    | VAL       | QTY(KG)    | VAL       | QTY(KG)    | VAL       | QTY(KG)                | VAL                    |
| 1         | ACYCLIC HYDROCARBONS                                                                                                    | 2901    | 214044024  | 322.21    | 212450657  | 320.61    | 205630058  | 238.61    | 137407066              | 130.37                 |
| 2         | CYCLIC HYDROCARBONS Cyclanes, cyclenes and cycloterpenes :                                                              | 2902    | 1633751182 | 2546.31   | 1708974669 | 2209.2 6  | 1997165827 | 1891.2 6  | 1256579646             | 1110.8 1               |
| 3         | HALOGENATED DERIVATIVES OF HYDROCARBONS Saturated chlorinated derivatives of acyclic hydrocarbons :                     | 2903    | 885152516  | 629.87    | 912950988  | 669.95    | 1128790263 | 622.64    | 517984914              | 279.91                 |
| 4         | SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES OF HYDROCARBONS, WHETHER OR NOT HALOGENATED                             | 2904    | 29620569   | 83.34     | 30740607   | 81.81     | 43771848   | 77.67     | 29294901               | 46.21                  |
| 5         | ACYCLIC ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Saturated monohydric alcohols : | 2905    | 2559743304 | 2105.5    | 3160312017 | 2221.5    | 3361870376 | 1899.1 3  | 1684462307             | 842.73                 |
| 6         | CYCLIC ALCOHOLS AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR                                                         | 2906    | 6552012    | 60.24     | 6129333    | 62.35     | 8212357    | 74.57     | 3485224                | 37.55                  |

|    | NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Cyclanic, cyclenic or cycloterpenic :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |      |           |        |           |        |           |        |           |        |
|----|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|
|  7 | PHENOLS;PHENOL- ALCOHOLS Monophenols :                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | 2907 | 307949104 | 558.92 | 310774834 | 609.26 | 370778976 | 490.48 | 223134378 | 274.99 |
|  8 | HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES OF PHENOLS OR PHENOL- ALCOHOLS Derivatives containing only halogen substituents and their salts:                                                                                                                                                             | 2908 |   5370550 |  14.37 |   5052921 |  17.72 |   5428633 |  18.47 |   3039247 |   7.39 |
|  9 | ETHERS, ETHER- ALCOHOLS, ETHER- PHENOLS, ETHER-ALCOHOL- PHENOLS, ALCOHOL PEROXIDES, ETHER PEROXIDES, KETONE PEROXIDES (WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED), AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Acyclic ethers and their halogenated, sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives : | 2909 |  78258815 | 181.91 |  92471161 | 188.94 |  97843775 | 180.69 |  60023390 |  92.46 |
| 10 | EPOXIDES, EPOXYALCOHOLS, EPOXYPHENOLS AND                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2910 |  35699541 |  71.52 |  57271879 | 109.22 |  69968055 | 110.44 |  35320869 |  46.2  |

|    | EXPOXYETHERS, WITH A THREE-MEMBERED RING, AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES                                       |      |           |        |           |        |           |        |           |        |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|
| 11 | ACETALS AND HEMIACETALS, WHETHER OR NOT WITH OTHER OXYGEN FUNCTION, AND THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES             | 2911 |    640960 |   5.35 |    369036 |   3.64 |    468498 |   4.31 |    205829 |   2.05 |
| 12 | ALDEHYDES, WHETHER OR NOT WITH OTHER OXYGEN FUNCTION; CYCLIC POLYMERS OF ALDEHYDES; PARAFORMALDEHYDE Acyclic aldehydes without other oxygen function : | 2912 |  34551872 | 151.64 |  37273508 | 213.59 |  44141211 | 172.03 |  24605205 |  76.31 |
| 13 | HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES OF PRODUCTS OF HEADING 2912                                                               | 2913 |   2631383 |  12.07 |   2761408 |  15.34 |   1937196 |  10.56 |   1320868 |   7.65 |
| 14 | KETONES AND QUINONES, WHETHER OR NOT WITH OTHER OXYGEN FUNCTION, AND THEIR                                                                             | 2914 | 215626754 | 496.98 | 235171923 | 552.09 | 262731635 | 452.11 | 132788168 | 214.35 |

|    | HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Acyclic ketones without other oxygen function :                                                                                                                                                            |      |             |         |            |          |            |        |           |        |
|----|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-------------|---------|------------|----------|------------|--------|-----------|--------|
| 15 | SATURATED ACYCLIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES, HALIDES, PEROXIDES AND PEROXYACIDS; THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES                                                                                                     | 2915 | 1018201379  |  927.32 | 1091684650 | 1106.2 2 | 1186808520 | 948.42 | 644885450 | 459.47 |
| 16 | CYCLIC MONOCARBOXYLIC ACIDS, THEIR ANHYDRIDES, HALIDES, PEROXIDES AND PEROXYACIDS; THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Unsaturated acyclic monocarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids - their derivatives : | 2916 | 233849170   |  565.13 |  298219188 | 573.01   |  303724528 | 499.75 | 169327053 | 265.53 |
| 17 | POLYCARBOXYLIC ACIDS, THEIR ANHYDRIDES,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | 2917 | 117125532 7 | 1415.08 | 2252491741 | 1267.9 5 |  968818028 | 831.2  | 426947182 | 360.66 |

|    | HALIDES, PEROXIDES AND PEROXYACIDS; THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Acyclic polycarboxylic acids, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives :                                                                                                                     |      |           |        |           |        |           |        |          |        |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|----------|--------|
| 18 | CARBOXYLIC ACIDS WITH ADDITIONAL OXYGEN FUNCTION AND THEIR ANHYDRIDES, HALIDES, PEROXIDES AND PEROXYACIDS; THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Carboxylic acids with alcohol function, but without other oxygen function, their anhydrides, halides, peroxides, peroxyacids and their derivatives : | 2918 | 136377090 | 333.97 | 169060172 | 382.34 | 158659900 | 380.09 | 79715646 | 165.56 |
| 19 | PHOSPHORIC ESTERS AND THEIR SALTS, INCLUDING LACTOPHOSPHATES; THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2919 |   2844492 |  12.47 |   3859874 |  13.6  |   4628530 |  16.11 |  2537618 |   7.6  |
| 20 | ESTERS OF OTHER INORGANICACIDS OF NON-                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | 2920 |  34448723 | 102.17 |  40536719 | 139.53 |  33073656 |  94.97 | 16167132 |  41.79 |

|    | METALS(EXCLUDING ESTERS OF HYDROGEN HALIDES) AND THEIR SALTS; THEIR HALOGENATED, SULPHONATED, NITRATED OR NITROSATED DERIVATIVES Thiophosphoric esters (phosphorothioates) and their salts; their halogenated sulphonated, nitrated or nitrosated derivatives   |      |           |        |           |        |           |        |           |        |
|----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|
| 21 | AMINE- FUNCTION COMPOUNDS Acyclic monoamines and their derivatives; salts thereof :                                                                                                                                                                             | 2921 | 196469166 | 612.5  | 259416387 | 686.41 | 220202679 | 620.54 | 131173305 | 292.89 |
| 22 | OXYGEN-FUNCTION AMINO-COMPOUNDS Amino-alcohols, other than those containing more than one kind of oxygen function, their ethers and esters; salts thereof                                                                                                       | 2922 | 155905354 | 651.23 | 161523289 | 756.95 | 173276258 | 565.74 |  93457919 | 299.57 |
| 23 | QUATERNARY AMMONIUM SALTS AND HYDROXIDES; LECITHINS AND OTHER PHOSPHOAMINOLIPIDS, WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED                                                                                                                                             | 2923 |   5250232 |  21.31 |  16684141 |  33.36 |  24767753 |  34.88 |  17215850 |  18.23 |
| 24 | CARBOXYAMIDE- FUNCTION COMPOUNDS; AMIDE- FUNCTION COMPOUNDS OF ONIC ACID Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates)                                                                                                                                          | 2924 |  40645291 | 143.48 |  42411857 | 185.07 |  42032220 | 165.39 |  22796611 |  74.37 |

|    | and their derivatives; salts thereof :                                                                                                           |      |           |        |           |          |           |          |           |        |
|----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|-----------|--------|-----------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
| 25 | CARBOXYIMIDE- FUNCTION COMPOUNDS (INCLUDING SACCHARIN AND ITS SALTS) AND IMINE- FUNCTION COMPOUNDS Imides and their derivatives; salts thereof : |      |   2562224 |  18.98 |   2797659 | 22.65    |   3122181 | 32.63    |    979420 |  10.15 |
| 26 | NITRILE-FUNCTION COMPOUNDS                                                                                                                       | 2926 | 144796931 | 327.31 | 145709741 | 344.42   | 219633139 | 343.77   | 106028089 | 150.73 |
| 27 | DIAZO-, AZO- OR AZOXY-COMPOUNDS                                                                                                                  | 2927 |   2497482 |   8.73 |   2393676 | 9.81     |   3724155 | 11.29    |   1572306 |   5.13 |
| 28 | ORGANIC DERIVATIVES OF HYDRAZINE OR OF HYDROXYLAMINE                                                                                             | 2928 |   2840938 |  40.84 |   2682433 | 27.05    |   3536445 | 29.74    |   1501922 |   8.45 |
| 29 | COMPOUNDS WITH OTHER NITROGEN FUNCTION                                                                                                           | 2929 | 133192287 | 349.48 | 137461663 | 316.49   | 112537474 | 236.68   |  57000025 | 116.28 |
| 30 | ORGANO-SULPHUR COMPOUNDS                                                                                                                         | 2930 |  66336141 | 229.96 |  71445362 | 266.39   |  70583672 | 283.39   |  35816679 | 120.48 |
| 31 | OTHER ORGANO- INORGANIC COMPOUNDS                                                                                                                | 2931 |  25072720 | 105.22 |  31780356 | 151.38   |  32273381 | 143.63   |  19222541 |  67.46 |
| 32 | Compounds containing an unfused furan ring (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure :                                                      | 2932 |  30901754 | 189.56 |  38098317 | 215.6    |  45918597 | 212.13   |  22969313 | 121.91 |
| 33 | HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS WITH NITROGEN HETERO-ATOM(S) ONLY Compounds containing an unfused pyrazole ring                                           | 2933 | 140413853 | 957.37 | 169413738 | 1122.8 1 | 183039908 | 1111.0 7 | 102070862 | 588.41 |

|    | (whether or not hydrogenated) in the structure                                                                                                                                                                                                           |      |          |        |          |        |          |        |         |        |
|----|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|--------|---------|--------|
| 34 | NUCLEIC ACIDS AND THEIR SALTS; WHETHER OR NOT CHEMICALLY DEFINED; OTHER HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS                                                                                                                                                           | 2934 | 10311472 | 308.38 | 12762365 | 358.26 | 11730137 | 326.61 | 7079908 | 166.84 |
| 35 | SULPHONAMIDES                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | 2935 |  2729455 |  49.11 |  2660072 |  40.27 |  2371007 |  42.82 | 1074172 |  18.61 |
| 36 | PROVITAMINS AND VITAMINS, NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS (INCLUDING NATURAL CONCENTRATES), DERIVATIVES THEREOF USED PRIMARILY AS VITAMINS, AND INTERMIXTURES OF THE FOREGOING, WHETHER OR NOT IN ANY SOLVENT Vitamins and their derivatives, unmixed | 2936 |  3375148 |  94.77 |  4998985 | 124.82 |  4207257 | 124.77 | 2004655 |  65.82 |
| 37 | HORMONES, PROSTAGLANDINS, THROMBOXANES AND LEUKOTRIENES, NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS; DERIVATIVES AND STRUCTURAL ANALOGUES THEREOF, INCLUDING CHAIN MODIFIED                                                                                      | 2937 |   323354 | 275.96 |   329546 | 280    |   543422 | 280.96 |  182502 | 121.81 |

| 38   | GLYCOSIDES, NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS AND THEIR SALTS, ETHERS, ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES                                                                                                                          | 2938        |    2352467 | 51.89     | 2118177      | 55.29    | 2005923      | 42.88    |    1305193 | 29       |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------|-----------|--------------|----------|--------------|----------|------------|----------|
| 39   | VEGETABLE ALKALOIDS, NATURAL OR REPRODUCED BY SYNTHESIS, AND THEIR SALTS, ETHERS, ESTERS AND OTHER DERIVATIVES Alkaloids of opium and their derivatives; salts thereof :                                                      | 2939        |    1392800 | 59.65     | 1152216      | 66.41    | 1029140      | 67.89    |     505235 | 21.97    |
| 40   | OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS SUGARS, CHEMICALLY PURE, OTHER THAN SUCROSE, LACTOSE, MALTOSE, GLUCOSE AND FRUCTOSE; SUGAR ETHERS, SUGAR ACETALS AND SUGAR ESTERS AND THEIR SALTS, OTHER THAN PRODUCTS OF HEADINGS 2937, 2938 OR 2939 | 2940        |    5430372 | 27.46     | 6906957      | 31.16    | 7084354      | 29.05    |    3892042 | 14.38    |
| 41   | ANTIBIOTICS                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | 2941        |   21608791 | 937.46    | 23873378     | 1015.3 9 | 24193034     | 1005.9   |   11906342 | 488.54   |
| 42   | OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS                                                                                                                                                                                                       | 2942        |   38474019 | 991.55    | 30350587     | 878.48   | 27114441     | 892.93   |   11249470 | 287.26   |
|      |                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Grand Total | 9639451018 | 17048.5 7 | 1179552818 7 | 17746. 4 | 1146937844 7 | 15618. 2 | 6100236454 | 7557.8 8 |

Note: Figures for 2016-17 (Apr to Sep) is provisional.