Lok Sabha Question No. 176 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-30
Subject: Task Force on Reducing Import Dependence
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 176 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th  JULY,2018

## TASK FORCE ON REDUCING IMPORT DEPENDENCE

- *176.  SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set up a high-level task force to identify various items and suggest policy interventions to reduce dependence on import and ways to cut import of those items which can be manufactured or explored in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the country's imports during the last three years, item-wise?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h ¼Jh lh- vkj- pkS/kjh½ THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

(SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- a) and  b):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 176   FOR ANSWER ON 30 th  JULY,2018  REGARDING 'TASK FORCE ON REDUCING IMPORT DEPENDENCE'.

(a) and (b): Yes Madam, a Task Force of this nature has been set up on 5 th July, 2018 to identify  various  items  and  policy  interventions  for  reducing  import  dependence  of  the country.    The  terms  of  reference  of  the  Task  Force,  inter-alia,  includes  identification  of products  for  import  substitution,  assessment  of  domestic  manufacturing  capacity  and identification  of  constraints  in  expanding  domestic  production.    The  details  of  India's imports, over the last three years, are at Annex.

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## ANNEX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) and (B) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 176* FOR ANSWER ON 30 JULY 2018 REGARDING 'TASK FORCE ON REDUCING IMPORT DEPENDENCE'

|       | India's imports during the last three years   | India's imports during the last three years   | India's imports during the last three years   | India's imports during the last three years   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| S.No. | Principal Commodity                           | Import Value in Million USD                   | Import Value in Million USD                   | Import Value in Million USD                   |
|       |                                               | 2015-16                                       | 2016-17                                       | 2017-18                                       |
| 1     | TEA                                           | 58                                            | 50                                            | 55                                            |
| 2     | COFFEE                                        | 123                                           | 138                                           | 155                                           |
| 3     | RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI)                      | 1                                             | 1                                             | 2                                             |
| 4     | WHEAT                                         | 135                                           | 1269                                          | 365                                           |
| 5     | OTHER CEREALS                                 | 52                                            | 73                                            | 67                                            |
| 6     | PULSES                                        | 3902                                          | 4244                                          | 2908                                          |
| 7     | TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED                        | 21                                            | 11                                            | 11                                            |
| 8     | TOBACCO MANUFACTURED                          | 30                                            | 34                                            | 29                                            |
| 9     | SPICES                                        | 824                                           | 859                                           | 990                                           |
| 10    | CASHEW                                        | 1339                                          | 1347                                          | 1419                                          |
| 11    | CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID                       | 1                                             | 1                                             | 1                                             |
| 12    | SESAME SEEDS                                  | 28                                            | 66                                            | 27                                            |
| 13    | NIGER SEEDS                                   | 7                                             | 12                                            | 4                                             |
| 14    | GROUNDNUT                                     | 0                                             | 0                                             | 2                                             |
| 15    | OTHER OIL SEEDS                               | 33                                            | 59                                            | 56                                            |
| 16    | VEGETABLE OILS                                | 10492                                         | 10893                                         | 11637                                         |
| 17    | OIL MEALS                                     | 65                                            | 145                                           | 116                                           |
| 18    | GUERGAM MEAL                                  | 2                                             | 0                                             | 1                                             |
| 19    | CASTOR OIL                                    | 0                                             | 0                                             | 0                                             |
| 20    | SHELLAC                                       | 3                                             | 2                                             | 3                                             |
| 21    | SUGAR                                         | 612                                           | 1022                                          | 937                                           |
| 22    | MOLLASES                                      | 1                                             | 1                                             | 11                                            |

|   23 | FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS       |   108 |    97 |   119 |
|------|--------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
|   24 | FRESH FRUITS                   |  1695 |  1683 |  1943 |
|   25 | FRESH VEGETABLES               |    60 |     2 |     4 |
|   26 | PROCESSED VEGETABLES           |    18 |    17 |    21 |
|   27 | PROCESSED FRUITS AND JUICES    |    80 |    82 |   125 |
|   28 | CEREAL PREPARATIONS            |    88 |    86 |   102 |
|   29 | COCOA PRODUCTS                 |   213 |   230 |   229 |
|   30 | MILLED PRODUCTS                |     3 |     2 |     2 |
|   31 | MISC PROCESSED ITEMS           |   277 |   316 |   349 |
|   32 | SHEEP/GOAT MEAT                |     1 |     1 |     2 |
|   33 | OTHER MEAT                     |     3 |     3 |     4 |
|   34 | PROCESSED MEAT                 |     0 |     1 |     0 |
|   35 | DAIRY PRODUCTS                 |    57 |    38 |    49 |
|   36 | POULTRY PRODUCTS               |     4 |     4 |     4 |
|   37 | FLORICLTR PRODUCTS             |    17 |    20 |    21 |
|   38 | NATURAL RUBBER                 |   715 |   653 |   829 |
|   39 | ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES            |   447 |   536 |   601 |
|   40 | MARINE PRODUCTS                |    97 |    94 |   123 |
|   41 | IRON ORE                       |   494 |   322 |   655 |
|   42 | MICA                           |     1 |     1 |     2 |
|   43 | COAL,COKE AND BRIQUITTES ETC   | 13668 | 15760 | 22901 |
|   44 | BULK MINERALS AND ORES         |  5256 |  4287 |  6207 |
|   45 | GRANIT, NATRL STONE AND PRODCT |   500 |   450 |   422 |
|   46 | PROCESSED MINERALS             |   715 |   862 |  1483 |
|   47 | SULPHER, UNROASTED IRON PYRITE |   217 |   131 |   166 |
|   48 | OTHER CRUDE MINERALS           |   333 |   273 |   326 |
|   49 | RAWHIDES AND SKINS             |    63 |    57 |    47 |
|   50 | FINISHED LEATHER               |   596 |   552 |   569 |
|   51 | LEATHER GOODS                  |    83 |    68 |    68 |

|   52 | LEATHER GARMENTS               |     8 |     2 |     3 |
|------|--------------------------------|-------|-------|-------|
|   53 | FOOTWEAR OF LEATHER            |   253 |   290 |   349 |
|   54 | LEATHER FOOTWEARCOMPONENT      |    28 |    23 |    21 |
|   55 | SADDLERY AND HARNESS           |     0 |     0 |     1 |
|   56 | PEARL, PRECS, SEMIPRECS STONES | 20070 | 23809 | 34279 |
|   57 | GOLD                           | 31771 | 27518 | 33657 |
|   58 | SILVER                         |  3743 |  1839 |  3214 |
|   59 | OTHER PRECIOUS AND BASE METALS |   219 |   191 |   360 |
|   60 | GOLD AND OTH PRECS METL JWLERY |   706 |   382 |  3158 |
|   61 | SPORTS GOODS                   |   221 |   224 |   292 |
|   62 | FERTILEZERS CRUDE              |  1014 |   758 |   729 |
|   63 | FERTILEZERS MANUFACTURED       |  7058 |  4266 |  4648 |
|   64 | AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS      |    54 |    53 |    61 |
|   65 | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES |  3248 |  2738 |  2993 |
|   66 | DYE INTERMEDIATES              |   607 |   608 |   872 |
|   67 | DYES                           |   320 |   305 |   336 |
|   68 | DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS |  1583 |  1662 |  1841 |
|   69 | AGRO CHEMICALS                 |   844 |  1049 |  1314 |
|   70 | SURGICALS                      |   555 |   541 |   586 |
|   71 | INORGANIC CHEMICALS            |  4447 |  3947 |  4763 |
|   72 | ORGANIC CHEMICALS              |  9623 |  9879 | 12428 |
|   73 | OTHER MISCELLAENIOUS CHEMICALS |   597 |   528 |   653 |
|   74 | COSMETICS AND TOILETRIES       |   941 |  1052 |  1321 |
|   75 | ESSENTIAL OILS                 |   134 |   143 |   152 |
|   76 | RESIDUL CHEMICLAND ALLED PROD  |  5087 |  5298 |  6523 |
|   77 | AUTO TYRES AND TUBES           |   515 |   508 |   499 |
|   78 | OTHR RUBBER PRODCT EXCPT FOOTW |  1686 |  1748 |  2141 |
|   79 | FOOTWEAR OF RUBBER/CANVAS ETC. |   192 |   222 |   317 |
|   80 | PAINT, VARNISH AND ALLID PRODC |  1320 |  1370 |  1679 |

|   81 | GRAPHITE, EXPLSIVS AND ACCESOR   | 64    | 77   | 140   |
|------|----------------------------------|-------|------|-------|
|   82 | CMNT, CLINKR AND ASBSTOS CMNT    | 104   | 140  | 175   |
|   83 | CERAMICS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS     | 866   | 628  | 807   |
|   84 | GLASS AND GLASSWARE              | 968   | 1054 | 1311  |
|   85 | BOOKS, PUBLICATIONS AND PRNTNG   | 348   | 277  | 318   |
|   86 | NEWSPRINT                        | 805   | 850  | 777   |
|   87 | PAPER, PAPER BOARD AND PRODUCT   | 2408  | 2602 | 3303  |
|   88 | PLYWOOD AND ALLIED PRODUCTS      | 1083  | 1088 | 1396  |
|   89 | OTHERWOODANDWOODPRODUCTS         | 1558  | 1202 | 1329  |
|   90 | PULP AND WASTE PAPER             | 956   | 975  | 1155  |
|   91 | OPTICAL ITEMS (INCL.LENS ETC)    | 333   | 312  | 593   |
|   92 | HUMAN HAIR, PRODUCTS THEREO      | 8     | 6    | 5     |
|   93 | MOULDED AND EXTRUDED GOODS       | 1190  | 1247 | 1400  |
|   94 | PACKAGING MATERIALS              | 255   | 259  | 302   |
|   95 | PLASTIC RAWMATERIALS             | 8822  | 8810 | 10690 |
|   96 | PLASTC SHT, FILM, PLTS ETC       | 1067  | 1144 | 1417  |
|   97 | STATIONRY/OFFCE, SCHOOL SUPPLY   | 88    | 86   | 93    |
|   98 | OTHER PLASTIC ITEMS              | 716   | 763  | 981   |
|   99 | IRON AND STEEL                   | 11252 | 8239 | 10432 |
|  100 | PRODUCTS OF IRON AND STEEL       | 3726  | 3444 | 4185  |
|  101 | ALUMINIUM, PRODUCTS OF ALUMINM   | 3507  | 3557 | 4605  |
|  102 | COPPER AND PRDCTS MADE OF COPR   | 3359  | 3449 |       |
|  103 | COPPER AND PRDCTS MADE OF COPR   |       |      | 4575  |
|  104 | LEAD AND PRODUCTS MADE OF LED    | 492   | 597  | 815   |
|  105 | NICKEL, PRODUCT MADE OF NICKEL   | 902   | 555  | 638   |
|  106 | TIN AND PRODUCTS MADE OF TIN     | 193   | 173  | 243   |
|  107 | ZINC AND PRODUCTS MADE OF ZINC   | 460   | 702  | 827   |
|  108 | OTHNON FEROUS METAL AND PRODC    | 813   | 835  |       |
|  109 | OTHNON FEROUS METAL AND PRODC    |       |      | 1109  |

|   110 | AUTO COMPONENTS/PARTS          | 4370   | 4063   | 5133   |
|-------|--------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|   111 | ELECTRODES                     | 81     | 83     | 103    |
|   112 | ACCUMULATORS AND BATTERIES     | 837    | 865    | 1247   |
|   113 | HNDTOOL, CTTNG TOOL OF METALS  | 846    | 778    | 982    |
|   114 | MACHINE TOOLS                  | 1912   | 2257   | 2538   |
|   115 | MEDICALAND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUM  | 3289   | 3546   | 4162   |
|   116 | OFFICE EQUIPMENTS              | 124    | 92     | 47     |
|   117 | AC, REFRIGERATION MACHNRY ETC  | 4043   | 2899   | 3386   |
|   118 | BICYCLE AND PARTS              | 185    | 226    | 263    |
|   119 | CRANES, LIFTS AND WINCHES      | 1148   | 1380   | 1417   |
|   120 | ELECTRIC MACHINERY AND EQUIPME | 6041   | 6316   | 8288   |
|   121 | IC ENGINES AND PARTS           | 2081   | 1925   | 2642   |
|   122 | INDL. MACHNRY FOR DAIRY ETC    | 9669   | 9376   | 10482  |
|   123 | ATM, INJCTNG MLDING MCHNRY ETC | 771    | 817    | 932    |
|   124 | NUCLER REACTR, INDL BOILR, PRT | 562    | 355    | 291    |
|   125 | OTHER CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY   | 1456   | 1666   | 2061   |
|   126 | OTHER MISC. ENGINEERING ITEMS  | 2756   | 2998   | 3465   |
|   127 | PRIME MICA AND MICA PRODUCTS   | 203    | 208    |        |
|   128 | PRIME MICA AND MICA PRODUCTS   |        |        | 250    |
|   129 | PUMPS OF ALL TYPES             | 812    | 846    | 1066   |
|   130 | AIRCRAFT, SPACECRAFT AND PARTS | 4984   | 8372   | 7677   |
|   131 | MOTOR VEHICLE/CARS             | 289    | 329    | 335    |
|   132 | RAILWY TRNSPRT EQUIPMNTS, PRTS | 500    | 369    | 426    |
|   133 | SHIP, BOAT AND FLOATING STRUCT | 4503   | 5652   | 4793   |
|   134 | TWO AND THREE WHEELERS         | 48     | 40     | 49     |
|   135 | COMPUTER HARDWARE, PERIPHERALS | 7509   | 6894   | 8209   |
|   136 | CONSUMER ELECTRONICS           | 4106   | 3992   | 4378   |
|   137 | ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS         | 7115   | 8408   | 10183  |
|   138 | ELECTRONICS INSTRUMENTS        | 5889   | 6065   | 6923   |

|   139 | TELECOM INSTRUMENTS            |   15403 |   16572 |   21848 |
|-------|--------------------------------|---------|---------|---------|
|   140 | PROJECT GOODS                  |    2761 |    2074 |    2078 |
|   141 | MANMADE STAPLE FIBRE           |     403 |     366 |     369 |
|   142 | COTTON YARN                    |      42 |      52 |      32 |
|   143 | COTTON FABRICS, MADEUPS ETC.   |     504 |     373 |     472 |
|   144 | OTH TXTL YRN, FBRIC MDUPARTCL  |     767 |     712 |     964 |
|   145 | SILK,RAW                       |     154 |     163 |     189 |
|   146 | NATRL SILK YARN,FABRICS,MADEUP |      47 |      45 |      60 |
|   147 | MANMADE YARN,FABRICS,MADEUPS   |    1727 |    1607 |    1896 |
|   148 | WOOL,RAW                       |     308 |     282 |     292 |
|   149 | WOLLEN YARN,FABRICS,MADEUPSETC |      59 |      44 |      79 |
|   150 | RMGCOTTON INCL ACCESSORIES     |     269 |     289 |     351 |
|   151 | RMGSILK                        |       5 |       4 |       5 |
|   152 | RMGMANMADEFIBRES               |     168 |     176 |     234 |
|   153 | RMGWOOL                        |      14 |      11 |      13 |
|   154 | RMGOFOTHR TEXTLE MATRL         |     124 |     116 |     170 |
|   155 | COIR AND COIR MANUFACTURES     |       5 |       7 |       8 |
|   156 | HANDLOOM PRODUCTS              |      10 |       5 |      11 |
|   157 | SILK WASTE                     |       6 |       2 |       2 |
|   158 | JUTE,RAW                       |      56 |     105 |      45 |
|   159 | JUTE YARN                      |      78 |      75 |      48 |
|   160 | JUTE HESSIAN                   |      28 |       9 |      19 |
|   161 | FLOOR CVRNG OF JUTE            |       1 |       1 |       1 |
|   162 | OTHER JUTE MANUFACTURES        |      86 |      55 |      68 |
|   163 | HANDCRFS(EXCL.HANDMADE CRPTS)  |     693 |     784 |     923 |
|   164 | CARPET(EXCL. SILK) HANDMADE    |      79 |      71 |      94 |
|   165 | SILK CARPET                    |       0 |       0 |       0 |
|   166 | COTTON RAW INCLD. WASTE        |     394 |     947 |     979 |
|   167 | PETROLEUM: CRUDE               |   65923 |   70705 |   87372 |

| 168   | PETROLEUM PRODUCTS                                                                                                                           | 17021                                                                                                                                        | 16258                                                                                                                                        | 21286                                                                                                                                        |
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| 169   | OTHER COMMODITIES                                                                                                                            | 11019                                                                                                                                        | 10749                                                                                                                                        | 4962                                                                                                                                         |
|       | Total Import                                                                                                                                 | 381008                                                                                                                                       | 384357                                                                                                                                       | 465578                                                                                                                                       |
|       | Note: Figures pertaining to the financial year 2017-18 are provisional Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics | Note: Figures pertaining to the financial year 2017-18 are provisional Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics | Note: Figures pertaining to the financial year 2017-18 are provisional Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics | Note: Figures pertaining to the financial year 2017-18 are provisional Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics |