Lok Sabha Question No. 2 (STARRED), answered on 2019-02-04
Subject: Export of Raw Sugar to China
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 2 TO BE ANSWERED ON  04 th  FEBRUARY, 2019

## EXPORT OF RAW SUGAR TO CHINA

- *2. SHRI  B. VINOD KUMAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has  signed any agreement  to export  raw sugar to  China after considering all market conditions;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether sugar is the second product after non-basmati rice to be exported to China;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof along with the  details of profit/loss which the rice export has yielded and the manner in which the Government supports the addition of sugar to the export basket to China in favour of larger GDP growth; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  considered  all  stake  holders  and  their  needs  while signing the agreement and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI SURESH PRABHU)

- a) to e):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 2   FOR ANSWER ON 04 th  FEBRUARY, 2019 REGARDING 'EXPORT OF RAW SUGAR TO CHINA'.

(a) & (b): No Madam. The Government has not signed any agreement to export raw sugar to China. Government of India has been consistently making efforts to export sugar to China through  engagement  with  Chinese  authorities  and  facilitating  business  interactions  of  our sugar exporters with China's sugar importers.

(c)&(d): In addition to export of sugar and rice, India also exports other commodities/products to China and the  details  of  top  10  principal  commodities  which  are exported to China, along with their exports in the last three years, are placed at Annex-I.

The protocol on export of Indian  rice  to  China  was  signed  in  Qingdao  in  June  2018  after which  an  initial  362  MT  of  rice  has  been  exported  to  China  in  2018,  as  reported  by  the Industry.

In view of the increased sugar production in the last two years, there is   an exportable surplus available. As China imports about 3-5 million MTs of sugar every year, the Government has been facilitating regular B2B engagements to enable exporters to export the surplus sugar.

(e):      Does not arise in view of (a) above.

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*Data for 2018-19 is

provisional

#Top 10 commodities have been arranged in descending order of export value of 2017-18.

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## Principal Commodity wise Export to China

| Principal Commodity                | Unit   | 2015-16            | 2016-17            | 2017-18            | Apr- Nov'17        | Apr- Nov'18*       |
|------------------------------------|--------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
| Principal Commodity                | Unit   | Val in Million USD | Val in Million USD | Val in Million USD | Val in Million USD | Val in Million USD |
| ORGANIC CHEMICALS                  | KGS    | 472.34             | 452.81             | 1559.63            | 868.38             | 1675.60            |
| COPPER AND PRODUCTS MADE OF COPPER |        | 1144.35            | 702.00             | 1548.51            | 950.19             | 156.84             |
| PETROLEUM PRODUCTS                 | TON    | 636.11             | 789.43             | 1507.00            | 804.88             | 2346.41            |
| IRON ORE                           | TON    | 155.28             | 1449.60            | 1091.23            | 662.26             | 581.15             |
| COTTON YARN                        | TON    | 1474.51            | 1045.65            | 858.84             | 538.48             | 892.29             |
| PLASTIC RAW MATERIALS              | TON    | 261.13             | 244.68             | 494.87             | 229.54             | 676.69             |
| GRANITE, NATURAL STONE AND PRODUCT | KGS    | 408.59             | 411.59             | 461.60             | 301.59             | 294.80             |
| CASTOR OIL                         | KGS    | 276.65             | 264.93             | 424.30             | 286.73             | 239.77             |
| IRON AND STEEL                     | TON    | 145.60             | 344.84             | 324.12             | 202.86             | 166.40             |
| SPICES                             | KGS    | 171.47             | 193.24             | 314.69             | 211.30             | 236.22             |
| Total top 10#                      | -      | 5146.03            | 5898.76            | 8584.80            | 5056.21            | 7266.17            |
| Total Rest of the commodities      | -      | 3868.52            | 4273.65            | 4749.62            | 3056.59            | 3831.68            |
| Grand Total                        | -      | 9014.55            | 10172.41           | 13334.42           | 8112.80            | 11097.84           |

(Source:DGCIS)