Lok Sabha Question No. 833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Steel Export
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.833 FOR ANSWER ON 23/07/2018

## STEEL EXPORT

833. DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that India's total export of finished steel increased by 16.7% to 9.621 million tone in 2017-18 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is true that the country had exported 8.242 MT finished steel during 2016-17 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  it  is  also  true  that  the  contribution  of  the  non-alloy  steel  segment stood at 8.727 MT while the rest was the contribution of the alloy steel segment and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

- (a) Yes,  Madam.  India's  total  export  of  finished  steel  has  increased  by  16.7 percent to 9.621 MT in 2017-18 from 8.242 MT in 2016-17. Details are given in table below:-
- (b) Yes,  Madam.  India  had  exported  8.242  MT  finished  steel  during  2016-17 fiscal.  Data  released  by  Joint  Plant  Committee  (JPC)  indicates  that  India  had exported  8.242  million  tonnes  of  finished  steel  during  2016-17.  The  details  are  as follows:-

| Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Export   | Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Export   | Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Export   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                        | Qty. (mt)                                                   | %change over last year                                      |
| 2016-17                                                     | 8.242                                                       | 102.1                                                       |
| 2017-18*                                                    | 9.620                                                       | 16.7                                                        |
| Source: JPC; *prov; mt=million tonnes                       | Source: JPC; *prov; mt=million tonnes                       | Source: JPC; *prov; mt=million tonnes                       |

| Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Export   | Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Export   | Total Finished Steel (alloy/stainless + non-alloy) Export   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                                        | Qty. (mt)                                                   | %change over last year                                      |
| 2016-17                                                     | 8.242                                                       | 102.1                                                       |
| Source: JPC                                                 | Source: JPC                                                 | Source: JPC                                                 |

(c) Yes, Madam. It is also true that the contribution in export of non-alloy steel segment stood at 8.727 MT while the contribution of alloy steel segment stood at 0.893 MT during 2017-18 fiscal year. Details are provided in the table below:-

| Exports                |   2016-17 (in MT) |   2017-18* (in MT) | %Growth   |
|------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|-----------|
| Non-alloy Steel        |             7.584 |              8.727 | 15.07%    |
| Alloy/ Stainless steel |             0.658 |              0.893 | 35.71%    |
| Total finished steel   |             8.243 |              9.62  | 16.70%    |

Source: JPC; *prov.

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