Lok Sabha Question No. 769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Import-Export Data
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 769(H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  JULY,2018

## IMPORT-EXPORT DATA

769(H). SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a) whether  the  import/export  data  of  last  five  years  and  the  current  year  has  been collected by the Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of imports and exports made with various countries during the last three years and the current year; and
- (c) the effective measures taken by the Government so far to downsize the import of various items in the country?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a): Yes  Madam,  the  merchandise  import-export  data  of  last  five  years  and  the  current year have been collected by the Government, the details of which are given below:

(Value in US$ billions)

| Years               |   Export | %Change   |   Import | %Change   |
|---------------------|----------|-----------|----------|-----------|
| 2013-14             |   314.42 | --        |   450.21 | --        |
| 2014-15             |   310.35 | -1.29     |   448.03 | -0.48     |
| 2015-16             |   262.29 | -15.49    |   381.01 | -14.96    |
| 2016-17             |   275.85 | 5.17      |   384.36 | 0.88      |
| 2017-18             |   303.38 | 9.98      |   465.58 | 21.13     |
| 2017-18 (Apr-June)  |    72.21 | --        |   112.26 | --        |
| 2018-19 (Apr-June)* |    82.47 | 14.21     |   127.41 | 13.49     |

Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata (*: Quick Estimates)

(b): India's import from top 25 countries/SAR for last three years and the current year are given as follows:

(Value in US$ millions)

| S.No.                   | Country                 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Apr-May)* |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| 1                       | China P Rp              |  61707.9  |  61283    |  76271.7  |             10997.6  |
| 2                       | US A                    |  21781.4  |  22307.4  |  26611.1  |              5401.14 |
| 3                       | UArab Emts              |  19445.7  |  21509.8  |  21740    |              4769.42 |
| 4                       | Iraq                    |  10837.6  |  11707.9  |  17615.8  |              4020.89 |
| 5                       | Saudi Arab              |  20321.3  |  19972.4  |  22070    |              3932.57 |
| 6                       | Switzerland             |  19299.5  |  17248.7  |  18923.1  |              3407.29 |
| 7                       | Iran                    |   6278.75 |  10506.5  |  11111.5  |              3069.24 |
| 8                       | Hong Kong               |   6051.66 |   8204.18 |  10676.1  |              2588.99 |
| 9                       | Singapore               |   7308.38 |   7086.57 |   7466.99 |              2553.14 |
| 10                      | Korea Rp                |  13047.1  |  12585.4  |  16361.8  |              2543.68 |
| 11                      | Germany                 |  12088.4  |  11583.7  |  13295.7  |              2318.97 |
| 12                      | Indonesia               |  13131.9  |  13428    |  16438.8  |              2270.26 |
| 13                      | Australia               |   8898.78 |  11154.5  |  13993.8  |              2247.13 |
| 14                      | Japan                   |   9850.22 |   9754.64 |  10973.5  |              2140.88 |
| 15                      | Malaysia                |   9083.83 |   8933.59 |   9011.58 |              2024.1  |
| 16                      | Belgium                 |   8256.06 |   6624.63 |   5993.42 |              1892.52 |
| 17                      | UK                      |   5192.54 |   3664.96 |   4807.18 |              1474.04 |
| 18                      | Qatar                   |   9022.16 |   7646.22 |   8409.08 |              1465.44 |
| 19                      | Nigeria                 |   9949.17 |   7659.48 |   9501.33 |              1387.2  |
| 20                      | Thailand                |   5510.16 |   5415.4  |   7134.55 |              1314.97 |
| 21                      | Vietnam Soc Rep         |   2560.39 |   3320.56 |   5018.55 |              1246.83 |
| 22                      | Kuwait                  |   4969.69 |   4462.28 |   7165.7  |              1186.41 |
| 23                      | Venezuela               |   5701.81 |   5512.06 |   5866.37 |              1152    |
| 24                      | Russia                  |   4584.98 |   5552.3  |   8573.46 |              1110.94 |
| 25                      | South Africa            |   5948.42 |   5833.75 |   6834.71 |              1105.44 |
| Total import from above | Total import from above | 300828    | 302958    | 361866    |             67621.1  |
| %Share of above         | %Share of above         |     78.96 |     78.82 |     77.72 |                81.41 |
| India's total import    | India's total import    | 381008    | 384357    | 465578    |             83062.8  |

Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata (*: Provisional)

India's export to top 25 countries/SAR for last three years and the current year are given as follows:

(Value in US$ millions)

| S.No.                 | Country               |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Apr-May)* |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| 1                     | US A                  |  40340    |  42216.5  |  47882.6  |              8736.18 |
| 2                     | UArab Emts            |  30316.5  |  31175.5  |  28145.6  |              6117.88 |
| 3                     | China P Rp            |   9014.55 |  10172.4  |  13337.7  |              2647.15 |
| 4                     | Hong Kong             |  12092.3  |  14047.2  |  14690.3  |              1875.15 |
| 5                     | Singapore             |   7719.97 |   9564.67 |  10202.2  |              1831.7  |
| 6                     | Netherland            |   4727.39 |   5071.22 |   6263.27 |              1556.16 |
| 7                     | Germany               |   7094.55 |   7183.86 |   8689.24 |              1468.27 |
| 8                     | UK                    |   8857.77 |   8551.14 |   9712.59 |              1453.35 |
| 9                     | Bangladesh Pr         |   6034.96 |   6820.13 |   8460.34 |              1420.35 |
| 10                    | Nepal                 |   3902.7  |   5453.59 |   6597.09 |              1297.6  |
| 11                    | Belgium               |   5027.65 |   5656.92 |   6206.92 |              1244.87 |
| 12                    | Vietnam Soc Rep       |   5265.99 |   6786.56 |   7813.08 |              1221.69 |
| 13                    | Turkey                |   4140.01 |   4626.59 |   5090.7  |              1076.29 |
| 14                    | Saudi Arab            |   6381.72 |   5110.28 |   5410.7  |               971.95 |
| 15                    | Italy                 |   4218.21 |   4902.7  |   5710.27 |               934.11 |
| 16                    | Malaysia              |   3706.88 |   5224.88 |   5700.12 |               921.16 |
| 17                    | South Africa          |   3588.08 |   3545.97 |   3825.22 |               873.68 |
| 18                    | France                |   4633.77 |   5250.27 |   4901.61 |               845.64 |
| 19                    | Korea Rp              |   3524.51 |   4242.56 |   4462.14 |               836.59 |
| 20                    | Japan                 |   4663.09 |   3845.82 |   4734.75 |               726.6  |
| 21                    | Indonesia             |   2819.49 |   3488.16 |   3965.56 |               713.79 |
| 22                    | Mexico                |   2865.13 |   3460.98 |   3782.79 |               705.26 |
| 23                    | Thailand              |   2987.86 |   3133.44 |   3653.66 |               685.35 |
| 24                    | Spain                 |   3237.46 |   3426.13 |   3996.15 |               684.55 |
| 25                    | Sri Lanka DSR         |   5310.75 |   3913.15 |   4476.33 |               676.25 |
| Total export to above | Total export to above | 192471    | 206871    | 227711    |             41521.6  |
| %Share of above       | %Share of above       |     73.38 |     74.99 |     75.06 |                75.71 |
| India's total export  | India's total export  | 262291    | 275852    | 303376    |             54841.3  |

Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata (*: Provisional)

- (c): The  Government  has  taken  the  following  major  initiatives  to  encourage  domestic industry, boost exports and downsize the imports:
- i. 'Make in India'  initiative to transform India into a global design and manufacturing hub with  a  user  friendly  system  helping  drive  investment,  foster  innovation,  develop  skills, protect Intellectual Property and build best-in-class manufacturing infrastructure.
- ii. 'Start-up  India'  aimed  at  promoting  bank  financing  for  start-up  ventures  to  boost entrepreneurship and encourage start-ups.
- iii. Enhanced incentives for export promotion in the Mid-term review of Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20.
- iv. Ambitious program of regulatory reform aimed at making it easier to do business in India. It  has led to improvement in India's 'Ease of Doing Business' rank from 142 in 2014 to 100 in 2018.
- v. 'Smart Cities'  for  developing  100  smart  cities  as  satellite  towns  of  larger  cities  and  by modernising existing cities with a capital outlay of USD 7 Billion.
- vi. 'AMRUT' Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation for recasting urban landscape and make urban centres more liveable and inclusive with a capital outlay of USD 7.69 Billion
- vii. 'Digital  India'  to  ensure  that  government  services  are  made  available  to  citizens electronically by improving online infrastructure and by increasing internet connectivity.

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