Lok Sabha Question No. 1304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-25
Subject: Export of Steel
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Bhagwanth Khuba

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1304 FOR ANSWER ON 25/11/2019

## EXPORT OF STEEL

1304.  SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI: SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantity of steel being exported and the revenue earned therefrom during the last two years, country-wise;
- (b) whether the export-oriented policy of steel is the primary cause for escalation of steel prices in the domestic market;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the corrective measures taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to bring down the prices;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  Steel  industry  needs  to  be upgraded with the latest modern and world class technology to improve its production capacity; and
- (e) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

## THE MINISTER OF STEEL

- (a) Data on overall export of total steel - both volume and value - in last two years is placed at Annexure-I .

(b)&(c): No, Sir. Steel is a deregulated sector and Government has no role in steel price regulation. Steel is a completely deregulated sector and market driven.

(d) and (e): Indian steel industry uses latest technology in steel making and Indian steel companies feature among the top steel companies of the world. The issue of technology  upgradation  are  techno-commercial  decisions  of  steel  companies  and Government  has  no  role  in  such  decisions.  Ministry  of  Steel  also  funds  certain Research & Development (R&D) projects for the steel sector.

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| Principal      |                  | 2017-18     | 2017-18          | 2018-19     | 2018-19          |
|----------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|-------------|------------------|
| Commodity      | Country          | Qty. in Ton | Val. in Mil. USD | Qty. in Ton | Val. in Mil. USD |
| IRON AND STEEL | AFGHANISTAN      | 244         | 0.46             | 344         | 0.84             |
|                | ALGERIA          | 838         | 1.04             | 2100        | 2.48             |
|                | ANGOLA           | 2186        | 2.53             | 2860        | 2.86             |
|                | ANTIGUA          | 27          | 0.02             | 574         | 0.50             |
|                | ARGENTINA        | 58194       | 55.50            | 17152       | 29.61            |
|                | ARMENIA          | 0           | 0.00             | 1           | 0.00             |
|                | ARUBA            |             |                  | 48          | 0.05             |
|                | AUSTRALIA        | 26259       | 33.37            | 26111       | 38.25            |
|                | AUSTRIA          | 850         | 1.90             | 1482        | 3.71             |
|                | AZERBAIJAN       |             |                  | 0           | 0.00             |
|                | BAHARAIN IS      | 28528       | 32.38            | 18270       | 26.21            |
|                | BANGLADESH PR    | 593797      | 269.78           | 713475      | 323.46           |
|                | BARBADOS         | 1648        | 1.34             | 2672        | 2.31             |
|                | BELARUS          | 253         | 0.62             | 200         | 0.53             |
|                | BELGIUM          | 1005251     | 777.50           | 671103      | 600.82           |
|                | BELIZE           | 2173        | 1.77             | 2258        | 2.02             |
|                | BENIN            | 736         | 0.78             | 832         | 0.84             |
|                | BHUTAN           | 106488      | 38.01            | 136060      | 55.10            |
|                | BOLIVIA          | 41          | 0.08             | 162         | 0.14             |
|                | BOTSWANA         | 61          | 0.06             | 295         | 0.56             |
|                | BRAZIL           | 75467       | 90.71            | 55205       | 89.00            |
|                | BRUNEI           | 667         | 0.33             | 8           | 0.02             |
|                | BULGARIA         | 8738        | 13.58            | 5004        | 10.06            |
|                | BURKINA FASO     | 8875        | 7.44             | 297         | 0.33             |
|                | BURUNDI          | 535         | 0.47             | 189         | 0.72             |
|                | C AFRI REP       | 0           | 0.00             | 4           | 0.01             |
|                | CAMBODIA         | 6           | 0.01             | 79          | 0.15             |
|                | CAMEROON         | 4527        | 3.99             | 4281        | 4.05             |
|                | CANADA           | 31363       | 37.00            | 42307       | 61.14            |
|                | CHAD             | 2291        | 2.03 18.06       | 330 11107   | 0.31 17.49       |
|                | CHILE            | 12561       |                  |             |                  |
|                | CHINA P RP       | 300803      | 324.12           | 302623      | 318.91           |
|                | COLOMBIA         | 29490       | 31.96            | 25140       | 31.04            |
|                | COMOROS          | 464         | 0.42             | 775         | 0.62             |
|                | CONGO D. REP.    | 1688        | 1.94             | 1867        | 1.91             |
|                | CONGO P REP      | 1266        | 1.16             | 829         | 0.87             |
|                | COSTA RICA       | 1602        | 2.07             | 862         | 1.36             |
|                | COTE D' IVOIRE   | 10325       | 8.66             | 4682        | 3.99             |
|                | CROATIA          | 2320        | 3.18             | 440         | 1.22             |
|                |                  | 2310        | 2.17             | 1611        | 1.68             |
|                | CYPRUS           |             |                  |             |                  |
|                | CZECH REPUBLIC   | 1186        | 2.66             | 1085        | 2.91             |
|                | DENMARK          | 43582       | 34.95            | 11913       | 17.59            |
|                | DJIBOUTI         | 59155       | 45.58            | 78683       | 68.89            |
|                | DOMINIC REP      | 4024        | 3.51             | 3973        | 3.88             |
|                | DOMINICA         | 441         | 0.48             | 123         | 0.11             |
|                | ECUADOR          | 36724       | 33.16            | 22686       | 23.31            |
|                | EGYPT A RP       | 85739       | 69.81            | 36194       | 45.27            |
|                | EL SALVADOR      | 4034        | 3.96             | 2813        | 2.80             |
|                | EQUTL GUINEA     | 392         | 0.29             | 340         | 0.33             |
|                | ERITREA          | 95 2663     | 0.11 4.43        | 2130        | 4.52             |
|                | ESTONIA ETHIOPIA | 137110      | 108.13           | 91202       | 85.81            |

| FIJI IS            | 19            | 0.03          | 43           | 0.13         |
|--------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|--------------|
| FINLAND            | 6314          | 11.71         | 5025         | 9.51         |
| FRANCE             | 11172         | 17.56         | 23881        | 28.81        |
| GABON              | 2880          | 2.58          | 568          | 0.54         |
| GAMBIA             | 7901          | 6.18          | 1275         | 1.21         |
| GEORGIA            | 134           | 0.33          | 299          | 0.68         |
| GERMANY            | 53888         | 129.94        | 60304        | 161.35       |
| GHANA              | 33758         | 29.82         | 21053        | 18.27        |
| GREECE             | 39807         | 39.27         | 19164        | 21.46        |
| GRENADA            | 544           | 0.47          | 626          | 0.63         |
| GUADELOUPE         | 153           | 0.15          | 5            | 0.01         |
| GUATEMALA          | 5928          | 6.80          | 6243         | 7.25         |
| GUINEA             | 2689          | 2.76          | 4122         | 3.64         |
| GUINEA BISSAU      | 446           | 0.43          | 326          | 0.21         |
| GUYANA             | 2493          | 2.02          | 3370         | 2.74         |
| HAITI              | 5112          | 3.99          | 89           | 0.08         |
| HONDURAS           | 4793          | 3.41          | 5971         | 4.57         |
| HONG KONG          | 224379        | 117.11        | 121236       | 65.23        |
| HUNGARY            | 2362          | 3.00          | 970          | 2.18         |
| ICELAND            | 366           | 0.51          | 1713         | 2.25         |
| INDONESIA          | 770302        | 540.83        | 334900       | 276.76       |
| IRAN               | 113645        | 137.21        | 46023        | 63.08        |
| IRAQ               | 7069          | 5.77          | 3956         | 3.70         |
| IRELAND ISRAEL     | 14399         | 11.01         | 16777 8147   | 14.35 14.94  |
| ITALY              | 10549 1520321 | 14.77 1033.72 | 1234435      | 887.32       |
| JAMAICA            | 7729          | 6.48          | 6402         | 5.76         |
| JAPAN              | 224728        | 252.49        | 210936       | 235.59       |
| JORDAN             | 2804          | 2.98          | 3134         | 3.42         |
| KAZAKHSTAN         | 1             | 0.00          | 0            | 0.00         |
| KENYA              | 97778         | 54.77         | 96271        | 52.41        |
| KOREA DP RP        |               |               | 50           | 0.04         |
| KOREA RP KUWAIT    | 288689 27143  | 339.16 25.20  | 394596 33766 | 449.00 33.72 |
| KYRGHYZSTAN        | 52            | 0.09          | 101          | 0.15         |
| LAO PD RP          | 301           | 0.27          | 92           | 0.10         |
| LATVIA             | 25833         | 18.15         | 34765        | 24.97        |
| LEBANON            | 654           | 1.55          | 1192         | 2.37         |
| LIBERIA            | 7230          | 6.51          | 1650         | 1.70         |
| LIBYA              | 4682          | 5.64          | 5882         | 7.72         |
| LITHUANIA          | 1767          | 2.32          | 2854         | 3.91         |
| LUXEMBOURG         | 1             | 0.00          | 21           | 0.06         |
| MACEDONIA          | 50            | 0.06          | 0            | 0.00         |
| MADAGASCAR         | 12599         | 8.88          | 6579         | 3.67         |
| MALAWI             | 3858          | 3.34          | 1498         | 1.44         |
| MALAYSIA           | 558928        | 304.80        | 379881       | 242.37       |
| MALDIVES           | 23176         | 16.36         | 17475        | 13.48        |
| MALI               | 1730          | 1.61          | 799          | 0.79         |
| MALTA              | 19            | 0.02          | 1            | 0.00         |
| MARSHALL ISLAND    | 0             | 0.00          | 0            | 0.00         |
| MARTINIQUE         | 129           | 0.13          |              |              |
| MAURITANIA         | 83            | 0.09          | 21 9294      | 0.02 5.49    |
| MAURITIUS MEXICO   | 10861 155070  | 5.22 137.85   | 87075        | 105.53       |
| MOLDOVA            |               | 0.02          | 24           | 0.03         |
|                    | 10            |               |              | 0.00         |
| MONGOLIA           | 1             | 0.00          | 1            | 0.51         |
| MONTENEGRO MOROCCO | 638 3687      | 0.52 4.53     | 395 6821     | 8.47         |

| MYANMAR           | 208520         | 108.65      | 42979       | 23.95   |
|-------------------|----------------|-------------|-------------|---------|
| N. MARIANA IS.    | 5 10           | 0.01 0.01   | 14          | 0.03    |
| NAMIBIA NAURU RP  | 20             | 0.01 880.52 | 2186349     | 1140.03 |
| NEPAL NETHERLAND  | 1863556 129700 | 187.56      | 106453      | 168.29  |
| NETHERLANDANTIL   | 21             | 0.02        | 70          | 0.06    |
| NEW CALEDONIA     | 0              | 0.00        | 22          | 0.04    |
| NEW ZEALAND       | 7084           | 9.22        | 7954        | 10.84   |
| NICARAGUA         | 759            | 0.61        | 43          | 0.05    |
| NIGER             | 977            | 0.73        | 420         | 0.49    |
| NIGERIA           | 45018          | 36.35       | 65557       | 52.12   |
| NORWAY            | 4876           | 4.86        | 3507        | 4.98    |
| OMAN              | 144624         | 76.67       | 101120 313  | 84.32   |
| PAKISTAN IR       | 85779          | 72.97       | 55674       | 51.90   |
| PALAU             |                |             | 0           | 0.00    |
| PANAMA REPUBLIC   | 4180           | 3.56        | 292         | 0.32    |
| PAPUA N GNA       | 19             | 0.09        |             | 0.22    |
| PARAGUAY          | 60251          | 48.78       | 32276       | 27.59   |
| PERU              | 48673          | 44.95       | 13244       | 16.34   |
| PHILIPPINES       | 357579         | 176.42      | 179730      | 101.84  |
| POLAND            | 162093         | 164.84      | 100773      | 131.59  |
| PORTUGAL          | 136742         | 105.21      | 65397       | 59.57   |
|                   |                |             | 33          | 0.04    |
| PUERTO RICO QATAR | 366 53268      | 0.34 48.97  | 61383       | 64.83   |
|                   | 930            | 0.77        | 192         | 0.18    |
| REUNION ROMANIA   | 40146          | 37.77       | 28566 32686 | 28.23   |
| RUSSIA RWANDA     | 31933          | 74.20       |             | 80.99   |
|                   | 8500           | 7.53        | 7818        | 7.60    |
| SAHARWI A.DM RP   | 0              | 0.00        |             |         |
| SAUDI ARAB        | 259617         | 155.65      | 215424      | 158.72  |
| SENEGAL           | 12983          | 11.52       | 13619       | 12.17   |
| SERBIA            | 80             | 0.21        | 176         | 0.47    |
| SEYCHELLES        | 958            | 0.66        | 726         | 0.56    |
| SIERRA LEONE      | 5784           | 4.72        | 1730        | 1.53    |
| SINGAPORE         | 203394         | 110.00      | 64106       | 44.38   |
| SLOVAK REP        | 1501           | 3.20        | 831         | 1.58    |
| SLOVENIA          | 11528          | 15.39       | 6772        | 11.80   |
| SOMALIA           | 20425          | 17.14       | 15396       | 13.70   |
| SOUTH AFRICA      | 64144          | 52.19       | 15993       | 32.88   |
| SPAIN             | 596377         | 420.55      | 375519      | 311.08  |
| SRI LANKA DSR     | 455054         | 245.57      | 282364      | 161.56  |
| ST LUCIA          | 1816           | 1.59        | 1117        | 1.01    |
| ST VINCENT        |                |             | 22          | 0.02    |
| SUDAN             | 36350          | 21.93       | 15746       | 10.92   |
| SURINAME          | 1248           | 0.97        | 803         | 0.65    |
| SWAZILAND         | 667            | 0.45        |             |         |
| SWEDEN            | 19256          | 18.93       | 6153        | 10.46   |
| SWITZERLAND       | 2060           | 3.92        | 2275        | 5.32    |
| SYRIA             | 1819           | 2.04        | 28          | 0.08    |
| TAIWAN            | 416499         | 358.36      | 240276      | 223.73  |
| TANZANIA REP      | 16032          | 11.62       | 12641       | 11.76   |
| THAILAND          | 435009         | 250.32      | 311373      | 201.62  |
| TOGO              | 7090           | 5.40        | 691         | 0.64    |
| TRINIDAD          | 21410          | 16.59       | 11699       | 9.52    |
| TUNISIA           | 7513           | 6.84        | 6280        | 6.96    |
| TURKEY            | 284961         | 226.07      | 151419      | 172.63  |
| TURKMENISTAN      | 495            | 0.46        | 161         | 0.13    |

|             | U K             | 131096   | 101.33   |   104503 |   93.14 |
|-------------|-----------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|
|             | U S A           | 349027   | 372.27   |   156805 |  247.4  |
|             | UGANDA          | 2903     | 3.23     |     2623 |    3.02 |
|             | UKRAINE         | 8102     | 14.95    |     8405 |   16.48 |
|             | UNSPECIFIED     |          |          |        0 |    0    |
|             | URUGUAY         | 6557     | 5.44     |     5331 |    4.95 |
|             | UZBEKISTAN      | 80       | 0.32     |      276 |    1.05 |
|             | VANUATU REP     |          |          |        0 |    0    |
|             | VENEZUELA       | 4        | 0.01     |      345 |    0.23 |
|             | VIETNAM SOC REP | 1087687  | 579.78   |   860678 |  486.22 |
|             | VIRGIN IS US    | 29       | 0.07     |       18 |    0.06 |
|             | YEMEN REPUBLC   | 1950     | 1.40     |      764 |    0.72 |
|             | ZAMBIA          | 1673     | 1.89     |     4073 |    4.54 |
|             | ZIMBABWE        | 1721     | 1.68     |     1471 |    1.58 |
| Grand Total | Grand Total     | 15888130 | 11244.74 | 12476143 | 9742.01 |

Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics