Lok Sabha Question No. 3210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-31
Subject: Export/Import of Metals and Minerals
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3210 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st   DECEMBER,2018

## EXPORT/IMPORT OF METALS AND MINERALS

## 3210.  SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

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

- (a) the quantum and value of minerals and metals including iron ore and their products exported from and imported to the country during the last three years, country-wise along with the country's share in world trade of such minerals and metals;
- (b) the percentage of export of minerals vis-à-vis their production in the country;
- (c) whether  instances  of  illegal  export  of  some  minerals,  particularly  iron  ore  have come to the notice of the Government and if so, the number of such cases reported during  the  said  period  along  with  the  followup  action  taken  by  the  Government thereon; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  review  the  existing  policy  with  respect  to minerals and metals, particularly iron ore so as to protect the domestic industry and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Export/import data of iron ore, metals and their products with regard to last three years and current year including country-wise data is at Annexure-I.
- (b) Details of export of minerals and their production are at Annexure-II
- (c) The instances of illegal export of minerals for the last three years are as under:-

| Year         |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No. of cases |         3 |         9 |         7 |

As per Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs appropriate action has been taken under Customs Act, 1962 including issuing Show Cause Notices.

- (d)  At  present  there  is  no  proposal  to  review  the  existing  EXIM  Policy  with  respect  to minerals/metals.

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## Annexure-I

## Export Data of Iron Ore and Metals                               (Value in Rs. Crore)

|                                |           | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (upto Nov'18)   | 2018-19 (upto Nov'18)   |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Commodity                      | Qty_ Unit | QTY       | VAL(INR)  | QTY       | VAL(INR)  | QTY       | VAL(INR)  | QTY                     | VAL(INR)                |
| ALUMINIUM, PRODUCTS OF ALUMINM | TON       | 1158979   | 17284.73  | 1552756   | 21760.03  | 2019176   | 30949.58  | 1557675                 | 27185.28                |
| COPPER AND PRDCTS MADEOF COPR  | TON       | 424708    | 16580.63  | 458716    | 17932.50  |           |           |                         |                         |
| IRON ORE                       | TON       | 5444485   | 1263.19   | 30730055  | 10290.82  | 24202422  | 9487.60   | 9511271                 | 5527.83                 |
| LEAD AND PRODUCTS MADE OF LED  | TON       | 89385     | 1188.31   | 108065    | 1586.81   | 159536    | 2557.22   | 109318                  | 1798.54                 |
| NICKEL, PRODUCTMADE OF NICKEL  | TON       | 37627     | 3210.25   | 9084      | 622.53    | 3249      | 288.74    | 2766                    | 318.73                  |
| OTH NON FEROUS METALAND PRODC  | KGS       | 91130806  | 2825.96   | 91490179  | 2991.67   |           |           |                         |                         |
| PRODUCTS OF IRON AND STEEL     |           |           | 40162.33  |           | 39528.02  |           | 43634.33  |                         | 32441.86                |
| TIN AND PRODUCTS MADE OF TIN   | TON       | 3652      | 375.52    | 521       | 59.29     | 569       | 71.52     | 322                     | 38.81                   |
| ZINC AND PRODUCTS MADE OF ZINC | TON       | 257634    | 3434.57   | 228027    | 4096.75   | 286969    | 6168.00   | 128150                  | 2787.46                 |

2018-19 figures are provisional                                                                                                                                       Source: DGCI&S,

Kolkata

## Import Data of Iron Ore and Metals               (Value in Rs. Crore)

|                                |           | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   | 2017-18   | 2018-19 (upto Nov'18)   | 2018-19 (upto Nov'18)   |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Commodity                      | Qty_ Unit | QTY       | VAL(INR)  | QTY       | VAL(INR)  | QTY       | VAL(INR)  | QTY                     | VAL(INR)                |
| ALUMINIUM, PRODUCTS OF ALUMINM | TON       | 1690174   | 22930.58  | 1770342   | 23858.41  | 1977446   | 29684.84  | 1577153                 | 26829.42                |
| COPPER AND PRDCTS MADEOF COPR  | TON       | 629369    | 21978.07  | 663879    | 23133.39  |           |           |                         |                         |
| IRON ORE                       | TON       | 7095393   | 3192.56   | 4603931   | 2157.58   | 8702480   | 4223.93   | 10141964                | 4489.86                 |
| LEAD AND PRODUCTS MADE OF LED  | TON       | 268602    | 3214.45   | 304917    | 4006.56   | 351644    | 5250.38   | 264912                  | 4092.55                 |
| NICKEL, PRODUCTMADE OF NICKEL  | TON       | 71527     | 5869.21   | 50017     | 3721.99   | 63192     | 4110.72   | 31124                   | 3450.03                 |
| OTH NON FEROUS METALAND PRODC  | KGS       | 161782495 | 5320.29   | 176637034 | 5604.70   |           |           |                         |                         |
| PRODUCTS OF IRON AND STEEL     |           |           | 24401.97  |           | 23110.90  |           | 26970.77  |                         | 22758.07                |
| TIN AND PRODUCTS MADE OF TIN   | TON       | 12107     | 1262.00   | 9034      | 1162.58   | 11988     | 1564.79   | 7690                    | 1077.10                 |
| ZINC AND PRODUCTS MADE OF ZINC | TON       | 227303    | 3012.84   | 310817    | 4705.65   | 272786    | 5332.43   | 184014                  | 3852.24                 |

2018-19 figures are provisional                                                                                                                                       Source: DGCI&S, Kolkata

## Country wise export of iron ore                               (Value in Rs. Cr)

| Country         | 2015-16   | 2016-17   | 2017-18   |   2018-19 (upto Nov'18) |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| CHINA P RP      | 1032.05   | 9729.40   | 7039.08   |                 4082.74 |
| KOREA RP        |           | 28.57     | 580.92    |                  525.13 |
| JAPAN           |           | 153.89    | 1223.57   |                  305.26 |
| U K             |           |           | 28.80     |                  172.11 |
| VIETNAM SOC REP | 1.93      |           | 125.52    |                  107.5  |
| NETHERLAND      |           | 40.96     |           |                   67.14 |
| OTHERS          | 229.21    | 338.01    | 489.71    |                  267.94 |
| Grand Total     | 1263.19   | 10290.82  | 9487.60   |                 5527.83 |

2018-19 figures are provisional                                                                                                                                Source: DGCI&S,

Kolkata

## Country wise import of iron ore                            (Value in Rs.

Cr)

| Country      | 2015-16   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (upto Nov'18) |
|--------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| AUSTRALIA    | 24.76     |      3.34 |    727.91 |                 1799.18 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 1957.82   |   1106.66 |   1541.13 |                 1132.49 |
| BRAZIL       | 315.14    |    796.08 |   1224.67 |                  676.28 |
| BAHARAIN IS  | 72.06     |    146.71 |    505.88 |                  610.35 |
| OMAN         | 814.65    |     32.57 |    161.38 |                  121.77 |
| CANADA       |           |      0.01 |      0.01 |                  107.99 |
| OTHERS       | 8.13      |     72.21 |     62.97 |                   41.8  |
| Grand Total  | 3192.56   |   2157.58 |   4223.93 |                 4489.86 |

## Country wise export of Metal

2018-19 figures are provisional                                                                                                                                Source: DGCI&S,

Kolkata

(Value in Rs. Cr)

| Country     |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (upto Nov'18) |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| U S A       |  11642.5  |  13066.8  |  17242.9  |                12260.2  |
| KOREA RP    |   5350.46 |   6757.46 |   8148.3  |                 4490    |
| MALAYSIA    |   4859.9  |   5167.77 |   7981.01 |                 4376.14 |
| U ARAB EMTS |   6530.95 |   6729    |   6089.8  |                 3107.21 |
| TURKEY      |    892.72 |   1030.15 |   1987.85 |                 3013.24 |
| GERMANY     |   2985.58 |   2944.66 |   3192.84 |                 2533.57 |
| U K         |   2982.83 |   2775.79 |   3157.57 |                 2484.6  |
| OTHERS      |  49817.4  |  50106    |  35869.7  |                32305.7  |
| Grand Total |  85062.3  |  88577.6  |  83670    |                64570.7  |

## Country wise import of Metal

2018-19 figures are provisional                                                                                                                                Source: DGCI&S,

Kolkata

(Value in Rs. Cr)

| Country     |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (upto Nov'18) |
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| CHINA P RP  |  16583.7  |  17399.6  |  20152.1  |                18097.5  |
| U ARAB EMTS |   7298.65 |   6765.96 |   7980.3  |                 7397.1  |
| KOREA RP    |   5474.87 |   6474.08 |   8348.67 |                 6318.91 |
| MALAYSIA    |   5470.54 |   6263.78 |   7641.13 |                 6227.47 |
| U S A       |   3803.25 |   4015.15 |   4978.07 |                 5373.26 |
| JAPAN       |   3722.91 |   3599.88 |   4154.5  |                 5092.73 |
| OTHERS      |  45635.5  |  44785.7  |  19659.1  |                13552.4  |
| Grand Total |  87989.4  |  89304.2  |  72913.9  |                62059.4  |

2018-19 figures are provisional                                                                                                                                Source: DGCI&S,

Kolkata

As per Tex Report Iron Ore Manual 2017-18 India's share in world export of iron ore for the years 2015, 2016 and 2017 is 0.3%, 1.5% and 2.0% respectively.

## Annexure-II

| Year        |   Value of MCDR Mineral Production and Minor Mineral Production | Value of Coal and Lignite Production   | Value of Petroleum and Natural Gas Production   |   Value of Exports of Ores and Minerals |   Value of Imports of Ores and Minerals |
|-------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2015-16     |                                                       951880433 | 958816900                              | 938298169                                       |                              1709463248 |                              7387889415 |
| 2016-17     |                                                      1082006551 | 910106200                              | 909757178                                       |                              2001306842 |                              8094451080 |
| 2017-18 (P) |                                                      1190495574 | N.A.                                   | N.A.                                            |                              1991204401 |                             10285012919 |

All Values in Rs '000, P: Provisional, N.A.: Not Available Source: Ministry of Mines

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