Lok Sabha Question No. 2360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Data of Imports and Exports
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2360 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  MARCH, 2022

## DATA OF IMPORTS AND EXPORTS

## 2360.  SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of year-wise data of imports and exports from FY 2009-10 to FY 2021-22;
- (b) the country-wise details of the import and export growth between 2008-2014, 20142019 and 2019-2022 (till January 2022) therein; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to increase exports?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) :  The details of overall export and import (merchandise plus services)  from financial year 2009-10 to 2021-22 are as follows:
- (b) The values of export of India to top 25 countries between 2007-08 to 2013-14, 2013-14 to 20182019 and 2018-19 (April-January) to 2021-22 (April-January) are given at Annexure - I, II and III respectively. The values of import of India from top 25 countries between 2007-08 to 201314,  2013-14  to  2018-2019  and  2018-19  (April-January)  to  2021-22  (April-January  2022)  are given at Annexure IV, V and VI respectively.
- (c) The Government has taken the following steps to increase India's exports:
- (i) The mid-term review (2017) of the Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20) was carried out and corrective measures were undertaken.
- (ii) Foreign  Trade  Policy  (2015-20)  extended  by  one  year  i.e.  upto  31-3-2022  due  to  the COVID-19 pandemic situation.
- (iii) Assistance provided  through  several  schemes  to  promote  exports,  namely,  Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) and Market Access Initiatives (MAI) Scheme.
- (iv) A Central Sector Scheme, 'Transport and Marketing Assistance for Specified Agriculture Products'  was launched for providing assistance for the international component of freight to mitigate the freight disadvantage for the export of agriculture products.
- (v) Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme and Rebate of State and Central Levies and Taxes (RoSCTL) Scheme have been implemented with effect from 01.01.2021.
- (vi) Common Digital Platform for Certificate of Origin has been launched to facilitate trade and increase Free Trade Agreement (FTA) utilization by exporters.
- (vii) 12 Champion Services Sectors have been identified for promoting and diversifying services exports by pursuing specific action plans.
- (viii) Districts as Export Hubs has been launched by identifying products with export potential in each district, addressing bottlenecks for exporting these products and supporting local exporters/manufacturers to generate employment in the district.
- (ix) Active role of Indian missions abroad towards promoting India's trade, tourism, technology and investment goals has been enhanced.
- (x) Package announced in light of the COVID pandemic to support domestic industry through various  banking  and  financial  sector  relief  measures,  especially  for  MSMEs,  which constitute a major share in exports.

| Year             |   Export (Value in US$ Billion) |   Import (Value in US$ Billion) |
|------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2009-10          |                          274.8  |                          348.4  |
| 2010-11          |                          374.45 |                          450.32 |
| 2011-12          |                          448.29 |                          567.55 |
| 2012-13          |                          446.08 |                          571.5  |
| 2013-14          |                          466.22 |                          528.95 |
| 2014-15          |                          468.45 |                          529.61 |
| 2015-16          |                          416.6  |                          465.64 |
| 2016-17          |                          440.05 |                          480.21 |
| 2017-18          |                          498.61 |                          583.11 |
| 2018-19          |                          538.08 |                          640.14 |
| 2019-20          |                          526.55 |                          602.98 |
| 2020-21          |                          497.9  |                          511.96 |
| 2020-21(Apr-Jan) |                          396.37 |                          399.67 |
| 2021-22(Apr-Jan) |                          544.73 |                          613.65 |

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

Annexure-I Statement referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 2360 for answer on 16 th  March 2022.

## The value of merchandise export of India in terms of value to top 25 countries between 2007-08 to 2013-14

(Value in US$ Million)

|   Sr. No | Country         |   2007-08 |   2008-09 |   2009-10 |   2010-11 |   2011-12 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |
|----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | U S A           |     20731 |     21150 |     19535 |     25296 |     34746 |     36161 |     39159 |
|        2 | U ARAB EMTS     |     15637 |     24477 |     23970 |     33822 |     35926 |     36317 |     30522 |
|        3 | CHINA P RP      |     10871 |      9354 |     11618 |     14207 |     18118 |     13580 |     14868 |
|        4 | BANGLADESH PR   |      2924 |      2498 |      2434 |      3243 |      3789 |      5145 |      6167 |
|        5 | NETHERLAND      |      5249 |      6349 |      6398 |      7681 |      9153 |     10566 |      7998 |
|        6 | HONG KONG       |      6313 |      6655 |      7888 |     10320 |     12932 |     12279 |     12732 |
|        7 | SINGAPORE       |      7379 |      8445 |      7592 |      9825 |     16858 |     13619 |     12511 |
|        8 | U K             |      6705 |      6650 |      6221 |      7312 |      8628 |      8649 |      9822 |
|        9 | GERMANY         |      5122 |      6389 |      5413 |      6754 |      7946 |      7253 |      7523 |
|       10 | NEPAL           |      1507 |      1570 |      1533 |      2168 |      2722 |      3089 |      3592 |
|       11 | BELGIUM         |      4207 |      4480 |      3759 |      5784 |      7161 |      5507 |      6378 |
|       12 | SAUDI ARAB      |      3711 |      5110 |      3907 |      4684 |      5683 |      9786 |     12219 |
|       13 | TURKEY          |      1753 |      1417 |      1539 |      2749 |      3547 |      3964 |      4434 |
|       14 | INDONESIA       |      2164 |      2560 |      3063 |      5701 |      6678 |      5331 |      4850 |
|       15 | ITALY           |      3914 |      3825 |      3400 |      4554 |      4885 |      4373 |      5274 |
|       16 | AUSTRALIA       |      1152 |      1439 |      1385 |      1713 |      2477 |      2349 |      2300 |
|       17 | KOREA RP        |      2861 |      3952 |      3421 |      3730 |      4355 |      4206 |      4210 |
|       18 | MALAYSIA        |      2575 |      3420 |      2835 |      3871 |      3980 |      4444 |      4198 |
|       19 | VIETNAM SOC REP |      1610 |      1739 |      1839 |      2651 |      3719 |      3967 |      5442 |
|       20 | BRAZIL          |      2526 |      2651 |      2414 |      4024 |      5770 |      6049 |      5553 |
|       21 | JAPAN           |      3858 |      3026 |      3630 |      5092 |      6330 |      6101 |      6815 |
|       22 | SOUTH AFRICA    |      2661 |      1980 |      2058 |      3912 |      4731 |      5107 |      5074 |
|       23 | FRANCE          |      2600 |      3021 |      3820 |      5210 |      4558 |      4987 |      5109 |
|       24 | THAILAND        |      1811 |      1938 |      1740 |      2274 |      2961 |      3733 |      3703 |
|       25 | SRI LANKA DSR   |      2830 |      2426 |      2188 |      3508 |      4379 |      3984 |      4535 |

Source: DGCI&S

Statement referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 2360 for answer on 16 th  March 2022.

The value of merchandise export of India in terms of value to top 25 countries between 2013-14 to 2018-19

(Value in US$ Million)

|   Sr. No | Country         |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | U S A           |     39159 |     42464 |     40340 |     42216 |     47882 |     52428 |
|        2 | U ARAB EMTS     |     30522 |     33028 |     30316 |     31175 |     28146 |     30127 |
|        3 | CHINA P RP      |     14868 |     11959 |      9015 |     10172 |     13334 |     16753 |
|        4 | BANGLADESH PR   |      6167 |      6450 |      6035 |      6820 |      8615 |      9210 |
|        5 | NETHERLAND      |      7998 |      6327 |      4727 |      5071 |      6263 |      8814 |
|        6 | HONG KONG       |     12732 |     13600 |     12092 |     14047 |     14690 |     13002 |
|        7 | SINGAPORE       |     12511 |      9810 |      7720 |      9565 |     10203 |     11572 |
|        8 | U K             |      9822 |      9354 |      8858 |      8551 |      9713 |      9330 |
|        9 | GERMANY         |      7523 |      7540 |      7095 |      7184 |      8689 |      8904 |
|       10 | NEPAL           |      3592 |      4574 |      3903 |      5454 |      6613 |      7766 |
|       11 | BELGIUM         |      6378 |      5520 |      5028 |      5657 |      6207 |      6730 |
|       12 | SAUDI ARAB      |     12219 |     11163 |      6382 |      5110 |      5411 |      5562 |
|       13 | TURKEY          |      4434 |      5359 |      4140 |      4627 |      5091 |      5452 |
|       14 | INDONESIA       |      4850 |      4043 |      2819 |      3488 |      3966 |      5278 |
|       15 | ITALY           |      5274 |      5093 |      4218 |      4903 |      5710 |      5594 |
|       16 | AUSTRALIA       |      2300 |      2782 |      3263 |      2958 |      4012 |      3522 |
|       17 | KOREA RP        |      4210 |      4604 |      3525 |      4243 |      4462 |      4705 |
|       18 | MALAYSIA        |      4198 |      5817 |      3707 |      5225 |      5702 |      6436 |
|       19 | VIETNAM SOC REP |      5442 |      6258 |      5266 |      6787 |      7813 |      6507 |
|       20 | BRAZIL          |      5553 |      5964 |      2650 |      2400 |      3063 |      3800 |
|       21 | JAPAN           |      6815 |      5386 |      4663 |      3846 |      4735 |      4862 |
|       22 | SOUTH AFRICA    |      5074 |      5302 |      3588 |      3546 |      3825 |      4067 |
|       23 | FRANCE          |      5109 |      4957 |      4634 |      5250 |      4902 |      5235 |
|       24 | THAILAND        |      3703 |      3465 |      2988 |      3133 |      3654 |      4441 |
|       25 | SRI LANKA DSR   |      4535 |      6704 |      5311 |      3913 |      4476 |      4710 |

Source: DGCI&S

Statement referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 2360 for answer on 16 th  March 2022.

The value of merchandise export of India in terms of value to top 25 countries between 2018-19 (Till Jan,20) to 2021-22 (Till Jan,22)

(Value in US$ Million)

|   Sr. No | Country         |   2018- 19 (Till Jan,20 ) |   2019-20 (Till Jan,20) |   2020-21 (Till Jan,21) |   2021-22 (Till Jan,22)* |
|----------|-----------------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|        1 | U S A           |                     43310 |                   44701 |                   41182 |                    62284 |
|        2 | U ARAB EMTS     |                     24884 |                   24256 |                   12902 |                    22360 |
|        3 | CHINA P RP      |                     13774 |                   14428 |                   16823 |                    18405 |
|        4 | BANGLADESH PR   |                      7576 |                    6742 |                    6929 |                    12923 |
|        5 | NETHERLAND      |                      7105 |                    7082 |                    4928 |                     9276 |
|        6 | HONG KONG       |                     10391 |                    9314 |                    8160 |                     9210 |
|        7 | SINGAPORE       |                      8674 |                    7633 |                    6941 |                     9061 |
|        8 | U K             |                      7685 |                    7417 |                    6255 |                     8562 |
|        9 | GERMANY         |                      7313 |                    7007 |                    6473 |                     7918 |
|       10 | NEPAL           |                      6551 |                    6069 |                    5196 |                     7886 |
|       11 | BELGIUM         |                      5658 |                    5026 |                    3820 |                     7853 |
|       12 | SAUDI ARAB      |                      4465 |                    5010 |                    4797 |                     7158 |
|       13 | TURKEY          |                      4467 |                    4267 |                    3068 |                     6913 |
|       14 | INDONESIA       |                      3945 |                    3070 |                    3356 |                     6674 |
|       15 | ITALY           |                      4532 |                    4071 |                    3534 |                     6647 |
|       16 | AUSTRALIA       |                      3009 |                    2410 |                    3287 |                     6334 |
|       17 | KOREA RP        |                      4016 |                    4022 |                    3734 |                     6276 |
|       18 | MALAYSIA        |                      5598 |                    5333 |                    5067 |                     5837 |
|       19 | VIETNAM SOC REP |                      5482 |                    4412 |                    3903 |                     5570 |
|       20 | BRAZIL          |                      3088 |                    3430 |                    3181 |                     5415 |
|       21 | JAPAN           |                      4032 |                    3820 |                    3495 |                     5163 |
|       22 | SOUTH AFRICA    |                      3474 |                    3421 |                    3303 |                     4919 |
|       23 | FRANCE          |                      4289 |                    4334 |                    3700 |                     4912 |
|       24 | THAILAND        |                      3706 |                    3641 |                    3205 |                     4608 |
|       25 | SRI LANKA DSR   |                      3888 |                    3244 |                    2660 |                     4487 |

Source: DGCI&S.* Provisional

Annexure-IV Statement referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 2360 for answer

## on 16 th  March 2022.

## The value of merchandise import of India in terms of value from top 25 countries between 200708 to 2013-14

(Value in US$ Million)

|   Sr. No | Country         |   2007-08 |   2008-09 |   2009-10 |   2010-11 |   2011-12 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |
|----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | CHINA P RP      |     27146 |     32497 |     30824 |     43480 |     54691 |     52248 |     51036 |
|        2 | U ARAB EMTS     |     13483 |     23791 |     19499 |     32753 |     36768 |     39139 |     29021 |
|        3 | U S A           |     21067 |     18561 |     16974 |     20051 |     23381 |     25205 |     22506 |
|        4 | SAUDI ARAB      |     19470 |     19973 |     17098 |     20385 |     31750 |     33631 |     36405 |
|        5 | IRAQ            |      6838 |      7710 |      7027 |      9008 |     18919 |     19247 |     18521 |
|        6 | SWITZERLAND     |      9758 |     11870 |     14698 |     24802 |     35242 |     32166 |     19311 |
|        7 | HONG KONG       |      2698 |      6452 |      4734 |      9415 |     10417 |      7907 |      7322 |
|        8 | SINGAPORE       |      8123 |      7655 |      6455 |      7139 |      8339 |      7486 |      6763 |
|        9 | KOREA RP        |      6045 |      8677 |      8576 |     10475 |     12794 |     13105 |     12471 |
|       10 | INDONESIA       |      4821 |      6666 |      8657 |      9919 |     14839 |     14879 |     14749 |
|       11 | AUSTRALIA       |      7815 |     11098 |     12407 |     10789 |     15784 |     13086 |      9823 |
|       12 | GERMANY         |      9885 |     12006 |     10318 |     11891 |     15498 |     14326 |     12933 |
|       13 | JAPAN           |      6326 |      7886 |      6734 |      8632 |     11966 |     12412 |      9481 |
|       14 | QATAR           |      2456 |      3499 |      4649 |      6820 |     12927 |     15693 |     15709 |
|       15 | MALAYSIA        |      6013 |      7185 |      5177 |      6524 |      9474 |      9950 |      9230 |
|       16 | SOUTH AFRICA    |      3605 |      5514 |      5674 |      7141 |     11237 |      8886 |      6075 |
|       17 | KUWAIT          |      7704 |      9594 |      8249 |     10314 |     16334 |     16588 |     17154 |
|       18 | NIGERIA         |      7612 |      8900 |      7288 |     10788 |     14755 |     12086 |     14098 |
|       19 | BELGIUM         |      4350 |      5777 |      6019 |      8610 |     10374 |     10047 |     10752 |
|       20 | RUSSIA          |      2478 |      4328 |      3567 |      3600 |      4787 |      4232 |      3895 |
|       21 | THAILAND        |      2301 |      2704 |      2932 |      4272 |      5278 |      5353 |      5340 |
|       22 | U K             |      4954 |      5872 |      4462 |      5397 |      7130 |      6294 |      6045 |
|       23 | VIETNAM SOC REP |       174 |       409 |       522 |      1065 |      1717 |      2315 |      2594 |
|       24 | OMAN            |      1141 |      1205 |      3500 |      4002 |      3347 |      2010 |      2951 |
|       25 | TAIWAN          |      2400 |      2869 |      2613 |      3961 |      4805 |      3963 |      4041 |

Source: DGCI&S

Statement referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 2360 for answer on 16 th  March 2022.

The value of merchandise import of India in terms of value from top 25 countries between 201314 to 2018-19

(Value in US$ Million)

|   Sr. No | Country         |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |
|----------|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        1 | CHINA P RP      |     51036 |     60413 |     61708 |     61283 |     76381 |     70320 |
|        2 | U ARAB EMTS     |     29021 |     26140 |     19446 |     21510 |     21739 |     29787 |
|        3 | U S A           |     22506 |     21815 |     21781 |     22307 |     26611 |     35550 |
|        4 | SAUDI ARAB      |     36405 |     28108 |     20321 |     19972 |     22070 |     28479 |
|        5 | IRAQ            |     18521 |     14248 |     10838 |     11708 |     17616 |     22372 |
|        6 | SWITZERLAND     |     19311 |     22133 |     19299 |     17249 |     18923 |     18088 |
|        7 | HONG KONG       |      7322 |      5572 |      6052 |      8204 |     10676 |     17987 |
|        8 | SINGAPORE       |      6763 |      7124 |      7308 |      7087 |      7467 |     16282 |
|        9 | KOREA RP        |     12471 |     13529 |     13047 |     12585 |     16362 |     16759 |
|       10 | INDONESIA       |     14749 |     15005 |     13132 |     13428 |     16439 |     15854 |
|       11 | AUSTRALIA       |      9823 |     10247 |      8899 |     11154 |     13994 |     13131 |
|       12 | GERMANY         |     12933 |     12788 |     12088 |     11584 |     13296 |     15167 |
|       13 | JAPAN           |      9481 |     10131 |      9850 |      9755 |     10973 |     12773 |
|       14 | QATAR           |     15709 |     14605 |      9022 |      7646 |      8409 |     10722 |
|       15 | MALAYSIA        |      9230 |     11118 |      9084 |      8934 |      9012 |     10819 |
|       16 | SOUTH AFRICA    |      6075 |      6497 |      5948 |      5834 |      6835 |      6517 |
|       17 | KUWAIT          |     17154 |     13382 |      4970 |      4462 |      7166 |      7431 |
|       18 | NIGERIA         |     14098 |     13683 |      9949 |      7659 |      9501 |     10885 |
|       19 | BELGIUM         |     10752 |     10806 |      8256 |      6625 |      5993 |     10469 |
|       20 | RUSSIA          |      3895 |      4249 |      4585 |      5552 |      8573 |      5840 |
|       21 | THAILAND        |      5340 |      5866 |      5510 |      5415 |      7134 |      7442 |
|       22 | U K             |      6045 |      5018 |      5193 |      3665 |      4807 |      7562 |
|       23 | VIETNAM SOC REP |      2594 |      3003 |      2560 |      3321 |      5019 |      7192 |
|       24 | OMAN            |      2951 |      1752 |      1675 |      1290 |      4264 |      2759 |
|       25 | TAIWAN          |      4041 |      4029 |      3354 |      3143 |      3926 |      4577 |

Source: DGCI&S

Annexure-VI Statement referred to in reply of part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred question no. 2360 for answer on 16 th  March 2022.

## The value of merchandise import of India in terms of value from top 25 countries between 201819 (Apr-Jan) to 2021-22 (Apr-Jan)

(Value in US$ Million)

|   Sr. No | Country         |   2018-19 (Apr-Jan) |   2019-20 (Apr- Jan) |   2020-21 (Apr-Jan) |   2021-22 (Apr-Jan)* |
|----------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | CHINA P RP      |               60109 |                57936 |               52045 |                76622 |
|        2 | U ARAB EMTS     |               24743 |                25767 |               19660 |                35919 |
|        3 | U S A           |               29713 |                30566 |               21762 |                34444 |
|        4 | SAUDI ARAB      |               24241 |                22978 |               13030 |                26175 |
|        5 | IRAQ            |               18812 |                19839 |               10991 |                24316 |
|        6 | SWITZERLAND     |               15152 |                14798 |               10672 |                20320 |
|        7 | HONG KONG       |               15050 |                14617 |               12349 |                15702 |
|        8 | SINGAPORE       |               13453 |                12194 |                9919 |                14927 |
|        9 | KOREA RP        |               14046 |                13227 |                9885 |                14395 |
|       10 | INDONESIA       |               13417 |                12772 |               10041 |                14149 |
|       11 | AUSTRALIA       |               11370 |                 8537 |                6146 |                13501 |
|       12 | GERMANY         |               13006 |                11662 |               11038 |                12446 |
|       13 | JAPAN           |               10645 |                10598 |                8396 |                12045 |
|       14 | QATAR           |                9118 |                 7857 |                6184 |                10486 |
|       15 | MALAYSIA        |                9057 |                 8488 |                6423 |                10201 |
|       16 | SOUTH AFRICA    |                5574 |                 5447 |                5533 |                 9155 |
|       17 | KUWAIT          |                6032 |                 7978 |                4103 |                 8633 |
|       18 | NIGERIA         |                8941 |                 8623 |                4406 |                 8124 |
|       19 | BELGIUM         |                8737 |                 7556 |                5421 |                 7995 |
|       20 | RUSSIA          |                4948 |                 5976 |                4369 |                 7972 |
|       21 | THAILAND        |                6232 |                 5722 |                4223 |                 7514 |
|       22 | U K             |                6393 |                 5858 |                3827 |                 5915 |
|       23 | VIETNAM SOC REP |                6155 |                 6313 |                4808 |                 5761 |
|       24 | OMAN            |                2301 |                 2961 |                2232 |                 5335 |
|       25 | TAIWAN          |                3846 |                 3430 |                3155 |                 5015 |

Source: DGCI&S.* Provisional

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