Lok Sabha Question No. 3611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-22
Subject: Export/Import
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Raju Bista

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3611 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  MARCH,2023

## EXPORT/IMPORT

## 3611.   SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a) the year on year details of total exports from India, since 2019 and the total imports into the country;
- (b) the top ten country-wise breakup of exports and imports in this duration;
- (c) the top ten sector/commodity-wise breakup of exports and imports during this period;
- (d) the State-wise break up of exports and imports; and
- (e) the  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  export  promotion  and  import replacement, if any?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Value of overall (merchandise plus services) exports and imports since  2019-20 to 2022-23 ( April-February) are as follows:

## (Value in US$ Billion)

| Year             |   Export |   Import |
|------------------|----------|----------|
| 2019-20          |   526.55 |   602.98 |
| 2020-21          |   497.9  |   511.12 |
| 2021-22          |   676.53 |   760.06 |
| 2022-23(Apr-Feb) |   702.88 |   817.47 |

Source: RBI and DGCI&S, Kolkata

- (b): The value of export of India to top 10 countries since 2019-20 to 2022-23 (AprilJanuary) are as follows:

(Value in US$ million)

| Sl No                              | Country/Destinations               |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Apr- Jan) |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| 1                                  | U S A                              |     53109 |     51633 |     76176 |                65537 |
| 2                                  | U Arab Emts                        |     28854 |     16680 |     28045 |                25903 |
| 3                                  | China P Rp                         |     16614 |     21189 |     21264 |                12199 |
| 4                                  | Bangladesh Pr                      |      8201 |      9692 |     16156 |                 9663 |
| 5                                  | Netherland                         |      8369 |      6475 |     12547 |                16362 |
| 6                                  | Singapore                          |      8923 |      8676 |     11151 |                 9773 |
| 7                                  | Hong Kong                          |     10967 |     10162 |     10985 |                 7822 |
| 8                                  | U K                                |      8767 |      8206 |     10499 |                 9395 |
| 9                                  | Belgium                            |      5810 |      5236 |     10085 |                 7516 |
| 10                                 | Germany                            |      8291 |      8126 |      9885 |                 8400 |
| Total Export from top 10 countries | Total Export from top 10 countries |    157905 |    146074 |    206792 |               172569 |
| Export to other countries          | Export to other countries          |    155456 |    145735 |    215213 |               199496 |
| Total export from India            | Total export from India            |    313361 |    291808 |    422004 |               372065 |

The value of import of India from top 10 countries  since 2019-20 to 2022-23 (AprilJanuary)  are as follows:

(Value in US$ million)

| Sl No.                             | Country/ Source                    |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Apr- Jan) |
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| 1                                  | China P Rp                         |     65261 |     65212 |     94571 |                83758 |
| 2                                  | U Arab Emts                        |     30266 |     26624 |     44834 |                44294 |
| 3                                  | U S A                              |     35821 |     28888 |     43314 |                42900 |
| 4                                  | Saudi Arab                         |     26857 |     16187 |     34101 |                35485 |
| 5                                  | Iraq                               |     23740 |     14287 |     31927 |                29581 |
| 6                                  | Switzerland                        |     16900 |     18231 |     23392 |                12895 |
| 7                                  | Hong Kong                          |     16935 |     15173 |     19097 |                15346 |
| 8                                  | Singapore                          |     14747 |     13305 |     18962 |                20091 |
| 9                                  | Indonesia                          |     15067 |     12471 |     17703 |                25200 |
| 10                                 | Korea Rp                           |     15660 |     12773 |     17477 |                17410 |
| India's import to top 10 countries | India's import to top 10 countries |    261254 |    223151 |    345377 |               326960 |
| Import from other countries        | Import from other countries        |    213456 |    171285 |    267675 |               275198 |
| Total Import of India              | Total Import of India              |    474709 |    394436 |    613052 |               602158 |

(c): The value of export of top 10 Commodities from India since  2019-20 to 2022-23 (April-January) are as follows:

(Value in US$ million)

| Sl No.                          | Major Commodity Groups                            |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Apr-Jan) |
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------|
| 1                               | Engineering Goods                                 |     78704 |     76720 |    112163 |               88274 |
| 2                               | Petroleum Products                                |     41289 |     25804 |     67472 |               81295 |
| 3                               | Gems And Jewellery                                |     35898 |     26023 |     39099 |               31611 |
| 4                               | Organic And Inorganic Chemicals                   |     22083 |     22088 |     29365 |               25402 |
| 5                               | Drugs And Pharmaceuticals                         |     20703 |     24444 |     24594 |               20851 |
| 6                               | Rmg Of All Textiles                               |     15488 |     12272 |     16015 |               13335 |
| 7                               | Electronic Goods                                  |     11701 |     11093 |     15660 |               18772 |
| 8                               | Cotton Yarn/Fabs./Madeups, Handloom Products Etc. |     10028 |      9828 |     15298 |                9045 |
| 9                               | Plastic And Linoleum                              |      7552 |      7463 |      9825 |                7056 |
| 10                              | Rice                                              |      6403 |      8829 |      9671 |                8981 |
| Total of Top 10 items of Export | Total of Top 10 items of Export                   |    249849 |    224565 |    339162 |              304622 |
| Total of Other Items            | Total of Other Items                              |     63512 |     67244 |     82842 |               67443 |
| Total Export from India         | Total Export from India                           |    313361 |    291808 |    422004 |              372065 |

The value of import of top 10 Commodities to India since 2019-20 to 2022-23 (AprilJanuary) are as follows:

(Value in US$ million)

|   Sl No. | Major Commodity Groups                    |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Apr -Jan) |
|----------|-------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
|        1 | Petroleum, Crude And Products             |    130550 |     82684 |    161810 |               178391 |
|        2 | Electronic Goods                          |     54398 |     54288 |     73674 |                64448 |
|        3 | Gold                                      |     28230 |     34604 |     46166 |                29085 |
|        4 | Machinery, Electrical And Non- Electrical |     37692 |     30084 |     39943 |                37467 |
|        5 | Coal, Coke And Briquettes, Etc.           |     22455 |     16275 |     31718 |                43166 |
|        6 | Pearls, Precious And Semi-Precious Stones |     22459 |     18888 |     31008 |                25152 |

| 7                               | Organic And Inorganic Chemicals            | 20617   |   19825 | 30292         | 28511         |
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------|---------|---------------|---------------|
| 8                               | Transport Equipment                        | 25285   |   18649 | 20852         | 22518         |
| 9                               | Artificial Resins, Plastic Materials, Etc. | 14634   |   13510 | 20231         | 19486         |
| 10                              | Vegetable Oil                              | 9673    |   11089 | 18992         | 18103         |
| Total of Top 10 items of Import | Total of Top 10 items of Import            | 365992  |  299896 | 474685        | 466329        |
| Total of Other Items            | Total of Other Items                       | 108717  |   94540 | 138367        | 135829        |
| Total Import to India           | 394436                                     |         |  602158 | 474709 613052 | 474709 613052 |

(d): The State/UT-wise value of export since 2019-20 to 2022-23 (April-January) are as follows:

(Value in US$ million)

| State/Uts      |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 (Apr- Jan) |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| Gujarat        |     63448 |     60587 |    126805 |               123906 |
| Maharashtra    |     64906 |     58383 |     73120 |                59444 |
| Tamil Nadu     |     30015 |     26152 |     35169 |                33354 |
| Karnataka      |     16639 |     15140 |     25874 |                23035 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |     16989 |     16390 |     21034 |                18159 |
| Andhra Pradesh |     14788 |     16842 |     19312 |                16572 |
| Haryana        |     12056 |     11593 |     15550 |                13041 |
| West Bengal    |      9491 |      8968 |     13895 |                10637 |
| Telangana      |      7359 |      8707 |     10995 |                 9351 |
| Odisha         |      6656 |     10228 |     17061 |                 9115 |

| Rajasthan           |     6637 |    6659 |    9655 |    8000 |
|---------------------|----------|---------|---------|---------|
| Madhya Pradesh      |  5318    | 6477    | 7835    | 6768    |
| Delhi               | 10370    | 7588    | 8259    | 6656    |
| Punjab              |  5606    | 5300    | 7096    | 5445    |
| Kerala              | 10147    | 3940    | 4578    | 3643    |
| Dadra &Nagar Haveli |  2177    | 2645    | 3836    | 3122    |
| Bihar               |  1661    | 1515    | 2309    | 2231    |
| Chattisgarh         |  1279    | 2320    | 3389    | 2173    |
| Goa                 |  2000    | 2306    | 2433    | 2025    |
| Himachal Pradesh    |  1393    | 1662    | 2147    | 1811    |
| Uttaranchal         |  2280    | 2137    | 1934    | 1315    |
| Jharkhand           |  1168    | 1622    | 2449    | 1122    |
| Daman &Diu          |  1109    |  618    |  724    |  547    |
| Assam               |   437    |  416    |  450    |  425    |
| Puducherry          |   366    |  421    |  492    |  424    |
| Jammu &Kashmir      |   188    |  160    |  246    |  173    |
| Chandigarh          |    77    |   76    |   99    |  112    |
| Sikkim              |    10    |    9    |   19    |   15    |
| Tripura             |     2    |   11    |   12    |   14    |
| Meghalaya           |    46.99 |   10.87 |    8.64 |    7.75 |
| Arunachal Pradesh   |     1.55 |    0.5  |    1.7  |    2.83 |
| Andaman &Nicobar    |     1.3  |    1.89 |    1.14 |    1.54 |
| Nagaland            |     5.71 |    6.06 |    1.14 |    1.18 |

| Manipur      | 0.93   | 0.95   |      0.93 |      0.67 |
|--------------|--------|--------|-----------|-----------|
| Ladakh       | -      | -      |      0.03 |      0.02 |
| Lakshadweep  | 2.56   | 0.16   |      0.16 |      0    |
| Mizoram      | 0.58   | 0.69   |      3.83 |      0    |
| Unspecified  | 18729  | 12912  |   5210    |   9416    |
| Total Export | 313361 | 291808 | 422004    | 372065    |

Source: DGCI&S

- (e): Government has taken following several steps to boost export and reduce import reliance:
- (i) Foreign Trade Policy (2015-20) extended upto 31-03-2023.
- (ii) Interest Equalization Scheme on pre and post shipment rupee export credit has also been extended upto 31-03-2024.
- (iii) Assistance provided through several schemes to promote exports, namely, Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES) and Market Access Initiatives (MAI) Scheme.
- (iv) Rebate of State and Central Levies and Taxes (RoSCTL) Scheme to promote labour oriented sector export has been implemented since 07.03.2019.
- (v) Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products (RoDTEP) scheme has been implemented since 01.01.2021. With effect from 15.12.2022, uncovered sectors like pharmaceuticals, organic and inorganic chemicals and article of iron and steel has been covered under RoDTEP. Similarly, anomalies in 432 tariff lines have been addressed and the corrected rates have been implemented with effect from 16.01.2023.
- (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) Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme in 14 sectors have been introduced to encourage domestic production and replace import.

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