Lok Sabha Question No. 657 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-06
Subject: Controlling of Non-essential Imports
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Prataprao  Jadhav, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sudheer Gupta, Rahul Ramesh Shewale

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 657 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06/12/2023

## CONTROLLING OF NON-ESSENTIAL IMPORTS

657. SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK:

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE:

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

- (a) whether the steps taken  by the Government to curb inbound shipments of certain goods,  production-linked  incentive  scheme  and  mandatory  quality  norms  is  helping  the country to reduce imports of non-essential products such as TV, tyres  etc. and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  manner  in  which  such  a  step  of  the  Government  is  helpful  in  analysing  and controlling  non-essential  imports  and to  augment  domestic  production  capacity  in  import intensive sector in the country;
- (c) the  total  amount  of  revenue  saved  by  the  Government  by  reducing  the  import  of non-essential goods during the last three years and the current fiscal year; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  held  any  consultation  with  the  stakeholders  in  this regard and if so, the details thereof and their response thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) PLI  Schemes  are  introduced  with  an  objective  to make  domestic  manufacturing globally competitive has been implemented in 14 sectors. Mandatory quality norm is put in  place  to ensure  that  customers  have  access  to  quality  products  that  meet  the  necessary standards.  These  initiatives  are  expected  to  help  the  country  in  enhancing  manufacturing capacity and reducing import of substandard products. In order to ensure that goods that are

imported are not of substandard quality, the customs authority follow a risk-based framework to intelligently prevent entry of non-compliant goods at the borders. A Task Force has also been constituted in CBIC for enforcing national standards.

As far as imported goods such as TVs and Tyre, are concerned, the trade data indicates that there  are  several  categories  of  import  of  such  products  where  there  has  been  considerable reduction in imports or the imports have significantly low value in the overall import basket as given below:

Table: Imports of some specific commodities (Value in USD Million)

|   S. No. |   HS Code | Commodity                                                             |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   Apr-Oct 2022 |   Apr-Oct 2023 (A) |   Growth % |
|----------|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|----------------|--------------------|------------|
|        1 |  85287213 | Television set of screen size exceeding 54 cm but not exceeding 68 cm |      0.25 |      0.13 |           0.1  |               0.02 |     -76.08 |
|        2 |  85287214 | Television set of screen size exceeding 68 cm but not exceeding 74 cm |      0    |      0.07 |           0.07 |               0.04 |     -44.96 |
|        3 |  85287215 | Colour TV set of screen size between 74 - 87 cm                       |      0.2  |      0.17 |           0.12 |               0.03 |     -76.81 |
|        4 |  85287218 | Liquid crystal display television set of screen size below 63 cm      |      0    |      0.02 |           0    |               0    |       0    |
|        5 |  85287219 | LCD TV set; Other                                                     |     14.54 |     28.19 |          20.7  |              20.04 |      -3.21 |
|        6 |  40111010 | Radials tyres used on motor cars                                      |     95.33 |     52.06 |          33.7  |              28.06 |     -16.72 |
|        7 |  40111090 | Tyres used on motor cars: Other                                       |      3.56 |      1.52 |           1.35 |               0.4  |     -70.24 |
|        8 |  40112010 | Radials tyres used on buses/lorries                                   |     16.92 |      9.46 |           7.53 |               1.01 |     -86.65 |
|        9 |  40112090 | Tyres used on buses/lorries: Other                                    |      0.63 |      0.4  |           0.22 |               0.12 |     -47.43 |
|       10 |  40114020 | Tyres for motor scooters                                              |      0.01 |      0.95 |           0.69 |               0.46 |     -33.48 |
|       11 |  40115090 | Tyres of a kind used for bicycles: Other                              |      1.2  |      0.56 |           0.44 |               0.1  |     -77.9  |
|       12 |  40117000 | Tyres used on agricultural or forestry vehicles and machines          |      1.21 |      1.23 |           0.59 |               0.53 |     -10.95 |

Source: DGCI&S. Data relating to April-October 2023 is provisional.

## (b) and (c) as indicated in (a) above

(d) The  Department  of  Commerce  has  been  regularly  monitoring  and  sensitizing  line Ministries/Departments and other stakeholders from time to time and at various levels on the issue  of  imports  on  the  following  broad  strategy:  (i)  Addressing  domestic  supply  rigidities and looking at domestic production opportunities /enhancement of capacity; (ii) Timely use of  trade  remedy  options;  (iii)  Quality  Controls;  (iv)  Enforcing  rules  of  origin;  (v)  Tariff measures /inverted  duty  correction;  and  vi)  Import  monitoring.  Further,  several  steps  have been  taken  by  the  Government  with  whole  of  Government  approach  to  boost  exports  and reducing dependence on imports keeping in view India's increased integration in the global value chain.

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