Lok Sabha Question No. 3567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-08
Subject: Bilateral Trade between India and Japan
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR S.R., T. RADHAKRISHNAN, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUDHEER GUPTA, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3567 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## BILATERAL TRADE BETWEEN INDIA AND JAPAN

## 3567.   SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

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

- (a) the total quantity and value of trade carried out between India and Japan during the last three years and the current year, item-wise;
- (b) whether the India-Japan Joint Committee has met recently to review the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement and suggest amendments to the pact to boost bilateral trade and investment;
- (c) if so, the details and the outcome thereof indicating the issues discussed in the meeting;
- (d) whether the issues relating to export of Indian farm products such as Sesame seeds and providing  service  professionals  including  Indian  nurses  have  also  been  discussed  in  the meeting; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the other steps taken by the Government to boost the trade between the two countries?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) The total value of trade carried out between India and Japan during the last three years and the current year is as under:

(Values in USD Million)

| Year                   |   Export to Japan |   Import from Japan |   Total Trade |
|------------------------|-------------------|---------------------|---------------|
| 2013-14                |           6814.64 |             9481.03 |      16295.7  |
| 2014-15                |           5385.87 |            10131.4  |      15517.2  |
| 2015-16*               |           4668.83 |             9843.62 |      14512.5  |
| 2016-17 (Apr to June)* |            911.83 |             2201.97 |       3113.79 |

Major commodity-wise quantity and value of trade carried out during the last three years and the current year are enclosed at Annexure.

(b) The  Joint  Committee  under  India-Japan  Comprehensive  Economic  Partnership Agreement (CEPA) had its 3 rd meeting on 28 th July 2016 in New Delhi. The Joint Committee reviewed the implementation and operation of the CEPA and discussed the issues raised by the two sides.

(c) The  Joint  Committee  decided  to  exchange  the  preferential  trade  data  under  IndiaJapan CEPA on a regular basis and acknowledged the request of the two sides raised in the meeting and referred them, as appropriate, to the respective Sub-committees for resolution. The Indian side raised issues on recognition of Indian Organic Standards to facilitate exports of Indian organic products to Japan, facilitation measures for export of sesame seeds, marine products, pharmaceuticals and Indian IT and IT enabled services. The Japanese side raised issues of safeguard measures imposed by India and issues on incentive packages for Japanese Industrial Townships.

(d) Yes Madam.

(e) Apart  from  seeking  facilitation  for  export  of  sesame  seeds  and  mutual  recognition agreements for service professionals including nurses, trade facilitation measures on customs were also discussed.

Indian exporters are generally encouraged to participate in major trade fairs in Japan to  showcase  Indian  products  in  the  Japanese  markets  and  increase  engagement  with  the Japanese companies.

The New Foreign Trade Policy (FTP) 2015-20 makes provisions to incentivise India's exports  through  newly  introduced  schemes  namely,  'Merchandise  Exports  from  India Scheme'  (MEIS)  for  incentivising  export  of  specified  goods  to  specified  markets  and 'Services Exports from India Scheme' (SEIS) for increasing exports of notified services from India. Both these schemes will also help in promoting exports from India to Japan.

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| MAJOR COMMODITY-WISE IMPORT FROM JAPAN DURING (TOP 50 COMMODITY BASED ON 2015-16 IMPORT VALUE)                           | LAST        | THREE YEARS   | AND         | 2016-17(APR TO MAY)   |          |             |         |                 |             |
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------|-------------|-----------------------|----------|-------------|---------|-----------------|-------------|
| COMMODITY GROUP                                                                                                          | UNIT        | 2013-14       |             |                       |          |             | USD)    |                 |             |
|                                                                                                                          |             | QTY           | VAL         | 2014-15 QTY           | VAL      | 2015-16 QTY | VAL     | 2016-17(APR QTY | TO JUN) VAL |
| IRON AND STEEL                                                                                                           | TON         | 1382470       | 1289.69     | 1804185               | 1453.76  | 2486311     | 1490.43 | 287526          | 202.98      |
| INDL. MACHNRY FOR DAIRY ETC                                                                                              |             |               | 1104.66     |                       | 851.37   |             | 951.23  |                 | 235.04      |
| PLASTIC RAW MATERIALS                                                                                                    | TON         | 75780         | 246.09      | 120378                | 312.32   | 318856      | 483.98  | 96207           | 134.29      |
| AUTO COMPONENTS/PARTS                                                                                                    |             |               | 493.21      |                       | 517.22   |             | 482.68  |                 | 110.33      |
| ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS                                                                                                   |             |               | 322.03      |                       | 345.93   |             | 428.27  |                 | 89.05       |
| SHIP, BOAT AND FLOATING STRUCT                                                                                           |             |               | 438.42      |                       | 944.09   |             | 419.73  |                 | 78.53       |
| ELECTRONICS INSTRUMENTS                                                                                                  |             |               | 404.97      |                       | 341.11   |             | 393.50  |                 | 94.73       |
| PRODUCTS OF IRON AND STEEL                                                                                               |             |               | 412.69      |                       | 393.98   |             | 359.38  |                 | 89.52       |
| ELECTRIC MACHINERY AND EQUIPME                                                                                           |             |               | 365.78      |                       | 368.25   |             | 343.92  |                 | 105.10      |
| MACHINE TOOLS                                                                                                            |             |               | 407.03      |                       | 455.20   |             | 342.72  |                 | 91.65       |
| MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUM                                                                                           |             |               | 308.13      |                       | 319.53   |             | 322.75  |                 | 73.81       |
| ORGANIC CHEMICALS                                                                                                        | KGS         | 140991584     | 285.88      | 163235061             | 320.97   | 201963773   | 296.01  | 49195271        | 67.62       |
| IC ENGINES AND PARTS                                                                                                     |             |               | 327.91      |                       | 310.92   |             | 277.31  |                 | 64.22       |
| PROJECT GOODS                                                                                                            | KGS         | 6584728       | 140.91      | 8439658               | 285.56   | 16113220    | 243.41  | 1694139         | 58.98       |
| RESIDUL CHEMICL AND ALLED PROD                                                                                           |             |               | 209.84      |                       | 224.82   |             | 239.18  |                 | 58.55       |
| OTHER MISC. ENGINEERING ITEMS                                                                                            |             |               | 184.33      |                       | 195.92   |             | 213.89  |                 | 52.85       |
| OTHR RUBBER PRODCT EXCPT FOOTW                                                                                           |             |               | 212.61      |                       | 201.61   |             | 183.28  |                 | 48.22       |
| AC, REFRIGERATION MACHNRY ETC                                                                                            |             |               | 151.64      |                       | 200.52   |             | 166.23  |                 | 36.36       |
| HND TOOL, CTTNG TOOL OF METALS                                                                                           |             |               | 142.47      |                       | 126.24   |             | 152.82  |                 | 35.66       |
| OTHER CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY                                                                                             |             |               | 98.30       |                       | 101.72   |             | 136.10  |                 | 34.11       |
| INORGANIC CHEMICALS                                                                                                      | KGS         | 308491715     | 88.22       | 401516269             | 69.40    | 691900081   | 127.45  | 317294152       | 26.47       |
| CONSUMER ELECTRONICS                                                                                                     |             |               | 127.48      |                       | 129.70   |             | 111.48  |                 | 22.65       |
| COPPER AND PRDCTS MADE OF COPR                                                                                           | TON         | 6434          | 60.29       | 16696                 | 131.68   | 16191       | 103.96  | 1470            | 11.73       |
| AGRO CHEMICALS                                                                                                           | KGS         | 2988612       | 85.77       | 3099630               | 84.10    | 3387755     | 87.03   | 1572504         | 27.90       |
| MANMADE YARN,FABRICS,MADEUPS                                                                                             |             |               | 92.65       |                       | 96.42    |             | 86.20   |                 | 18.50       |
| TELECOM INSTRUMENTS                                                                                                      |             |               | 35.81       |                       | 38.99    |             | 75.08   |                 | 25.54       |
| PLASTC SHT, FILM, PLTS ETC                                                                                               | KGS         | 8368466       | 58.55       | 11227967              | 71.04    | 11204048    | 66.52   | 2496735         | 18.14       |
| PUMPS OF ALL TYPES                                                                                                       |             |               | 84.58       |                       | 71.39    |             | 61.42   |                 | 15.54       |
| BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES                                                                                           | KGS         | 9367024       | 53.97       | 7388133               | 54.06    | 9045943     | 59.33   | 1770038         | 9.18        |
| PAINT, VARNISH AND ALLID PRODC                                                                                           | KGS         | 6567255       | 58.85       | 7454339               | 61.54    | 7390123     | 58.92   | 1358181         | 14.20       |
| OTHER COMMODITIES                                                                                                        |             |               | 94.89       |                       | 57.05    |             | 58.73   |                 | 12.73       |
| ATM, INJCTNG MLDING MCHNRY ETC                                                                                           |             |               | 72.86       |                       | 70.96    |             | 58.52   |                 | 15.99       |
| NICKEL, PRODUCT MADE OF NICKEL                                                                                           | TON         | 1345          | 21.71       | 2609                  | 48.18    | 4568        | 57.54   | 581             | 6.13        |
| AUTO TYRES AND TUBES                                                                                                     | NOS         | 641070        | 60.19       | 724918                | 60.96    | 366649      | 52.45   | 84369           | 8.87        |
| MOULDED AND EXTRUDED GOODS                                                                                               |             |               | 47.40       |                       | 47.13    |             | 47.56   |                 | 12.53       |
| COMPUTER HARDWARE, PERIPHERALS                                                                                           |             |               | 51.97       |                       | 49.15    |             | 45.98   |                 | 11.57       |
| OTHER PLASTIC ITEMS                                                                                                      |             |               | 46.00       |                       | 44.52    |             | 44.44   |                 | 13.87       |
| CRANES, LIFTS AND WINCHES                                                                                                |             |               | 62.49       |                       | 32.63    |             | 40.64   |                 | 17.01       |
| PAPER, PAPER BOARD AND PRODUCT                                                                                           |             |               | 33.93       |                       | 41.77    |             | 39.18   |                 |             |
|                                                                                                                          |             |               |             |                       | 26.16    |             | 32.63   |                 | 10.49       |
| OPTICAL ITEMS (INCL.LENS ETC)                                                                                            |             |               | 24.61       |                       |          |             |         |                 | 6.70 9.41   |
| CERAMICS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS                                                                                             |             |               | 33.78       |                       | 35.66    |             | 31.04   |                 |             |
| COAL,COKE AND BRIQUITTES ETC                                                                                             | TON         | 577516        | 159.80      | 340759                | 83.64    | 175829      | 28.69   | 104880          | 15.28       |
| PETROLEUM PRODUCTS                                                                                                       | TON         | 57730         | 76.75       | 45980                 | 66.92    | 28516       | 28.66   | 6186            | 4.83        |
| MANMADE STAPLE FIBRE                                                                                                     | KGS         | 5657981       | 18.87       | 7810973               | 27.58    | 8294756     | 26.46   | 1966795         | 6.03        |
| ALUMINIUM, PRODUCTS OF ALUMINM                                                                                           | TON         | 3583          | 24.07       | 4825                  | 28.63    | 4742        | 26.39   | 1755            | 8.14        |
| PRIME MICA AND MICA PRODUCTS                                                                                             | KGS         | 845755        | 20.59       | 926376                | 24.23    | 1031207     | 26.20   | 276695          | 7.38        |
| OTH NON FEROUS METAL AND PRODC                                                                                           | KGS         | 2077355       | 16.34       | 2174441               | 19.37    | 2884928     | 20.33   | 807677          | 5.30        |
| GLASS AND GLASSWARE                                                                                                      |             |               | 23.66       |                       | 15.53    |             | 15.11   |                 | 4.71        |
| SILVER                                                                                                                   | KGS         | 16            | 0.02        | 5002                  | 2.86     | 19327       | 9.68    | 15014           | 7.24        |
| CMNT, CLINKR AND ASBSTOS CMNT                                                                                            | TON         | 5             | 0.02        | 1                     | 0.01     | 37          | 0.01    | 137004          | 4.68        |
| TOTAL OF ABOVE                                                                                                           |             |               | 9182.72     |                       | 9862.28  |             | 9454.46 |                 | 2140.31     |
| OTHERS                                                                                                                   |             |               | 298.31      |                       | 269.08   |             | 389.16  |                 | 61.66       |
| Grand Total                                                                                                              |             |               | 9481.03     |                       | 10131.36 |             | 9843.62 |                 | 2201.97     |
| NOTE: 1)FIGURES FOR 2015-16 AND 2016-17 (APR TO JUNE) IS 2) QUANTITY FOR ALL COMMODITIES NOT GIVEN AS UNITS ARE ADDITIVE |             |               |             |                       |          |             |         |                 |             |
| PROVISIONAL                                                                                                              | PROVISIONAL | PROVISIONAL   | PROVISIONAL |                       |          |             |         |                 |             |