Lok Sabha Question No. 2393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-09
Subject: Import of Pulses
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN, P. KUMAR

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2393 (H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 TH   MAY, 2016

## IMPORT OF PULSES

## 2393 (H). SHRI RAHUL KASWAN SHRI P. KUMAR:

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

- (a) the details of pulses imported into the country during the last three years along with the foreign exchange spent thereon during the said period, year and countrywise;
- (b) whether the Government has imposed import duty on pulses and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to reduce the import duty on pulses in near future; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a):          Details  of  pulses  imported  into  the  country  during  the  last  three  years, country wise-  value wise are annexed as Annexure A and B.
- (b), (c) and (d):   The import duty on pulses is NIL. Presently there is no proposal under consideration to increase the import duty on pulses.

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## Item-wise import of Pulses during 2012-13 to2014-15 and 2015-16(Apr to Feb)

Note: Figures for 2015- 16(Apr to Feb) is provisional.

* Figures in US $ Thousands

| itchs       | item description                                                        | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16(Apr'15 to Feb'16)   | 2015-16(Apr'15 to Feb'16)   |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| itchs       | item description                                                        | Qty(MT)   | Val(US$*) | Qty(MT)   | Val(US$*) | Qty(MT)   | Val(US$*) | Qty(MT)                     | Val(US$*)                   |
| 07131000    | Peas (PisumSativum) Dried And Shld                                      | 1370822   | 620744    | 1330426   | 584962    | 1951974   | 810060    | 2121701                     | 785123                      |
| 07132000    | Chickpeas (Garbanzos) Dried And Shld                                    | 697627    | 514835    | 276131    | 136351    | 418877    | 217072    | 992536                      | 646091                      |
| 07133100    | Beans Of The SppVignaungo,Hepper Or VignaRadiata,Wilczek Dried And Shld | 642837    | 463440    | 624232    | 458648    | 622887    | 596438    | 534030                      | 630768                      |
| 07133200    | Small Red Beans Dried And Shld                                          | 4825      | 4049      | 795       | 695       | -         | -         | -                           | -                           |
| 07133300    | Kidny Bens InclWhte Pea Bens Dried And Shld                             | 83732     | 97679     | 88240     | 108896    | 116898    | 113598    | 103769                      | 82263                       |
| 07133990    | Other Dried Leguminus Vegetables                                        | 173938    | 112104    | 129083    | 80920     | 74621     | 56976     | 56230                       | 54542                       |
| 07134000    | Lentils (Mosur),Dried And Shld                                          | 506347    | 295878    | 708708    | 444710    | 816467    | 558063    | 1232773                     | 992144                      |
| 07135000    | Broad Beans And Horse Beans Dried And Shld                              | 2184      | 1684      | 2         | .5        | -         | -         | -                           | -                           |
| 07136000    | Pigeon Peas (CajanusCajan)                                              | -         | -         | 465822    | 291106    | 575218    | 428494    | 422764                      | 457049                      |
| 07139010    | Othr Dried And ShldLuguminousVegtbls,Sp lit                             | 506388    | 324423    | -         | -         | 5         | 10        | 32954                       | 30782                       |
| 07139090    | Other Of Hdg. 071390                                                    | -         | -         | 20267     | 13033     | 7896      | 5393      | 13735                       | 14001                       |
| 07139099    | Other Dried &ShldLuguminousVegtbls, Othrthan Split.                     | 24541     | 15153     | -         | -         | -         | -         | -                           | -                           |
| Grand Total | -                                                                       | 4013240   | 2449988   | 3643705   | 2119320   | 4584841   | 2786106   | 5510491                     | 3692762                     |

## Annexure A

## Country-wise import of Pulses during 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16(Apr to Feb)

Note: Figures for 2015-16(Apr to Feb) is provisional.

|                  | 2012-13    | 2012-13   | 2013-14    | 2013-14   | 2014-15    | 2014-15    | 2015-16(Apr'15 to Feb'16)   | 2015-16(Apr'15 to Feb'16)   |
|------------------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Country          | Qty(MT)    | Val(US$*) | Qty(MT)    | Val(US$*) | Qty(MT)    | Val(US$*)  | Qty(MT)                     | Val(US$*)                   |
| AFGHANISTAN      | 12937187   | 8613573   | 12447356   | 9320536   | 4355140    | 4667269    | 14352282                    | 15862808                    |
| ARGENTINA        | 39599790   | 23541893  | 4665500    | 4170286   | 9055730    | 6500474    | 20182240                    | 16369679                    |
| AUSTRALIA        | 721044791  | 486272231 | 342310978  | 189522747 | 332654884  | 188412685  | 872826300                   | 598170538                   |
| AUSTRIA          | 24000      | 24250     | -          | - -       |            | -          | -                           | -                           |
| BENIN            | -          | -         | -          | -         | -          | -          | 37000                       | 36582                       |
| BOLIVIA          | -          | -         | -          | -         | -          | -          | 190000                      | 193161                      |
| BRAZIL           | 26695810   | 21187004  | 6853000    | 4767321   | 603440     | 567866     | 9704000                     | 5772363                     |
| BULGARIA         | 49000      | 57245     |            |           |            |            | 565000                      | 200869                      |
| CANADA           | 1107458779 | 552084849 | 1504717063 | 758718755 | 2195555355 | 1074572673 | 2444230744                  | 1377563251                  |
| CHINA P RP       | 65584021   | 84389929  | 49519730   | 72561654  | 71105911   | 72343631   | 63719067                    | 57266216                    |
| COSTA RICA       | -          | -         | -          | -         | 110000     | 132637     | -                           | -                           |
| COTE D' IVOIRE   | 23311      | 21504     | 18464      | 16964     | 19943      | 22308      | 210791                      | 216649                      |
| DJIBOUTI         | 210000     | 162129    | -          | -         | -          | -          | 140000                      | 84920                       |
| EGYPT A RP       |            |           | 88000      | 82630     |            |            | 985000                      | 564641                      |
| ETHIOPIA         | 29736470   | 24943525  | 17355000   | 13915482  | 31027732   | 26361456   | 48156832                    | 34261219                    |
| FRANCE           | 127498000  | 53573478  | 23275000   | 9003268   |            |            | 108236120                   | 37695740                    |
| INDONESIA        | 13255407   | 10992264  | 42000      | 37154     | 2661000    | 3260951    | 9352264                     | 11385994                    |
| IRAN             | 115000     | 103425    | 120000     | 117982    | 24000      | 27094      | 1273600                     | 825906                      |
| IRAQ             | 1376000    | 1204742   | -          | -         | -          | -          | -                           | -                           |
|                  | 120000     | 154651    | 12044      | 9600      | -          | -          | -                           | -                           |
| ITALY KAZAKHSTAN |            |           | 386000     | 248691    |            |            | 3537000                     | 1923743                     |
| KENYA            | 15429000   | 13099730  | 36140850   | 30810990  | 18082400   | 17115023   | 37811850                    | 41111678                    |
| KOREA RP         |            |           | 50         | 55        |            |            | 1000                        | 574                         |
| KYRGHYZSTAN      | 24000      | 36093     | 135000     | 170018    | 284000     | 388798     | 1020000                     | 1223176                     |

| LATVIA        | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -               | 1214355         | 406029    |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
| LITHUANIA     | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -               | 82568220        | 27010277  |
| MADAGASCAR    | 15028000  | 11053700  | 5329625   | 3566394   | 1917000   | 1843912         | 6197000         | 5732112   |
| MALAWI        | 65744725  | 38056691  | 22428000  | 13732912  | 46015000  | 33423679        | 60518200        | 61172507  |
| MALAYSIA      | 670596    | 604124    | 1007812   | 778676    | 312000    | 313534          | 24000           | 29252     |
| MEXICO        | 10848000  | 14359507  | 910000    | 1104458   | 8190000   | 8918891         | 7479000         | 5029918   |
| MOLDOVA       | -         | -         | -         | -         | 2317000   | 877073          | 251000          | 92861     |
| MOZAMBIQUE    | 77108463  | 46123516  | 78904140  | 47900248  | 97068265  | 70415212        | 77475933        | 87591016  |
| MYANMAR       | 963649320 | 649126914 | 906484182 | 621207609 | 931328907 | 802997306       | 662243832       | 742102990 |
| NEPAL         | 57100     | 49973     | 30000     | 27419     | 1047025   | 1298891         |                 |           |
| NEWZEALAND    | 435000    | 287084    |           | -         |           |                 |                 |           |
| NICARAGUA     | -         | -         | 44000     | 38650     | -         | -               | -               | -         |
| PAKISTAN IR   | 856000    | 641416    | 3115500   | 2377072   | 2688500   | 2406764         | 716500          | 758136    |
| PERU          | 739000    | 857272    | 427840    | 441035    |           |                 |                 |           |
| POLAND        | -         | -         | -         | -         | -         | -               | 154000          | 219321    |
| PORTUGAL      | -         | -         | 70000     | 84323     | -         | -               | -               | -         |
| ROMANIA       | -         | -         | 100000    | 37843     | -         | -               | -               | -         |
| RUSSIA        | 324857630 | 168719912 | 215619810 | 90327418  | 236893084 | 103162896       | 470226670       | 204312103 |
| SINGAPORE     | 48000     | 35021     | 239000    | 138515    | 72000     | 76483           |                 |           |
| SOMALIA       | -         | -         | 196500    | 179368    | -         | -               | - -             |           |
| SOUTH AFRICA  |           |           | 22000     | 33845     | 48000     | 56185           | 45000           | 23600     |
| SRI LANKA DSR |           |           | 529000    | 277979    | 738000    | 633828          | 43000           | 47129     |
| SUDAN         | 563000    | 412338    |           |           | 17088000  | 12565043        | 17182450        | 17357501  |
| TAIWAN        | 72000     | 95582     | -         | -         | -         | -               | -               | -         |
| TANZANIA REP  | 146206198 | 100304653 | 181494427 | 110169410 | 179992893 | 138827161       | 135351347       | 140612174 |
| THAILAND      | 1791610   | 1695073   | 352000    | 265125    | 1157000   |                 |                 | 3208262   |
| TURKEY        | 3082620   | 1554845   | 221000    | 150859    | 2370000   | 1344921 1077131 | 2516050 2140785 | 1135681   |

| U ARAB EMTS   | 66000      | 59710      | 216000     | 241644     | 167175     | 122671     | 27000      | 26353      |
|---------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| U S A         | 178275486  | 102104683  | 195846260  | 112442918  | 312227506  | 168376469  | 251846873  | 146330946  |
| UGANDA        | 390000     | 334332     | 614000     | 517936     | 3008000    | 2517314    | 5158350    | 5347014    |
| UKRAINE       | 48535149   | 21094298   | 20314058   | 8538971    | 62067978   | 25404999   | 77024257   | 28205844   |
| UNSPECIFIED   | 82302      | 99356      | 74020      | 62450      |            |            |            |            |
| UZBEKISTAN    | 12953000   | 11855611   | 10891154   | 11123371   | 12473398   | 14991358   | 13508121   | 15220121   |
| VATICAN CITY  | -          |            | 139050     | 79503      |            |            |            |            |
| VENEZUELA     |            | -          |            | -          |            | -          | 48000      | 60751      |
| YEMEN REPUBLC | -          | -          |            | -          | 115000     | 81597      | -          | -          |
| Grand Total   | 4013239765 | 2449988126 | 3643705413 | 2119320084 | 4584841266 | 2786106183 | 5510491033 | 3692761605 |