Lok Sabha Question No. 380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-19
Subject: Import of Pulses and Edible Oil
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: RATTAN LAL KATARIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 380 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  JULY, 2016

## IMPORT OF PULSES AND EDIBLE OIL

## 380.  SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA:

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- (a) the details of crude and refined edible oils and pulses imported during each of the last three years and the current year, country-wise;
- (b) whether  a  sharp  increase  in  import  of  said  commodities  has  been noticed recently;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reason therefor;
- (d) whether there is a demand from the farmers to enhance the import duty on the said commodities; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

- (a): Madam, The details of crude edible oil, refined edible oils, and pulses imported during each of the last three years and current year, country wise is annexed at annexure  I, II, & III respectively
- (b) & (c): Yes, This was due to decrease in domestic production of oilseeds and pulses during last two years due to adverse climatic conditions.
- (d): No  representation  has  been  received  recent  times  from  farmers  to enhance import duty on vegetable oils & pulses by Government.
- (e): Does not arise.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 380 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.07.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## STATEMENT OF IMPORT OF CRUDE EDIBLE OIL-COUNTRY WISE

| COUNTRY                | 2013-14            | 2014-15             | 2015-16*             | 2016-17 (APR TO MAY)*   |
|------------------------|--------------------|---------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
| AFGHANISTAN            | 948.00             |                     |                      |                         |
| ARGENTINA              | 1091678.00         | 1726597.71          | 3024225.21           | 539468.50               |
| AUSTRALIA              | 22.00              | 170.00              | 3.80                 | 0.00                    |
| AUSTRIA                | 2.66               | 0.00                | 0.00                 | 0.00                    |
| BANGLADESH PR          | 5145.49            | 2836.70             | 87.00                | 125.00                  |
| BELGIUM                | 0.00               | 20.02               | 0.13                 | 22.00                   |
| BRAZIL                 | 225743.00          | 440105.00           | 760548.00            | 105878.00               |
| BULGARIA               | 0.00               | 3004.00             | 0.00                 | 0.00                    |
| CANADA                 | 1.80               | 7196.00             | 0.00                 | 0.00                    |
| CHILE                  | 0.00               | 1.30                | 0.00                 | 0.00                    |
| CHINA P RP             | 39.87              | 23.43               | 28.41                | 4.56                    |
| COLOMBIA               | 0.00               | 2.50                | 0.92                 | 0.00                    |
| CZECH REPUBLIC         | 0.00               | 2.59                | 8.10                 | 0.00                    |
| DENMARK                | 63.75              | 121.45              | 137.13               | 0.00                    |
| FRANCE                 | 48.34              | 150.44              | 35379.10             | 992.40                  |
| GERMANY                | 4.77               | 5.02                | 11.43                | 0.00                    |
| GHANA                  | 0.00               | 80.00               | 1688.22              | 233.42                  |
| GREECE                 | 167.79             | 31.77               | 35.24                | 10.19                   |
| HONG KONG              | 4.85               | 23.77               | 1.64                 | 0.00                    |
| INDONESIA              | 3520051.73         | 4033261.52          | 3841963.18           | 293427.92               |
| ISRAEL ITALY           | 0.02 3342.20       | 0.00 3558.32        | 1.63 3110.73         | 0.00                    |
| JAPAN                  | 4.09               | 3.56                | 3.53                 | 618.03 1.50             |
| KAZAKHSTAN             | 1200.00            | 0.00                | 0.00                 | 0.00                    |
| KOREA DP RP            | 0.00               | 0.30                | 0.00                 | 0.00                    |
| KOREA RP               | 0.46               | 1.79                | 0.45                 | 0.00                    |
| LEBANON                | 0.00               | 0.00                | 0.00                 | 19.20                   |
| MALAYSIA               | 1664118.77         | 3023202.52          | 3415146.85           | 374529.60               |
| MEXICO                 | 0.00               | 5518.00             | 5581.00              | 1352.00                 |
| MOROCCO                | 0.00               | 17.30               | 6.60                 | 0.00                    |
| NEPAL                  | 142.00             | 609.13              | 200.95               | 0.00                    |
| NETHERLAND             | 0.00               | 2.50                | 647.94               | 3.04                    |
| NEW ZEALAND            | 0.18               | 0.00                | 0.87                 | 0.48                    |
| PARAGUAY               | 2500.00            | 91697.00            | 135982.00            | 9500.00                 |
| PHILIPPINES            | 26142.00           | 30063.00            | 27193.00             | 5842.00                 |
| POLAND PORTUGAL        | 0.57 82.50         | 0.90 22.27          | 0.00 68.03           | 0.00 21.07              |
| ROMANIA                | 0.00               | 0.00                | 10250.00             | 0.00                    |
| RUSSIA                 |                    | 56050.00            | 6607.00              | 0.00                    |
|                        | 0.00               |                     |                      |                         |
| SAUDI ARAB             | 3000.00            | 5000.00             | 0.00 194.06          | 0.00                    |
| SINGAPORE SOUTH AFRICA | 783.61 0.66        | 753.22 0.00         | 0.05                 | 37.35 0.00              |
| SPAIN                  | 5300.83            | 42812.71            | 36989.75             | 1150.70                 |
| SRI LANKA DSR          | 0.00               | 0.07                | 0.00                 | 0.00                    |
| SWITZERLAND TAIWAN     | 0.90 0.00          | 0.01 2.48           | 2.00 12.98           | 0.00 0.00               |
| THAILAND               | 196697.28          | 90328.34            | 4999.47              | 0.00                    |
| TUNISIA                | 35.89              |                     | 30.28                | 0.00                    |
| TURKEY                 | 111.03             | 565.78              | 103.62               |                         |
| ARAB EMTS              |                    | 127.56              |                      | 15.26                   |
| U U K                  | 64840.27 1.71      | 236868.57 3.86      | 225819.11 3.80       | 66500.04 19.04          |
| U S A                  | 24113.40           |                     | 1363.99              | 1509.39                 |
|                        |                    | 1155.37             |                      | 185529.00               |
| UKRAINE UNSPECIFIED    | 1074634.18 1.33    | 1728141.66 0.00     | 1489842.87 17.00     | 0.00                    |
| VIETNAM SOC REP TOTAL  | 4992.00 7915967.91 | 3975.00 11534114.42 | 19772.00 13048069.06 | 0.00 1586809.67         |

QTY IN TONNES

Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelegence and Statistics (DGCIS)

* Figures are provisional

ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 380 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.07.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

| STATEMENT OF IMPORT OF REFINED EDIBLE OIL-COUNTRY WISE   |            |            |               |                       |
|----------------------------------------------------------|------------|------------|---------------|-----------------------|
|                                                          |            |            | QTY IN TONNES | QTY IN TONNES         |
| COUNTRY                                                  | 2013-14    | 2014-15    | 2015-16*      | 2016-17 (APR TO MAY)* |
| ARGENTINA                                                |            | 11997.00   | 0.00          |                       |
| AUSTRALIA                                                |            | 0.00       | 194.42        | 43.65                 |
| BELGIUM                                                  |            | 3.24       | 0.00          | 0.00                  |
| CANADA                                                   | 210.37     | 716.46     | 139.77        | 45.93                 |
| FRANCE                                                   | 0.00       | 4.68       | 5.22          | 1.80                  |
| GERMANY                                                  | 15.20      | 20.60      | 32.35         | 6.35                  |
| INDONESIA                                                | 1911200.00 | 897615.63  | 2147052.16    | 382569.60             |
| IRAN                                                     | 0.00       | 12630.00   | 0.00          | 0.00                  |
| JAPAN                                                    | 0.36       | 0.00       | 0.00          | 0.00                  |
| KOREA RP                                                 | 0.05       | 0.00       | 3.30          | 0.00                  |
| MALAYSIA                                                 | 639851.95  | 271508.40  | 424444.65     | 127639.87             |
| NETHERLAND                                               | 0.00       | 0.00       | 12.00         | 0.00                  |
| NIGERIA                                                  | 0.40       | 0.00       | 0.00          | 0.00                  |
| SINGAPORE                                                | 0.60       | 0.00       | 0.54          | 0.00                  |
| SPAIN                                                    | 0.00       | 0.00       | 264.54        | 0.00                  |
| TURKEY                                                   | 17.00      | 0.00       | 0.00          | 0.00                  |
| U ARAB EMTS                                              | 21.00      | 2974.94    | 19084.66      | 62.40                 |
| U K                                                      | 17.36      | 0.96       | 0.00          | 9.38                  |
| U S A                                                    | 0.70       | 10.67      | 12.28         | 0.50                  |
| TOTAL                                                    | 2551334.99 | 1197482.58 | 2591245.89    | 510379.48             |

Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelegence and Statistics (DGCIS) * Figures are provisinal

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 380 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 19.07.2016 IN THE LOK SABHA

## COUNTRY-WISE IMPORT OF PULSES:

| COUNTRY           | 2013-14        | 2014-15         | 2015-16        | 2016-17 (APR TO MAY)   |
|-------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------------|
| AFGHANISTAN       | 12447.36       | 4355.14         | 15972.99       | 5001.83                |
| ARGENTINA         | 4665.50        | 9055.73         | 20796.68       | 5207.09                |
| AUSTRALIA         | 342310.98      | 332654.88       | 912306.18      | 25979.97               |
| BENIN             | 0.00           | 0.00            | 37.00          | 70.00                  |
| BOLIVIA           | 0.00           | 0.00            | 190.00         | 0.00                   |
| BRAZIL            | 6853.00        | 603.44          | 9953.00        | 989.00                 |
| BULGARIA          | 0.00           | 0.00            | 565.00         | 117.72                 |
| CANADA            | 1504717.06     | 2195555.36      | 2510913.71     | 222925.20              |
| CHINA P RP        | 49519.73       | 71105.91        | 68523.07       | 14084.00               |
| COSTA RICA        | 0.00           | 110.00          | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| COTE D' IVOIRE    | 18.46          | 19.94           | 210.79         | 371.00                 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC    | 0.00           | 0.00            | 0.00           | 50.00                  |
| DJIBOUTI          | 0.00           | 0.00            | 140.00         | 0.00                   |
| EGYPT A RP        | 88.00          | 0.00            | 985.00         | 96.00                  |
| ESTONIA           | 0.00           | 0.00            | 8407.00        | 16094.24               |
| ETHIOPIA          | 17355.00       | 31027.73        | 51120.83       | 5323.00                |
| FR GUIANA         | 0.00           | 0.00            | 0.00           | 261.94                 |
| FRANCE            | 23275.00       | 0.00            | 120780.12      | 33939.69               |
| INDONESIA         | 42.00          | 2661.00         | 9477.26        | 0.00                   |
| IRAN              | 120.00         | 24.00           | 1273.60        | 0.00                   |
| ITALY             | 12.04          | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| KAZAKHSTAN        | 386.00         | 0.00            | 3537.00        | 0.00                   |
| KENYA             | 36140.85       | 18082.40        | 52835.85       | 14360.60               |
| KOREA RP          | 0.05           | 0.00            | 1.00           | 0.00                   |
| KYRGHYZSTAN       | 135.00         | 284.00          | 1085.00        | 66.00                  |
| LATVIA            | 0.00           | 0.00            | 1214.36        | 0.00                   |
| LITHUANIA         | 0.00           | 0.00            | 93260.70       | 21291.73               |
| MADAGASCAR        | 5329.63        | 1917.00         | 6410.00        | 182.00                 |
| MALAWI MALAYSIA   | 22428.00       | 46015.00        | 61092.20       | 1073.00 120.00         |
| MEXICO            | 1007.81 910.00 | 312.00          | 24.00          | 0.00                   |
| MOLDOVA           | 0.00           | 8190.00 2317.00 | 7479.00 251.00 | 0.00                   |
| MOZAMBIQUE        | 78904.14       | 97068.27        | 78867.93       | 3725.70                |
| MYANMAR           | 906484.18      | 931328.91       | 722040.05      | 129310.73              |
|                   | 30.00          |                 | 0.00           | 270.00                 |
| NEPAL NEW ZEALAND | 0.00           | 1047.03 0.00    | 0.00           | 20.00                  |
| NICARAGUA         | 44.00          | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| PAKISTAN IR       | 3115.50        | 2688.50         | 803.50         | 0.00                   |
| PERU              | 427.84         | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| POLAND            | 0.00           | 0.00            | 154.00         | 0.00                   |
| PORTUGAL          | 70.00          | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| ROMANIA           | 100.00         | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| RUSSIA            | 215619.81      | 236893.08       | 503490.34      | 101474.62              |
| SINGAPORE         | 239.00         | 72.00           | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| SOMALIA           | 196.50         | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| SOUTH AFRICA      | 22.00          | 48.00           | 45.00          | 0.00                   |
| SRI LANKA DSR     | 529.00         | 738.00          | 43.00          | 0.00                   |
| SUDAN             | 0.00           | 17088.00        | 19430.45       | 23984.00               |
| TANZANIA REP      | 181494.43      | 179992.89       | 136201.49      | 22635.79               |
| THAILAND          | 352.00         | 1157.00         | 2516.05        | 312.00                 |
| TURKEY            | 221.00         | 2370.00         | 2141.64        | 0.00                   |
| U ARAB EMTS       | 216.00         | 167.18          | 27.00          | 171.00                 |
| U K               | 0.00           | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.10                   |
| U S A             | 195846.26      | 312227.51       | 259079.10      | 41112.45               |
| UGANDA            | 614.00         | 3008.00         | 9538.35        | 3878.00                |
| UKRAINE           | 20314.06       | 62067.98        | 89248.36       | 8906.45                |
| UNSPECIFIED       | 74.02          | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| URUGUAY           | 0.00           | 0.00            | 0.00           | 72.00                  |
| UZBEKISTAN        | 10891.15       | 12473.40        | 15182.07       | 2000.40                |
| VATICAN CITY      | 139.05         | 0.00            | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| VENEZUELA         | 0.00           | 0.00            | 48.00          | 0.00                   |
| YEMEN             | 0.00           | 115.00          | 0.00           | 0.00                   |
| REPUBLC           |                |                 |                |                        |
| TOTAL             | 3643705.41     | 4584841.27      | 5797698.67     | 705477.23              |

Source: Directorate General of Commercial Intelegence and Statistics (DGCIS)

## QTY IN TONNES