Lok Sabha Question No. 13 (STARRED), answered on 2016-07-18
Subject: Import of Rubber and Rubber Products
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KURUPPASSERY VARKEY THOMAS, SUSHMITA DEV, P. KARUNAKARAN

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 13 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  JULY, 2016

## IMPORT OF RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS

## *13. PROF. K.V. THOMAS: SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

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

- (a) the total quantity and value of rubber and rubber products imported into the country during each of the last three years and the current year along with the import duty levied thereon during the said period;
- (b) whether the Government has slashed or decided to slash the import tariff for rubber and rubber products and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether this move is likely to affect the domestic rubber industry/rubber growers; and
- (d) if  so,  the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  the interests of rubber growers in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- a) to  d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 13  FOR ANSWER ON 18 TH  JULY, 2016 REGARDING 'IMPORT OF RUBBER AND RUBBER PRODUCTS'

- (a):  Quantity and value of rubber and rubber products imported into the country during the last three years  and  current  year  is  annexed.  Year  wise  total  value  of  import  and  import  duty  levied  on Natural Rubber during the last three years and the current year are as under:
- (b) and (c):  The import duty on Natural Rubber was raised during the above period and has not been slashed.
- (d) Rubber Board implements the scheme 'Sustainable and inclusive development of natural rubber sector' under the 12 th Plan to support, inter-alia, the rubber producers and Self Help Groups (SHGs).  SHGs  are  attached  to  Rubber  Producers  Societies  (RPS)  which  are  village  level  voluntary forums of small growers promoted by Rubber Board. The scheme includes planting subsidy @ Rs 25000/- per ha for new planting and replanting in traditional areas, Rs 35000/- in non-traditional areas and North East States. Besides this, assistance is given for productivity enhancement, Farmer Group Formation & Empowerment and Farm mechanization in traditional and non-traditional states. Similarly, in North Eastern States, support is given for block planting under Integrated village level rubber development, boundary protection and quality up-gradation etc.

| Year                                  | Total value of import                         | Import duty levied                                                            | Import duty levied                                                                                        |
|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Year                                  | of rubber & rubber products (in US$ millions) | Dry forms of Natural Rubber (HS Codes 400121, 400122 and 400129)              | Latex (HS 400110)                                                                                         |
| 2013 - 14 April to Nov. Dec. to March | 1872.05                                       | 20% or Rs.20 per Kg whichever is lower 20% or Rs.30 per Kg whichever is lower | Rs.49 per Kg if the duty amount per Kg calculated at the rate of 70% advalorem is more than Rs.49 per Kg. |
| 2014-15                               | 2106.36                                       | 20% or Rs.30 per Kg whichever is lower                                        | Rs.49 per Kg if the duty amount per Kg calculated at the rate of 70% advalorem is more than Rs.49 per Kg. |
| 2015-16 (From April)                  | 2619.78                                       | 25% or Rs.30 per Kg whichever is lower                                        |                                                                                                           |
| 2016-17 ( April )                     | 182.48                                        | 25% or Rs.30 per Kg whichever is lower                                        |                                                                                                           |

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## Details of Import of Rubber and Rubber Products

## (Value in US$ Million)

|                                                                                    | UNIT   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16   | 2015-16   | 2016-17(April)   | 2016-17(April)   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------|------------------|
| Item Description                                                                   |        | QTY       | VAL       | QTY       | VAL       | QTY       | VAL       | QTY              | VAL              |
| Pre vulcanizednaturalrubber latex                                                  | KGS    | 3804156   | 6.88      | 4939000   | 6.88      | 3287690   | 3.97      | 141480           | 0.13             |
| Naturalrubber latex not pre vulcanized                                             | KGS    | 2712170   | 5.05      | 5639940   | 8.14      | 5051690   | 5.79      | 335001           | 0.29             |
| Naturalrubber in smoked sheets                                                     | KGS    | 131669976 | 340.80    | 137814512 | 272.51    | 99685610  | 153.88    | 4019268          | 5.24             |
| Technically specifiednaturalrubber(TSN R)                                          | KGS    | 209294116 | 521.50    | 260141317 | 470.33    | 324217651 | 485.29    | 17207824         | 21.50            |
| Natural rubber in heaves                                                           | KGS    | 100800    | 0.24      | 20000     | 0.04      | NIL       | NIL       | NIL              | NIL              |
|                                                                                    | KGS    | 17000     | 0.05      | 47700     | 0.11      | NIL       | NIL       | NIL              | NIL              |
| Natural rubber in pale crepe Natural rubber in estate                              | KGS    | 460000    | 1.00      | 225000    | 0.42      | 90000     | 0.19      | NIL              | NIL              |
| Other naturalrubber non- latex                                                     | KGS    | 12203542  | 30.89     | 33297781  | 59.84     | 26042575  | 65.98     | 1125920          | 1.60             |
| Balata gutta-percha etc. and similar natural gums                                  | KGS    | 954       | 0.01      | 901       | 0.03      | 459       | 0.01      | NIL              | NIL              |
| Latex (SBR/XSBR)                                                                   | KGS    | 6941008   | 11.47     | 7725324   | 11.09     | 11454942  | 12.48     | 947130           | 0.99             |
| Oil extended styrene butadiene rubber                                              | KGS    | 30183039  | 59.97     | 27795383  | 55.75     | 31648708  | 42.84     | 2816256          | 3.46             |
| Styrene butadiene rubber with styrene content of over 50 percent                   | KGS    | 5523266   | 11.27     | 2388597   | 5.88      | 1898674   | 2.71      | 291630           | 0.41             |
| Styrene butadiene styrene oil bound copolymer                                      | KGS    | 5321296   | 11.74     | 6298173   | 12.96     | 8870904   | 14.50     | 376778           | 0.56             |
| Others synthetic rubber and practice derived from oils in "primary" forms/in pelts | KGS    | 196896538 | 395.59    | 185639455 | 360.81    | 127799759 | 180.52    | 8199193          | 10.64            |
| sheets etc. Butadiene rubber                                                       | KGS    | 86200171  | 182.42    | 70470920  | 130.43    | 74645620  | 96.80     | 7652980          | 9.59             |
| Isobutene-isoprene(butyl) rubber                                                   | KGS    | 49237579  | 168.42    | 50634904  | 134.90    | 56288206  | 95.68     | 3231286          | 4.14             |
| Halo-isobutene-isoprene rubber                                                     | KGS    | 30644043  | 120.46    | 34264109  | 126.78    | 35793936  | 98.51     | 3803786          | 8.63             |
|                                                                                    | KGS    | 267860    | 0.51      | 150231    | 0.50      | 94045     | 0.33      | 11250            | 0.03             |
| Latex, chloroprenerubber Other chloroprene(chlorobutadiene ) rubber(cr)            | KGS    | 14440158  | 47.73     | 14024437  | 46.86     | 16269912  | 50.17     | 1183086          | 3.74             |
| Acrylonitrile- butadienerubber latex                                               | KGS    | 399546    | 0.49      | 702771    | 0.94      | 507977    | 0.61      | 79440            | 0.08             |
| Other acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber                                               | KGS    | 29196061  | 74.55     | 26016232  | 72.27     | 51428791  | 67.45     | 2618575          | 4.17             |
|                                                                                    | KGS    | 2929051   | 8.54      | 3454521   | 9.93      | 1958198   | 4.79      | 72420            | 0.16             |
| Isoprene rubber Ethylene-propylene-non- conjugated                                 | KGS    | 30346637  | 83.08     | 33348079  | 89.50     | 39370159  | 93.00     | 2854228          | 5.60             |
| Latex                                                                              | KGS    | 72553     | 0.96      | 189628    | 2.64      | 220374    | 2.82      | 16614            | 0.23             |
| Chemically modified form of natural rubber including graft rubber                  | KGS    | 109000    | 0.43      | 150005    | 0.58      | 133500    | 0.56      | 140000           | 0.15             |

## Annexure

| Other form of mixtures of natural rubber                                                                         | KGS   |   1609674 |   4.00 |   1884640 |   3.62 |   2127703 |   3.54 | 97800    | 0.14    |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|----------|---------|
| Otherrubber latex                                                                                                | KGS   |   3195694 |   7.27 |   2032198 |  5.68  |   1574076 |  4.16  | 155362   | 0.23    |
| Factice (rubber substitute derived from oil)                                                                     | KGS   |   1304562 |   4.21 |    868170 |  2.73  |    530444 |  1.94  | 45520    | 0.19    |
| Tread rubber com,cushion com,cushion gum/ tread gum for resole/repair/retreadrubbertyr                           | KGS   |    168581 |   0.51 |    116573 |  0.3   |     95143 |  0.21  | 591      | 0.01    |
| e Synthetic rubber syntax,not nes.                                                                               | KGS   |   5770291 |  23.62 |   4939964 | 23.33  |   6301755 | 23.85  | 426978   | 1.71    |
| Reclaimed rubber in primary forms or in plates sheets or strip                                                   | KGS   |   1093749 |   0.87 |    689237 |  0.65  |    332154 |  0.19  | NIL      | NIL     |
| Waste,Parings, Scrap Of Rubber(Besides Hard rubber) and powder 9 Granules obtained therefrom                     | KGS   | 109555616 |   8.69 | 217536239 | 17.98  | 317666234 | 24.14  | 30942363 | 2.18    |
| Rubber compounded with carbon blacks/silica                                                                      | KGS   |  10031334 |  36.01 |  10309307 | 34.66  |  10377745 | 28.26  | 1738913  | 3.39    |
| Can sealing compound                                                                                             | KGS   |    287159 |   1.04 |    312327 |  1.16  |    306353 |  1.08  | 27170    | 0.09    |
|                                                                                                                  | KGS   |    709834 |   1.92 |    522343 |  1.37  |    178388 |  1.1   | 6970     | 0.05    |
| Others                                                                                                           | KGS   |    219559 |   0.62 |     53884 |  0.12  |     13411 |  0.08  | NIL      | NIL     |
| Hospital sheeting                                                                                                | KGS   |  10454021 |  14.08 |  11563874 | 17.74  |  11220390 | 14.05  | 813763   | 0.96    |
| Granules of unvulcanizednatural/syntheti crubber compounded ready for vulcanization (excluding                   | KGS   |     10945 |   0.05 |    297568 |  0.87  |    323595 |  0.59  | 39989    | 0.02    |
| raw rubber) Others compounded rubber un vulcanized in primary forms/in plates sheets/strips excl. Silica/can     | KGS   |   4943113 |  17.24 |   5615662 | 19.14  |   4651282 | 16.13  | 750823   | 1.51    |
| sealing/hospital sheeting Camel-black" stripsfor retreading rubbertyre                                           | KGS   |       856 |   0.01 |       643 |  0.002 |     27179 |  0.1   | NIL      | NIL     |
| Thread of un vulcanized Rubber,Not Covered elsewhere                                                             | KGS   |      2102 |   0.01 |      1165 |  0.004 |       343 |  0.001 | 530      | 0.002   |
| Others forms and articles of un vulcanized rubber excl. Camel backstrips                                         | KGS   |   2178655 |   2.29 |   2643896 |  2.19  |   3393183 |  1.8   | 61922    | 0.06    |
| Thread of vulcanizedRubber, not covered elsewhere                                                                | KGS   |   1773618 |   5.46 |   2821808 |  8.08  |   4638988 | 11.8   | 384926   | 0.82    |
| Cord of vulcanized Rubber, Not covered elsewhere                                                                 | KGS   |    157004 |   0.08 |         9 |  0     |        18 |  0.001 | 6        | 0.000 3 |
| Other thread/cord of vulcanized rubber                                                                           | KGS   |    929197 |   2.26 |    452437 |  1.2   |    516143 |  1     | 28824    | 0.10    |
| Plates,sheetsstrip of micro- cellular rubber                                                                     | KGS   |    178637 |   1.2  |    126740 |  0.59  |    167895 |  0.69  | 7518     | 0.05    |
| Plates,sheets,strip of other cellular rubber                                                                     | KGS   |    566499 |   2.24 |    865851 |  2.57  |    708899 |  3.11  | 22641    | 0.14    |
| Block of micro-cellular rubber not oflatex foam sponge used in manufacture of soles/heels/ combined for footwear | KGS   |      3066 |   0.03 |      3575 |  0.01  |      1422 |  0.02  | 314      | 0.01    |
| Other form of cellular rubber                                                                                    | KGS   |    562598 |   1.21 |    410246 |  1.11  |    789131 |  1.35  | 12468    | 0.11    |

| Plates,sheets,strips of non- cellular rubber usedin manufacture of sole/heel/combined for foot wear                                             | KGS   |   2047154 |   3.02 |   2012690 |   2.92 |   1784300 |   2.97 | 130983   | 0.26   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|-----------|--------|----------|--------|
| Plates, sheets, strips of non- cellular rubber for resoling/repairing/retreading rubbertyres                                                    | KGS   |      4967 |   0.02 |       306 |  0.002 |      1475 |  0.003 | NIL      | NIL    |
| Other form of Plates, sheets, strips of non- cellular rubber                                                                                    | KGS   |    831050 |   6.97 |    787743 |  7.36  |    859787 |  6.44  | 58956    | 0.45   |
| Rubber sheets/resin rubber sheet for sole/heel of others form of non-cellular rubber                                                            | KGS   |    585961 |   2.31 |    610299 |  2.57  |    399714 |  1.97  | 13076    | 0.06   |
| Block used in manufacture of sole/heel/combined for footwear of other non-                                                                      | KGS   |      5005 |   0.01 |     14640 |  0.09  |      3203 |  0.02  | 26368    | 0.02   |
| cellular rubber Latex foam sponge of other non-cellular rubber                                                                                  | KGS   |     79466 |   0.54 |     76324 |  0.54  |     82759 |  0.49  | 1461     | 0.01   |
| Tread rubber/packing strip for resoling/ repairing/retreading rubber tyres of other non-cellular                                                | KGS   |     23865 |   0.04 |     18650 |  0.03  |      1058 |  0.004 | NIL      | NIL    |
| rubber Other form of non/cellular rubber                                                                                                        | KGS   |   1748964 |   5.81 |   1700164 |  5.65  |   1376586 |  4.93  | 100262   | 0.42   |
| Tubes,pipes and hoses of vulcanizedrubber not reinforced/otherwise combined with other materials without fittings                               | KGS   |   2341855 |  14.51 |   2740157 | 16.33  |   2177559 | 12.57  | 117407   | 0.77   |
| Tubes,pipes and hoses of vulcanizedrubber not reinforced/otherwise combined with other                                                          | KGS   |    669484 |   5.7  |    434592 |  3.48  |    345344 |  4.26  | 4905     | 0.09   |
| materials with fittings Tubes,Pipes and Hoses of Vulcanized Rubber Reinforced/otherwise combined only with Metal Materials Without Fittings     | KGS   |   2723185 |  12.66 |   3089975 | 15.2   |   3023185 | 12.89  | 305998   | 1.08   |
| Tubes, Pipes and Hoses of Vulcanized Rubber Reinforced/Otherwise combined only with Metal With Fittings                                         | KGS   |    815290 |   6.61 |    724679 |  8.22  |    534143 |  4.99  | 31029    | 0.31   |
| Tubes, Pipes And Hoses OfVulcanized Rubber Reinforced/Otherwise Combined only with Textile                                                      | KGS   |   1648952 |  14.37 |   1827339 | 15.62  |   1897000 | 14.48  | 101675   | 0.81   |
| Materials Without Fittings Tubes, Pipes and Hoses of Vulcanized Rubber Reinforced/Otherwise Combined only with Textiles Materials With Fittings | KGS   |   1750235 |   9.92 |   1780868 | 11.16  |   2638613 | 16.08  | 156902   | 0.80   |
| Tubes, Pipes and Hoses of Vulcanized Rubber Reinforced/Otherwise Combined with other Materials Without Fittings                                 | KGS   |   5003791 |  27.13 |   3718923 | 21.81  |   2752435 | 19.9   | 108652   | 0.85   |
| Tubes, Pipes and Hoses of Vulcanized Rubber Reinforced Otherwise combined with other Materials With Fittings                                    | KGS   |   3262268 |  31.17 |   3880170 | 40.71  |   2753001 | 36.12  | 255048   | 3.84   |

| Conveyor belts or belting reinforced only with metal where rubbercompound content less than 25% by weight                                                                                       | KGS   |    9420 |   0.14 |    5996 |   0.16 |    7108 |   0.10 | 23     | 0.001    |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|--------|---------|--------|---------|--------|--------|----------|
| Conveyor belts or belting r reinforced only with metal where rubber compound more than 25% by wt                                                                                                | KGS   | 1371100 |   6.87 |  608323 |   4.61 | 1266228 |  4.95  | 71423  | 0.23     |
| Conveyor belts or belting reinforced with textile materials where rubber compound content less than 25% by weight                                                                               | KGS   |   10300 |   0.12 |    5077 |   0.02 |   11055 |  0.06  | 1      | 0.000 03 |
| Conveyor belts or belting reinforced with textile materials where rubber compound content more than                                                                                             | KGS   | 3101378 |   5.89 | 2881886 |   5.71 | 3519399 |  6.8   | 263094 | 0.46     |
| 25% by weight Other Conveyor belts or belting where rubber compound content less than 25% by weight                                                                                             | KGS   |   16936 |   0.1  |    5221 |   0.04 |  101675 |  0.11  | 221    | 0.00     |
| Other Conveyor belts or belting where rubber compound more than 25% by wt.                                                                                                                      | KGS   | 1004014 |   4.16 |  612064 |   3.75 |  744859 |  4.7   | 30564  | 0.30     |
| Endless Conveyor belts or belting of v-belt,v- ribbedof circumference between 180 cm and 240 cm where rubber compound less than 25% by weight                                                   | KGS   |   83034 |   0.63 |   88216 |   0.46 |   66194 |  0.45  | 851    | 0.004    |
| Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-sectionv- belt/v- ribbedof circumference between 180 cm and 240 cm where rubber compound more than 25% by weight                                | KGS   |  739660 |   6.46 |  428889 |   5.35 |  412383 |  4.87  | 37911  | 0.38     |
| Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-sectionof v-belt/other than v-ribbed of circumference between 60 cm and 180 cm where rubber                                                     | KGS   |     784 |   0.01 |    9103 |   0.03 |     860 |  0.01  | NIL    | NIL      |
| compound less than 25% by Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-sectionof v-belt/other than v-ribbed of circumference between 60 cm and 180 cm where rubber compound more than 25% by | KGS   |  443484 |   5.37 |  396584 |   3.89 |  302710 |  2.96  | 11585  | 0.16     |
| trapezoidal cross-sectionof v- belt/v ribbed of circumference between 60 cm and 180 cm where rubber compound less than 25% by wt.                                                               | KGS   |    1925 |   0.04 |     589 |   0.01 |      81 |  0.002 | 11     | 0.000 3  |
| Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-sectionof v- belt/v- ribbed of circumference between 60 cm and 180 cm where ruby compound more than 25% by                                      | KGS   |  258900 |   2.39 |  195710 |   2.44 |  180018 |  2.09  | 14117  | 0.18     |
| wt. Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-section of V- Belt/Other than V-Ribbed of circumference between 180 Cm And 240cm where rubber compound Less Than 25%                        | KGS   |    1329 |   0.02 |      50 |   0    |      82 |  0.003 | NIL    | NIL      |

| Endless transmission belts of trapezoidal cross-sectionOf V-Belt Other Than V-Ribbed of ribbed of circumference 180 Cm And 240cm where rubber compound More Than 25%   | KGS   |   66108 |   0.72 |   104646 |    1.38 |   74136 |     0.61 | 4062   | 0.05     |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|--------|----------|---------|---------|----------|--------|----------|
| Endless Synchronous Belts,Of A circumference between 60cm And 150cm where rubber compound Less Than 25% By Wt.                                                         | KGS   |     285 |   0.01 |     5482 |   0.1   |    4381 |   0.1    | NIL    | NIL      |
| Endless Synchronous Belts,Of A circumference between 60cm And150cm where rubber compound More Than 25% By Wt.W                                                         | KGS   |  255999 |   2.44 |   153674 |   2.13  |  116017 |   1.9    | 6636   | 0.14     |
| Endless Synchronous Belts,Of A circumference between 150cm And198cm Where Ruby where rubber compound Less Than 25%                                                     | KGS   |      44 |   0    |      103 |   0.001 |       9 |   0.0001 | NIL    | NIL      |
| By Endless synchronous Belts, of A circumference between 150cm And 198cm where rubber compound More                                                                    | KGS   |   22049 |   0.29 |   147957 |   0.49  |   57696 |   0.9    | 1132   | 0.03     |
| Than 25% By Wt. Endless flat belts of vulcanizedrubberwhere rubber compound less than 25% by wt.                                                                       | KGS   | 1046070 |   2.69 |  1790527 |   3.7   | 1189308 |   2.14   | 3383   | 0.02     |
| Plybelting of vulcanized rubberwhere rubber compound less than 25% by wt.                                                                                              | KGS   |    4045 |   0.05 |     4052 |   0.05  |    5501 |   0.04   | NIL    | NIL      |
| Transmission belt/belting other than flat blt/ply bltwhere rubber compound less than 25% by wt.                                                                        | KGS   |  395537 |   2.44 |   233534 |   1.51  |  387187 |   2.31   | 26158  | 0.17     |
| Endless flat belt                                                                                                                                                      | KGS   |   15554 |   0.22 |    11129 |   0.15  |    4675 |   0.1    | 19     | 0.001    |
| Ply belting of vulcanizedrubberwhere rubber compound more than 25% by wt.                                                                                              | KGS   |    1603 |   0.04 |     1452 |   0.05  |    1236 |   0.03   | 0      | 0.000 01 |
| Transmission belt/belting other than flat blt/ply bltwhere rubber compound more than 25% by wt.                                                                        | KGS   | 3440613 |  40.25 |  2810497 |  39.89  | 2986961 |  38.02   | 146049 | 2.46     |
| Radials tyres used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars)                                                                                            | NOS   | 4048451 | 136.67 |  4208963 | 149.41  | 4617090 | 157.74   | 294120 | 10.35    |
| Other tyres used on motor cars (including station wagons and racing cars).                                                                                             | NOS   | 1070695 |  47.47 |  1025655 |  46.62  |  934999 |  34.72   | 63068  | 2.57     |
| Radials tyres used on buses/lorries                                                                                                                                    | NOS   | 1219722 | 126.93 |   895105 | 124.79  | 1425678 | 194.95   | 107987 | 15.01    |
| Other tyres used on buses/lorries                                                                                                                                      | NOS   |   62028 |   6.64 |    54392 |   5.27  |   70850 |   4.01   | 1032   | 0.15     |
| New pneumatic tyres of a kind used on aircraft                                                                                                                         | NOS   |   21246 |  21.84 |    23801 |  23.23  |   22342 |  20.06   | 1275   | 1.71     |
| Tyres for motorcycles                                                                                                                                                  | NOS   |  771147 |   9.07 |  2232442 |  21.17  | 2549229 |  22.46   | 149846 | 1.13     |
| Tyres for motor scooters                                                                                                                                               | NOS   |    5526 |   0.06 |       24 |   0     |   32156 |   0.23   | NIL    | NIL      |

| Tyres uses other than motorcycles/ scooters                                                                                                                     | NOS   | 14798   | 0.78   |   20837 |   0.75 | 246838   | 2.81   | 5184   | 0.05    |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|---------|--------|---------|--------|----------|--------|--------|---------|
| Multicellular polyurethane(mcp) tubes tyre used on bicycles                                                                                                     | NOS   | 13899   | 0.05   |    2095 |  0.02  | 11371    | 0.05   | 800    | 0.003   |
|                                                                                                                                                                 | NOS   | 554688  | 1.39   |  619953 |  1.43  | 326171   | 0.77   | 18103  | 0.06    |
| Other tyres used on bicycles New pneumatictyres used on agriculture or forestry vehicles/machines having"hearing-bone" or similar tread.with rim size less than | NOS   | 34989   | 3.02   |   30153 |  2.62  | 22145    | 1.78   | 2138   | 0.15    |
| New pneumatic tyres used on construction or industry vehicle/machine having"hearing- bone" or                                                                   | NOS   | 477     | 2.94   |     429 |  0.31  | 995      | 3.22   | NIL    | NIL     |
| similar tread New pneumatictyres used on construction or industrialvehicle/machine with rim size more than 61 cm having"herring-bone                            | NOS   | 390     | 3.08   |     231 |  0.58  | 324      | 1.32   | 18     | 0.04    |
| New pneumatictyres used for other vehicles/ machines having"hearing-bone" or similar tread                                                                      | NOS   | 515     | 0.52   |     344 |  0.32  | 2624     | 1.29   | 118    | 0.01    |
| Other kind of tyres used on agriculture or forest try vehicle/machines                                                                                          | NOS   | 1197    | 0.08   |    6417 |  0.4   | 734      | 0.02   | 4      | 0.000 1 |
| Other kind of tyres used on construction or industrial vehicle/machines with rim size less than 61 cm.                                                          | NOS   | 831     | 0.96   |    1735 |  1.28  | 2015     | 3.30   | 265    | 0.13    |
| Other kind of tyres used on construction or industrial vehicles/machines with rim size more than 61 cm                                                          | NOS   | 1614    | 10.07  |    2519 | 10.01  | 3827     | 18.14  | 89     | 0.29    |
| Otherpneumatictyres of rubber                                                                                                                                   | NOS   | 49503   | 33.29  |  121506 | 36.46  | 111670   | 29.28  | 7018   | 2.02    |
| Retreaded tyre used on motor cars(includingstation wagon/racing cars)                                                                                           | NOS   | 5100    | 0.13   |    9167 |  0.05  | NIL      | NIL    | NIL    | NIL     |
| Retreaded Tyre Used 0on Buses/Lorries                                                                                                                           | NOS   | 2       | 0.001  |       1 |  0.002 | 17       | 0.001  | NIL    | NIL     |
| Retreaded tyre used on aircrafts                                                                                                                                | NOS   | 6523    | 3.31   |    3038 |  2.09  | 10502    | 4.68   | 737    | 0.48    |
| Retreaded tyre used in vehicle other than two wheeler/motor car/bus/lorry/aircraft                                                                              | NOS   | 418     | 0.02   |     101 |  0.02  | 3421     | 0.01   | NIL    | NIL     |
| Used pneumatictyres for buses/lorries/earth moving equipment including light commercial vehicle                                                                 | NOS   | NIL     | NIL    |    4839 |  0.09  | 1021     | 0.27   | NIL    | NIL     |
| Used pneumatictyres for passenger auto vehicle including two/three wheeler and personal vehicles                                                                | NOS   | 235460  | 2.31   |  314625 |  3.43  | 80669    | 0.32   | 5113   | 0.03    |
| Used pneumatic tyres for other vehicles.                                                                                                                        | NOS   | 9676    | 0.21   |   18592 |  0.21  | 418      | 0.004  | NIL    | NIL     |
| Solid rubber tyres for motor vehicles                                                                                                                           | NOS   | 12      | 0.00   |      77 |  0.02  | 47       | 0.01   | NIL    | NIL     |
| Solid rubber tyres for other vehicles                                                                                                                           | NOS   | 27486   | 0.84   |    5896 |  0.64  | 8479     | 0.80   | 39     | 0.01    |
| Tyre with metallic framework                                                                                                                                    | NOS   | 502     | 0.01   |    4474 |  0.03  | 43469    | 0.23   | 2798   | 0.01    |

| Tyre flaps used in two/three wheeler motor vehicles                                                            | NOS   | NIL       | NIL   | 570       | 0.002   | 22085     | 0.20    | NIL      | NIL     |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|-----------|-------|-----------|---------|-----------|---------|----------|---------|
| Tyre flaps used in other vehicles                                                                              | NOS   | 343352    | 2.40  | 570099    | 2.97    | 999290    | 4.08    | 52004    | 0.22    |
| Tyre tread interchangeable                                                                                     | NOS   | 229950    | 0.53  | 190782    | 0.50    | 90780     | 0.61    | 2032     | 0.06    |
| Other tyre flaps                                                                                               | NOS   | 1939      | 0.31  | 2254      | 0.18    | 13020     | 0.11    | 579      | 0.002   |
| Inner tubes for motor cars                                                                                     | NOS   | 11487     | 0.11  | 1972      | 0.03    | 7019      | 0.08    | 33       | 0.001   |
|                                                                                                                | NOS   | 1302154   | 23.65 | 470117    | 5.91    | 431345    | 4.74    | 13464    | 0.12    |
| Inner tubes for track and bus Inner tubes of rubber used on bicycles                                           | NOS   | 269569    | 0.29  | 327820    | 0.32    | 273809    | 0.26    | 19016    | 0.02    |
| Inner tubes for aircraft                                                                                       | NOS   | 784       | 0.06  | 418       | 0.03    | 590       | 0.03    | NIL      | NIL     |
|                                                                                                                | NOS   | 593530    | 0.89  | 2000937   | 2.69    | 2159127   | 2.59    | 129640   | 0.15    |
| Inner tubes for motor cycles Inner tubes for off the road vehicle not elsewhere specified or included          | NOS   | 208       | 0.01  | 1103      | 0.03    | 835       | 0.01    | 7582     | 0.10    |
| Inner tubes used in rear tyres of tractors                                                                     | NOS   | 20830     | 1.11  | 13042     | 0.26    | 10550     | 0.21    | 542      | 0.01    |
| Inner tubes used in other than rear tyres of tractors                                                          | NOS   | 30562     | 0.29  | 18555     | 0.08    | 7354      | 0.05    | NIL      | NIL     |
| Inner tubes used in tyres of cycle rickshaw/three wheeler powered rickshaws                                    | NOS   | 23        | 0.00  | 2378      | 0.004   | 20        | 0.00002 | NIL      | NIL     |
| Inner tubes used in other vehicles                                                                             | NOS   | 32278     | 0.24  | 37492     | 0.30    | 82716     | 0.90    | 3847     | 0.09    |
| Rubber contraceptives male(condoms)                                                                            | NOS   | 5613962   | 0.66  | 2184657   | 0.78    | 11794520  | 0.75    | 1008000  | 0.04    |
| Rubber contraceptives, female (diaphragms) e.g. Cervical caps                                                  | NOS   | 493938    | 0.19  | 540400    | 0.21    | 613452    | 0.32    | NIL      | NIL     |
| Hot water bottles                                                                                              | NOS   | 6047996   | 1.85  | 1803377   | 1.28    | 1496387   | 1.00    | 103      | 0.000 3 |
| Ice bags                                                                                                       | NOS   | 27992     | 0.02  | 59876     | 0.07    | 29227     | 0.03    | 88       | 0.000 3 |
| Feeding bottle                                                                                                 | NOS   | 32861     | 0.06  | 4476      | 0.01    | 55064     | 0.04    | 25176    | 0.01    |
| nipple Other articles of other hygienic and pharmaceuticals articles                                           | NOS   | 128449274 | 7.95  | 46787067  | 3.27    | 95990900  | 4.75    | 4430191  | 0.24    |
| Surgical Gloves, Mittens and Mitts                                                                             | PRS   | 323577945 | 20.42 | 323548741 | 20.55   | 288377991 | 17.99   | 17887015 | 1.10    |
| Other gloves, mittens and mitts                                                                                | PRS   | 287649482 | 20.55 | 444694265 | 28.86   | 823567989 | 33.65   | 60538668 | 2.20    |
| Rubber apron                                                                                                   | PRS   | 157963    | 0.28  | 639183    | 0.26    | 1088282   | 0.38    | 100      | 0.01    |
|                                                                                                                | NOS   | 2628447   | 0.40  | 2494336   | 0.32    | 2109388   | 0.13    | 56450    | 0.001   |
| Labels                                                                                                         | PRS   | 20786303  | 5.01  | 27796602  | 7.35    | 26961810  | 5.50    | 496185   | 0.34    |
| Industrial gloves Diving suits of vulcanized rubber                                                            | KGS   | 2341      | 0.06  | 5281      | 0.12    | 4912      | 0.09    | 279      | 0.01    |
| Others article. of apparel and clothing accessories for all purposes excl. gloves/ apron and diving suits etc. | KGS   | 487588    | 2.11  | 125261    | 1.10    | 149335    | 1.32    | 22223    | 0.27    |
| Other articles of cellular rubber                                                                              | KGS   | 96081     | 0.70  | 106506    | 0.84    | 117959    | 0.74    | 6729     | 0.10    |
|                                                                                                                | KGS   | 741598    | 3.77  | 801300    | 4.48    | 914117    | 5.17    | 82622    | 0.19    |
| Floor coverings and mats                                                                                       |       |           |       |           |         |           |         |          |         |

| Erasers                                                                               | KGS   | 335358   | 0.94   | 411062   | 1.22   |   483062 |    1.36 | 54720   | 0.12   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|----------|--------|----------|--------|----------|---------|---------|--------|
| Patches for puncture repair of self-vulcanizing rubber/a rubber lacking               | KGS   | 225426   | 2.14   | 92743    | 1.22   |    98613 |   1.26  | 13530   | 0.11   |
| Rubber ring(O-ring)                                                                   | KGS   | 3587723  | 38.86  | 2697544  | 39.97  |  2209598 |  33.84  | 172193  | 3.46   |
| Rubber seals(oil seals, etc)                                                          | KGS   | 5471035  | 63.46  | 4103200  | 61.96  |  3545968 |  61.67  | 202149  | 4.20   |
| Gaskets                                                                               | KGS   | 3723151  | 41.91  | 3310496  | 42.41  |  2358098 |  34.78  | 150625  | 2.31   |
| Washers                                                                               | KGS   | 566535   | 4.86   | 551223   | 4.05   |   226855 |   3     | 22324   | 0.28   |
| Plugs                                                                                 | KGS   | 452653   | 3.86   | 352322   | 3.07   |   291194 |   2.63  | 16018   | 0.13   |
| Other articles of gaskets washers and other seal                                      | KGS   | 4226937  | 67.01  | 4209747  | 70.26  |  4208494 |  80.49  | 281221  | 6.05   |
| Boat/dock fenders w/n inflatable                                                      | KGS   | 96284    | 1.28   | 90140    | 0.71   |   143430 |   1.04  | 2742    | 0.07   |
| Air mattresses of inflatable articles                                                 | KGS   | 7291     | 0.07   | 5672     | 0.09   |     3478 |   0.06  | 3236    | 0.07   |
| Other items of inflatable articles                                                    | KGS   | 538520   | 4.47   | 502256   | 3.57   |  1132030 |   6.06  | 32583   | 0.27   |
| Rubber cots for textile industry                                                      | KGS   | 460676   | 4.26   | 421459   | 4.44   |   300439 |   3.56  | 15486   | 0.14   |
| Rubber bands                                                                          | KGS   | 186523   | 1.19   | 344329   | 1.96   |   336279 |   1.68  | 31695   | 0.13   |
| Rubber thread                                                                         | KGS   | 165367   | 0.59   | 205727   | 0.70   |   159589 |   0.48  | 13093   | 0.03   |
| Rubber blankets                                                                       | KGS   | 424512   | 7.28   | 445044   | 8.49   |   455548 |   8.01  | 19783   | 0.31   |
| Rubber cushion                                                                        | KGS   | 339871   | 2.63   | 118639   | 1.67   |   143942 |   1.41  | 16584   | 0.18   |
| Rubber bush                                                                           | KGS   | 677739   | 5.51   | 550576   | 5.78   |   725024 |   6.95  | 35010   | 0.36   |
| Ear plug                                                                              | KGS   | 63292    | 0.90   | 19828    | 0.41   |    14721 |   0.25  | 2847    | 0.07   |
| Stoppers                                                                              | KGS   | 1701952  | 31.14  | 1465826  | 32.29  |  1820599 |  42.65  | 127567  | 4.03   |
| Others articles of vulcanized rubber excl. Mats/gaskets and other inflatable articles | KGS   | 19296336 | 194.76 | 16713438 | 197.92 | 16120273 | 203.35  | 982757  | 11.45  |
| Pelts sheets rods and tubes etc. of ebonite and vulcanite                             | KGS   | 13821    | 0.17   | 12309    | 0.23   |    20311 |   0.24  | 283     | 0.01   |
| Scrap waste and powder of hardened rubber (ebonite and vulcanite)                     | KGS   | 205580   | 0.28   | 161410   | 0.12   |   172517 |   0.13  | 515     | 0.001  |
| Printers roller                                                                       | KGS   | 26004    | 0.43   | 14283    | 0.23   |    20577 |   0.32  | 1494    | 0.03   |
| Textile rollers                                                                       | KGS   | 127      | 0.002  | 1046     | 0.02   |    13982 |   0.08  | NIL     | NIL    |
| Type writers and cyclostyling rollers                                                 | KGS   | NIL      | NIL    | NIL      | NIL    |       60 |   0.001 | NIL     | NIL    |
| Others                                                                                | KGS   | 959999   | 5.49   | 1354972  | 3.89   |  2102877 |   2.93  | 118098  | 0.09   |

NOTE: Figures for 2015-16 and April 2016 is   provisional.

KGS= Kilograms ; NOS= Numbers ; PRS = Pairs