Lok Sabha Question No. 2468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-14
Subject: Export Promotion Schemes
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2468 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## EXPORT PROMOTION SCHEMES

## 2468. SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

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

- a) whether there is any proposal to revisit export promotion schemes to give more space to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) sector;
- b) if so, the details and present status thereof; and
- c) the quantum of incense sticks exported from the country during each of the last three years and the current year, country-wise?

## ANSWER

वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग राज् य मंत्री )णीमीी स मलमा नीीारमि((स्वींत्र प्रभार ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) & (b) No, Madam.

he country-wise quantum of incense sticks exported from the country  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current

(Quantity in thousands Kgs)

|    |                 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014- 2015 |   2015-2016 (Apr-Sep) |
|----|-----------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|-----------------------|
|  1 | AFGHANISTAN TIS |      3.33 |      2.1  |         0    |                  0.67 |
|  2 | ALGERIA         |    426.88 |    277.13 |       273.45 |                 77.64 |
|  3 | ANGOLA          |     14.86 |     12.34 |         8.02 |                  0    |
|  4 | ARGENTINA       |    605.55 |    634.05 |       669.84 |                324.88 |
|  5 | ARMENIA         |      2.31 |      0    |         0.7  |                  0.2  |
|  6 | AUSTRALIA       |    603.53 |    855.42 |       936.31 |                402.64 |
|  7 | AUSTRIA         |     31.4  |     46.88 |        25.51 |                 19.05 |
|  8 | ARUBA           |      0.06 |      0    |         0.06 |                  0    |

- (c) T year is as under :

|   9 | AZERBAIJAN      | 0        | 1.78     | 0.64     | 0.57     |
|-----|-----------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
|  10 | BAHARAIN IS     | 60.1     | 64.51    | 67.06    | 30.66    |
|  11 | BANGLADESH PR   | 195.06   | 277.91   | 296.36   | 154.01   |
|  12 | BARBADOS        | 0.4      | 1.41     | 2.63     | 1.21     |
|  13 | BELGIUM         | 129.43   | 265.19   | 98.58    | 54.14    |
|  14 | BENIN           | 111.72   | 94.18    | 63.46    | 9.95     |
|  15 | BOSNIA-HRZGOVIN | 0        | 0.2      | 0.86     | 0.75     |
|  16 | BOTSWANA        | 1.87     | 4.07     | 0.94     | 0.41     |
|  17 | BRAZIL          | 1,366.67 | 1,624.59 | 1,929.30 | 486.8    |
|  18 | BRUNEI          | 0        | 2.55     | 1.08     | 0.64     |
|  19 | BULGARIA        | 22.68    | 106.74   | 10.08    | 22.2     |
|  20 | BURKINA FASO    | 8.32     | 9.4      | 22.94    | 39.36    |
|  21 | BELARUS         | 13.22    | 4.6      | 1.78     | 0        |
|  22 | CAMBODIA        | 0        | 0.5      | 0.16     | 0        |
|  23 | CAMEROON        | 0        | 0        | 0.03     | 0.1      |
|  24 | CANADA          | 219.77   | 215.57   | 256      | 140.01   |
|  25 | CHAD            | 24.46    | 19.16    | 41.2     | 0        |
|  26 | CHILE           | 1,273.23 | 1,390.59 | 1,472.16 | 637.83   |
|  27 | TAIWAN          | 60.27    | 34.03    | 79.07    | 145.05   |
|  28 | CHINA P RP      | 797.3    | 1,152.26 | 806.58   | 496.32   |
|  29 | COLOMBIA        | 698.63   | 631.13   | 685.37   | 260.14   |
|  30 | COMOROS         | 0.11     | 0.08     | 2.56     | 0        |
|  31 | CONGO P REP     | 2.97     | 0.83     | 11.35    | 1.1      |
|  32 | COSTA RICA      | 13.04    | 34.59    | 63.62    | 32.51    |
|  33 | CROATIA         | 7.49     | 4.99     | 2.07     | 0.22     |
|  34 | CYPRUS          | 0.7      | 1.3      | 1.25     | 0.3      |
|  35 | CZECH REPUBLIC  | 27.06    | 46.43    | 97.55    | 149.27   |
|  36 | DENMARK         | 9.09     | 15.27    | 9.15     | 1.12     |
|  37 | DJIBOUTI        | 557.29   | 412.4    | 104.63   | 22.73    |
|  38 | DOMINIC REP     | 10.62    | 9.53     | 15.71    | 31.96    |
|  39 | ECUADOR         | 439.64   | 460.86   | 654.11   | 250.74   |
|  40 | EGYPT A RP      | 1,671.15 | 1,414.78 | 2,057.57 | 1,122.91 |
|  41 | ESTONIA         | 2.73     | 60.3     | 99.7     | 27.82    |
|  42 | ETHIOPIA        | 982.3    | 2,589.83 | 2,483.90 | 838.7    |
|  43 | ERITREA         | 0        | 19.92    | 15       | 0        |
|  44 | FINLAND         | 55.84    | 17.14    | 64.29    | 28.79    |
|  45 | FIJI IS         | 89.68    | 95.53    | 92.99    | 40.43    |

|   46 | FRANCE         |   339.6 |   292.87 | 347.02   |   129.14 |
|------|----------------|---------|----------|----------|----------|
|   47 | GAMBIA         |   49.12 |    81.83 | 75.17    |    31.06 |
|   48 | GEORGIA        |    0.04 |     1    | 0.11     |     0.37 |
|   49 | GERMANY        |  258.63 |   204.44 | 290.76   |   139.49 |
|   50 | GHANA          |  162.14 |   188.11 | 143.47   |    90.59 |
|   51 | GREECE         |   26.42 |    31.51 | 22.31    |     9.93 |
|   52 | GRENADA        |    0.03 |     0    | 0.02     |     0    |
|   53 | GUADELOUPE     |    3.38 |    17.12 | 11.75    |     1.81 |
|   54 | GUATEMALA      |   41.07 |    25.02 | 93.41    |    17.94 |
|   55 | GUINEA         |  212.05 |   205.87 | 175.55   |    62.62 |
|   56 | GUYANA         |   76.99 |    62.35 | 94.57    |    23.4  |
|   57 | HONDURAS       |    0    |     3.15 | 12.45    |     0    |
|   58 | HONG KONG      |   32.53 |   213.26 | 317.74   |   138.74 |
|   59 | HUNGARY        |   14.52 |    49.67 | 41.32    |    33.05 |
|   60 | ICELAND        |    0    |     0.04 | 0.16     |     0    |
|   61 | INDONESIA      |  472.45 |   608.15 | 919.16   |   559.81 |
|   62 | IRAN           |   96.63 |    99.18 | 1,416.00 |   499.51 |
|   63 | IRAQ           |  165.97 |   199.64 | 141.22   |   236.41 |
|   64 | IRELAND        |    1.17 |    10.14 | 4.43     |     9.27 |
|   65 | ISRAEL         |   49.23 |    68.19 | 92.28    |    38.58 |
|   66 | ITALY          |  112.01 |   108.06 | 134.42   |    65.46 |
|   67 | COTE D' IVOIRE |  217.02 |   144.83 | 116.54   |   101.1  |
|   68 | JAMAICA        |    2.33 |     0    | 0        |     3.5  |
|   69 | JAPAN          |  283.99 |   291.38 | 256.16   |   107.44 |
|   70 | JORDAN         |  134.06 |   244.38 | 44.8     |    27.77 |
|   71 | KAZAKHSTAN     |   24.47 |    25.36 | 39.25    |     3.6  |
|   72 | KENYA          |  121.38 |   165.82 | 171.26   |    78.09 |
|   73 | KOREA DP RP    |    1.39 |     1.74 | 9.43     |     0.02 |
|   74 | KYRGHYZSTAN    |   11.73 |    19.33 | 17.32    |     4.83 |
|   75 | KOREA RP       |   25.8  |    11.4  | 24.77    |    15.31 |
|   76 | KUWAIT         |  618.67 |   913    | 707.05   |   392.51 |
|   77 | LATVIA         |    7.91 |    28.98 | 21.77    |     9.04 |
|   78 | LEBANON        |    6.24 |    33.42 | 18.3     |     6.2  |
|   79 | LESOTHO        |    0    |     0.03 | 0        |     0    |
|   80 | LIBERIA        |   13.57 |     1.55 | 2.41     |     0    |
|   81 | LIBYA          |  130.09 |    52.12 | 140.4    |    92.63 |
|   82 | LITHUANIA      |   27.99 |    56.81 | 33.72    |    16.09 |

|   83 | LUXEMBOURG      | 0.09     | 0        | 0.44     |      0 |
|------|-----------------|----------|----------|----------|--------|
|   84 | MADAGASCAR      | 84.06    | 64.56    | 136.09   |  63.44 |
|   85 | MALAYSIA        | 2,025.71 | 1,855.89 | 1,836.13 | 708.9  |
|   86 | MALDIVES        | 4.79     | 2.66     | 2.5      |   1.11 |
|   87 | MARTINIQUE      | 2.16     | 2.08     | 1.28     |   0    |
|   88 | MAURITIUS       | 998.22   | 1,286.61 | 1,096.79 | 518.72 |
|   89 | MYANMAR         | 130.3    | 70.38    | 162.52   | 123.38 |
|   90 | MEXICO          | 201.11   | 290.29   | 215.98   | 191.63 |
|   91 | MOLDOVA         | 0        | 3.55     | 0.04     |   2.13 |
|   92 | MONGOLIA        | 0.66     | 20.3     | 0.56     |  12.27 |
|   93 | MOROCCO         | 160.68   | 157.34   | 260.14   | 165.46 |
|   94 | MOZAMBIQUE      | 42.25    | 128      | 87.03    |   5.86 |
|   95 | NAMIBIA         | 0.1      | 0        | 0.15     |   0.21 |
|   96 | NEPAL           | 1,447.42 | 1,309.50 | 1,966.82 | 517.29 |
|   97 | NETHERLAND      | 369.57   | 395.86   | 387.47   | 186.03 |
|   98 | NETHERLANDANTIL | 14.14    | 11.05    | 11.19    |   4.93 |
|   99 | NEW CALEDONIA   | 1.26     | 1.35     | 3.02     |   3.32 |
|  100 | NEW ZEALAND     | 88.59    | 149.83   | 133.23   |  78.3  |
|  101 | NIGER           | 18.23    | 28.73    | 18.8     |  19.8  |
|  102 | NIGERIA         | 2,192.64 | 1,897.94 | 2,215.76 | 754.07 |
|  103 | NORWAY          | 3.19     | 3.48     | 1.25     |   2.49 |
|  104 | OMAN            | 94.99    | 100.52   | 83.66    |  56.44 |
|  105 | PAKISTAN IR     | 0.13     | 13.31    | 77.03    |  40.25 |
|  106 | PANAMA REPUBLIC | 271.32   | 307.99   | 255.77   |  77.99 |
|  107 | PAPUA N GNA     | 0        | 0.3      | 0.12     |   0.18 |
|  108 | PERU            | 217.67   | 242.7    | 194.47   |  19.35 |
|  109 | PHILIPPINES     | 27.75    | 12       | 10.09    |   6.49 |
|  110 | POLAND          | 186.1    | 139.35   | 114.65   |  73.28 |
|  111 | PORTUGAL        | 305.88   | 274.61   | 188.58   |  49.88 |
|  112 | PUERTO RICO     | 22.18    | 5.49     | 0        |   1.74 |
|  113 | QATAR           | 79.42    | 93.12    | 92.03    |  47.85 |
|  114 | REUNION         | 25.79    | 46.13    | 38.75    |  17.88 |
|  115 | ROMANIA         | 46.7     | 91.5     | 105.23   |   4.2  |
|  116 | RUSSIA          | 264.5    | 276.36   | 126.75   |  75.84 |
|  117 | SAUDI ARAB      | 723.26   | 606.23   | 710.96   | 281.86 |
|  118 | SERBIA          | 0        | 25.26    | 24.41    |  16.21 |
|  119 | SENEGAL         | 140.72   | 196.39   | 120.6    |  41.38 |

| 120   | UNION OF SERBIA & MONTENEGRO   | 13.76    | 0.04     | 0.04     | 0.05     |
|-------|------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 121   | SEYCHELLES                         | 0.72     | 1.9      | 1.63     | 0.8      |
| 122   | SIERRA LEONE                       | 47.01    | 51       | 75.65    | 0        |
| 123   | SLOVAK REP                         | 12.72    | 18.2     | 0.04     | 12.97    |
| 124   | SINGAPORE                          | 150.52   | 153.87   | 142.8    | 74.88    |
| 125   | SLOVENIA                           | 28.97    | 6.01     | 29.62    | 5.28     |
| 126   | SOMALIA                            | 0        | 126.71   | 1,228.54 | 60.12    |
| 127   | SOUTH AFRICA                       | 5,504.56 | 1,189.99 | 1,046.17 | 519.12   |
| 128   | SPAIN                              | 718.24   | 800.84   | 613.35   | 323.32   |
| 129   | SRI LANKA DSR                      | 1,759.81 | 1,012.35 | 102.19   | 61.08    |
| 130   | SUDAN                              | 675.49   | 733.5    | 981.67   | 532.23   |
| 131   | SURINAME                           | 63.15    | 93.16    | 64.19    | 42.08    |
| 132   | SWEDEN                             | 25.54    | 21.22    | 8.08     | 4.27     |
| 133   | SWITZERLAND                        | 22.09    | 23.42    | 28.4     | 6.86     |
| 134   | TANZANIA REP                       | 91.48    | 207.85   | 88.01    | 48.67    |
| 135   | THAILAND                           | 105.52   | 137.65   | 67.01    | 53.31    |
| 136   | TOGO                               | 145.3    | 88.62    | 155.65   | 34.69    |
| 137   | TRINIDAD                           | 196.75   | 201.82   | 305.43   | 113.96   |
| 138   | TUNISIA                            | 21       | 55.16    | 82.62    | 15.65    |
| 139   | TURKEY                             | 82.16    | 37.16    | 63.36    | 33.69    |
| 140   | UGANDA                             | 12.26    | 8.5      | 21.37    | 0.54     |
| 141   | U ARAB EMTS                        | 2,103.20 | 2,079.10 | 2,031.30 | 1,024.23 |
| 142   | U K                                | 1,071.60 | 1,384.93 | 1,335.14 | 592.39   |
| 143   | UKRAINE                            | 60.46    | 81.51    | 10.31    | 0        |
| 144   | U S A                              | 2,956.29 | 2,955.59 | 2,984.80 | 1,600.93 |
| 145   | URUGUAY                            | 147.95   | 190.01   | 165.05   | 93.49    |
| 146   | UZBEKISTAN                         | 21.81    | 1.56     | 1.95     | 0.3      |
| 147   | VENEZUELA                          | 1,177.96 | 626.75   | 366.15   | 25       |
| 148   | VIETNAM SOC REP                    | 102.42   | 16.72    | 1.2      | 2.62     |
| 149   | YEMEN REPUBLC                      | 399.17   | 274.65   | 226.77   | 85.33    |
| 150   | CONGO D. REP.                      | 0.49     | 1.8      | 12.92    | 0.5      |
| 151   | ZAMBIA                             | 1.12     | 0.29     | 6.56     | 0.25     |
| 152   | ZIMBABWE                           | 0.04     | 0.01     | 0.06     | 0.05     |
|       | Total                              | 42192.5  | 40064.4  | 42390.44 | 18337.96 |

(Source :  Website of Department of Commerce)

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