Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Ban on Import of Steel
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 69 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER, 2015

## BAN ON IMPORT OF STEEL

## 69(H). SHRI NANA PATOLE:

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

- a) whether indigenous Steel manufacturers have requested the Government to impose a ban on poor quality of Steel imported from China and Korea;
- b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  total  quantum  of  Steel  imported  and  the expenditure incurred thereon;
- c) the  total  loss  suffered  from  the  import  of  poor  quality  of  Steel  and  the  measures taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  good  quality  of  Steel  to  the  domestic  Steel manufacturers; and
- d) whether any decision has been taken by the Government in this regard and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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): Indigenous  steel manufacturers  and  their associations have  requested the Government to notify several steel products, having direct bearing on human health and / or  critical  to  safety  and  security  of  construction,  housing  and  infrastructure,  under  the Mandatory Quality Certification Mark Scheme of Bureau of  Indian Standards (BIS) to prohibit import of sub - standard steel products. Import of steel during the last three years and  the  current  year  is  tabulated  as  below.  Country-wise  data  (China  and  Korea)  is annexed as at Annexure I and II.

Import of Iron and Steel (Ch-72) of ITC(HS) from China and Korea and the rest of the world

Quantity in Ton / Value in Million USD

| COUNTRY   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2015-16 (Apr. to Sept.)   |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|

|             |      qty |      val |      qty |     val |      qty |      val |     qty |     val |
|-------------|----------|----------|----------|---------|----------|----------|---------|---------|
| CHINA P RP  |  1770193 |  1495.33 |  1120649 |  976.29 |  3756649 |  2713.35 | 1842450 | 1116.16 |
| KOREA RP    |  1858259 |  1744.12 |  1539746 | 1414.33 |  2240827 |  1818.87 | 1684414 | 1002.66 |
| Others      | 14819136 | 10376.1  |  8920721 | 6719.23 | 10653873 |  7809.81 | 6332018 | 3787.27 |
| Grand total | 18447588 | 13615.5  | 11581116 | 9109.85 | 16651349 | 12342    | 9858881 | 5906.09 |

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

(c) & (d):  The Government does not maintain import data based on the quality of Steel. The  Government  reviews  the  data  on  import  of  steel  including  import  of  seconds  and defective quality steel from time to time and takes necessary measures to make quality steel available to the consumers. The Government has already issued two Steel and Steel Products  (Quality  Control)  Orders  in  March,  2012  thereby  notifying  16  steel  products under the Mandatory Quality Certification Mark Scheme of Bureau of Indian Standards. Notifications of steel products under this scheme to protect interests of the domestic steel producers & consumers are taken as per need.

Further, the Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance vide its Notification No.28/2015  -Customs  (ADD)  dated  05.06.2015  has  imposed  anti  -  dumping  duty  on import of Hot Rolled Flat Products of Stainless Steel of 304 Grade from China, Korea RP and Malaysia.

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Import of Iron and Steel from CHINA during last three years and current year (up to September2015)

## :QTY in KG

## :Values in US $

|       | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16(Apr to September)   | 2015-16(Apr to September)   |
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| itchs | qty       | val       | qty       | val       | qty       | val       | qty                         | val                         |
| 7201  | 13653     | 17253     |           |           | 110       | 98        |                             |                             |
| 7202  | 32273796  | 58806337  | 24067737  | 46079716  | 35696848  | 87773500  | 17373731                    | 33002691                    |
| 7203  | 1055      | 618       |           |           | 80        | 97        |                             |                             |
| 7204  | 1573362   | 1100108   | 1387239   | 505226    | 701854    | 599133    | 198000                      | 100521                      |
| 7205  | 5412922   | 7668592   | 4913743   | 6893981   | 5774410   | 8687315   | 3933992                     | 4049366                     |
| 7206  | 29725     | 23306     | 29233     | 41075     | 23868     | 24468     | 1141                        | 1896                        |
| 7207  | 588758    | 594031    | 590163    | 1097859   | 11755537  | 6187167   | 756280                      | 733552                      |
| 7208  | 118008093 | 81589574  | 105517320 | 62901555  | 258502264 | 150696929 | 125703726                   | 57763716                    |
| 7209  | 235686052 | 159545617 | 27422963  | 20092602  | 191739695 | 120634786 | 65592317                    | 32496262                    |
| 7210  | 107154027 | 86104044  | 93883866  | 71609832  | 257026394 | 186559484 | 299201639                   | 176483409                   |
| 7211  | 2539962   | 3778215   | 2309889   | 3113954   | 2442429   | 3111194   | 1144255                     | 1283811                     |
| 7212  | 9015750   | 9382243   | 8975195   | 10206698  | 9271327   | 10899749  | 5988287                     | 7289722                     |

Annexure-I

| 7213   |    7998999 |    5915690 |    5609145 |   3332273 |   17264468 |    9803137 |    7339081 |    3396884 |
|--------|------------|------------|------------|-----------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 7214   |    4297906 |    3461373 |    3122863 |   2496867 |    4624961 |    3621179 |    2835042 |    2076857 |
| 7215   |    1401796 |    2275452 |     707163 |   1036164 |     766278 |     894071 |     566158 |     473470 |
| 7216   |    1231147 |    1444762 |    1215938 |   1157152 |    1416568 |    1052127 |    2232499 |    1569096 |
| 7217   |   67098210 |   69548307 |   55870102 |  59060099 |   86384868 |   82620375 |   58061492 |   49231691 |
| 7218   |    1421826 |    3072639 |    1779377 |   3168578 |    1907345 |    3119783 |      55928 |     160297 |
| 7219   |   65900459 |  164526281 |   51907799 | 108482337 |   95987538 |  218594454 |   46336612 |   95864344 |
| 7220   |   24844282 |   40853130 |   59857337 |  92970631 |  135614967 |  192622909 |   77926568 |   98180299 |
| 7221   |    1636702 |    4791039 |    4686913 |  11283302 |    8144588 |   19125634 |     774810 |    1768146 |
| 7222   |    2122692 |    4576137 |    4551907 |   8784689 |    4023080 |    9403579 |    1227794 |    1985138 |
| 7223   |    1514446 |    2725320 |     791665 |   1943727 |    1730579 |    3505178 |    1340969 |    2212001 |
| 7224   |   96818533 |   68692817 |   19793706 |  14664034 |  140726526 |   83709650 |   62237638 |   28521684 |
| 7225   |  716180500 |  475447501 |  413198680 | 248625155 | 1280696644 |  803883528 |  511078027 |  248703099 |
| 7226   |   11252373 |   13541771 |    1785490 |   3711397 |    2309096 |    4572635 |    3194520 |    2789829 |
| 7227   |  169750065 |  116706168 |  116352223 |  72541768 |  769754175 |  409368455 |  400779423 |  171572573 |
| 7228   |   61487263 |   80549560 |   88647516 |  94520200 |  420025248 |  275567127 |  143037876 |   89618239 |
| 7229   |   22938385 |   28594200 |   21674233 |  25971300 |   12337623 |   16714243 |    3531926 |    4831023 |
| Total  | 1770192739 | 1495332085 | 1120649405 | 976292171 | 3756649368 | 2713351984 | 1842449731 | 1116159616 |

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

Import of Iron and Steel from KOREA during last three years and current year (up to September2015)

## :QTY in KG

## :Values in US $

|       | 2012-13   | 2012-13   | 2013-14   | 2013-14   | 2014-15   | 2014-15   | 2015-16(Apr to September)   | 2015-16(Apr to September)   |
|-------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| itchs | qty       | val       | qty       | val       | qty       | val       | qty                         | val                         |
| 7201  |           |           | 6625      | 3419      |           |           |                             |                             |
| 7202  | 10235902  | 28334081  | 14621987  | 33233082  | 19514428  | 42146332  | 13518791                    | 23895276                    |
| 7203  | 550       | 1071      |           |           |           |           |                             |                             |
| 7204  | 31298259  | 46458695  | 27610627  | 38414591  | 55405350  | 71239500  | 61096235                    | 56921545                    |
| 7205  | 518005    | 377320    | 384500    | 321095    | 454000    | 341455    | 332000                      | 228907                      |
| 7206  | 1058722   | 919651    | 48000     | 146600    |           |           |                             |                             |
| 7207  | 88197441  | 47509250  | 5663673   | 4350637   | 42449442  | 20679463  | 33589338                    | 12344675                    |
| 7208  | 638708285 | 461413668 | 297605615 | 207134379 | 880120854 | 526921621 | 1015804654                  | 443057432                   |
| 7209  | 552785748 | 457701243 | 578857641 | 434020699 | 584204719 | 424037006 | 218344362                   | 126829869                   |
| 7210  | 225855504 | 282949132 | 250993190 | 284624115 | 269200167 | 304513892 | 134616636                   | 141612352                   |
| 7211  | 2184419   | 3520354   | 2000282   | 3716592   | 3127505   | 5221565   | 3551038                     | 5014477                     |
| 7212  | 8963418   | 14003843  | 7191312   | 9096843   | 4978129   | 7539386   | 2432399                     | 4107230                     |
| 7213  | 4775333   | 4597662   | 4690600   | 3729163   | 19090952  | 12857771  | 13061284                    | 7661931                     |
| 7214  | 5135032   | 5247603   | 7030300   | 6686022   | 3080729   | 2914432   | 3572638                     | 3261503                     |
| 7215  | 2139832   | 3478713   | 1370331   | 2171755   | 1393640   | 1632280   | 771662                      | 759375                      |
| 7216  | 1869219   | 1661314   | 1608184   | 1267317   | 246235    | 206071    | 134102                      | 131767                      |
| 7217  | 5686898   | 8379515   | 5880380   | 8361529   | 4018692   | 6013036   | 2738056                     | 3418653                     |

Annexure- II

| 7218   |     103012 |     347925 |       4448 |      29696 |       1970 |      20347 |            |            |
|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
| 7219   |   45809292 |   87998714 |   39531984 |   65468058 |   37980469 |   62732002 | 15262271   | 25026286   |
| 7220   |    4429540 |   14527709 |   13423901 |   17634041 |    3458758 |    9373718 | 1974031    | 5128706    |
| 7221   |      31036 |     152699 |     282271 |     672655 |     959658 |    2553992 | 4515       | 19758      |
| 7222   |     105385 |     218629 |     181593 |     244628 |     163479 |     277318 | 154305     | 376306     |
| 7223   |     686242 |    3107325 |     679835 |    3094895 |     502824 |    2370354 | 337917     | 1591737    |
| 7224   |    1033560 |     845419 |    3706160 |    1769544 |   16236000 |    7205032 |            |            |
| 7225   |  173383877 |  204773778 |  239345966 |  241274126 |  239578373 |  244592865 | 142494827  | 117943954  |
| 7226   |    2629606 |    3993070 |    2638670 |    4563498 |    3925883 |    7097862 | 1922468    | 3287939    |
| 7227   |   30769753 |   29346628 |   18655671 |   17528413 |   30775877 |   26872069 | 10055318   | 8129910    |
| 7228   |   12739793 |   20017000 |   10895537 |   16198232 |   13920678 |   18757829 | 6362584    | 8019557    |
| 7229   |    7124856 |   12235463 |    4836509 |    8571543 |    6038130 |   10755045 | 2282384    | 3892732    |
| Total  | 1858258519 | 1744117474 | 1539745792 | 1414327167 | 2240826941 | 1818872243 | 1684413815 | 1002661877 |

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