Lok Sabha Question No. 180 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Trade with Developing Nations
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.180 (H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  APRIL, 2016

## Trade with Developing Nations

## 180 (H).  SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

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

- (a) the total quantity and value of products imported into and exported from the country during the last three years, item -wise and country -wise;
- (b) the total decline in trade with the developing nations during the said period and the names of the countries with which India is likely to achieve its trade targets;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any study to explore the possibilities to increase export to these countries; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

वािणÏ य एवं उɮयोग राÏ य मंत्री ) Įीमती िनमर्ला सीतारमण ( ( èवतंत्र प्रभार )

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

- (a) The  commodity-wise  and  country-wise  data  on  quantum  and  value  of  exports  and imports  of  the  country  for  the  last  three  years  is  available  in  the  CDs  of  DGCI&S publication 'Monthly Statistics of Foreign Trade of India' Vol. 1 (Exports) and Vol.II (Imports) for March 2014, March 2015 and January 2016 (latest available CD). These CDs are also regularly sent to Parliament Library by DGCI&S, Kolkata for reference. The data in this regard for certain key commodities are as under:

## (A) Exports

## (VALUE in US $ Million)

|                          |      | 2013 - 14   | 2013 - 14   | 2014 - 15   | 2014 - 15   | 2015 - 16(Apr - Feb) (Provisional)   | 2015 - 16(Apr - Feb) (Provisional)   |
|--------------------------|------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| Commodity                | Unit | QTY         | VAL         | QTY         | VAL         | QTY                                  | VAL                                  |
| TEA                      | KGS  | 249907559   | 798.79      | 215407703   | 681.79      | 227271538                            | 668.44                               |
| COFFEE                   | KGS  | 253902132   | 798.83      | 221396663   | 814.02      | 219164997                            | 685.97                               |
| RICE - BASMOTI           | TON  | 3754102     | 4864.89     | 3698927     | 4516.28     | 3718893                              | 3221.54                              |
| RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI) | TON  | 7148472     | 2925.16     | 8278233     | 3336.84     | 5715937                              | 2081.72                              |
| WHEAT                    | TON  | 5572025     | 1569.08     | 2924053     | 828.75      | 575947                               | 140.54                               |
| OTHER CEREALS            | TON  | 4637536     | 1204.16     | 3514351     | 869.11      | 871197                               | 231.18                               |

| PULSES                                               | TON   | 345553     | 290.28   | 222139     | 199.86   | 217838    | 213.60       |
|------------------------------------------------------|-------|------------|----------|------------|----------|-----------|--------------|
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED                               | KGS   | 237106036  | 789.07   | 219572233  | 680.01   | 190424631 | 587.59       |
| SPICES                                               | KGS   | 896565395  | 2497.30  | 926020950  | 2430.35  | 731327027 | 2249.06      |
| CASHEW                                               | TON   | 120737     | 842.32   | 134571     | 909.26   | 95012     | 706.58       |
| CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID                              | KGS   | 9480277    | 6.35     | 10937593   | 9.10     | 10166047  | 7.96         |
| SESAME SEEDS                                         | KGS   | 257441092  | 592.17   | 375656064  | 772.27   | 294952800 | 421.21       |
| NIGER SEEDS                                          | KGS   | 20841060   | 18.69    | 18155893   | 17.71    | 12809560  | 17.33        |
| GROUNDNUT                                            | TON   | 509751     | 525.68   | 708392     | 760.37   | 482239    | 551.73       |
| OTHER OIL SEEDS                                      | TON   | 194460     | 155.18   | 247540     | 185.03   | 191410    | 138.52       |
| OIL MEALS                                            | TON   | 6576509    | 2796.44  | 3904589    | 1324.17  | 1885478   | 505.50       |
| GUERGAM MEAL                                         | TON   | 601971     | 1979.70  | 665109     | 1551.87  | 329068    | 513.32       |
| CASTOR OIL                                           | KGS   | 544795658  | 725.70   | 546525596  | 770.49   | 526215435 | 645.95       |
| SHELLAC                                              | KGS   | 7747859    | 84.95    | 5242539    | 43.80    | 5421235   | 25.45        |
| SUGAR                                                | TON   | 2477640    | 1177.11  | 1955191    | 871.41   | 3392922   | 1303.53      |
| MOLLASES                                             | TON   | 211653     | 24.53    | 247608     | 31.61    | 597315    | 77.61        |
| FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS                             | KGS   | 19338582   | 68.80    | 12499306   | 69.96    | 5752331   | 60.76        |
| FRESH FRUITS                                         | TON   | 525224     | 608.99   | 486939     | 516.26   | 467400    | 471.24       |
| FRESH VEGETABLES                                     | TON   | 2291751    | 886.14   | 2061000    | 763.24   | 1637543   | 661.88       |
| CEREAL PREPARATIONS                                  | TON   | 319554     | 471.32   | 305431     | 496.41   | 284094    | 461.18       |
| COCOA PRODUCTS                                       | KGS   | 16229240   | 93.97    | 20877703   | 138.87   | 28589208  | 171.07       |
| MILLED PRODUCTS                                      | KGS   | 419263762  | 166.15   | 419855413  | 168.76   | 385201507 | 182.38       |
| ANIMAL CASINGS                                       | KGS   | 352200     | 4.73     | 260147     | 3.18     | 203161    | 2.57         |
| BUFFALO MEAT                                         | TON   | 1365643    | 4350.38  | 1475540    | 4781.18  | 1202326   | 3747.04      |
| SHEEP/GOAT MEAT                                      | TON   | 22608      | 115.37   | 23614      | 135.71   | 20237     | 118.13       |
| OTHER MEAT                                           | TON   | 268        | 0.55     | 262        | 0.44     | 2         | 0.00         |
| PROCESSED MEAT                                       | TON   | 508        | 1.29     | 405        | 2.29     | 284       | 0.96         |
| NATURAL RUBBER                                       | TON   | 10032      | 27.49    | 3059       | 7.06     | 5621      | 49.46        |
| MARINE PRODUCTS                                      | KGS   | 1000818636 | 5016.63  | 1073965690 | 5510.49  | 908135276 | 4408.14      |
| IRON ORE                                             | TON   | 16301238   | 1557.63  | 7490012    | 526.50   | 4253793   | 145.81       |
| MICA                                                 | KGS   | 127232858  | 50.73    | 140447782  | 56.02    | 122033063 | 47.94 113.11 |
| COAL,COKE AND BRIQUITTES ETC SULPHER, UNROASTED IRON | TON   | 2343865    | 208.14   | 1343283    | 136.51   | 1118974   |              |
| FINISHED LEATHER                                     | KGS   | 67163410   | 1285.15  | 64503936   | 1331.24  | 46710624  | 957.68       |
| LEATHER FOOTWEAR COMPONENT                           | KGS   | 12073115   | 320.02   | 13513575   | 361.94   | 8780752   | 263.16       |
| GOLD                                                 | KGS   | 70720      | 3031.98  | 70819      | 2845.15  | 135648    | 4965.06      |
| SILVER                                               | KGS   | 34247      | 18.52    | 7572       | 5.68     | 30253     | 7.07         |
| FERTILEZERS                                          |       |            |          |            |          |           |              |
| MANUFACTURED                                         | TON   | 137374     | 75.40    | 164707     | 82.54    | 220155    | 83.75        |
| AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS                            | KGS   | 76720120   | 366.99   | 92059222   | 354.68   | 87011469  | 325.47       |
| BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES                       | KGS   | 305675879  | 3610.81  | 328391895  | 3561.39  | 322720535 | 3263.84      |
| DYE INTERMEDIATES                                    | KGS   | 137915055  | 248.15   | 103619918  | 239.85   | 89267016  | 166.14       |
| DYES                                                 | KGS   | 336104540  | 1904.74  | 344420382  | 2129.98  | 320710675 | 1686.61      |

| DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | KGS   | 349629343   | 10669.39   | 414637056   | 11215.86   | 344654635   | 11510.57   |
|----------------------------------|-------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
| AGRO CHEMICALS                   | KGS   | 253548348   | 1923.70    | 285825811   | 1951.77    | 276193111   | 1766.56    |
| INORGANIC CHEMICALS              | KGS   | 951839911   | 721.27     | 935203532   | 683.59     | 961035598   | 564.53     |
| ORGANIC CHEMICALS                | KGS   | 2965406530  | 5641.33    | 3020618142  | 5394.36    | 3160555466  | 4421.27    |
| OTHER MISCELLAENIOUS CHEMICALS   | KGS   | 255511525   | 655.13     | 260437561   | 742.21     | 210094727   | 615.44     |
| ESSENTIAL OILS                   | KGS   | 4196116     | 71.01      | 4572360     | 90.17      | 4837783     | 96.79      |
| PAINT, VARNISH AND ALLID PRODC   | KGS   | 364685815   | 645.93     | 343346998   | 669.06     | 452967228   | 538.21     |
| CMNT, CLINKR AND ASBSTOS CMNT    | TON   | 5277231     | 312.27     | 6495546     | 378.31     | 4580333     | 286.87     |
| NEWSPRINT                        | TON   | 3788        | 2.49       | 9642        | 8.05       | 4305        | 2.29       |
| PACKAGING MATERIALS              | TON   | 175755      | 453.34     | 191774      | 509.93     | 219326      | 517.25     |
| PLASTIC RAW MATERIALS            | TON   | 1907206     | 3045.72    | 1565607     | 2508.66    | 1918549     | 2309.64    |
| IRON AND STEEL                   | TON   | 11487870    | 9223.70    | 10577421    | 8684.40    | 7000363     | 5154.20    |
| ALUMINIUM, PRODUCTS OF ALUMINM   | TON   | 714409      | 1943.26    | 1038923     | 2859.37    | 1033248     | 2374.02    |
| COPPER AND PRDCTS MADE OF COPR   | TON   | 341065      | 2855.11    | 466823      | 3420.30    | 384852      | 2313.64    |
| LEAD AND PRODUCTS MADE OF LED    | TON   | 80867       | 194.71     | 76296       | 173.20     | 81843       | 166.33     |
| NICKEL, PRODUCT MADE OF NICKEL   | TON   | 26448       | 437.27     | 47002       | 897.58     | 37190       | 487.71     |
| TIN AND PRODUCTS MADE OF TIN     | TON   | 3345        | 80.39      | 1660        | 37.73      | 3429        | 54.11      |
| ZINC AND PRODUCTS MADE OF ZINC   | TON   | 194978      | 435.39     | 246388      | 608.06     | 246396      | 504.79     |
| PRIME MICA AND MICA PRODUCTS     | KGS   | 1175902     | 19.10      | 894268      | 19.51      | 948145      | 15.69      |
| COTTON YARN                      | TON   | 1310879     | 4550.41    | 1253342     | 3937.41    | 1193463     | 3307.50    |
| SILK,RAW                         | KGS   | 2551        | 0.04       | 5989        | 0.11       | 8747        | 0.22       |
| WOOL, RAW                        | KGS   | 54990       | 0.20       | 19022       | 0.04       | 91450       | 0.45       |
| SILK WASTE                       | KGS   | 1620001     | 16.25      | 1629356     | 17.86      | 1428432     | 12.61      |
| JUTE, RAW                        | TON   | 44016       | 18.81      | 37390       | 19.41      | 19865       | 13.21      |
| JUTE YARN                        | TON   | 24963       | 23.46      | 23567       | 22.64      | 16124       | 17.32      |
| PETROLEUM                        | TON   | 68736009    |            | 73107098    | 56794.15   | 97402450    | 28140.91   |
| PRODUCTS                         |       |             | 63179.37   |             |            |             |            |

(B) Imports

(VALUE in US $ Million)

|                          |      | 2013 - 14   | 2013 - 14   | 2014 - 15   | 2014 - 15   | 2015 - 16(Apr - Feb)   | 2015 - 16(Apr - Feb)   |
|--------------------------|------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| Commodity                | Unit | QTY         | VAL         | QTY         | VAL         | QTY                    | VAL                    |
| TEA                      | KGS  | 22739911    | 48.54       | 28390469    | 63.57       | 22244304               | 53.30                  |
| COFFEE                   | KGS  | 59940860    | 120.19      | 74884576    | 152.20      | 60066183               | 112.36                 |
| RICE(OTHER THAN BASMOTI) | TON  | 1439        | 1.37        | 1958        | 1.77        | 880                    | 0.77                   |

| WHEAT                                 | TON   |      11272 |     4.42 |      29494 |     9.95 |     513417 |   134.36 |
|---------------------------------------|-------|------------|----------|------------|----------|------------|----------|
| OTHER CEREALS                         | TON   |      22321 |    16.08 |      23398 |    10.04 |      47205 |    20.22 |
| PULSES                                | TON   |    3177892 |  1828.21 |    4584852 |  2786.11 |    5507732 |  3690.27 |
| TOBACCO UNMANUFACTURED                | KGS   |    1549350 |    13.09 |    1930424 |    15.9  |    2883247 |    20.54 |
| SPICES                                | KGS   |  155577426 |   571.39 |  163088816 |   717.77 |  168913790 |   749.04 |
| CASHEW                                | TON   |     776334 |   773.81 |     933190 |  1087.16 |     936206 |  1298.89 |
| CASHEW NUT SHELL LIQUID               | KGS   |     379070 |     0.34 |    1720396 |     1.63 |    1858346 |     0.87 |
| SESAME SEEDS                          | KGS   |   72928096 |   134.48 |   34767785 |    62.67 |   21487351 |    25.54 |
| GROUNDNUT                             | TON   |        114 |     0.06 |        127 |     0.08 |         80 |     0.04 |
| OTHER OIL SEEDS                       | TON   |      54703 |    27.5  |      51561 |    26.59 |      56764 |    30.06 |
| OIL MEALS                             | TON   |     126936 |    33.33 |     165103 |    44.71 |     196802 |    50.69 |
| GUERGAM MEAL                          | TON   |        375 |     3.66 |        168 |     0.97 |        296 |     1.99 |
| CASTOR OIL                            | KGS   |      68946 |     0.34 |      52363 |     0.3  |      31372 |     0.16 |
| SHELLAC                               | KGS   |     680722 |     8.01 |    1770836 |     9.75 |     624133 |     2.75 |
| SUGAR                                 | TON   |     880956 |   392.19 |    1538635 |   601.17 |    1736715 |   542.4  |
| MOLLASES                              | TON   |      15065 |     1.47 |      60254 |     4.92 |      14455 |     0.96 |
| FRUITS / VEGETABLE SEEDS              | KGS   |    8294147 |    74.36 |   14011252 |   100.48 |   13172916 |    99.24 |
| FRESH FRUITS                          | TON   |     769144 |  1273.48 |     866149 |  1565.2  |     756759 |  1575.87 |
| FRESH VEGETABLES                      | TON   |      25981 |     6.66 |       8244 |     1.82 |      95870 |    32.15 |
| CEREAL PREPARATIONS                   | TON   |      53472 |    69.15 |      63238 |    92.95 |      56183 |    80.71 |
| COCOA PRODUCTS                        | KGS   |   51627345 |   176.9  |   65311332 |   253.49 |   51901884 |   196.15 |
| MILLED PRODUCTS                       | KGS   |    3977441 |     3.64 |    3465371 |     2.9  |    4148002 |     3.06 |
| SHEEP/GOAT MEAT                       | TON   |         60 |     0.86 |         87 |     1.43 |         44 |     0.67 |
| OTHER MEAT                            | TON   |        361 |     2.61 |        469 |     3.19 |        475 |     2.52 |
| PROCESSED MEAT                        | TON   |        388 |     1.27 |        165 |     0.85 |         71 |     0.42 |
| NATURAL RUBBER                        | TON   |     360266 |   906.43 |     442129 |   818.29 |     430359 |   673.06 |
| MARINE PRODUCTS                       | KGS   |   31219157 |    67.65 |   27611124 |    73.67 |   44033240 |    86.13 |
| IRON ORE                              | TON   |     367355 |    57.4  |   12090060 |  1067.86 |    6690146 |   471.4  |
| MICA                                  | KGS   |     882964 |     0.6  |     967119 |     0.63 |     886092 |     0.69 |
| COAL,COKE AND BRIQUITTES ETC SULPHER, | TON   |  171028822 | 16403.5  |  215397990 | 17802.6  |  190604070 | 12710.8  |
| UNROASTED IRON PYRITE                 | TON   |    1292862 |   183.11 |    1630430 |   286.42 |    1292035 |   200.31 |
| FINISHED LEATHER                      | KGS   |   48917390 |   501.85 |   66008187 |   646.24 |   66797163 |   539.89 |
| LEATHER FOOTWEAR COMPONENT            | KGS   |    2811422 |    22.03 |    2135508 |    26.32 |    2370137 |    26.12 |
| GOLD                                  | KGS   |     661713 | 28704.7  |     916147 | 34407.2  |     929835 | 30709.4  |
| SILVER                                | KGS   |    6512006 |  4540.01 |    7707855 |  4523.51 |    6980524 |  3549.03 |
| FERTILEZERS CRUDE                     | TON   |    7170688 |   926.1  |    8280265 |  1026.79 |    7346981 |   932.66 |
| FERTILEZERS MANUFACTURED              | TON   |   14890860 |  5337.83 |   18368748 |  6371.93 |   20051505 |  6926.12 |
| AYUSH AND HERBAL PRODUCTS             | KGS   |   10855329 |    52.46 |    9321248 |    57.58 |   10809420 |    50.31 |
| BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES        | KGS   |  246466558 |  3146.76 |  249944590 |  3245.25 |  247069476 |  3021.53 |
| DYE INTERMEDIATES                     | KGS   | 1383079467 |   833    | 1709328890 |   775.55 | 1629544098 |   562.34 |
| DYES                                  | KGS   |   44873189 |   320.26 |   42488393 |   328.41 |   43487385 |   293.1  |

| DRUG FORMULATIONS, BIOLOGICALS   | KGS   |    2226930 |   1491.73 |    2769728 |   1562.52 |    2967165 |   1430.27 |
|----------------------------------|-------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
| AGRO CHEMICALS                   | KGS   |   77380187 |    852.22 |   95361095 |    980.69 |   65565417 |    789.81 |
| INORGANIC CHEMICALS              | KGS   | 7178333236 |   4040.41 | 7881434181 |   4493.23 | 8194258804 |   4119.04 |
| ORGANIC CHEMICALS                | KGS   | 7641359493 |  11067.5  | 8242620431 |  11341.9  | 8385442491 |   8883.65 |
| OTHER MISCELLAENIOUS CHEMICALS   | KGS   |  119093465 |    552.18 |  121888403 |    670.45 |  106187091 |    556.41 |
| ESSENTIAL OILS                   | KGS   |    3446502 |    100.14 |    4114261 |    116.24 |    3761633 |    114.27 |
| PAINT, VARNISH AND ALLID PRODC   | KGS   |  353475900 |   1265.83 |  374355557 |   1344.56 |  374647604 |   1209.95 |
| CMNT, CLINKR AND ASBSTOS CMNT    | TON   |     797544 |     68.34 |    1110074 |     90.73 |    1150836 |     87.4  |
| NEWSPRINT                        | TON   |    1379421 |    887.89 |    1335826 |    839.25 |    1350847 |    727.11 |
| PACKAGING MATERIALS              | TON   |      38386 |    237.75 |      40010 |    249.43 |      42423 |    234.7  |
| PLASTIC RAW MATERIALS            | TON   |    4699878 |   7839.58 |    5533055 |   9223.19 |    5659139 |   8109.06 |
| IRON AND STEEL                   | TON   |   11581109 |   9109.85 |   16651277 |  12342    |   19015271 |  10394.2  |
| ALUMINIUM, PRODUCTS OF ALUMINM   | TON   |    1361797 |   3149.47 |    1611455 |   3813.4  |    1556598 |   3257.72 |
| COPPER AND PRDCTS MADE OF COPR   | TON   |     423323 |   3003.93 |     500128 |   3297.06 |     562906 |   3079.62 |
| LEAD AND PRODUCTS MADE OF LED    | TON   |     238449 |    523.08 |     295477 |    630.78 |     241451 |    443.81 |
| NICKEL, PRODUCT MADE OF NICKEL   | TON   |      57083 |    909.96 |      76467 |   1388.66 |      67525 |    861.23 |
| TIN AND PRODUCTS MADE OF TIN     | TON   |      10762 |    244.29 |       9198 |    202.91 |      11307 |    179.69 |
| ZINC AND PRODUCTS MADE OF ZINC   | TON   |     148906 |    289.67 |     250170 |    560.47 |     186344 |    382.59 |
| PRIME MICA AND MICA PRODUCTS     | KGS   |    9369765 |    185.62 |    8351167 |    182.2  |    8443085 |    186.95 |
| COTTON YARN                      | TON   |       7928 |     54.28 |       6176 |     41.33 |       5254 |     39.83 |
| SILK,RAW                         | KGS   |    3259608 |    148.52 |    3489075 |    158.93 |    3183373 |    139.27 |
| WOOL, RAW                        | KGS   |   89597863 |    325.23 |   96531323 |    348.65 |   89074709 |    278.91 |
| SILK WASTE                       | KGS   |     153661 |      4.77 |     112788 |      4.24 |     144555 |      5.1  |
| JUTE, RAW                        | TON   |      52650 |     25.71 |      43997 |     23.18 |      80301 |     49.68 |
| JUTE YARN                        | TON   |      66249 |     47.24 |      68862 |     49.94 |      75995 |     65.69 |
| COTTON RAW INCLD. WASTE          | TON   |     180974 |    394.48 |     258665 |    508.61 |     214005 |    361.27 |
| PETROLEUM: CRUDE                 | TON   |  189178265 | 143643    |  187911595 | 116442    |  184880165 |  62160    |
| PETROLEUM PRODUCTS               | TON   |   29667279 |  21127    |   34080024 |  21882.6  |   39366236 |  15910.9  |

Source:DGCI&S

- (b) The trend in merchandise trade with developing nations, as indicated in IMFs World Economic Outlook, April 2015, during the above period is as follows:

| TRADE       |   2013 - 14 |   2014 - 15 |   2014 - 15 (Apr - Feb) |   2015 - 16 (Apr - Feb) | Growth 2015 - 16 (Apr - Feb) wrt 2014 - 15 (Apr - feb)   |
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| EXPORT      |      162.81 |      167.96 |                  155.16 |                  121.63 | - 21.60%                                                 |
| IMPORT      |      280.77 |      275.69 |                  256.25 |                  210.63 | - 17.80%                                                 |
| TOTAL TRADE |      443.58 |      443.66 |                  411.41 |                  332.26 | - 19.20%                                                 |

Source:DGCI&S

The direction of trade flows and the underlying trade potential across countries and commodities is a dynamic phenomenon. The Government facilitates exporters and the Export Promotion Councils to deepen exports in traditional markets, and identify new markets  and  products  with  potential  through  schemes  like  Marketing  Development Assistance (MDA)  and Market Access Initiative ( MAI).

- (c) and  (d)  Need  based  studies  are  conducted  from  time  to  time  in  consultation  with various stakeholders.

******