**Table 8: Major Imports of SACs and Respective RCA Indices of Partner Countries (1998)**

|||**India**|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Product Description**|**SITC**|**Trade**<br>**Value**<br>**($ ’000)**|**Share in**<br>**Total**<br>**Imports**<br>|**Share of**<br>**Imports**<br>**from SACs**||**RCA In**|**dices**||
||||||**Pakistan**|**Bangla-**<br>**desh**|**Sri**<br>**Lanka**|**Nepal**|
|Gold, non-monetary|9710|4529173|10.7||||0.0||
|Diamonds, unworked, uncut or unmounted/unset|6672|3700920|8.7||||2.5||
|UN Special Code|9310|2757519|6.5|0.1|0.0|0.1|0.5|1.2|
|Palm oil|4242|1104500|2.6||||0.0||
|Inorganic acids and oxygen compounds|5222|889296|2.1||0.0||0.0||
|Other coal, whether pulverized or not|3222|845534|2.0|0.0|0.0||||
|Silver, unwrought, unworked or semi-manufactured|6811|629853|1.5||||0.0||
|Fertilizers,n.e.s.|5629|427594|1.0||0.0||0.0||
|Sawlogs and veneer logs|2472|339256|0.8|0.1|0.0||0.0||
|Edible nuts (excl. nuts used for the extraction of oil)|0577|319112|0.8|1.6|0.2||25.5||
|Mach.& appliances forparticular specialized industries|7284|314472|0.7|0.1|0.1|0.4|0.0||
|Mineral or chemical fertilizers,potassic|5623|303718|0.7||||0.0||
|Soya bean oil|4232|297114|0.7||||0.0||
|<br>Parts of and accessories suitable for 751.2-,752--|7599|280184|0.7|0.1|0.0|0.0|1.0||
|Other wheat (including spelt) and meslin, unmilled|0412|277163|0.7|||||0.2|
|Cyclic hydrocarbons|5112|275037|0.6||||||
|Chemicalproducts andpreparations, n.e.s.|5989|270681|0.6|0.0|0.0||0.6||
|Waste and scrap metal of iron or steel|2820|263271|0.6|1.8|0.0|0.0|0.8||
|Newsprint|6411|254957|0.6||||0.0||
|Other non-ferrous base metal waste & scrap|2882|242340|0.6|0.7|0.3||0.2||
|<br>Otherparts & accessories of motor vehicles|7849|240442|0.6|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0||
|Sunflower seed oil|4236|233912|0.6||||0.0||
|Gramophone records and similar sound recordings|8983|228039|0.5|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0|
|Parts of apparatus of division 76---|7649|203091|0.5|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.1||
|Electrical apparatus, e.g. switches, relays, fuses, plugs|7721|201889|0.5||0.0|0.0|0.2||
|Natural calciumphosphates, natural aluminium c.phos.|2713|198333|0.5||||||
|Other inorg. bases & metallic oxides hydroxides & perox.|5225|196028|0.5|4.8||1.0|0.0||
|Other electrical machineryand equipment|7788|192484|0.5|0.1|0.0|0.0|0.1||
|Beans,peas, lentils & other leguminous vegetables|0542|188687|0.4|3.8|0.2||0.0|105.5|
|Taps, cocks, valves etc. for pipes, tanks, vats etc.|7492|187435|0.4|0.0|0.0||0.0||
|<br>Antibiotics n.e.s. not incl. in 541.7|5413|184246|0.4||0.0||0.0||
|Polyethylene|5831|183537|0.4|0.4|0.0||0.0||
|Organic chemicals, n.e.s.|5169|181949|0.4|0.1|0.0||0.1||
|Electronic microcircuits|7764|172708|0.4|0.0|||0.0||
|Ships, boats and other vessels|7932|161094|0.4||0.0|0.0|0.0||
|Photographic film,plates,paper|8822|159358|0.4|0.0|0.0|0.0|0.0||
|Refined sugars and other products of refined beet/cane|0612|159247|0.4|70.9|21.2||0.0||
|Other soft fixed vegetable oils|4239|157859|0.4||0.0||0.1||
|Weaving, knitting mach. for preparing yarns, parts|7245|155098|0.4||0.1||0.0||
|Digital central storage units, separatelyconsigned|7524|154536|0.4||||0.0||
|Other non-electricparts & accessories of machiner|7499|153353|04|00|00|00|00||
|y<br>Transmission shafts cranks bearing housings etc|7493|153350|.<br>04|.<br>00|.<br>00|.<br>00|.<br>00||
|, , .<br>Medical instruments and appliances|8720|148094|.<br>0.3|.<br>0.0|.<br>3.3|.<br>0.0|.<br>0.0||
|Sheets & plates, rolled >4.75mm of iron/steel|6744|144164|0.3|0.0|||0.0||
|<br>Radiotelegraphic & radiotelephonic transmitters|7643|143939|0.3||||0.0||
|Machinery for extruding man-made textiles and parts|7244|139461|0.3|0.0|0.2||0.0||
|Eltil ihkiliitt|8748|136689|03||00||00||
|ecrca measurng, cecng, anayzngnsrumens|||.||.||.||
|Copper ores & concentrates;copper matte/cement|2871|135642|0.3||||||

_Source_ : Calculated using UN COMTRADE Database _Notes_ : A value of 0.0 represents less than US$100 in exports; blanks represent zero exports.

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