IMPORT BILL
As against the import
bill of Rs.78,025 crore for the fiscal year 2000-01, the import
bill for the fiscal year 2001-02 is estimated at Rs. 73,539 crore
thereby registering a fall in the bill. The following comparison
chart gives the details:-
|
2000-2001
Actual (Provisional)
|
2001-2002
(Revised Estimates)
|
|
Quantity
(in thousands of tonnes)
|
Value
(in crores of rupees)
|
Quantity
(in thousands of tonnes)
|
Value
(in crores of rupees)
|
Crude Oil
|
|
|
|
|
Public Sector
|
42,024
|
38,121
|
46,085
|
39,160
|
Joint Sector
|
6,202
|
5,690
|
6,289
|
5,295
|
Private Sector
|
25,871
|
22,121
|
28,023
|
23,145
|
Total (a)
|
74,097
|
65,932
|
80,397
|
67,600
|
Petroleum Products
|
|
|
|
|
Public Sector
|
3,007
|
3,793
|
1,635
|
1,809
|
Private Sector
|
6,260
|
8,300
|
3,321
|
4,130
|
Total (b)
|
9,267
|
12,093
|
4,956
|
5,939
|
Total of (a) & (b)
|
83,364
|
78,025
|
85,353
|
73,539
|
The above information
was given by Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of Sate for
Petroleum & Natural Gas in the Lok Sabha in a written reply,
yesterday.
|