The
total import of 300 sensitive tariff lines for the period April-November
2002 has been Rs. 8605 crore against Rs. 7663 crore for the corresponding
period of last year thereby showing a growth of 12%. However this
growth is almost entirely due to significant increase in the import
of crude palm oil, but for which import of all other sensitive
items shows negative growth.
2. Imports of cotton
& silk, alcoholic beverages, food grains and poultry have
shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports
of edible oil, fruits & vegetables, automobiles, milk &
milk products and SSI products have shown increase during the
period under reference.
3. In the edible
oil segment, the imports have increased from Rs. 4657 crore last
year to Rs. 5280 crore for the corresponding period this year.
However, significant feature of edible oil import is that while
import of crude palm oil has gone up, that of refined palm oil
has gone down leading to better utilisation of processing capacity
in the country. Import of Sunflower oil, both crude & refined,
has gone down.
4. Imports from Indonesia,
Malaysia, Guinea Bisu, Czech Republic & Ivory Coast etc. have
shown some increase while those from Argentina, Australia, Thailand,
Paraguay, Benin & Iran etc. have shown some decrease.
IMPORT OF SENSITIVE
ITEMS- PROVISIONAL ESTIMATE
Value (Rs. Crore)
|
Sl.No.
|
COMMODITY GROUP
|
No. of Tariff lines
|
IMPORT
|
|
April-Nov-01
|
April-Nov-02
|
|
1
|
Milk & Milk Products
|
22
|
9.77
|
31.18
|
|
2
|
Fruits & Vegetables
|
48
|
582.30
|
1109.78
|
|
3
|
Poultry
|
13
|
0.26
|
0.03
|
|
4
|
Food Grains
|
12
|
2.90
|
1.42
|
|
5
|
Edible Oil
|
27
|
4657.27
|
5280.39
|
|
6
|
Alcoholic beverages
|
8
|
20.24
|
16.35
|
|
7
|
Cotton & Silk
|
6
|
1947.60
|
1417.71
|
|
8
|
Automobiles
|
32
|
43.86
|
234.51
|
|
9
|
Products of concern to SSI
(toys, writing instruments, tiles, glassware etc.)
|
20
|
71.89
|
90.08
|
|
10
|
Others
|
112
|
327.13
|
423.09
|
|
|
Total
|
300
|
7663.22
|
8604.54
|
