Indian Imports of Sensitive Items Went Up, Pulses Down.

During the corresponding period of 2009, the sensitive items' figure stood at  Rs. 35487 crore, accounting for 4.6% of gross imports (Rs. 743469 crore), said a press release. Import of sensitive items alone has exhibited a rise of 14.1%.

While India's gross import of all commodities for April-October 2010 stood at Rs. 889827 crore, its total import of sensitive items like pulses, automobiles and vegetables for the same period has been Rs. 40499 crore, a share of 4.8%. During the corresponding period of 2009, the sensitive items' figure stood at Rs. 35487 crore, accounting for 4.6% of gross imports (Rs. 743469 crore), said a press release. Import of sensitive items alone has exhibited a rise of 14.1%.


Imports of pulses, fruits & vegetables (including nuts), cotton & silk, spices and tea & coffee have declined at broad group level during the period while imports of all other items like edible oil, automobiles, rubber, products of SSI, milk & milk products, marble & granite, alcoholic beverages and food grains have increased during the period. In the edible oil segment, the import has increased from Rs. 14205 crore in 2009 to Rs. 15882 crore for the corresponding period of 2010.


A significant feature of edible oil import is that import of crude oil has gone up by 17.2% and that of refined oil have gone down by 16.0%. The increase in edible oil import is mainly due to substantial increase in import of soya-bean crude oil. Imports of sensitive items from Indonesia, China, Argentina, Korea, Malaysia, United States of America, Germany, Ukraine, Thailand, Australia, Cote D' Ivoire, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Vietnam SOC REP, New Zealand, etc. have gone up while those from Myanmar, Canada, Brazil, Japan etc. have gone down, the press release concluded

Source : indiainfoline.com