Table 2: Foreign Trade-Exports
		(US Dollar Million)
				2004-05		2003-04		2002-03		2001-02		2000-01		1999-00
1	Plantation			621	0.8	593	0.9	547	1.0	590	1.3	651	1.5	743	2.0
				(4.9)		(8.4)		-(7.3)		-(9.3)		-(12.4)		-(21.7)
		Tea		397	0.5	356	0.6	341	0.6	360	0.8	392	0.9	412	1.1
				(11.4)		(4.4)		-(5.3)		-(7.9)		-(4.9)		-(23.5)
		Coffee		224	0.3	236	0.4	205	0.4	230	0.5	259	0.6	331	0.9
				-(5.1)		(15.1)		-(10.5)		-(11.5)		-(21.7)		-(19.4)
2	Agrl and Allied Products			6034	7.6	5407	8.5	4721	9.0	4065	9.3	3880	8.8	3665	10.0
				(11.6)		(14.5)		(16.1)		(4.8)		(5.9)		-(8.3)
		Cereals		1973	2.5	1514	2.4	1587	3.0	969	2.2	741	1.7	724	2.0
				(30.3)		-(4.6)		(63.9)		(30.7)		(2.4)		-(51.6)
			Rice	1478	1.9	907	1.4	1205	2.3	666	1.5	642	1.5	721	2.0
				(63.0)		-(24.7)		(81.0)		(3.7)		-(11.0)		-(51.7)
		Nuts and Seeds		795	1.0	654	1.0	556	1.1	557	1.3	649	1.5	740	2.0
				(21.7)		(17.6)		-(0.1)		-(14.2)		-(12.3)		(48.2)
			Cashew incl.CNSL	523	0.7	371	0.6	426	0.8	376	0.9	449	1.0	568	1.5
				(40.8)		-(12.9)		(13.2)		-(16.3)		-(20.8)		(46.4)
		Oil Meals		690	0.9	729	1.1	307	0.6	474	1.1	448	1.0	378	1.0
				-(5.3)		(137.1)		-(35.2)		(6.0)		(18.4)		-(18.1)
3	Marine Products			1268	1.6	1329	2.1	1432	2.7	1237	2.8	1394	3.2	1183	3.2
				-(4.6)		-(7.2)		(15.7)		-(11.3)		(17.9)		(13.9)
4	Ores and Minerals			4193	5.3	2369	3.7	1996	3.8	1262	2.9	1153	2.6	916	2.5
				(77.0)		(18.7)		(58.1)		(9.5)		(25.9)		(2.5)
		Iron Ore		2630	3.3	1126	1.8	868	1.6	426	1.0	358	0.8	271	0.7
				(133.6)		(29.7)		(103.6)		(19.2)		(31.9)		-(29.4)
5	Leather and Manufacturers			2289	2.9	2163	3.4	1848	3.5	1910	4.4	1944	4.4	1590	4.3
				(5.8)		(17.0)		-(3.2)		-(1.8)		(22.3)		-(4.2)
6	Gems and Jewellery			13705	17.3	10573	16.6	9030	17.1	7306	16.7	7384	16.8	7502	20.4
				(29.6)		(17.1)		(23.6)		-(1.1)		-(1.6)		(26.5)
7	Sports Goods			98	0.1	99	0.2	73	0.1	69	0.2	65	0.1	67	0.2
				-(1.0)		(36.5)		(5.7)		(6.3)		-(3.5)		-(8.6)
8	Chemicals and Related Products			12677	16.0	9960	15.6	7858	14.9	6371	14.5	6177	14.0	4912	13.4
				(27.3)		(26.7)		(23.3)		(3.1)		(25.8)		(17.9)
		Basic Chemicals,Pharma,Dyes,Cosmetic		6697	8.5	5846	9.2	4658	8.8	3697	8.4	3664	8.3	3088	8.4
				(14.6)		(25.5)		(26.0)		(0.9)		(18.6)		(16.3)
		Plastic and Linoleum Products		2947	3.7	1753	2.7	1222	2.3	987	2.3	915	2.1	604	1.6
				(68.2)		(43.5)		(23.7)		(7.9)		(51.6)		(28.0)
		Rubber,Paints,Glass,Paper etc.		2528	3.2	2002	3.1	1601	3.0	1304	3.0	1228	2.8	899	2.4
				(26.3)		(25.0)		(22.8)		(6.2)		(36.5)		(14.3)
		Residual Chemicals and Allied Products		505	0.6	360	0.6	377	0.7	383	0.9	370	0.8	321	0.9
				(40.4)		-(4.6)		-(1.6)		(3.4)		(15.4)		(27.5)
9	Engineering Goods			14587	18.4	10516	16.5	7689	14.6	5747	13.1	5673	12.9	4386	11.9
				(38.7)		(36.8)		(33.8)		(1.3)		(29.3)		(15.3)
		Machinery		6485	8.2	4873	7.6	3463	6.6	2857	6.5	2665	6.0	2064	5.6
				(33.1)		(40.7)		(21.2)		(7.2)		(29.1)		(3.4)
			Machine Tools	162	0.2	141	0.2	121	0.2	102	0.2	93	0.2	70	0.2
				(15.2)		(16.4)		(18.2)		(9.9)		(32.6)		-(11.9)
			Machinery and Instruments	3493	4.4	2776	4.3	2008	3.8	1734	4.0	1580	3.6	1183	3.2
				(25.8)		(38.2)		(15.8)		(9.7)		(33.5)		(2.5)
			Transport Equipments	2830	3.6	1956	3.1	1334	2.5	1021	2.3	992	2.3	810	2.2
				(44.7)		(46.6)		(30.7)		(2.9)		(22.4)		(6.4)
		Iron and Steel		3631	4.6	2478	3.9	1856	3.5	898	2.0	1028	2.3	833	2.3
				(46.6)		(33.5)		(106.7)		-(12.7)		(23.4)		(43.9)
		Other Engineering Items		4471	5.6	3166	5.0	2370	4.5	1991	4.5	1980	4.5	1489	4.1
				(41.2)		(33.6)		(19.0)		(0.6)		(32.9)		(21.1)
			Manufacture of Metals	3279	4.1	2427	3.8	1848	3.5	1604	3.7	1578	3.6	1226	3.3
				(35.1)		(31.3)		(15.2)		(1.7)		(28.7)		(17.8)
10	Electronic Goods			1804	2.3	1805	2.8	1295	2.5	1193	2.7	1120	2.5	727	2.0
				(0.0)		(39.4)		(8.6)		(6.5)		(54.1)		(23.7)
11	Project Goods			49	0.1	84	0.1	49	0.1	18	0.0	26	0.1	39	0.1
				-(41.6)		(70.1)		(168.0)		-(27.9)		-(35.0)		-(44.9)
12	Textiles			12017	15.2	12205	19.1	11081	21.0	9689	22.1	10694	24.3	9169	25.0
				-(1.5)		(10.1)		(14.4)		-(9.4)		(16.6)		(10.2)
		Redaymade Garments		6026	7.6	6231	9.8	5690	10.8	5007	11.4	5569	12.6	4765	13.0
				-(3.3)		(9.5)		(13.6)		-(10.1)		(16.9)		(9.2)
		Cotton Yarn Fabrics, Madeups, etc		3202	4.0	3395	5.3	3351	6.4	3073	7.0	3461	7.9	3090	8.4
				-(5.7)		(1.3)		(9.1)		-(11.2)		(12.0)		(11.5)
		Manmade Textiles,Madeups,etc		1945	2.5	1821	2.9	1417	2.7	1088	2.5	1095	2.5	855	2.3
				(6.8)		(28.5)		(30.2)		-(0.6)		(28.1)		(18.8)
13	Handicrafts			343	0.4	500	0.8	785	1.5	549	1.3	662	1.5	669	1.8
				-(31.3)		-(36.4)		(43.1)		-(17.0)		-(1.1)		(5.6)
14	Carpets			596	0.8	586	0.9	533	1.0	510	1.2	582	1.3	645	1.8
				(1.8)		(10.0)		(4.4)		-(12.3)		-(9.8)		(18.7)
16	Petroleum Products			6792	8.6	3568	5.6	2577	4.9	2119	4.8	1892	4.3	30	0.1
				(90.3)		(38.5)		(21.6)		(12.0)		(6212.4)		-(66.5)
17	Unclasified Exports			2090	2.6	1881	2.9	1196	2.3	1182	2.7	731	1.7	454	1.2
				(11.1)		(57.4)		(1.2)		(61.6)		(61.1)		(10.8)
	Total Exports			79247		63843		52719		43827		44076		36715
				(24.1)		(21.1)		(20.3)		-(0.6)		(20.0)		(10.5)
		Notes: Figures in italics represent the share in total exports and figure in brackets are the the growth over the previous period.
		Source: DGCI&S