Table 3: Foreign Trade-Imports
(US Dollar Million)
Import 2004-05   2003-04   2002-03   2001-02   2000-01   1999-00  
1 Bulk Imports 41851 39.1 29259 37.4 23941 39.0 19828 38.6 20899 41.8 19708 39.6
(43.0) (22.2) (20.7) -(5.1) (6.0) (49.0)
Fertilisers 1231 1.1 721 0.9 626 1.0 679 1.3 752 1.5 1399 2.8
(70.8) (15.2) -(7.8) -(9.7) -(46.3) (30.0)
Edible Oil 2394 2.2 2543 3.3 1814 3.0 1356 2.6 1308 2.6 1857 3.7
-(5.9) (40.1) (33.8) (3.6) -(29.5) (2.9)
Pulp and Waste Paper 473 0.4 409 0.5 343 0.6 295 0.6 282 0.6 255 0.5
(15.7) (19.2) (16.5) (4.6) (10.4) (8.3)
Paper Board and Manufactures 678 0.6 602 0.8 422 0.7 429 0.8 383 0.8 369 0.7
(12.6) (42.6) -(1.6) (12.1) (3.6) -(2.7)
Non-ferrous Metals 1253 1.2 949 1.2 667 1.1 647 1.3 534 1.1 547 1.1
(32.1) (42.4) (3.0) (21.2) -(2.4) -(8.5)
Metaliferous Ores and Metal Scrap 2370 2.2 1296 1.7 1038 1.7 1144 2.2 774 1.5 874 1.8
(82.9) (24.9) -(9.3) (47.7) -(11.5) (20.8)
Iron and Steel 2597 2.4 1506 1.9 944 1.5 834 1.6 778 1.6 952 1.9
(72.4) (59.6) (13.2) (7.2) -(18.3) -(10.5)
Petroleum Crude and Products 29844 27.9 20570 26.3 17640 28.7 14000 27.2 15650 31.3 12611 25.4
(45.1) (16.6) (26.0) -(10.5) (24.1) (97.1)
2 Pearls, Precious and Semi-precious Stones 9423 8.8 7129 9.1 6063 9.9 4623 9.0 4808 9.6 5436 10.9
(32.2) (17.6) (31.2) -(3.8) -(11.6) (44.6)
3 Machinery 10710 10.0 9304 11.9 6374 10.4 4908 9.5 4109 8.2 4581 9.2
(15.1) (46.0) (29.9) (19.4) -(10.3) -(0.6)
Machinery other than Electrical 6551 6.1 4744 6.1 3566 5.8 2971 5.8 2709 5.4 2745 5.5
(38.1) (33.0) (20.0) (9.7) -(1.3) -(9.8)
Electrical Machinery 1144 1.1 872 1.1 664 1.1 594 1.2 481 1.0 438 0.9
(31.2) (31.3) (11.7) (23.6) (9.8) (4.0)
Transport Equipment 2423 2.3 3228 4.1 1897 3.1 1149 2.2 700 1.4 1137 2.3
-(24.9) (70.1) (65.1) (64.1) -(38.4) (42.4)
4 Project Goods 582 0.5 396 0.5 543 0.9 569 1.1 747 1.5 986 2.0
(46.9) -(27.0) -(4.6) -(23.9) -(24.2) -(63.3)
5 Others 44500 41.6 32062 41.0 24491 39.9 21486 41.8 19411 38.8 19027 38.3
(38.8) (30.9) (14.0) (10.7) (2.0) (5.1)
Organic  and Inorganic Chemicals 5335 5.0 4032 5.2 3025 4.9 2800 5.4 2444 4.9 2866 5.8
(32.3) (33.3) (8.1) (14.6) -(14.7) (6.8)
Electronic Goods 9739 9.1 7506 9.6 5599 9.1 3782 7.4 3509 7.0 2797 5.6
(29.7) (34.1) (48.1) (7.8) (25.5) (25.8)
Gold and Silver 10824 10.1 6856 8.8 4288 7.0 4582 8.9 4638 9.3 4706 9.5
(57.9) (59.9) -(6.4) -(1.2) -(1.4) -(7.2)
Gold 10280 9.6 6534 8.4 3845 6.3 4170 8.1 4122 8.2 4152 8.3
(57.3) (69.9) -(7.8) (1.2) -(0.7)
Silver 544 0.5 322 0.4 443 0.7 412 0.8 516 1.0 554 1.1
Total Imports 107066 78150 61412 51414 49975 49738
        (37.0)   (27.3)   (19.4)   (2.9)   (0.5)   (17.3)  
Notes: Figures in italics represent the share in total imports and figure in brackets are the the growth over the previous period.
  Source: DGCI&S