Table B: Foreign Trade-Import of Principal Commodities
	(US $ mn)
	Import			2004-05		2003-04		2002-03		2001-02		2000-01		1999-00		1998-99		1997-98		1996-97		1995-96		1994-95		1993-94		1992-93
1	Bulk Imports			41851	39.1	29259	37.4	23941	39.0	19828	38.6	20899	41.8	19708	39.6	13231	31.2	14618	35.2	16200	41.4	14200	38.7	11199	39.1	9000	38.6	9606	43.9
				(43.0)		(22.2)		(20.7)		-(5.1)		(6.0)		(49.0)		-(9.5)		-(9.8)		(14.1)		(26.8)		(24.4)		-(6.3)
		Fertilisers		1231	1.1	721	0.9	626	1.0	679	1.3	752	1.5	1399	2.8	1076	2.5	1117	2.7	911	2.3	1683	4.6	1052	3.7	826	3.5	978	4.5
				(70.8)		(15.2)		-(7.8)		-(9.7)		-(46.3)		(30.0)		-(3.6)		(22.5)		-(45.8)		(59.9)		(27.4)		-(15.5)
		Edible Oil		2394	2.2	2543	3.3	1814	3.0	1356	2.6	1308	2.6	1857	3.7	1804	4.3	744	1.8	825	2.1	676	1.8	199	0.7	53	0.2	58	0.3
				-(5.9)		(40.1)		(33.8)		(3.6)		-(29.5)		(2.9)		(142.5)		-(9.8)		(22.0)		(240.1)		(274.2)		-(7.8)
		Pulp and Waste Paper		473	0.4	409	0.5	343	0.6	295	0.6	282	0.6	255	0.5	236	0.6	284	0.7	232	0.6	275	0.8	202	0.7	159	0.7	141	0.6
				(15.7)		(19.2)		(16.5)		(4.6)		(10.4)		(8.3)		-(17.1)		(22.5)		-(15.8)		(36.0)		(27.6)		(12.3)
		Paper Board and Manufactures		678	0.6	602	0.8	422	0.7	429	0.8	383	0.8	369	0.7	380	0.9	370	0.9	276	0.7	261	0.7	159	0.6	142	0.6	127	0.6
				(12.6)		(42.6)		-(1.6)		(12.1)		(3.6)		-(2.7)		(2.6)		(34.2)		(5.5)		(64.3)		(12.0)		(11.6)
		Non-ferrous Metals		1253	1.2	949	1.2	667	1.1	647	1.3	534	1.1	547	1.1	597	1.4	920	2.2	1106	2.8	904	2.5	718	2.5	479	2.1	395	1.8
				(32.1)		(42.4)		(3.0)		(21.2)		-(2.4)		-(8.5)		-(35.1)		-(16.8)		(22.3)		(25.9)		(49.8)		(21.4)
		Metaliferous Ores and Metal Scrap		2370	2.2	1296	1.7	1038	1.7	1144	2.2	774	1.5	874	1.8	724	1.7	738	1.8	820	2.1	822	2.2	748	2.6	442	1.9	664	3.0
				(82.9)		(24.9)		-(9.3)		(47.7)		-(11.5)		(20.8)		-(2.0)		-(9.9)		-(0.3)		(9.9)		(69.1)		-(33.3)
		Iron and Steel		2597	2.4	1506	1.9	944	1.5	834	1.6	778	1.6	952	1.9	1063	2.5	1421	3.4	1371	3.5	1446	3.9	1164	4.1	795	3.4	779	3.6
				(72.4)		(59.6)		(13.2)		(7.2)		-(18.3)		-(10.5)		-(25.2)		(3.7)		-(5.2)		(24.3)		(46.4)		(2.1)
		Petroleum Crude and Products		29844	27.9	20570	26.3	17640	28.7	14000	27.2	15650	31.3	12611	25.4	6399	15.1	8164	19.7	10036	25.6	7526	20.5	5928	20.7	5753	24.7	5919	27.0
				(45.1)		(16.6)		(26.0)		-(10.5)		(24.1)		(97.1)		-(21.6)		-(18.7)		(33.4)		(27.0)		(3.0)		-(2.8)
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	3760	8.9	3342	8.1	2925	7.5	2106	5.7	1630	5.7	2634	11.3	2442	11.2
				(32.2)		(17.6)		(31.2)		-(3.8)		-(11.6)		(44.6)		(12.5)		(14.3)		(38.9)		(29.2)		-(38.1)		(7.9)
3	Machinery			10710	10.0	9304	11.9	6374	10.4	4908	9.5	4109	8.2	4581	9.2	4611	10.9	5474	13.2	5979	15.3	5788	15.8	4306	15.0	3511	15.1	3107	14.2
				(15.1)		(46.0)		(29.9)		(19.4)		-(10.3)		-(0.6)		-(15.8)		-(8.5)		(3.3)		(34.4)		(22.7)		(13.0)
		Machinery other than Electrical		6551	6.1	4744	6.1	3566	5.8	2971	5.8	2709	5.4	2745	5.5	3044	7.2	3622	8.7	3644	9.3	3924	10.7	2728	9.5	1882	8.1	1653	7.6
				(38.1)		(33.0)		(20.0)		(9.7)		-(1.3)		-(9.8)		-(15.9)		-(0.6)		-(7.1)		(43.9)		(45.0)		(13.9)
		Electrical Machinery		1144	1.1	872	1.1	664	1.1	594	1.2	481	1.0	438	0.9	421	1.0	378	0.9	325	0.8	386	1.1	251	0.9	204	0.9	827	3.8
				(31.2)		(31.3)		(11.7)		(23.6)		(9.8)		(4.0)		(11.3)		(16.3)		-(15.8)		(53.7)		(23.2)		-(75.3)
		Transport Equipment		2423	2.3	3228	4.1	1897	3.1	1149	2.2	700	1.4	1137	2.3	798	1.9	1051	2.5	1484	3.8	1105	3.0	1114	3.9	1270	5.5	462	2.1
				-(24.9)		(70.1)		(65.1)		(64.1)		-(38.4)		(42.4)		-(24.1)		-(29.2)		(34.3)		-(0.8)		-(12.3)		(175.1)
4	Project Goods			582	0.5	396	0.5	543	0.9	569	1.1	747	1.5	986	2.0	2688	6.3	1739	4.2	2118	5.4	2391	6.5	1854	6.5	1623	7.0	1278	5.8
				(46.9)		-(27.0)		-(4.6)		-(23.9)		-(24.2)		-(63.3)		(54.5)		-(17.9)		-(11.4)		(29.0)		(14.2)		(27.0)
5	Others			44500	41.6	32062	41.0	24491	39.9	21486	41.8	19411	38.8	19027	38.3	18099	42.7	16311	39.3	11910	30.4	12190	33.2	9665	33.7	6537	28.1	5448	24.9
				(38.8)		(30.9)		(14.0)		(10.7)		(2.0)		(5.1)		(11.0)		(37.0)		-(2.3)		(26.1)		(47.8)		(20.0)
		Organic  and Inorganic Chemicals		5335	5.0	4032	5.2	3025	4.9	2800	5.4	2444	4.9	2866	5.8	2684	6.3	2956	7.1	2661	6.8	2566	7.0	2137	7.5	1371	5.9	1427	6.5
				(32.3)		(33.3)		(8.1)		(14.6)		-(14.7)		(6.8)		-(9.2)		(11.1)		(3.7)		(20.0)		(55.9)		-(4.0)
		Electronic Goods		9739	9.1	7506	9.6	5599	9.1	3782	7.4	3509	7.0	2797	5.6	2223	5.2	2088	5.0	1424	3.6	1752	4.8	1228	4.3	912	3.9	0	0.0
				(29.7)		(34.1)		(48.1)		(7.8)		(25.5)		(25.8)		(6.5)		(46.6)		-(18.7)		(42.7)		(34.6)
		Gold and Silver		10824	10.1	6856	8.8	4288	7.0	4582	8.9	4638	9.3	4706	9.5	5072	12.0	3169	7.6	991	2.5	867	2.4	713	2.5	0		0
				(57.9)		(59.9)		-(6.4)		-(1.2)		-(1.4)		-(7.2)		(60.0)		(219.6)		(14.3)		(21.7)
			Gold	10280	9.6	6534	8.4	3845	6.3	4170	8.1	4122	8.2	4152	8.3	0	0.0	0		0		0		0		0		0
				(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	0		0		0		0		0		0		0
	Total Imports			107066		78150		61412		51414		49975		49738		42388		41484		39132		36675		28654		23306		21882
				(37.0)		(27.3)		(19.4)		(2.9)		(0.5)		(17.3)		(2.2)		(6.0)		(6.7)		(28.0)		(22.9)		(6.5)
	Notes: Figures in italics represent the share in per cent in total exports and figure in brackets are the the growth in per cent over the previous period.
	Source: DGCI&S