After the post on what India exports – I got a few emails on the import composition and here is a post on what India imports. This composition will probably not surprise many as most of the imports are oil and gold which have been written about quite extensively over the past few months.
The data for this comes from the Department of Commerce website, which has a great tool that can help you slice and dice this data in many different ways.
I took a list of the top 50 commodities that were imported in the April to September 2011 time period, but the chart is restricted to just the top 10 commodities because that’s the bulk of it and is a lot more readable.
Here is a chart that shows the break – up of the top 10 commodities that India imported in the April – September 2011 time period.
Here is the complete list of the top fifty imports.
Dated: 27/12/2011
Values in US$ Millions
(P) Provisional
| Rank | Commodity | Apr-Sep 2010 | Apr-Sep 2011(P) | %Growth | %Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PETROLEUM, CRUDE & PRODUCTS | 49,829.17 | 73,733.58 | 47.97 | 31.50 |
| 2 | GOLD | 17,459.40 | 28,639.85 | 64.04 | 12.23 |
| 3 | ELECTRONIC GOODS | 13,391.06 | 16,868.93 | 25.97 | 7.21 |
| 4 | MACHRY EXCPT ELEC & ELECTRONIC | 11,411.93 | 14,873.98 | 30.34 | 6.35 |
| 5 | PERLS PRCUS SEMIPRCS STONES | 14,920.60 | 14,010.02 | -6.10 | 5.98 |
| 6 | COAL,COKE & BRIQUITTES ETC. | 5,871.44 | 8,634.54 | 47.06 | 3.69 |
| 7 | ORGANIC CHEMICALS | 5,660.97 | 6,716.15 | 18.64 | 2.87 |
| 8 | METALIFERS ORES & METAL SCRAP | 4,458.45 | 6,413.72 | 43.86 | 2.74 |
| 9 | IRON & STEEL | 5,197.44 | 5,136.70 | -1.17 | 2.19 |
| 10 | OTHER COMMODITIES | 4,685.87 | 5,031.11 | 7.37 | 2.15 |
| 11 | VEGETABLE OILS FIXED (EDIBLE) | 3,085.47 | 4,826.36 | 56.42 | 2.06 |
| 12 | TRANSPORT EQUIPMENTS | 4,862.28 | 4,235.21 | -12.90 | 1.81 |
| 13 | PROJECT GOODS | 3,005.92 | 3,896.30 | 29.62 | 1.66 |
| 14 | ARTFCL RESNS,PLSTC MATRLS,ETC. | 3,507.80 | 3,558.64 | 1.45 | 1.52 |
| 15 | FERTILEZERS MANUFACTURED | 4,024.62 | 3,268.97 | -18.78 | 1.40 |
| 16 | NON-FERROUS METALS | 2,028.56 | 2,705.08 | 33.35 | 1.16 |
| 17 | SILVER | 667.02 | 2,622.86 | 293.22 | 1.12 |
| 18 | INORGANIC CHEMICALS | 1,897.49 | 2,588.69 | 36.43 | 1.11 |
| 19 | PROFSNL INST,ETC EXCPT ELCTRNC | 2,192.54 | 2,569.60 | 17.20 | 1.10 |
| 20 | ELEC MACHRY EXCPT ELECTRONIC | 1,814.25 | 2,348.85 | 29.47 | 1.00 |
| 21 | CHEMICAL MATRL & PRODCTS | 1,515.47 | 1,916.44 | 26.46 | 0.82 |
| 22 | MANUFACTURES OF METALS | 1,437.06 | 1,903.68 | 32.47 | 0.81 |
| 23 | MACHINE TOOLS | 986.03 | 1,504.69 | 52.60 | 0.64 |
| 24 | MEDICINAL & PHRMACUTICL PRODTS | 1,244.54 | 1,361.15 | 9.37 | 0.58 |
| 25 | WOOD AND WOOD PRODUCTS | 840.84 | 1,192.52 | 41.83 | 0.51 |
| 26 | NON-METLC MNRL MNFS EXCL PERLS | 751.36 | 998.43 | 32.88 | 0.43 |
| 27 | COMP.SOFTWARE IN PHYSICAL FORM | 403.71 | 951.03 | 135.57 | 0.41 |
| 28 | OTH TXT YRN,FABS,MADEUP ARTL | 730.12 | 927.89 | 27.09 | 0.40 |
| 29 | SYNTHC & RECLMD RUBBER | 530.80 | 888.56 | 67.40 | 0.38 |
| 30 | PULSES | 826.43 | 810.55 | -1.92 | 0.35 |
| 31 | PAPER BOARD & MANUFACTURES | 623.58 | 793.71 | 27.28 | 0.34 |
| 32 | CASHEW NUTS | 349.24 | 763.75 | 118.69 | 0.33 |
| 33 | DYENG,TANNG,COLRNG MATRLS | 595.27 | 742.78 | 24.78 | 0.32 |
| 34 | PULP AND WASTE PAPER | 569.45 | 658.88 | 15.71 | 0.28 |
| 35 | FERTILIZERS,CRUDE | 356.83 | 610.66 | 71.13 | 0.26 |
| 36 | M-MADE FMNT/SPUN YRN(INC.WAS) | 418.71 | 518.01 | 23.72 | 0.22 |
| 37 | NEWSPRINT | 385.96 | 488.68 | 26.61 | 0.21 |
| 38 | PRIMRY STEL,PIG IRON BASD ITMS | 291.98 | 427.53 | 46.42 | 0.18 |
| 39 | NATURAL RUBBER | 379.66 | 426.30 | 12.29 | 0.18 |
| 40 | FRUITS & NUTS EXCL CASHEW NUTS | 313.82 | 415.13 | 32.28 | 0.18 |
| 41 | PRNTD BOOKS,NWSPAPRS,JRNLS ETC | 294.76 | 396.70 | 34.58 | 0.17 |
| 42 | OTHER CRUDE MINERALS | 224.68 | 292.45 | 30.17 | 0.12 |
| 43 | LEATHER | 210.37 | 240.68 | 14.41 | 0.10 |
| 44 | SPICES | 158.08 | 238.81 | 51.07 | 0.10 |
| 45 | SULPHR & UNROSTD IRON PYRTS | 107.46 | 235.91 | 119.52 | 0.10 |
| 46 | WOOL, RAW | 167.35 | 219.66 | 31.26 | 0.09 |
| 47 | ESSENTIAL OIL & COSMETIC PREPN | 178.25 | 214.03 | 20.07 | 0.09 |
| 48 | SYNTHETIC & REGENERATED FIBRES | 98.09 | 163.24 | 66.43 | 0.07 |
| 49 | READYMADE G-MENTS(WOVN&KNIT) | 92.52 | 144.23 | 55.90 | 0.06 |
| 50 | COTTON YARN & FABRICS | 134.92 | 140.04 | 3.80 | 0.06 |
| Total | 176,360.06 | 234,094.36 | 32.74 | 100.00 |
About one year ago I did a post on the countries from where India and US import their oil and that might be of interest to you as well.
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