Sensitive items import rises 13.6%

New Delhi : The total import of sensitive items for the period April-June 2010 has been Rs.16,190.13 crore as compared to Rs.14,252.09 crore during the corresponding period of last year thereby showing an increase of 13.6%.

The gross import of all commodities during same period of current year was Rs.3,78,992 crore as compared to Rs.3,01,439 crore during the same period of last year. Thus import of sensitive items constitutes 4.7% and 4.3% of the gross imports during last year and current year respectively.

Imports of Pulses and cotton & silk have shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports of all other items viz. edible oil, automobiles, fruits & vegetables (including nuts), rubber, milk & milk products, products of SSI, spices, marble & granite, alcoholic beverages and food grains have shown increase during the period under reference.

In the edible oil segment, the import has increased from Rs. 5,856.52 crore last year to Rs.6,071.09 crore for the corresponding period of this year.

A significant feature of edible oil import is that import of crude oil has gone up by 11.5% and that of refined oil have gone down by 40.6%. 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 P RP, Korea RP, Brazil, United States of America, Argentina, Germany, Thailand, New Zealand, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Tanzania REP, etc. have gone up while those from Myanmar, Malaysia, Ukraine, Japan, Canada, Cote D? Ivoire, Benin, Australia, etc. have shown a decrease.