TMI BlogImport of Sensitive Items During April-February 2010X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Import of Sensitive Items During April-February 2010 X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 80124 crore as compared to Rs.1289412 crore during the same period of last year. Thus import of sensitive items constitutes 3.4% and 5.1% of the gross imports during last year and current year respectively. Imports of automobiles, cotton & silk, products of SSI, alcoholic beverages and marble & granite have shown a decline at broad group level during the period. Imports of all other items viz. ed ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ible oil, Pulses, fruits & vegetables (including nuts), rubber, spices, milk & milk products, tea & coffee and food grains have shown increase during the period under reference. In the edible oil segment, the import has increased from Rs.14530.72 crore last year to Rs.24025.63 crore for the corresponding period of this year. The imports of both crude edible oil as well as refined oil have gone up ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... by 72.5% and 35.6% respectively. The increase in edible oil import is mainly due to substantial increase in import of crude palm oil and its fractions. Imports of sensitive items from Indonesia, China P RP, Brazil, Myanmar, Malaysia, Korea RP, United States of America, Japan, Canada, Argentina, Ukraine, Thailand, Australia, Czech Republic, etc. have gone up while those from Germany, Cote D' Ivoi ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... re, Tanzania etc. have shown a decrease.
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