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Trade Balance
The Trade deficit in 2012-13 (Apr.-Feb.) was
estimated at US $ billion 182.09 which was higher
than the deficit of US $ 169.81 billion during 201112 (Apr.-Feb.). Performance of Exports, Imports
and Balance of Trade during 2004-05 to 2012-13
(April-Feb.) is given in the table below:
(Values in Rs crores)
S.
No
Year
Exports
%Growth
Imports
%Growth
Trade
Balance
2004-2005
3,75,340
27.94
5,01,065
39.53
-1,25,725
2005-2006
4,56,418
21.60
6,60,409
31.80
-2,03,991
2006-2007
5,71,779
25.28
8,40,506
27.27
-2,68,727
2007-2008
6,55,864
14.71
10,12,312
20.44
-3,56,448
2008-2009
8,40,755
28.19
13,74,436
35.77
-5,33,680
2009-2010
8,45,534
0.57
13,63,736
-0.78
-5,18,202
2010-2011
11,42,922
35.17
16,83,467
23.45
-5,40,545
2011-2012(Provisional)
14,59,281
27.68
23,44,772
39.28
-8,85,492
2011-12 (April-February)
Press Release
13,20,836
2012-13 (April-February)
Press Release
14,46,627
10
21,32,198
9.52
-8,11,362
24,36,564
14.27
-9,89,938
Year
Exports
%Growth
Imports
%Growth
Trade
Balance
2004-2005
83,536
30.85
1,11,517
42.70
-27,981
2005-2006
1,03,091
23.41
1,49,166
33.76
-46,075
2006-2007
1,26,414
22.62
1,85,735
24.52
-59,321
2007-2008
1,63,132
29.05
2,51,654
35.49
-88,522
2008-2009
1,85,295
13.59
3,03,696
20.68
-1,18,401
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2009-2010
1,78,751
-3.53
2,88,373
-5.05
-1,09,621
2010-2011
2,51,136
40.49
3,69,769
28.23
-1,18,633
2011-2012(Provisional)
3,04,624
21.30
4,89,181
32.29
-1,84,558
2011-12 (April-February)
Press Release
2,77,125
2012-13 (April-February)
Press Release
2,65,946
10
4,46,939
-1,69,814
-4.03
4,48,037
0.25
-1,82,090
DisaggregateddataonexportsofPrincipalCommodities,
both in Rupee and Dollar terms, available for the
period 2012-13 (April-January) as compared with the
corresponding period of the previous year are given
in Appendix at Table 3.1 and Table 3.2 respectively.
Exports of the top five commodities during the period
2012-13 (April-January) registered a share of 50.8 per
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Plantation Crops
Engineering Goods
Items under this group consist of Machinery,
Iron & Steel and Other Engineering items. Export
from this sector during the period 2012-13(AprilJanuary) stood at US $ 45543.37 million compared
with US $ 47966.60 million during the same
period of the previous year, registering a negative
growth of 5.05 per cent. The growth in export of
Other Engineering items stood at 5.78 per cent,
Machinery & Instruments stood at 3.53 per cent
and Machine Tools stood at 4.59 per cent.
Electronic Goods
During the period 2012-13 (April-January), exports
of Electronic Goods as a group was estimated at
US $ 7102.84 million compared with US $ 7441.50
million during the corresponding period of last year,
registering a negative growth of 4.55 per cent.
Textiles
During the period 2012-13 (April-January), the value
of Textiles exports was estimated at US $ 21200.12
million compared with US $ 22447.75 million in
the corresponding period of the previous year,
recording a negative growth of 5.56 per cent. The
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Project Goods
During 2012-13 (April-January), the export of
Project Goods were estimated at US $ 87.70
million compared with US $ 44.10 million during
the corresponding period of last year registering a
substantial growth of 98.88 per cent.
Petroleum Products
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The import performance by growth of top five Principal commodities during 2012-13 (AprilJanuary) visa-vis the corresponding period of the previous year is shown at Chart 3.6.
Fertilizers
During 2012-13 (April January), import of
Fertilizers (manufactured) decreased to US $
6991.61 million from US $ 8718.13 million in AprilJanuary 2011-12 recording a negative growth of
19.80 per cent.
Capital Goods
Import of Capital Goods, largely comprises
of Machinery, including Transport Equipment
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