MARITIME PROFILE: INDIA

GENERAL INFORMATION FOR 2015

Population

GDP

Merchandise trade

1 311.051 Millions

2 219 669 Millions current US$

659 124 Millions current US$

Coast/area ratio

Ship building

Ship scrapping

(e) 6 m/km

27 916 GT

5 140 391 GT

Fleet - National flag

Fleet - Ownership

Container port throughput

15 622 Thousands DWT

21 378 Thousands DWT

(e) 11 655 635 TEU

WORLD SHARES FOR 2015

INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE

Total merchandise trade
(millions of US$)

2005

2010

2014

2015

Merchandise exports

99 616

226 351

322 694

267 147

Merchandise imports

142 870

350 233

462 910

391 977

Merchandise trade balance

-43 254

-123 881

-140 216

-124 829

Export structure by product group in 2015

Top 5 partners in 2015

(as % of total exports)

(exports, millions of US$)

-17.2 %
Merchandise exports
growth rate in 2015

INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN TRANSPORT SERVICES

Services exports by main category
(as % of total services)

2005

2010

2014

2015

Transport

12.5

11.3

11.9

(e) 9.2

Travel

14.4

12.4

12.6

(e) 13.5

(e) 73.1

(e) 76.3

(e) 75.2

(e) 77.1

Other services

Total trade in transport services

(millions of US$)
Transport services exports
Transport services imports
Transport services trade balance

2005

2010

2014

2015

6 537

13 275

18 627

(e) 14 343

20 887

46 535

(e) 58 890

(e) 52 295

-14 350

-33 260

(e) -40 263

(e) -37 951

-23.0 %
Transport services exports
growth rate in 2015

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NATIONAL FLEET
Carrying capacity by type of ship
(Thousands DWT)

2005

2010

2014

2015

Total fleet

12 347.0

14 969.6

15 816.5

15 622.3

Oil tankers

7 872.0

9 004.6

8 088.7

7 840.3

Bulk carriers

3 318.0

4 109.4

4 970.4

4 924.0

General cargo

351.0

362.3

1 202.1

1 224.9

Container ships

131.0

328.1

340.0

321.8

Other types of ships

675.0

1 165.2

1 215.4

1 311.3

Fleet by type of ship

(Number of ships)

LINER SHIPPING CONNECTIVITY INDEX

Bilateral connectivity index - Top 10 partners in 2015

National connectivity index

Can only take values between 0 (minimum) and 1 (maximum)

Maximum 2004=100 for China

-1.2 %
Fleet growth rate in 2015

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Source: UNCTADstat (http://unctadstat.unctad.org)
Notes:
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e

Sum of exports and imports.

Coastline length based on data calculated in 2000 from the World Vector Shoreline database at 1:250,000 scale.
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above. Source: Clarksons Research.
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 100 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research.
Propelled seagoing merchant vessels of 1000 GT and above, on 1 January. Source: Clarksons Research.
TEU: Twenty Foot Equivalent Unit. Source: UNCTAD Secretariat, derived from various sources including Dynamar B.V. Publications, terminal
operators and port authorities.
Statistics presented correspond to the 6th edition of the IMF Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, 2009 (BPM6,
2009).
Source: UNCTAD Secretariat, generated from data provided by Lloyds List Intelligence.
Estimated.

Symbols for missing values:

0
..
_
...
#
***

Zero means that the amount is nil or negligible

Not available or not separately reported
Not applicable
Not available, including no quotation
Non-relevant calculation
Not publishable
Negative accumulation of flows; Value included in regional and global totals

Abbreviations & acronyms:

DWT:
GDP:
GT:
TEU:

Dead weight tons

Gross domestic product
Gross tons
Twenty foot equivalent unit

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Generation date: 09 December 2016