fimi - foreign trade 2009

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FOREIGN TRADE

10 Foreign Trade

EXPORTSOres & Minerals

During the year 2008-09, the value of exports(including re-exports) of ores and mineralsat Rs.109296 crore accounted for 13% of the total

value of all merchandise exported from India. The

export value rose from Rs. 80931 crore in 2006-07

to Rs. 95,022 crore in 2007-08 and further rose to

Rs.109,296 crore in 2008-09. The value of mineral

exports showed an increase of 15.03% in 2008-09as compared to that in the previous year.

Diamond (Total)) continued to be the largest

constituent item with a share of 66.1% in the total

value of mineral exports in 2008-09. Next in order

of share was iron ore with the contribution of

19.9% followed by granite of 4.4% and alumina

1.5%. The individual share of remaining minerals

in the total value of exports of ores and minerals

from India during the year under review was less

than one percent.

There was an increase in the value of exports

in case of most of the principal minerals in

2008-09 as compared to that in the previous year.

Sulphur (excluding sublimed, precipitated and

colloidal) showed a highly significant growth of

export value by manifold. In terms of value, the

export of coke increased by more than 6 times and

barytes, salt (rock) and limestone rose to more

than double during the year under review. The

other minerals which showed a significant growth

are lead ores & concentrates 96%, abrasive

(natural) 77%, alumina 56%, garnet (abrasive) 52%,

manganese ore 45%, mica 44%, quartz & quartzite

35%, precious metal ores & concentrate, bentonite

and emerald (cut & uncut) 33% each, petroleum

(crude) 29%, coal (excluding lignite) and diamond

26% each as compared to that in previous year.

The export value, however, had recorded a decline

in case of zinc ores & concentrate by 81%, bauxite

69%, sandstone 37%, chromite 20%, natural gas

18%, building and monumental stone, NES 16%

and marble 11% as compared to that in the

previous year.

Ores and minera ls were exported to

193 countries in 2008-09 as against 183 countries

in 2007-08 (including country item unspecified

in both the years). About ninety percent of the

total value of exports of ores and minerals was

confined to only nine countries. Out of these,

exports to six countries accounted for more than

three-fourths of the total value of exports during

the year. As in the earlier years, exports to China

continued to occupy the top position in 2008-09

and in terms of value, accounted for 23.9% of the

total mineral exports. Hong Kong was in the

second place and contributed 20.4% followed by

United Arab Emirates 15.5%, USA 13.1%, Belgium

7.8%, Israel 3.5%, Japan 2.6%, Singapore 1.6%,

and Thailand 1.3%. The individual share of

remaining countries was less than one percent.

Countrywise analysis of mineral exports

revealed that the increase in value of mineral

exports was more than three times for Brazil, two

times for Iran, Singapore, Pakistan, United Arab

Emirates, Malaysia and unspecified countries rose

more than double during the year under review.

The rise in the value of export in respect of some

other countr ies was : South Afr ica 68%,

Bangladesh 36%, Netherlands 33%, France 31%,

Saudi Arabia 30%, Hong Kong 15% and Germany

11%. However, value of exports of ores and

minerals declined by 53% for Rep. of Korea, 35%

for Spain, 32% for Chinese Taipei/Taiwan, 21% for

UK, 17% for Romania, 15% for Australia, 10% for

Israel, 9% each for Thailand and Nepal and 8% for

Switzerland, among others as compared to that of

previous year (Tables - 1 to 3).


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Table 1 : Exports* of Ores and Minerals, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(Value in Rs. 000)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Ore/Mineral Unit

Qty Value Qty Value Qty Value

All Minerals 809307449 950224884 1092964455

Abrasives (natural) tonne 95697 461792 145278 816414 156998 1444288

Alabaster tonne 107 519 2 9 5 33

Alumina tonne 916531 18701242 688044 10166490 968245 15823892

Andalusite tonne 21 326 88 1263 ++ 2

Asbestos: Total tonne 525 6262 3942 9035 918 7545

Asbestos (chrysotile) tonne ++ 3 23 343 107 897

Asbestos (amphibole) tonne 1 6

Asbestos (others) tonne 524 6253 3919 8692 811 6648

Ballclay tonne 10572 36162 12456 40459 23228 77787

Barytes tonne 629518 1475606 564800 1327465 843789 2982457

Bauxite tonne 5073894 7422155 7120899 11792383 1708349 3708188

Bentonite tonne 480189 906621 462502 1061530 566890 1414440

Borax: Total tonne 900 47746 1745 37915 1545 40414

Natural borate tonne 429 24750 1144 13703 902 9674

Sodium borate tonne 136 6835 237 8006 464 21909

Other borates tonne 335 16161 364 16206 179 8831

Building & monumental

stones, NES tonne 1055825 3373599 978346 4527245 1291492 3783042

Calcite tonne 1366 5746 3222 9842 1073 4217

Chalk tonne 640 3294 614 3328 1178 3623

Chromite: Total tonne 1203060 7936861 906575 12230975 1899028 9736103

Chrome ore others tonne 418308 2953702 45360 435975 145516 1120480

Chrome ore conc. tonne 736237 4767109 860157 11776035 1549199 7787724

Chrome ore lumps tonne 48515 216050 1058 18965 204313 827899

Clay (others) tonne 19263 82183 23101 80419 337244 392298

Coal (excl. lignite) 000 t 1548 3126709 1627 2770280 1656 3484645

Lignite 000 t 1 3852 ++ 1260 11 186090

Coke tonne 80186 339823 101799 1010898 1345534 7295252

Coal gas tonne 4267 115992 7354 187616 21000 465624

Cobalt (ores & conc.) tonne 451 105482 522 125282

Copper ores & conc. tonne 44645 107149 565 16912 26613 397134

Corundum (natural) tonne 291 2071 332 2773 2312 9801

Diamond: Total ** 479718676 ** 572407881 ** 722606545

Diamond (mostly cut) carat 36746077 479301420 43179091 571778597 57960232 720920219

Diamond (industrial) carat 268336 53031 355758 102241 2484310 1185472

Diamond (powder) 000 carat 13586 364225 20519 527043 8637 500854

Diatomite tonne 490 2852 610 2838 725 4974

Dolomite tonne 11892 29719 14674 41139 18892 48338

Earth clay tonne 1352 8667 2469 16545 2170 13636

Emerald

(uncut & cut): Total ** 3730559 ** 3618344 ** 4800533

Emerald (uncut) tonne 4 38198 ++ 112752 2 39954

Emerald (cut) 000 carat 4719 3692361 4703 3505592 6089 4760579

Felspar (natural) tonne 557565 1147834 427222 890716 337664 924103

(Contd.)


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Felspar

(uncut & cut):Total ** 48871 ** 27788 ** 191202Felspar (uncut) tonne ++ 785 ++ 219 ++ 3848

Felspar (cut) 000 carat 88 48086 64 27569 1353 187354

Fireclay tonne 3511 12956 8354 18560 5590 19655

Flint tonne 432 1539 1193 3224 1693 7102

Fluorite/Fluorspar tonne 1111 7231 467 4642 203 1730

Fullers earth tonne 39592 101807 84015 173576 X X

Garnet (abrasive) tonne 285440 1321213 261433 1277595 252478 1939894

Garnet

(uncut & cut):Total ** 18278 ** 1560 ** 76503

Garnet (uncut) tonne ++ 3754 ++ 162 ++ 42

Garnet (cut) 000 carat 28 14524 4 1398 101 76461

Granite: Total tonne 3291823 47248406 3701361 42874852 3958853 48149007Granite (crude or

roughly trimmed) tonne 2147415 17033727 2563921 14794490 2641496 16334115

Granite (cut blocks/

slabs) tonne 294407 2317061 336619 2230540 379326 1995799

Granite (polished

blocks/tiles) tonne 552414 17919800 413816 13325620 308493 9606869

Granite (others) tonne 297587 9977818 387005 12524202 629538 20212224

Graphite (natural) tonne 1850 50012 1420 44538 1909 91887

Gypsum & plaster tonne 116027 105938 120582 112769 209157 157652

Iron ore: Total 000 t 91425 176562481 68473 233996998 68904 217253097

Iron ore conc:

Non-agglomerated 000 t 1763 2958058 1917 5301553 1193 4396081

Iron ore fines 000 t 66183 124238851 48896 167642708 58458 179843910

Iron ore lumps 000 t 23046 47793601 15302 48044791 8344 26009673

Iron ore pellets 000 t 433 1571750 2358 13007549 909 7002286

Iron ore pyrites 000 t ++ 221 ++ 397 ++ 1147

Kaolin tonne 70233 339547 59457 299605 120418 477819

Kieselgurh tonne 87 185 116 684 4 43

Kyanite tonne 2471 17410 219 1149

Lead ores & conc. tonne 75410 4426791 37915 2879336 81095 5649354

Limestone tonne 1271059 601630 879784 603376 2122989 1255352

Magnesite : Total tonne 12677 88425 8697 79220 12284 136358

Magnesia (fused) tonne 3852 26787 2373 21719 758 7820

Magnesite

(not calcined) tonne 453 2732 904 7059 459 6301

Magnesite (calcined) tonne 515 5122 222 968 75 785

Magnesia: Dead-burnt tonne 25 101 25 490

Magnesium oxide tonne 2268 15465 3580 35557 7640 82556

Magnesite (others) tonne 5564 38218 1618 13917 3327 38406

Manganese ore: Total tonne 157312 451953 208372 833870 205424 1206074

Manganese ore

(46% or more Mn ) tonne 984 5933 20538 69352 4212 104668

Manganese ore

(35% or more but

below 46% Mn) tonne 1579 12270 67950 452810 1344 7631

(Contd.)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Ore/Mineral UnitQty Value Qty Value Qty Value

Table - 1 (Contd.)


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Manganese ore

(30% or more but

below 35% Mn) tonne 120641 348379 66778 167342 68122 506401

Manganese ore

(others) tonne 34108 85371 53106 144366 131746 587374

Marble: Total tonne 290112 2809996 311264 4083745 306545 3628602

Marble (dressed) tonne 233027 1757662 247140 2877795 217874 2151093

Marble (others) tonne 57085 1052334 64124 1205950 88671 1477509

Mica: Total tonne 80795 1089880 99888 1253411 191037 1802852

Mica (unmanufactured):

Total tonne 80368 760097 99389 875533 190427 1361696

Mica (blocks) tonne 1082 57549 1374 58085 3311 94977

Mica (splittings) tonne 871 46986 1463 68396 2952 72596

Mica (powder) tonne 62072 503313 73682 550783 72106 710212

Mica (condenser

films) tonne 313 2718 230 4881 9 2280

Mica (waste &

scrap) tonne 16030 149531 22640 193388 112049 481631

Mica (worked): Total tonne 427 329783 499 377878 610 441156

Mica (cond. films,

plates, cuts, NES) tonne 3 3159 4 2028 1 1889

Mica (washers &

discs) tonne 31 25840 42 25879 29 20439

Mica (sheets &

strips) tonne 21 13747 25 17895 25 9263

Micanite & other

built-up mica tonne 14 7649 11 8208 12 7608

Mica (bricks) tonne ++ 335 ++ 366 ++ 265

Mica worked

(others) tonne 358 279053 417 323502 543 401692

Molybdenum

ores & conc. tonne 4712 53529 33 3048 29784 162824

Niobium or tantalum

ores & conc. tonne 19 9184 73 44976 36 34325

Natural gas tonne 15408 531472 49812 1854344 38074 1518657

Ochre: Total tonne 4353 55852 6035 107231 12828 133324

Ochre (earth colours) tonne 3266 24859 4775 36277 12109 111212

Ochre (persian red) tonne 259 14051 456 46743 54 7855

Ochre (red oxide) tonne 790 15553 660 15176 657 13634

Ochre (yellow ochre) tonne 38 1389 144 9035 8 623

Petroleum (crude) 000 t 106 3250961 26 1085521 56 1397827

Potassium salts (natural) tonne 2535 9871 10 783 X X

Precious & semi-precious

stones, NES: Total ** 8124719 ** 7637836 ** 7791082


stones (uncut) tonne 20776 284029 1027 480874 25917 327091


stones (cut) 000 carat 18226 7840690 13674 7156962 19637 7463991

(Contd.)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Ore/Mineral UnitQty Value Qty Value Qty Value

Table - 1 (Contd.)


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Table 2 : Value of Exports* of Ores & Minerals, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(By Principal Ores & Minerals)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increase (+)

or decrease (-)

Ore/Mineral Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09

(Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total over

value value value 2007-08

All Minerals 809307449 100.00 950224884 100.00 1092964455 100.00 15.02

Diamond 479718676 59.28 572407881 60.24 722606545 66.11 26.24

Iron ore 176562481 21.82 233996998 24.63 217253097 19.88 -7.16

Granite 47248406 5.84 42874852 4.51 48149007 4.41 12.30

Alumina 18701242 2.31 10166490 1.07 15823892 1.45 55.65

Chromite 7936861 0.98 12230975 1.29 9736103 0.89 -20.40

Precious & semi-precious stones

(cut & uncut): Total 8124719 1.00 7637836 0.80 7791082 0.71 2.01

Coke 339823 0.04 1010898 0.11 7295252 0.67 621.66

Lead ores & conc. 4426791 0.55 2879336 0.30 5649354 0.52 96.20

Emerald (cut & uncut) 3730559 0.46 3618344 0.38 4800533 0.44 32.67

Sandstone 6006621 0.74 6867992 0.72 4358769 0.40 -36.54

Sulphur (Excl. sublimed,

precipited & colloidal) 1386068 0.17 53604 0.01 3971228 0.36 7308.45

Building and monumental

stones, NES 3373599 0.42 4527245 0.48 3783042 0.35 -16.44

Bauxite 7422155 0.92 11792383 1.24 3708188 0.34 -68.55

Marble 2809996 0.35 4083745 0.43 3628602 0.33 -11.15

Coal (Excl. lignite) 3126709 0.39 2770280 0.29 3484645 0.32 25.79

Barytes 1475606 0.18 1327465 0.14 2982457 0.27 124.67

Zinc ores & conc. 17337315 2.14 12879413 1.36 2389172 0.22 -81.45

Slate 2350410 0.29 2110100 0.22 2072052 0.19 -1.80

Garnet (abrasive) 1321213 0.16 1277595 0.13 1939894 0.18 51.84

Titanium ores & conc. 1745588 0.22 1667759 0.18 1872050 0.17 12.25

Mica 1089880 0.13 1253411 0.13 1802852 0.16 43.84

Natural gas 531472 0.07 1854344 0.20 1518657 0.14 -18.10

Salt (rock) 878262 0.11 728436 0.08 1487346 0.14 104.18

Abrasive (natural) 461792 0.06 816414 0.09 1444288 0.13 76.91

Bentonite 906621 0.11 1061530 0.11 1414440 0.13 33.25

Petroleum (crude) 3250961 0.40 1085521 0.11 1397827 0.13 28.77

Limestone 601630 0.07 603376 0.06 1255352 0.11 108.05

Manganese ore 451953 0.06 833870 0.09 1206074 0.11 44.64

Felspar (natural) 1147834 0.14 890716 0.09 924103 0.08 3.75

Quartz and quartzite 614780 0.08 638649 0.07 859700 0.08 34.61

Precious metal ores & conc. 1010789 0.12 582778 0.06 777291 0.07 33.38

Other minerals 3216637 0.40 3694648 0.39 5581551 0.51 51.07

Source: DGCI & S, Kolkata

* Including re-exports.


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Value of Mineral Exports, 2007-08 and 2008-09

.

Diamond

60%

Iron Ore

25%

Granite

5%

Others

9%

Chromite

1%

2007-08Total value

Rs. 95,022 crore

Diamond

66%

Iron Ore

20%

Granite

4%

Others

9%

Chromite

1%

2008-09Total value

Rs. 109,296 crore


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Table 3 : Value of Exports* of Ores & Minerals, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(By Principal Countries)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increase (+)

or decrease (-)

Country Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09



All Countries 809307449 100.00 950224884 100.00 1092964455 100.00 15.02

China 198351847 24.51 262713335 27.65 260987173 23.88 -0.66

Hong Kong 152444303 18.84 194138297 20.43 222913682 20.40 14.82

UAE 59945152 7.41 82271997 8.66 169529382 15.51 106.06

USA 133691875 16.52 141615814 14.90 142792784 13.06 0.83

Belgium 67998050 8.40 80835943 8.51 85203087 7.80 5.40

Israel 39726181 4.91 41792870 4.40 37678422 3.45 -9.84

Japan 37314374 4.61 27089536 2.85 27990989 2.56 3.33

Singapore 7027409 0.87 6547929 0.69 17856176 1.63 172.70

Thailand 15696595 1.94 16118434 1.70 14596108 1.34 -9.44

UK 9751547 1.20 11060582 1.16 8784578 0.80 -20.58

Italy 7156427 0.88 7099150 0.75 6703891 0.61 -5.57

Germany 5069377 0.63 5358013 0.56 5964034 0.55 11.31

Switzerland 4705532 0.58 6158361 0.65 5636678 0.52 -8.47

Bangladesh 4443523 0.55 3908151 0.41 5315995 0.49 36.02

Australia 5129232 0.63 5449873 0.57 4631730 0.42 -15.01

Brazil 473103 0.06 1060708 0.11 4464471 0.41 320.90

Korea, Rep. of 14148604 1.75 8780021 0.92 4140992 0.38 -52.84

Malaysia 1661981 0.21 1845699 0.19 3732044 0.34 102.20

Netherlands 2708713 0.33 2745267 0.29 3649832 0.33 32.95

France 2300657 0.28 2502040 0.26 3279232 0.30 31.06

Iran 1699032 0.21 1004656 0.11 3177532 0.29 216.28

Canada 3212491 0.40 2998292 0.32 3009517 0.28 0.37

Chinese Taipei/Taiwan 2912279 0.36 4369251 0.46 2958986 0.27 -32.28

Nepal 1335553 0.17 2808617 0.30 2559939 0.23 -8.85

South Africa 1625168 0.20 1508904 0.16 2529704 0.23 67.65

Saudi Arabia 2075535 0.26 1806718 0.19 2356221 0.22 30.41

Pakistan 1380879 0.17 937761 0.10 2046023 0.19 118.18Turkey 1551062 0.19 1727530 0.18 1642132 0.15 -4.94

Spain 3635174 0.45 2289616 0.24 1499505 0.14 -34.51

Romania 2508184 0.31 1772158 0.19 1464108 0.13 -17.38

Unspecified 2160281 0.27 3398983 0.36 8220001 0.75 141.84

Other countries 15467329 1.91 16510378 1.74 25649507 2.35 55.35


* Including re-exports.

The countrywise details relating to some of the commodities are not available from the source agency. The figures in

respect of such commodities have been grouped under country item "unspecified".


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FOREIGN TRADE

Metals & Alloys

The value of exports of metals & alloys at

Rs.82,239 crore in the year 2008-09 registered an

increase of 23.93% as compared to Rs. 66,361crorein the previous year. The contribution of metals

& alloys in the total value of Indias exports was

9.8% during the year unde r review.

Iron & steel with a share of 61.5% continued

to hold the top position in the total value of metals

exported from India in 2008-09. Copper and alloys

(including brass and bronze) came in second place

and accounted for 9.9%. Ferro-alloys and plati-

num alloys & related metals occupied the third

and fourth place with a contribution of 8% each.

The contribution of aluminium & alloys including

scrap was 6.5%, zinc and alloys incl. scrap 2.2%

and tha t o f p ig and cas t i ron ( inc lud ing

spiegeleisen) was 1.8%. The individual share of

other remaining metals and alloys was less than

one percent.

As compared to the previous year, the value

of exports for different important metals showed

a significant rising trend in 2008-09 over previous

year. Significant growth was observed in export

value of platinum alloys & related metals (about

77 times), chromium alloys (about 27 times) and

mercury (17 times) during 2008-09. The export

va lue of t in and a l loys inc lus ive of scrap

increased by 59.4%, ferro-alloys increased by

53.4%, zinc and alloys including scrap by 48.8%,

molybdenum & scrap by 45.7%, silver 45.3%,

manganese & alloys including waste and scrap

26.9%, iron & steel 21.7% and aluminium and

alloys including scrap by 18.1%. However, the

metal exports value of lead and alloys including

scrap decl ined by 41.4%, copper & a l loys

(including brass & bronze) by 31%, precious

metals/metals clad with precious metal by 29%,

titanium & alloys (including waste & scrap) by

24.5% and tungsten and alloys including scrap

by 8.7% as compared to that of previous year.

India exported metals & alloys to 210 countries(including country item unspecified) in 2008-09

as against 205 countries in the preceding year.

Bulk of the metals and alloys having share of more

than 1% to to ta l va lue were expor ted to

20 countries. These countries together accounted

for about 73% of the total value of exports during

2008-09. USA with a share of 13.5% continued to

occupy the top position during 2008-09 followed

by UAE at second position with a share of 13.2%,Saudi Arabia with a share of 4.7% in third place,

followed by Belgium 4.2%, Italy 3.5%, Malaysia

3.3%, UK, Germany and China 3.2% each,

Singapore 3 .1% and Rep. of Korea 2 .8%.

The individual shares of Nether lands ,

Thailand, Japan, Iran, Spain, Indonesia, Nigeria,

Sri Lanka and Nepal ranged between 2 to 1 percent

and less than one percent in respect of the

remaining countries.

The value of exports of metals & alloys to

UAE rose to more than double and that to Algeria

increased to about three times during 2008-09. The

increase in value of exports of metals & alloys to

Nepal rose by 75.4%, Kenya 56.3%, UK 48.4%,

South Africa 45.8%, France 36.7%, Singapore

36.3%, Iran 34.5%, Canada 34.3%, USA 33.6%,

Germany 29%, Bangladesh 28.8%, Japan and Spain

25.8% each and to Australia by 22.8%. The

value of exports of metals & alloys, however,

showed a decline for Oman 64.5%, Chinese Taipei/

Taiwan 46%, Indonesia 38.4%, Vietnam 35.1%,

Hong Kong 23%, and Nigeria 12.1% during the

year under review (Tables - 4 to 6). Exports of

selected mineral-based products during 2006-07

to 2008-09 are given in Table-7.


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Table 4 : Exports of Metals and Alloys, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(Value in Rs. 000)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Metal/Alloy Unit


All Metals and Alloys 626211562 663607947 822391369

Aluminium alloys & scrap tonne 272540 37238999 359124 45214886 429433 53404671

Antimony alloys & scrap tonne 2159 418875 24 6466 57 17537

Bismuth & scrap tonne 9 5766 16 19350 10 9032

Boron tonne 89 14499 341 34575 383 44812

Cadmium waste & scrap tonne 155 30624 174 57029 ++ 2276

Chromium & alloys (scrap) tonne 4 2243 37 8453 11 231901

Cobalt alloys &

scrap: Total tonne 476 560860 371 678587 274 704376

Cobalt & alloys tonne 415 544086 331 666072 245 695140

Cobalt (scrap) tonne 61 16774 40 12515 29 9236

Copper & alloys (incl. brass

& bronze): Total tonne 450212 137613388 415618 117438156 278655 0988135

Copper and alloys tonne 393695 123165668 374822 106719803 245683 72084889

Copper (scrap) tonne 363 84554 443 130690 768 186253

Copper alloys ( scrap) t onne ++ 42 5 1013

Brass & bronze tonne 52361 13605797 39548 10407066 31967 8639392

Brass & bronze (scrap) tonne 3793 757369 805 180555 232 76588

Cement copper

(precipitated) tonne 10 1190 18 3784 14 531

Ferro-alloys: Total tonne 510578 16427788 878718 44849514 960100 68781535

Ferro-boron tonne 4 64 ++ 38 2 380

Ferro-chrome tonne 287761 9939296 482953 24800480 491677 34188265

Charge-chrome tonne ++ 14 1001 53644

Ferro-manganese tonne 54227 1552885 114461 5921631 121533 11214086

Ferro-molybdenum tonne 465 23603 820 39502 888 53679

Ferro-nickel tonne 10 1059 8 3873

Ferro-niobium tonne 177 9524 316 12745 192 41614

Ferro-phosphorus tonne 807 16574 1136 24453 169 5637

Ferro-selenium tonne 2 118 ++ 19

Ferro-silicon tonne 7943 263951 9377 443320 37170 2804810

Ferro-titanium tonne 131 7168 146 7952 2 457

Ferro-tungsten tonne 32 1272 8 708 3 128

Ferro-vanadium tonne 1972 40666 788 49296 388 52353

Ferro-zirconium tonne 37 624 30 1814 24 2462

Ferro-silico-chrome tonne 122 4800 64 5561 26 2363

Ferro-silico-magnesium tonne 2743 98645 2157 107875 3295 282169

Ferro-silico-manganese tonne 152052 4423577 262591 13325024 300421 19983391

Ferro-alloys (others) tonne 2095 44066 3869 108997 3301 92205(Contd.)


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Gold, non-monetary &monetary: Total kg 2747 45450 4128 187615 3680 1289329

Gold- Monetary kg 236 296055

Gold, non-

monetary: Total kg 2747 45450 4128 187615 3444 993274

Powder kg 21 20899 2 39 130 39

Other unwrought

forms kg 11 9462 2 101111 1900 927523

Other Semi-

manufactured form kg 2715 15089 4124 86465 1414 65712

Gold - clad metals/

base metals, NES tonne 22 2991 62 442 ++ 947

Iron & Steel: Total tonne 8421409 381363178 8246268 415266584 8381102 505364618

Iron & Steel (finished

steel incl. C.R. sheets) tonne 4006026 179647088 4186946 195278361 4187785 232711945

Iron & Steel (semi-

finished steel incl.

ingots) tonne 3060269 103540729 2521576 101149361 2658246 130865923

Iron & Steel (steel wire) tonne 102569 10628635 107514 12555218 83461 10567362

Iron & Steel (sponge

iron) tonne 59006 710461 49599 723310 29594 728806

Iron & Steel (scrap) tonne 84874 478344 106758 1099068 28548 1044012

Iron & Steel: alloy

steel (granules)) tonne 346 9150 1384 31043 361 13927

Iron & Steel material tonne ++ 17

Iron & Steel : alloy

steel (powder) tonne 507 31917 555 29862 356 31493

Iron & Steel (other

finished steel, NES) tonne 1107812 86316854 1271936 104400344 1392751 129401150

Pig & cast iron

incl. spiegeleisen tonne 660842 9421777 819926 13541946 541757 14671746

Lead and alloys &


Lead & alloys tonne 15167 1223259 19733 2215620 12471 1296644

Lead (scrap) tonne 368 9068 73 6632 95 5609

Magnesium & scrap tonne 45 8365 119 28567 152 24255

Manganese & alloys

(incl. waste & scrap ) tonne 9 7846 378 57427 267 72865

Manganese & alloys

(Unwrought & Wrought) tonne ++ 88 344 44474 27 21039

Manganese & Alloys, NES tonne 9 7758 34 12953 220 51133

Manganese waste & scrap tonne 20 693

(Contd.)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Metal/Alloy Unit


Table - 4 (Contd.)


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Metal/Alloy Unit


Table - 4 (Concld.)

Mercury tonne 12 8241 17 3174 99 55204

Molybdenum & scrap tonne 13 55920 11 38578 17 56201

Nickel and alloys

(incl. scrap): Total tonne 1550 1183176 1670 1097023 1565 1104883

Nickel & alloys tonne 1439 1146241 1548 1026282 1500 1074313

Nickel (scrap) tonne 111 36935 122 70741 65 30570

Other rare metals, NES tonne 5 3698 ++ 763 7 16742

Platinum, alloys and

related metals: Total kg 659 638143 1987 870092 36491 67717779

Platinum (powder,

unwrought & others) kg 597 592227 1174 829635 33046 67540466

Other metals of platinum

group kg 62 45916 813 40457 3445 177313

Platinum-clad base/

precious metals kg 170 102832 190 2069 65 74

Precious metals/metals

clad with precious metals tonne 461 4691360 430 7330645 329 5206994

Selenium tonne 129 244781 589 289616 5594 290309

Silver tonne 66 814177 23 466489 35 677720

Silver-clad base metals kg 91 888 351 3196 458 1193

Silicon tonne 183 7709 567 35499 289 26518

Tantalum & scrap: Total tonne 2 4793 19 20468 49 45013

Tantalum alloys,

unwrought tonne ++ 4207 2 13881 20 31944

Tantalum & scrap tonne 2 586 17 6587 29 13069

Tellurium tonne 12 127 ++ 220

Tin and alloys (incl. scrap) tonne 5493 800063 5544 813385 2243 1296515

Tin & alloys tonne 4427 690685 4476 686068 1607 1216288

Tin & alloys: Worked tonne 893 87820 800 96435 579 71190

Tin (scrap) tonne 173 21558 268 30882 57 9037

Titanium & alloys

(incl. waste & scrap ) tonne 121 90626 154 313275 60 236491

Tungsten alloys & scrap kg 272735 495396 113583 318028 166283 290497Vanadium & scrap tonne 1 1478 6 506 X X

Zinc and alloys (incl. scrap)tonne 189249 32663605 81536 12387574 209434 18428890

Zinc & alloys tonne 188730 32613492 81274 12322091 209374 18423436

Zinc (scrap) tonne 519 50113 262 65483 60 5454

Zirconium & scrap tonne 24 8510 ++ 1807 138 28632

Source: DGCI & S, Kolkata.


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Table 5 : Value of Exports of Metals & Alloys, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(By Principal Metals & Alloys)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increase (+)

or decrease (-)Metal/Alloy Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09



All Metals & Alloys 626211562 100.00 663607947 100.00 822391369 100.00 23.93

Iron & steel 381363178 60.90 415266584 62.58 505364618 61.45 21.70

Copper & alloys

(including brass and bronze) 137613388 21.98 117438156 17.70 80988135 9.85 -31.04

Ferro-alloys 16427788 2.62 44849514 6.76 68781535 8.36 53.36

Platinum alloys & related

metals 638143 0.10 870092 0.13 67717779 8.23 7682.83

Aluminium and alloys

including scrap 37238999 5.95 45214886 6.81 53404671 6.49 18.11

Zinc and alloys

including scrap 32663605 5.22 12387574 1.87 18428890 2.24 48.77

Pig & cast iron

(including spiegeleisen) 9421777 1.50 13541946 2.04 14671746 1.78 8.34

Precious metals/metals clad

with precious metals 4691360 0.75 7330645 1.10 5206994 0.63 -28.97

Lead and alloys including scrap 1232327 0.20 2222252 0.33 1302253 0.16 -41.40

Tin and alloys including scrap 800063 0.13 813385 0.12 1296515 0.16 59.40

Gold (non-monetary &

monetary) : Total 45450 0.01 187615 0.03 1289329 0.16 587.22

Nickel and alloys including scrap 1183176 0.19 1097023 0.17 1104883 0.13 0.72

Cobalt & alloys

(including waste and scrap) 560860 0.09 678587 0.10 704376 0.09 3.80

Silver 814177 0.13 466489 0.07 677720 0.08 45.28

Tungsten and alloys

including scrap 495396 0.08 318028 0.05 290497 0.04 -8.66

Selenium 244781 0.04 289616 0.04 290309 0.04 0.24

Titanium and alloys

(including waste & scrap) 90626 0.01 313275 0.05 236491 0.03 -24.51

Chromium & alloys 2243 0.00 8453 0.00 231901 0.03 2643.42

Manganese & alloys

(including waste & scrap) 7846 0.00 57427 0.01 72865 0.01 26.88

Molybdenum & scrap 55920 0.01 38578 0.01 56201 0.01 45.68

Mercury 8241 0.00 3174 0.00 55204 0.01 1639.26

Other metals & alloys 612218 0.10 214648 0.03 218443 0.03 1.77



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Value of Exports of Metals & Alloys, 2007-08 and 2008-09

Iron & Steel

62%

Copper & Alloys (incl.

Brass & Bronze)

18%

Ferro-Alloys

7%Aluminium Alloys &

Scrap

7%

Others

2%

Pig & Cast Iron

2%

Zinc & Alloys (incl.

Scrap)

2%

2007-08Total Value

Rs. 66,361 crore

Iron & Steel

62%

Pig & Cast Iron

2%

Zinc & Alloys (incl.

Scrap)

2%

Others

10%


Brass & Bronze)

10%

Ferro-Alloys

8%

Aluminium Alloys &

Scrap

6%

2008-09Total Value

Rs. 82,239 crore


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Table 6 : Value of Exports of Metals & Alloys, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(By Principal Countries)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increase (+)

or decrease (-)

Country Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09



All Countries 626211562 100.00 663607947 100.00 822391369 100.00 23.93

USA 79092860 12.63 83356557 12.56 111356027 13.54 33.59

UAE 49715576 7.94 51101079 7.70 108283030 13.17 111.90

Saudi Arabia 37392813 5.97 36448585 5.49 38340708 4.66 5.19

Belgium 36056442 5.76 28554391 4.30 34118542 4.15 19.49

Italy 34714121 5.54 25640030 3.86 28712905 3.49 11.98

Malaysia 11087852 1.77 22436631 3.38 26744018 3.25 19.20

UK 18338939 2.93 17971787 2.71 26670572 3.24 48.40

Germany 13887140 2.22 20292682 3.06 26186654 3.18 29.04

China 49505350 7.91 26599116 4.01 26089196 3.17 -1.92

Singapore 22009805 3.51 18934722 2.85 25810688 3.14 36.31

Korea, Rep. of 15778023 2.52 22243238 3.35 23001935 2.80 3.41

Netherlands 8908163 1.42 16480019 2.48 19767350 2.40 19.95

Thailand 11423941 1.82 15919992 2.40 19615603 2.39 23.21

Japan 6723588 1.07 14190648 2.14 17844928 2.17 25.75

Iran 12857537 2.05 13094327 1.97 17610022 2.14 34.49

Spain 10098602 1.61 11970383 1.80 15061989 1.83 25.83

Indonesia 14684358 2.34 15739518 2.37 9689514 1.18 -38.44

Nigeria 5088491 0.81 11021657 1.66 9685311 1.18 -12.12

Sri Lanka 9719942 1.55 9518523 1.43 9623114 1.17 1.10

Nepal 2043420 0.33 4806908 0.72 8430570 1.03 75.38

Turkey 6114482 0.98 6881977 1.04 7922383 0.96 15.12

Kenya 3908608 0.62 4775492 0.72 7466153 0.91 56.34

Algeria 4575933 0.73 2431445 0.37 7164334 0.87 194.65

Oman 12769464 2.04 20141800 3.04 7149941 0.87 -64.50

Bangladesh 5705213 0.91 5363273 0.81 6907410 0.84 28.79

Canada 3948574 0.63 5025551 0.76 6748138 0.82 34.28

France 3800802 0.61 4887646 0.74 6680322 0.81 36.68

Chinese Taipei/Taiwan 14427327 2.30 12169277 1.83 6566867 0.80 -46.04

South Africa 8392513 1.34 4129389 0.62 6020175 0.73 45.79

Australia 4589826 0.73 4495037 0.68 5519144 0.67 22.78

Vietnam 7025677 1.12 8136621 1.23 5280181 0.64 -35.11

Hong Kong 10082293 1.61 5634346 0.85 4333638 0.53 -23.09

Other countries 91743887 14.65 113215300 17.06 141990007 17.27 25.42

Source: DGCI & S, Kolkata .


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Table 7 : Exports of Selected Mineral-based Products, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(Value in Rs. 000)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Mineral-based product Unit


All Items ** 831998023 ** 1130144342 ** 1238253034

Aluminium fluoride tonne 9145 452461 10012 535084 8417 719245

Asbestos cement products tonne 7982 184757 17432 257883 40659 484304

Bleaching powder tonne 17971 504939 13496 482309 14939 638686

Boric acid tonne 788 30914 878 35950 581 29567

Briquettes of coke,

semi-coke of coal tonne 8393 11630 167696 71340 10781 13695

Calcium carbide tonne 43 1206 4 382 250 8728

Caustic soda tonne 29410 413109 32337 548300 56499 1435584

Cement: Total tonne 4816159 11473982 3422078 8220944 3260261 8809436

Cement (portland grey) tonne 3960772 9417378 2797357 6219820 2254216 6140203

Cement (portland white) tonne 143014 442198 147527 781675 71370 334383

Cement (clinkers) tonne 628144 1469353 427632 1091698 817860 2007273

Cement (others) tonne 84229 145053 49562 127751 116815 327577

Cryolite (artificial) tonne 79 3697 401 17934 653 31385

Graphite (artificial) tonne 6877 624595 14586 1502772 15002 941332

Graphite bricks & shapes tonne 4 57 62 715 216 5467

Graphite crucibles tonne 393 22487 622 23840 681 21541

Hydrofluoric acid tonne 542 23973 811 35214 714 51557

Manganese oxide: Total tonne 1141 19006 1403 22716 1191 48209

Manganese oxides

(other than manganese

dioxide) tonne 521 8415 969 16646 989 41368

Manganese dioxide tonne 620 10591 434 6070 202 6841

Non-ferrous ash & residues tonne 822678 1149770 264376 1528889 531784 1867251

Petroleum Products: Total 000 tonne 33624 810940000 40779 1107890000 38572 1210860000

Light distillates 000 tonne 12344 325810000 13937 422200000 13141 430940000

Naptha 000 tonne 8411 214310000 9297 273650000 7601 248540000

Other light distillates 000 tonne 3933 111500000 4640 148550000 5540 182400000

(Contd.)


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Table - 7 (Concld.)

Middle distillates 000 tonne 15171 399930000 18931 549190000 18469 634280000

Heavy ends 000 tonne 6109 85200000 7911 136500000 6962 145640000

Other refractory

manufactures tonne 44639 1276342 58384 1731102 132201 1928913

Phosphoric acid tonne 10234 107692 59358 820332 61193 2296686

Phosphorus (elemental) tonne 415 64284 603 60601 368 95366

Phosphatic fertilizers tonne 7420 53613 9895 150401 15017 150527

Potash fertilizer tonne 12844 129881 27436 307544 41446 616524

Potassium nitrate tonne 127 16064 101 7998 836 52168

Refractory bricks/

Fire bricks tonne 172877 1444285 118964 2065883 730254 2675674

Silicon carbide crucibles tonne 2698 133199 1905 129802 5651 206577

Slag dross tonne 64544 268335 452818 987895 358104 1151991

Soda ash tonne 136991 1047173 73190 730983 86203 1095634

Sodium fluoride tonne 322 5994 244 5843 X X

Sodium nitrate tonne 3 87 206 2926 273 8060

Sodium nitrite tonne 1822 35772 1181 24993 1322 50971

Sulphur (Sublimed,

precipitated &

colloidal): Total tonne 5119 319521 7206 330859 5068 420343

Sulphur (colloidal) tonne 65 723 1283 6011 53 990

Sulphur (precipitated) tonne 111 2463 758 4444 118 1513

Sulphur (sublimed) tonne 4943 316335 5165 320404 4897 417840

Titanium dioxide &

oxides: Total tonne 16682 1239198 35722 1612908 33643 1537613

Titanium dioxide tonne 13311 1072318 12799 971781 6833 616091

Titanium oxides

(other than above) tonne 3371 166880 22923 641127 26810 921522



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IMPORTS

Ores & Minerals

The value of imports of ores & minerals in

2008-09 accounted for 37% of the total value ofall merchandise imported into India. During

2008-09, the total value of imports of ores and

minerals at Rs.514509 crore registered a rise of

47% as compared to Rs. 349509 crore during

2007-08.

Petroleum (crude) continued to be the largest

constituent item with a share of 67.4% in the total

value of mineral imports in 2008-09. Next in order

of importance was diamond (total) with a share of14.6% followed by coal (excluding lignite) with

the con t r ibu t ion o f 8%, coppe r o re s &

concentrates 3.5% and natural gas 2.5%. The

combined share of these five minerals was about

96% in 2008-09 as against 97.3% in the previous

year.

During 2008-09, the import value of diamond,

rock phosphate and sulphur (excluding sublimed,

precipitated & colloidal) rose to more than double

during the year while manganese ore and clay

(others) increased by two times and above over

the previous year. There was an increase in the

value of imports of petroleum (crude) by 34.7 %,

and that of coal (excluding lignite) 99.3%, natural

gas 39.2%, asbestos 48.2%, marble 23.8%,

limestone 29.9%, emerald (cut and uncut) 35.8%,

fluorite 55.1%, cobalt ores and concentrate 21.3%,

borax 70.5%, gypsum 77%, and building &

monumental stones 99.1%, zirconium ores &

concentrate 23.2%, granite 66.3%, kaolin 37.2%,

tin ores & concentrate 82.9% and sand (excluding

metal bearing) 26.7% during 2008-09 as compared

to that in the previous year. The value of imports

of iron ore, however, declined by 65.8% and that

of molybdenum ores and concentrate by 27.5%,

zinc ores and concentrate by 22.1%, alumina by

18.0% and coke by 10.1% during the year under

review over the previous year.

During 2008-09, minerals were imported from134 countries as against 128 countries in 2007-08

(both f igures inc lus ive of country i tem

unspecified). Approximately 97% of the total

value of imports of ores & minerals was confined

to 35 countries and only 10 countries accounted

for about 74% of the total value of mineral

imports. As in the earlier years, Saudi Arabia

continued to occupy the top position in 2008-09

and in terms of imports value and accounted for

14% of the total mineral imports. Next in orderwas United Arab Emirates with 12% and Iran 10%

followed by Nigeria 8%, Kuwait and Iraq 7% each,

Australia 5%,Hong Kong, Belgium and Venezuela

4% each and Indonesia and Qatar 3% each. The

individual share of Malaysia, China, USA, Angola,

South Africa, Chile and Egypt varied between

2 to 1 percent and that of remaining countries was

less than one percent.

During 2008-09, the value of imports of ores

and minerals from UAE, Indonesia and Brunei in

2008-09 rose to more than double and that of

Jordan and Russia to about three times over

previous year while the imports from Venezuela

showed a very highly significant growth. The

value of imports from South Africa increased by

90%, followed by Qatar 80%, Egypt 69%, Brazil

68%, Angola 59%, Aus t ra l i a and Be lg ium

57% each, Israel 55%, Kuwait 45%, Papua New

Guinea 37%, Malaysia 34%, China and Mexico

32% each, Nigeria 31%, Iran 27% and Iraq 24% as

compared to the previous year. Imports value,

however, showed a decline of 62% in case of

Guinea, 51% for unspecified countries and Yemen

Republic, 33% for Libya, 27% for Turkey, 26%

for Oman and 11% for Chile (Tables - 8 to 10).


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Table 8 : Imports of Ores and Minerals, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(Value in Rs. 000)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)Ore/Mineral Unit


All Minerals 3050279536 3495065225 5145093369

Abrasives (natural) tonne 11426 122929 8032 68526 10007 106107

Alabaster tonne 552 7296 658 9777 397 6822

Alumina tonne 347636 6980836 270441 5355140 212502 4392750

Andalusite tonne 4120 67189 5925 91306 8267 165807

Antimony ores and conc. tonne 478 51084 693 63692 476 53767

Arsenic sulphide (natural) tonne 28 763 16 488 75 2896

Asbestos: Total tonne 253382 5191128 311705 5899442 346658 8744931

Asbestos (chrysotile) tonne 57853 1180477 41017 808922 346032 8697307

Asbestos (others) tonne 195529 4010651 270688 5090520 626 47624

Ballclay tonne 77014 423548 166340 740262 122026 755642

Barytes tonne 3181 16492 1369 12592 1674 20681

Bauxite tonne 47138 403707 122911 873447 45612 988232

Bentonite tonne 4987 105946 8025 135241 4500 95996

Borax: Total tonne 63067 1017199 78625 1169576 98533 1994633Natural borate tonne 23479 307278 29091 324289 44617 719253

Sodium borate tonne 35712 600661 46914 737521 46214 1020727

Other borates tonne 3876 109260 2620 107766 7702 254653

Building & monumentalstones, NES tonne 1953299 577812 2089255 684053 3067772 1362230

Calcite tonne 46465 102831 101471 349669 66205 188222

Chalk tonne 69 1740 141 2659 128 2732

Chromite: Total tonne 4800 67817 121001 1064129 94416 1070152

Chrome ore others tonne 2909 41583 47209 497017 41131 541786

Chrome ore conc. tonne 63 924 1166 15358

Chrome ore lumps tonne 1828 25310 73792 567112 52119 513008

Clay (others) tonne 39676 191800 22775 120574 57061 392891

Coal (excluding lignite) 000 tonnes 43079 166886113 49792 207389726 59004 413413525

Lignite 000 tonnes ++ 688 ++ 1654

Coke tonne 4686047 40210970 4247936 51231153 1882191 46063197Coal gas tonne 1 1497 ++ 323

Cobalt ores & conc. tonne 9473 1250815 9953 1940501 7823 2353378

Copper ores & conc. tonne 2707369 238407046 1914178 161774736 2264732 178221088

Corundum (natural) tonne ++ 54

Diamond: Total ** 331348334 ** 312793577 ** 748858813

Diamond (industrial) carat 4503 107670 40912 624745 24502 99064

Diamond (mostly cut) carat 119625535 330808846 114307558 311834220 143464060 748417096

Diamond (powder) 000 carat 56848 431818 72601 334612 72333 342653

Diatomite tonne 1645 35273 1521 29696 1817 48615

Dolomite tonne 52921 141058 7833 120739 10119 111105

Earth clay tonne 318 3447 19 657 138 8587

Emerald(uncut & cut): Total ** 2330172 ** 3133444 ** 4253563

Emerald (uncut) tonne 66 1627155 76 2100936 44 2137136

Emerald (cut) 000 carat 1203 703017 2637 1032508 4656 2116427Felspar (natural) tonne 53127 133122 90 792 290 3856

Felspar(uncut & cut): Total ** 3878 ** 7657 ** 4057

Felspar (uncut) tonne ++ 3015 ++ 3909 ++ 848

Felspar (cut) 000 carat ++ 863 1 3748 5 3209

Fireclay tonne 9 1658 1 75 121 4933

Flint tonne 2541 6554 597 5598 1309 7522

Fluorite/fluorspar tonne 131000 1172943 162110 1649331 153749 2558710

Fullers earth tonne 2696 48441

Garnet (abrasive) tonne 94 1193 35 238 332 6483

Garnet (uncut & cut):Total ** 52452 ** 41253 ** 43092

Garnet (uncut) tonne 21 4852 ++ 1507 ++ 3988

Garnet (cut) 000 carat 203 47600 132 39746 242 39104

(Contd.)


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Granite: (Total) tonne 41301 843620 37621 599360 50786 996647

Granite (crude orroughly trimmed) tonne 18494 302412 20383 287386 15771 350185

Granite (cut blocks/slabs) tonne 2401 34299 3439 47961 21562 365965

Granite (polishedblocks/tiles) tonne 14564 389753 7229 148290 8306 136055

Granite (others) tonne 5842 117156 6570 115723 5147 144442

Graphite (natural) tonne 9927 209100 11666 229768 7309 247346

Gypsum & plaster tonne 421772 527720 582215 802051 890912 1419361

Iron ore: Total 000 tonnes 483 2451762 293 1788435 69 611112

Iron ore conc.:

Non-agglomerated 000 tonnes ++ 12 ++ 805

Iron ore lumps 000 tonnes 161 777406

Iron ore pellets 000 tonnes 322 1671489 290 1773419 69 604776

Iron ore pyrites 000 tonnes ++ 2867 3 15004 ++ 5531o

Kaolin tonne 29806 393054 43550 460541 62083 632016

Kieselgurh tonne 23 1307 103 2643 176 9685Kyanite tonne 54 1798 210 3800 200 4457

Lead ores & conc. tonne 8032 175833 5685 234234 5184 193822

Limestone tonne 2300498 2677737 3294191 4317614 3603340 5607948

Magnesite: Total tonne 92126 1569109 76287 1378749 51422 1427008

Magnesia (fused) tonne 45972 868141 21432 442191 10854 332290

Magnesite (not calcined) tonne 877 22951 3157 78836 441 9389

Magnesite (calcined) tonne 3024 77884 6666 162798 12992 381550

Magnesite: Dead-burnt

magnesia tonne 33473 348887 36520 451400 19669 431172

Magnesium oxide tonne 2455 98571 2549 111277 4333 182792

Magnesite (others) tonne 6325 152675 5963 132247 3133 89815

Manganese ore: Total tonne 284202 1685063 686053 6311862 852198 19818562

Manganese ore(46% or more Mn) tonne 280023 1652688 497385 4315760 398033 11041290

Manganese ore(35% or more butbelow 46% Mn ) tonne 2431 11731 181184 1947428 431162 8557785

Manganese ore(30% or more butbelow 35% Mn ) tonne 1002 9601 11062 115633

Manganese ore(ferruginous,10% ormore) tonne 704 2686

Manganese ore (others) tonne 1748 20644 5778 36387 11941 103854

Marble: Total tonne 212522 4227144 297158 5275339 313680 6533016

Marble (dressed) tonne 154161 2598850 193022 2811260 217913 3621757

Marble (others) tonne 58361 1628294 104136 2464079 95767 2911259

Mica: Total tonne 1579 281654 2645 336016 2323 424930

Mica (unmanufactured) tonne 740 18662 860 18767 552 14913

Mica (blocks) tonne ++ 67 59 4624Mica (powder) tonne 50 3768 125 7639 150 4526

Mica (splittings) tonne 334 10204 10 625 106 3249

Mica (waste & scrap) tonne 356 4690 725 10436 237 2514

Mica (worked) tonne 839 262992 1785 317249 1771 410017

Mica (condenser films,plates, cuts, NES) tonne 234 45037 78 18651 144 27934

Mica(washers & discs) tonne ++ 132 ++ 74 ++ 17

Mica (sheets & strips) tonne 15 2301 267 7964 241 7509

Micanite & otherbuilt-up mica tonne 85 11549 62 7160 41 4702

Mica worked (others) tonne 505 203973 1378 283400 1345 369855

(Contd.)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Ore/Mineral Unit


Table - 8 (Contd.)


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Molybdenum ores & conc. tonne 3968 7825021 2783 6340190 2559 4597646

Natural gas tonne 7044454 67157470 8086104 92554485 8306769 128867509

Niobium/Tantalumores & conc. tonne 27 7302 127 7061 312 56528

Nickel ores & conc. tonne 85 5163 280 53836 346 160035

Ochre: Total tonne 1464 54425 1768 68282 1643 110488

Ochre (earth colours) tonne 20 1349 6 694 202 1895

Ochre (persian red) tonne 1 406 1 2032 28 5268

Ochre (red oxide) tonne 1409 45986 1743 61529 1355 94084

Ochre (yellow ochre) tonne 34 6684 18 4027 58 9241

Petroleum (crude) 000 tonnes 106827 2130878538 115339 2574617041 130042 3468454807

Precious & semi-preciousstones, NES: Total ** 4947344 ** 4470322 ** 4832841

Precious & semi-preciousstones (uncut) tonne 864 4012910 931 3270081 773 3091723

Precious & semi-preciousstones (cut) 000 carat 2915 934434 1847 1200241 3395 1741118

Precious metalores & conc. kg 49 6009 9606 2486

Quartz & quartzite

(natural): Total tonne 433 12887 312 9777 326 9794

Quartz (natural) tonne 249 5915 246 4328 285 9100

Quartzite (natural) tonne 184 6972 66 5449 41 694

Rock phosphate tonne 5009214 16136352 5017655 18532414 5009662 48404898

Salts (other thancommon salt) tonne 27668 46138 28679 50762 31948 69337

Sand (excl. metal bearing) tonne 1802997 258882 1768513 262181 1041318 332095

Sandstone tonne 8 89 52 398

Silica sand tonne 6948 141112 12203 232106 10240 220828

Sillimanite tonne 35 1140 37 1129 2745 36142

Slate tonne 19 4221 16 2966 13 601Steatite/talc/

soapstone: Total tonne 882 30534 1213 32660 5218 91045

Steatite blocks tonne 3 60

Steatite lumps tonne 40 203 216 1345

Steatite powder & others tonne 879 30474 1173 32457 5002 89700

Sulphur (excl. sublimed,precipitated & colloidal) tonne 1401893 4944410 1405540 14560588 1286429 29944603

Tin ores & conc. tonne 1126 282248 702 253846 979 464371

Titanium ores &concentrates: Total tonne 13589 370939 17356 424265 11071 283881

Titanium ores &conc.: Ilmenite tonne 1167 17544 1177 26409 1492 6725

Titanium ores &conc.: Rutile tonne 11707 334220 13432 343994 6592 210186

Titanium ores &conc. (other) tonne 715 19175 2747 53862 2987 66970

Tripoli earth tonne 40 842 63 1149 21 471

Tungsten ores & conc. tonne 149 1557 20 184 20 370

Vanadium ores & conc. tonne 39 22500

Vermiculite tonne 106 6067 34 2123 305 13072

Witherite tonne 180 1695 150 2128

Wollastonite tonne 97 1283 153 2363 223 4785

Zinc ores & conc. tonne 52003 3450170 49493 2846124 78201 2217983

Zirconium ores & conc. tonne 27578 1045096 28592 1029484 30477 1268366

Other minerals, NES tonne 29075 252618 28590 208718 44994 390728


** Quantity not given due to partial coverage; value figures, however, have full coverage.

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Ore/Mineral Unit


Table - 8 (Concld.)


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Table 9 : Value of Imports of Ores & Minerals, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(by Principal Ores/Minerals)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increasse (+)

or decrease (-)

Ore/Mineral Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09(Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total over


All Minerals 3050279536 100.00 3495065225 100.00 5145093369 100.00 47.22

Petroleum (crude) 2130878538 69.86 2574617041 73.66 3468454807 67.41 34.72

Diamond 331348334 10.86 312793577 8.95 748858813 14.55 139.41

Coal (excluding lignite) 166886113 5.47 207389726 5.93 413413525 8.04 99.34

Copper ores & concentrates 238407046 7.82 161774736 4.63 178221088 3.46 10.17

Natural gas 67157470 2.20 92554485 2.65 128867509 2.50 39.23

Rock phosphate 16136352 0.53 18532414 0.53 48404898 0.94 161.19

Coke 40210970 1.32 51231153 1.47 46063197 0.90 -10.09

Sulphur (excluding sublimed,precipitated & colloidal) 4944410 0.16 14560588 0.42 29944603 0.58 105.66

Manganese ore 1685063 0.06 6311862 0.18 19818562 0.39 213.99

Asbestos 5191128 0.17 5899442 0.17 8744931 0.17 48.23

Marble 4227144 0.14 5275339 0.15 6533016 0.13 23.84

Limestone 2677737 0.09 4317614 0.12 5607948 0.11 29.89


stones (cut & uncut) 4947344 0.16 4470322 0.13 4832841 0.09 8.11

Molybdenum ores &

concentrates 7825021 0.26 6340190 0.18 4597646 0.09 -27.48

Alumina 6980836 0.23 5355140 0.15 4392750 0.09 -17.97

Emerald (cut & uncut) 2330172 0.08 3133444 0.09 4253563 0.08 35.75

Fluorite/fluorspar 1172943 0.04 1649331 0.05 2558710 0.05 55.14

Cobalt ores & concentrates 1250815 0.04 1940501 0.06 2353378 0.05 21.28

Zinc ores & concentrates 3450170 0.11 2846124 0.08 2217983 0.04 -22.07

Borax 1017199 0.03 1169576 0.03 1994633 0.04 70.54

Magnesite 1569109 0.05 1378749 0.04 1427008 0.03 3.50

Gypsum 527720 0.02 802051 0.02 1419361 0.03 76.97

Building and monumental

stones, NES 577812 0.02 684053 0.02 1362230 0.03 99.14

Zirconium ores & concentrates 1045096 0.03 1029484 0.03 1268366 0.02 23.20

Chromite 67817 0.00 1064129 0.03 1070152 0.02 0.57

Granite 843620 0.03 599360 0.02 996647 0.02 66.29

Bauxite 403707 0.01 873447 0.02 988232 0.02 13.14

Ballclay 423548 0.01 740262 0.02 755642 0.01 2.08

Kaolin 393054 0.01 460541 0.01 632016 0.01 37.23

Iron ore 2451762 0.08 1788435 0.05 611112 0.01 -65.83

Tin ores & concentrates 282248 0.01 253846 0.01 464371 0.01 82.93

Mica 281654 0.01 336016 0.01 424930 0.01 26.46

Clay (others) 191800 0.01 120574 0.00 392891 0.01 225.85

Sand (excluding metal bearing) 258882 0.01 262181 0.01 332095 0.01 26.67

Other minerals 2236902 0.07 2509492 0.07 2813915 0.05 12.13


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Value of Mineral Imports, 2007-08 and 2008-09

Pet roleum (Crude)

73%

Coal

6%

Others

3%

Coke

1%

Natural Gas

3%

Copper Ores & Conc.

5%

Diamond

9%

2007-08Total Value

Rs. 349,507 crore

Pet roleum (Crude)

67%

Diamond

15%

Coal

8%

Copper Ores & Conc.

3%

Natural Gas

3%

Coke

1%

Others

3%

2008-09Total Value

Rs. 514,509 crore


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FOREIGN TRADE

Table 10 : Value of Imports of Ores & Minerals, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(by Principal Countries)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increase (+)

or decrease (-)

Country Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09(Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total over


All Countries 3050279536 100.00 3495065225 100.00 5145093369 100.00 47.22

Saudi Arabia 495309645 16.24 611579133 17.50 719626057 13.99 17.67

UAE 195217979 6.40 306173541 8.76 617182162 12.00 101.58

Iran 300000853 9.84 403199782 11.54 513700248 9.98 27.41

Nigeria 314826190 10.32 302381441 8.65 396431103 7.71 31.10

Kuwait 225081061 7.38 249329556 7.13 361746406 7.03 45.09

Iraq 249412673 8.18 274843938 7.86 341240038 6.63 24.16

Australia 143210764 4.70 162045471 4.64 253935006 4.94 56.71

Hong Kong 42083181 1.38 37732913 1.08 210815651 4.10 458.70Belgium 150059034 4.92 122218976 3.50 191374897 3.72 56.58

Venezuela 32047211 1.05 15675043 0.45 184472556 3.59 1076.86

Indonesia 83193620 2.73 71078374 2.03 143168975 2.78 101.42

Qatar 71403641 2.34 72248595 2.07 130302250 2.53 80.35

Malaysia 106733217 3.50 93990554 2.69 125711237 2.44 33.75

China 57203719 1.88 57474490 1.64 75626117 1.47 31.58

USA 25522710 0.84 17555784 0.50 70529735 1.37 301.75

Angola 10927226 0.36 40838995 1.17 64988437 1.26 59.13

South Africa 17249113 0.57 33619243 0.96 63922846 1.24 90.14

Chile 83405039 2.73 69305866 1.98 61556764 1.20 -11.18

Egypt 36413019 1.19 34978600 1.00 58942313 1.15 68.51

UK 59938000 1.97 48537980 1.39 48295145 0.94 -0.50

Mexico 29644751 0.97 33191301 0.95 43781801 0.85 31.91

Turkey 7345863 0.24 54990459 1.57 40417401 0.79 -26.50

Libya 2782279 0.09 46003304 1.32 30700236 0.60 -33.27

Israel 22880376 0.75 18235404 0.52 28327051 0.55 55.34

Jordan 7480134 0.25 9667839 0.28 28205417 0.55 191.74

Russia 9926081 0.33 9719713 0.28 25883480 0.50 166.30

Yemen Republic 84938930 2.78 51996329 1.49 25728532 0.50 -50.52

Algeria 15603547 0.51 18483633 0.53 21340905 0.41 15.46

Brazil 19197663 0.63 11607631 0.33 19487026 0.38 67.88

Oman 6773712 0.22 25820311 0.74 19118608 0.37 -25.96

Brunei 12876712 0.42 9075598 0.26 18321268 0.36 101.87

Sudan 2908500 0.10 16314603 0.47 15937876 0.31 -2.31

Guinea 14636325 0.48 27137385 0.78 10399032 0.20 -61.68

Papua New Guinea 11831661 0.39 6068302 0.17 8298709 0.16 36.76

Unspecified 9320879 0.31 26100251 0.75 12888406 0.25 -50.62

Other countries 92894228 3.05 105844887 3.03 162689686 3.16 53.71


The countrywise details relating to some of the commodities are not available from the source agency. The figures in

respect of such commodities have been grouped under country item "unspecified".


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Metals & Alloys

The value of imports of metals & alloys at

Rs.199489 crore showed an increase of 40.5% in

2008-09 as compared to Rs. 141947 crore in the

previous year. The contribution of metals & alloys

in the total value of all merchandise imported to

India was 15% in 2008-09.

Gold, non-monetary & monetary (total) with a

share of 48% continued to occupy the top position

in the total value of metals in 2008-09. Iron & steel

came in second place and accounted for a share

of 30.2%. Platinum alloys & related metals

occupied the third place with a share of 6.9%followed by silver 4.8%, aluminium and alloys

inc luding scrap 3 .4% and copper & a l loys

(including Brass & Bronze) 2.8%. The individual

share of remaining metals was less than one

percent of the total value of imports of metals &

alloys.

The imports value of metals & alloys during

2008-09 was generally on higher side for most of

the important metals and alloys. The value of

import of silver rose to more than double and

that of cadmium (including waste & scrap) to about

five times while that of platinum alloys & related

metals increased to significantly higher level

during 2008-09 over the previous year. The value

of imports of gold, non-monetary & monetary

(total) increased by 41.5% in 2008-09 as compared

to that in the previous year while that of iron &

steel rose by 25.4%, aluminium alloys & scrap by

11.8%, lead and alloys including scrap by 20.2%,

ferro-alloys by 15.5%, tin and alloys including

scrap by 25.7%, silicon by 30.4%, cobalt and alloys

(including waste and scrap) 51.5%, magnesium &

scrap by 54.1%, chromium & alloys by 38.6% and

mercury 35.2%. On the other hand, during 2008-

09, the value of imports of zinc and alloys

including scrap showed a decline of 38.6%,

followed by antimony alloys and scrap 37.3%,

nickel & alloys (including scrap) 34.8%, selenium

30.9%, bismuth & scrap 27.2% and manganese &

alloys including waste & scrap 12.3% as compared

to the previous year.

India imported metals & alloys from 184

countries in 2008-09 as against 183 countries in

2007-08 (both figures include unspecified

country item). Bulk of the metals & alloys was

impor ted f rom 29 coun t r i e s ( inc lud ing

unspecified country item) which accounted for

95.1% of the total value of metal imports in 2008-

09. Switzerland occupied the top position with a

contribution of 22.2 % of the total value of metal

imports in 2008-09 followed by UAE in secondplace with a share of 16.3%. The countries next in

the order were Australia 10.3%, China 8%, South

Africa 7%, UK 4.4%, Rep. of Korea 4.1%, USA

3.5%, Germany and Russia 2.5% each. The

individual share of Japan, Malaysia, Italy, France

and Thailand was between 2% and 1% and that of

remaining 15 countrie s was less than one percent.

During 2008-09, the import value of metals and

alloys from UAE, UK, Mexico and Turkey rose to

more than double during the year 2008-09 as

compared to the previous year. Imports of metals

& alloys in terms of value from Australia also

rose by 60.9%, Malaysia 54.2%, South Africa

51.2%, Rep. of Korea 46.9%, Switzerland 34.9%,

Canada 29.8%, Ukraine 28.2%, Japan 26.4%,

Russia 26.3%, Italy 19.3%, USA 18.6%, Germany

15.6%, China 13.4%, Singapore 13.2% and

France 11.2%.

Decline in the value of import of metals &

alloys was however observed in 2008-09 in case

of Saudi Arabia by 45.7%, Romania by 32.7%,

Hong Kong by 28.5%, Netherlands by 23.7%,

Spain by 18% and Nepal by 14.7% as compared

to previous year (Tables - 11 to 13). Imports of

selected mineral-based products in 2006-07 to

2008-09 are given in Table-14.


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Table 11 : Imports of Metals and Alloys, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(Value in Rs. 000)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Metal/Alloy Unit


All Metals and Alloys 1234608824 1419471936 1994888257

Aluminium alloys & scrap tonne 443483 53113387 534832 61485631 564928 68722275

Antimony alloys & scrap tonne 2107 511906 2144 391539 967 245595

Bismuth & scrap tonne 186 74684 153 129863 99 94608

Boron tonne 31 13643 5 2717 ++ 3517

Cadmium & scrap tonne 121 18443 115 23136 526 113505

Chromium alloys & scrap tonne 349 174004 498 202283 600 280271

Cobalt alloys &


Cobalt & alloys tonne 492 829449 599 1166258 804 1766544

Cobalt (scrap) tonne ++ 56

Copper (cement copper

precipitated) tonne 105 7305 150 22220 321 59757

Copper & alloys

(incl. brass & bronze) tonne 193130 50108932 227322 60908805 220300 55434757

Copper and alloys tonne 77647 26449920 107782 35173017 106417 32683321

Copper (scrap) tonne 31204 6672834 24252 6219185 23245 6855978

Copper alloys (scrap) tonne 36 6718 19 533 3 1740

Brass & bronze tonne 11539 3563684 19060 5797611 18200 5661285

Brass & bronze (scrap) tonne 72704 13415776 76209 13718459 72435 10232433

Ferro-alloys: Total tonne 134910 13331975 164104 15716456 140415 18147906

Ferro-boron tonne 176 13495 197 14566 198 26167

Ferro-chrome tonne 19054 1315321 19303 1627664 12377 2661484

Charge-chrome tonne 10 696 869 31720 . .

Ferro-manganese tonne 12037 550471 21750 1467911 22007 1765283

Ferro-molybdenum tonne 262 512113 481 1152400 840 1815864

Ferro-nickel tonne 7753 5533744 8133 4821994 7663 2848105

Ferro-niobium tonne 1707 761554 1599 1246737 1779 1958029

Ferro-phosphorus tonne 1098 23608 1264 32702 1336 37898

Ferro-silicon tonne 86833 3129023 96310 4039459 82751 5434244

Ferro-titanium tonne 441 344022 570 225563 559 163324

Ferro-tungsten tonne 87 98968 67 73119 45 61073Ferro-vanadium tonne 523 774588 196 302242 243 512008

Ferro-silico-chrome tonne 114 8308 59 5844 . .

Ferro-silico-magnesium tonne 1757 79988 4062 204619 3834 316924

Ferro-silico-manganese tonne 207 5655 513 19132 239 25652

Ferro-zirconium tonne 63 6790 298 20513 125 14229

Ferro-alloys (others) tonne 2788 173631 8433 430271 6419 507622

Gold, non-monetary &


Gold, non-


Gold, non-

monetary: powder kg 7 3733 251 287843 1 628

Gold,non-

monetary: other

semi-manufactured

forms kg 298709 273887116 257065 244594639 139603 164426453Gold, non-monetary,

other unwrought forms kg 417101 380507867 441097 428709545 631441 788811559

Gold-clad metals/

base metales, NES tonne ++ 2308 ++ 13324 2 7235

Iron & steel: Total tonne 9942835 377449711 11699378 480903967 11778361 603114119

Iron & steel (finished

steel incl. C.R. sheets) tonne 2117966 145757009 2269650 155900225 2230126 174889161

Iron & steel (semi-

finished steel

incl. ingots) tonne 4218937 122187600 5337552 168085357 4467284 211817689

Iron & steel (steel wire) tonne 69338 4218130 108802 5845606 108309 8187717

Iron & steel

(sponge iron) tonne 160437 2121122 2039 37031 295 86008

(Contd.)


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Iron & steel (scrap) tonne 3188060 64335290 3548202 82197925 4443073 105265307

Iron & steel

(alloy steel granules) tonne 11511 403456 11133 361749 11069 518159

Iron & steel

(alloy steel powder) tonne 1280 265516 2072 324305 1247 265392

Iron & steel (other

finished steel, NES) tonne 175217 38156419 419928 68151769 516958 102084686

Iron & steel: material tonne 89 5169

Pig & cast iron

incl. spiegeleisen tonne 28055 1121600 57120 1956276 35484 1780758

Lead and alloys & scrap tonne 184021 10718814 154292 15706501 209455 18878086

Lead & alloys tonne 159848 9680518 137823 14466770 183610 16713024

Lead (scrap) tonne 24173 1038296 16469 1239731 25845 2165062

Magnesium & scrap tonne 6975 688700 8372 1064742 7745 1640852

Manganese & alloys incl.

waste & scrap: Total tonne 14931 1033403 10635 1358990 7176 1191814

Manganese & alloys(unwrought & wrought) tonne 7289 485827 9125 1201512 6651 1086531

Manganese &

alloys, NES tonne 7463 536045 1499 157224 525 105283

Manganese, waste &

scrap tonne 179 11531 11 254 . .

Mercury tonne 221 138260 121 66962 115 90531

Molybdenum & scrap tonne 221 752997 385 1211521 420 1284932

Nickel and alloys

(incl. scrap) tonne 23249 26724927 22785 29832667 20514 19453631

Nickel & alloys tonne 20987 26182441 20814 29130690 20194 19362231

Nickel (scrap) tonne 2262 542486 1971 701977 320 91400

Other rare metals, NES tonne 23 64731 29 62753 127 291561

Platinum, alloys and

related metals : Total kg 6063 2528583 6468 6247752 53967 136803700

Platinum (powder,

unwrought & others) kg 881 1368874 1985 4774955 50835 135124436Other metals of

platinum group kg 5182 1159709 4483 1472797 3132 1679264

Platinum-clad base/

precious metals kg 41 7753 18 1478 361 905

Precious metals/metals

clad with precious metals tonne 3 196410 12 203703 6 203108

Selenium tonne 238 481428 152 629660 164 435275

Silicon tonne 25733 1401899 25521 1641824 19998 2140234

Silver tonne 834 9686596 2690 46358875 5696 94684290

Silver clad base metals kg 459 3117 17 541 94 518

Tantalum & scrap: Total tonne ++ 15703 2 15497 8 32440

Tantalum alloys,

unwrought tonne ++ 15703 2 15497 8 31760

Tantalum & scrap tonne ++ 680

Tellurium tonne 3 13829 6 25915 ++ 13133

Tin and alloys (incl. scrap) t onne 5590 2546808 6061 3727352 7689 4686282Tin & alloys tonne 5355 2472254 5712 3682089 5665 4604114

Tin (scrap) tonne 142 40929 120 5002 41 15418

Tin & alloys: worked tonne 93 33625 229 40261 1983 66750

Titanium alloys & scrap tonne 466 1045056 577 1138852 809 1323628

Tungsten alloys & scrap kg 325599 674363 292983 652703 303988 711863

Vanadium & scrap tonne 8 26211 ++ 27 X X

Zinc and alloys (incl. scrap)tonne 179034 24695652 106214 12996924 94694 7977278

Zinc & alloys tonne 130564 21229156 73642 9766971 80129 7018812

Zinc (scrap) tonne 48470 3466496 32572 3229953 14565 958466

Zirconium & scrap tonne 22 7465 9 12195 12 34709


2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Metal/Alloy Unit


Table - 11 (Concld.)


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FOREIGN TRADE

Table 12 : Value of Imports of Metals & Alloys, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(by Principal Metals & Alloys)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increase (+)

or decrease (-)

Metal/Alloy Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09



All Metals & Alloys 1234608824 100.00 1419471936 100.00 1994888257 100.00 40.54

Gold (Non--monetary

& monetary): Total 654398716 53.00 673592027 47.45 953238640 47.78 41.52

Iron & steel 377449711 30.57 480903967 33.88 603114119 30.23 25.41

Platinum alloys &

related metals 2528583 0.20 6247753 0.44 136803700 6.86 2089.65

Silver 9686596 0.78 46358875 3.27 94684290 4.75 104.24

Aluminium & alloys

including scrap 53113387 4.30 61485631 4.33 68722275 3.44 11.77

Copper & alloys

(including brass & bronze) 50108932 4.06 60908805 4.29 55434757 2.78 -8.99

Nickel & alloys including scrap 2 6724927 2.16 29832667 2.10 19453631 0.98 -34.79

Lead & alloys including scrap 10718814 0.87 15706501 1.11 18878086 0.95 20.19

Ferro-alloys 13331975 1.08 15716456 1.11 18147906 0.91 15.47

Zinc & alloys including scrap 24695652 2.00 12996926 0.92 7977278 0.40 -38.62

Tin & alloys including scrap 2546808 0.21 3727355 0.26 4686282 0.23 25.73

Silicon 1401899 0.11 1641824 0.12 2140234 0.11 30.36

Pig & cast iron

(including spiegeleisen) 1121600 0.09 1956276 0.14 1780758 0.09 -8.97

Cobalt & alloys


Magnesium & scrap 688700 0.06 1064742 0.08 1640852 0.08 54.11

Titanium & alloys


Molybdenum & scrap 752997 0.06 1211521 0.09 1284932 0.06 6.06

Manganese & scrap

(including waste & scrap) 1033403 0.08 1358990 0.10 1191814 0.06 -12.30

Tungsten & alloys

including scrap 674363 0.05 652703 0.05 711863 0.04 9.06

Selenium 481428 0.04 629660 0.04 435275 0.02 -30.87

Other rare metals, NES 64731 0.01 62753 0.00 291561 0.01 364.62

Chromium & alloys 174004 0.01 202283 0.01 280271 0.01 38.55

Antimony alloys & scrap 511906 0.04 391539 0.03 245595 0.01 -37.27

Precious metals/metals clad

with precious metals 196410 0.02 203703 0.01 203108 0.01 -0.29

Cadmium (including waste & scrap)18443 0.00 23136 0.00 113505 0.01 390.60

Bismuth & alloys 74684 0.01 129863 0.01 94608 0.00 -27.15

Mercury 138260 0.01 66962 0.00 90531 0.00 35.20

Other metals & alloys 97334 0.01 93908 0.01 152214 0.01 62.09


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Value of Imports of Metals & Alloys, 2007-08 and 2008-09

Iron & Steel

34%

Gold (Non-Monetary

& Monetary)

48%

Nickel Alloys & Scrap

2%Others

5%

Silver

3%


Brass & Branze)

4%

Aluminium Alloys &Scrap

4%

2007-08Total Value

Rs. 141,947 crore

Iron & Steel

30%

Gold (Non-Monetary

& Monetary)

48%

Others10%

Nickel Alloys & Scrap

1%

Silver

5%


Brass & Branze)

3%

Aluminium Alloys &

Scrap

3%

2008-09Total Value

Rs. 199,489 crore


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FOREIGN TRADE

Table 13 : Value of Imports of Metals & Alloys, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(by Principal Countries)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p) % increase (+)

or decrease (-)

Country Value % share Value % share Value % share in 2008-09(Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total (Rs. 000) in total over


All Countries 1234608824 100.00 1419471936 100.00 1994888257 100.00 40.54

Switzerland 341313288 27.65 328615170 23.15 443431635 22.23 34.94

UAE 98989287 8.02 130374062 9.18 325947779 16.34 150.01

Australia 134895121 10.93 128182462 9.03 206224142 10.34 60.88

China 101703504 8.24 141172739 9.95 160145750 8.03 13.44

South Africa 76488892 6.20 92318301 6.50 139624483 7.00 51.24

UK 35723871 2.89 40378276 2.84 87690450 4.40 117.17

Korea, Republic of 37058372 3.00 55783927 3.93 81938036 4.11 46.88

USA 33628117 2.72 58489448 4.12 69338965 3.48 18.55

Germany 30711878 2.49 42816278 3.02 49482161 2.48 15.57

Russia 35311124 2.86 39062658 2.75 49343552 2.47 26.32

Japan 28455973 2.30 37328069 2.63 47177447 2.36 26.39

Malaysia 12752266 1.03 15425198 1.09 23786434 1.19 54.21

Italy 16216003 1.31 16933112 1.19 20192116 1.01 19.25

France 10492555 0.85 18079436 1.27 20097464 1.01 11.16

Thailand 11528546 0.93 18650607 1.31 19786488 0.99 6.09

Belgium 10753618 0.87 16839546 1.19 18666612 0.94 10.85

Ukrain 16041053 1.30 12986450 0.91 16653242 0.83 28.24

Mexico 942277 0.08 7386922 0.52 14956997 0.75 102.48

Hong Kong 20791274 1.68 19970711 1.41 14286620 0.72 -28.46

Singapore 9807537 0.79 10512125 0.74 11903041 0.60 13.23

Sweden 16557162 1.34 10386051 0.73 10625090 0.53 2.30

Chinese Taipei/Taiwan 6736891 0.55 9444953 0.67 9891213 0.50 4.72

Netherlands 11855278 0.96 12534787 0.88 9568085 0.48 -23.67

Canada 6676255 0.54 7094764 0.50 9207939 0.46 29.78

Saudi Arabia 9565729 0.77 15720669 1.11 8541027 0.43 -45.67

Turkey 1121344 0.09 4054078 0.29 8482114 0.43 109.22

Romania 6943171 0.56 10579327 0.75 7120670 0.36 -32.69

Spain 4861755 0.39 7766493 0.55 6365958 0.32 -18.03

Nepal 2036985 0.16 7141017 0.50 6094757 0.31 -14.65

Other countries 104649698 8.48 103444300 7.29 98317990 4.93 -4.96



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Table 14 : Imports of Selected Mineral-based Products, 2006-07 to 2008-09

(Value in Rs. 000)

2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)

Mineral-based product UnitQty Value Qty Value Qty Value

All Items 507690518 715323475 929282186

Aluminium fluoride tonne 8960 391704 13287 612569 23248 1424052

Asbestos cement products tonne 139 22378 230 27625 493 35651

Bleaching powder tonne ++ 13 ++ 41

Boric acid tonne 9085 209109 6645 142708 10108 309126

Briquettes of coke,

semi-coke of coal tonne 90 227 22 492 42 1482

Calcium carbide tonne 49024 1135402 56000 1464903 70861 2526028

Caustic soda tonne 148979 2302687 143568 2176093 152446 2713648

Cement: Total tonne 211771 654019 621474 2181608 1025829 3451142

Cement (portland grey) tonne 10354 30840 381586 1240441 792429 2752299

Cement (portland white) tonne 995 5159 2678 15265 6860 38752

Cement (clinkers) tonne 182030 450130 174015 606887 170602 323491

Cement (others) tonne 18392 167890 63195 319015 55938 336600

Cryolite (artificial) tonne 14600 289380 9194 169837 14331 326041

Fire bricks/

refractory bricks tonne 264177 5675417 398342 6768131 778781 10309931

Graphite (artificial) tonne 17321 1016252 18450 1322611 32281 2080876

Graphite bricks & shapes tonne 333 19074 159 7549 594 20649

Graphite crucibles tonne 749 46055 1794 76292 6072 160680

Hydrofluoric acid tonne 1819 68811 1607 72210 716 47260

Manganese oxide: Total tonne 8978 437168 7039 339579 6449 499483

Manganese oxides (other

than manganese dioxide) tonne 1570 123087 1230 99293 1069 124001

Manganese dioxide tonne 7408 314081 5809 240286 5380 375482

Petroleum products: Total 000 t 17660 411600000 22461 610000000 20327 642690000

Light distillates 000 t 8005 213690000 9485 292210000 8001 276170000

Naptha 000 t 5306 142770000 5983 184700000 5023 174100000

Other distillates 000 t 2699 70920000 3502 107510000 2978 102070000

Middle distillates 000 t 2392 69380000 5443 175560000 4215 163180000

Heavy ends 000 t 7263 128530000 7533 142230000 8111 203340000

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Phosphoric acid tonne 2228835 44048269 2045995 40866828 1643108 112249680

Phosphorus (elemental) tonne 12316 1069411 16672 1451713 13842 4296459

Phosphatic fertilizers tonne 37 7402 184 5994 165161 5735811

Potash fertilizer tonne 3038537 30880094 3718950 39147074 5062896 131474703

Potassium nitrate tonne 3343 81818 3751 95122 1476 78868

Silicon carbide crucibles tonne 236 24809 843 33795 2607 180490

Soda ash tonne 260387 2139366 355915 3259382 358555 4120215

Sodium fluoride tonne 57 11008 36 4739 X X

Sodium nitrate tonne 4850 66910 6836 99816 5832 119584

Sodium nitrite tonne 8370 131347 6987 124775 10602 305715

Sulphur (sublimed,

precipitated &

colloidal): Total tonne 1130 60337 1085 61924 1202 114502

Sulphur (colloidal) tonne 309 6271 115 6965 7 971

Sulphur (precipitated) tonne 307 20784 597 36574 777 76999

Sulphur (sublimed) tonne 514 33282 373 18385 418 36532

Titanium oxide &

dioxide: Total tonne 17584 1550819 19425 1599624 15707 1469923

Titanium oxide tonne 418 37307 1121 58965 1617 90476

Titanium dioxide tonne 17166 1513512 18304 1540659 14090 1379447

Other refractory

manufactures tonne 23247 1518492 59770 1226525 72574 1435321

Non-ferrous ash & residues tonne 30740 2230425 36113 1977277 19354 1085031

Slag dross tonne 168 2315 467 6639 327 19835


2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 (p)



Table - 14 (Concld.)

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