Crude Leads Import Fall of 11.4% in Jan’15 over Jan’14, Diamond Falls, Intermediates Rise Substantially

Quick Estimates for Selected Major Commodities for January, 2015

Trade: Import

Sl. No.	Commodities	(Values in Million USD)		% Change
		Jan'14	Jan'15	Jan'15
1	Cotton Raw & Waste	19.10	15.81	-17.23
2	Vegetable Oil	730.63	810.13	10.88
3	Pulses	155.74	265.83	70.69
4	Fruits & vegetables	128.38	137.75	7.30
5	Pulp and Waste paper	66.59	82.73	24.24
6	Textile yarn Fabric, made-up articles	128.39	142.43	10.94
7	Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured	394.34	482.63	22.39
8	Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites	18.54	26.63	43.64
9	Metaliferrous ores & other minerals	998.67	718.10	-28.09
10	Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc.	1500.73	1830.62	21.98
11	Petroleum, Crude & products	13187.76	8247.65	-37.46
12	Wood & Wood products	492.05	445.88	-9.38
13	Leather & leather products	70.34	83.29	18.41
14	Organic & Inorganic Chemicals	1505.62	1420.49	-5.65
15	Dyeing/tanning/colouring materials	211.36	198.07	-6.29
16	Artificial resins, plastic materials, etc.	925.04	840.63	-9.13
17	Chemical material & products	429.98	462.90	7.66
18	Newsprint	80.57	64.74	-19.65
19	Pearls, precious & Semi-precious stones	1654.38	1145.99	-30.73
20	Iron & Steel	1098.05	1448.67	31.93
21	Non-ferrous metals	791.29	1001.85	26.61
22	Machine tools	239.31	267.98	11.98
23	Machinery, electrical & non-electrical	2455.17	2378.78	-3.11
24	Transport equipment	1622.58	1822.01	12.29
25	Project goods	423.75	248.75	-41.30
26	Professional instrument, Optical goods, etc.	269.22	280.94	4.35
27	Electronic goods	2692.67	3235.27	20.15
28	Medicinal & Pharmaceutical products	428.59	415.28	-3.11
29	Gold	1441.16	1558.39	8.13
30	Silver	295.04	381.27	29.23
	Sub-Total	34455.04	30461.49	-11.59
	Grand Total	36346.32	32205.63	-11.39

Note: The figures for January'14 and January'15 are provisional and subject to change.