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Area, Production and productivity of cotton in India duringlast six decades

YearArea in

lakhhectares

Production inlakh bales of

170 kgs

Yield kgs perhectare

1950-51 56.48 30.62 92

1960-61 76.78 56.41 124

1970-71 76.05 47.63 106

1980-81 78.24 78.60 170

1990-91 74.39 117.00 267

1991-92 76.93 119.00 263

1992-93 75.41 138.00 311

1993-94 74.40 121.50 278

1994-95 78.61 138.50 300

1995-96 90.63 170.20 319

1996-97 91.66 177.90 330

1997-98 89.04 158.00 302

1998-99 92.87 165.00 302

1999-00 87.31 156.00 304

2000-01 85.76 140.00 278

2001-02 87.30 158.00 308

2002-03 76.67 136.00 302

2003-04 76.30 179.00 399

2004-05 87.86 243.00 470

2005-06 86.77 244.00 478

2006-07 91.44 280.00 521

2007-08 94.14 307.00 554

2008-09 94.06 290.00 524

2009-10 101.71 292.00 488

Source : Cotton Advisory Board


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Staple-wise production of cotton

Quantity in lakh bales of 170 kgs

STAPLE GROUP2000-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08

Short

(below 20.0 mm) 9.50 9.50 9.00 7.60 7.11 6.80 6.00 4.00 Medium/MediumLong (20.5 to 27mm)

74.00 82.50 72.00 75.90136.8

064.00 54.00 63.00

LongStaple(27.5 to 32.0

mm)

52.00 61.00 51.00 89.95 94.07165.4

0216.1

5243.00

Extra Longstaple (32.5 mm& above)

4.50 5.00 4.00 5.55 5.02 4.80 3.85 5.00

TOTAL 140.00

158.00

136.00

179.00

243.00

241.00

280.00

315.00

Note : Staple-group-wise production figures are estimated


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Staple-wise mill consumption of cotton (Non-SSI)

Cotton year - October to September

Figures in lakh bales of 170 kgs each

96-97 97-9898-99

99-00 2000-01

2001-02

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

SHORT(below20.0mm)

11.3 8.2 6.13 7.27 9.71 6.96 5.99 5.93 5.16

(7.51) (5.72) (4.21) (4.83) (6.50) (4.73) (4.20) (3.94) (3.15)

MEDIUM(20.5 to25.5mm)

53.79 45.04 42.19 47.83 46.05 38.57 38.05 36.29 50.4

(35.76)

(31.44)

(28.99)

(31.76)

(30.83)

(26.24)

(26.72)

(24.13)

(30.80)

MEDIUM

LONG(26.0 to27.5mm)

29.62 27.64 25.77 25.82 24.44 23.46 25.1 22.96 22.43

(19.69)

(19.30)

(17.71)

(17.15)

(16.37)

(15.96)

(17.62)

(15.27)

(13.71)

LONG(28.0 to33.5mm)

47.63 53.68 58.18 47.31 43.79 47.67 53.02 70.3 71.57

(31.67)

(37.48)

(39.98)

(31.43)

(29.32)

(32.43)

(37.23)

(46.74)

(43.74)

EXTRALONG(34 mm&

above)

7.24 6.07 5.78 4.28 3.86 4.09 4.17 4.42 4.02

(4.82) (4.24) (3.97) (2.84) (2.58) (2.78) (2.93) (2.94) (2.46)

TOTALINDIANCOTTON

149.58 140.63 138.05 132.51 127.85 120.75 126.33 139.9 153.58

(99.45)

(98.18)

(94.86)

(87.99)

(85.60)

(82.14)

(88.70)

(93.02)

(93.86)

FOREIGNCOTTON

0.83 2.61 7.48 18.08 21.51 26.25 16.09 10.49 10.05

(0.55) (1.82) (5.14)(12.01)

(14.40)

(17.86)

(11.30)

(6.98) (6.14)

GRANDTOTAL

150.41 143.24 145.53 150.59 149.36 147.00 142.42 150.39 163.63

(100%

)

(100%

)

(100%

)

(100%

)

(100%

)

(100%

)

(100%

)

(100%

) (100%)

SSI Mills 7.50 6.54 6.24 8.37 10.97 11.70 11.63 12.99 16.38

Note : Figures inbracket indicatepercentage to thetotal

Source : Office of the Textile Commissioner,Mumbai


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State-wise Cotton consumption by the Textile Mills

in '000 kgs

States/UnionTerritories

2000-01 2001-02 2002-032003-04

2004-05

Andhra Pradesh 119396 111350 107193 124155 132035Assam 1337 1110 453 116 97

Bihar 3225 92 -- -- --

Delhi -- -- -- -- --

Gujarat 196647 228572 212919 198638236196

Haryana 134310 151141 106495 93727 95289

Himachal Pradesh 55805 53918 64854 69322 72730

Jammu & Kashmir 3290 2238 687 23 2108

Jharkhand 978 1985 1393 1250 1404

Karnataka 80239 79311 79203 70318 82498

Kerala 41588 40144 38338 30621 32882

Madhya Pradesh 163864 135365 142154 145819 148296

Maharashtra 334074 314009 297043 271506 321338

Manipur 322 252 -- -- --

Orissa 10137 8673 7205 5525 2445

Punjab 242641 233253 257219 265171 293549Rajasthan 101619 89795 98276 94694 96929

Tamil Nadu 1120379 1144191 1178287116089

11245826

Uttaranchal 20 503 19 27 --

Uttar Pradesh 62739 55654 55267 51782 54330

West Bengal 19675 18858 16605 14966 16295

Union Territories

Dadra Nagar Haveli 7851 13414 19670 36268 33332

Daman & Diu 4477 1425 172 104 75

Pondicherry 16368 15893 15670 17081 17989

Total 2720981 2701146 2699122265200

42885643

Source : Office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai


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Cotton Consumption by Organized Sector Textile Mills (Non-SSIMills) and Small Scale Spinning Mills (SSI) Units

(In lakh bales of 170 kgs each)

.

.

Non-SSI Mills SSI Mills

AvgConsumption

AvgConsumption

Year

Cottonconsumptio

n

monthlyconsumption

Cottonconsumptio

n

monthlyconsumption

1996-97 158.30 13.20 7.89 0.66

1997-98 149.78 12.48 6.54 0.55

1998-99 145.53 12.13 6.24 0.52

1999-2000 150.59 12.55 8.37 0.70

2000-2001 149.36 12.45 10.97 0.91

2001-2002 147.00 12.25 11.70 0.98

2002-2003 142.42 11.87 11.63 0.97

2003-2004 150.39 12.53 12.99 1.08

2004-2005 163.98 13.67 16.57 1.58

2005-2006 182.00 15.17 20.00 1.67

E:Estimated

Source: Office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai.


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State-wise Cotton consumption by the Textile Mills

in '000 kgs

States/UnionTerritories

2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05

Andhra Pradesh 119396 111350 107193 124155 132035Assam 1337 1110 453 116 97

Bihar 3225 92 -- -- --

Delhi -- -- -- -- --

Gujarat 196647 228572 212919 198638 236196

Haryana 134310 151141 106495 93727 95289

Himachal Pradesh 55805 53918 64854 69322 72730

Jammu & Kashmir 3290 2238 687 23 2108

Jharkhand 978 1985 1393 1250 1404

Karnataka 80239 79311 79203 70318 82498

Kerala 41588 40144 38338 30621 32882

Madhya Pradesh 163864 135365 142154 145819 148296

Maharashtra 334074 314009 297043 271506 321338

Manipur 322 252 -- -- --

Orissa 10137 8673 7205 5525 2445

Punjab 242641 233253 257219 265171 293549

Rajasthan 101619 89795 98276 94694 96929

Tamil Nadu 1120379 1144191 1178287 1160891 1245826

Uttaranchal 20 503 19 27 --

Uttar Pradesh 62739 55654 55267 51782 54330

West Bengal 19675 18858 16605 14966 16295

Union Territories

Dadra NagarHaveli

7851 13414 19670 36268 33332

Daman & Diu 4477 1425 172 104 75Pondicherry 16368 15893 15670 17081 17989

Total 2720981 2701146 2699122 2652004 2885643

Source : Office of the Textile Commissioner, Mumbai


7/27

COTTON BALANCE SHEET (As drawn by the Cotton Advisory Board)

Cotton yearfrom Octoberto September

Quantity in lakh bales of 170 kgs

96-97 97-98 98-99 99-00 00-01 01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09

SUPPLY

Opening stock 39.16 30.38 30.00 36.50 40.50 29.00 40.00 24.00 21.00 72.00 52.00 47.50 43.00

Crop size 177.90 158.00 165.00 156.00 140.00 158.00 136.00 179.00 243.00 244.00 280.00 315.00 322.00

Imports 0.30 4.13 7.87 22.01 22.13 25.26 17.67 7.21 12.17 4.00 5.53 6.50

TotalAvailability

217.36 192.51 202.87 214.51 202.63 212.26 193.67 210.21 276.17 320.00 337.53 369.00 370.00

DEMAND

consumption150.41 143.24 145.53 150.60 149.36 147.00 142.42 150.39 163.98 182.00 194.89 203.00 203.00

Small Millconsumption 7.89 6.54 6.24 8.37 10.97 11.70 11.63 13.00 16.57 20.00 21.26 23.00 23.00

Non-Millconsumption

11.86 9.23 13.59 14.39 12.70 13.06 14.78 13.71 14.48 15.00 15.88 15.00 15.00

Totalconsumption

170.16 159.01 165.36 173.36 173.03 171.76 168.83 177.10 195.03 217.00 232.03 241.00 241.00

Export 16.82 3.50 1.01 0.65 0.60 0.50 0.84 12.11 9.14 47.00 58.00 85.00 75.00

Totaldisappearance

186.98 162.51 166.37 174.01 173.63 172.26 169.67 189.21 204.17 264.00 290.03 326.00 316.00

Carry forward 30.38 30.00 36.50 40.50 29.00 40.00 24.00 21.00 72.00 56.00 47.50 43.00 54.00

Source : Cotton Advisory Board.


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AREA, PRODUCTION AND PRODUCTIVITY OF COTTON (STATE-WISE)

1996-97onwards.

Area in lakh hectares/ Production in lakh bales of 170 kgs/ Yieldkgs per hectare

Year 1996-97 1997-98 1998-99 1999-2000 2000-01

State Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield Area Prod Yield

Punjab 7.4216.0

0367

7.27 7.25170

5.62 5.00151

4.75 7.85281

4.74 9.50341

Haryana 6.4913.5

0354

6.38 9.00240

5.82 7.00204

5.4610.6

5332

5.5510.0

0306

Rajasthan

6.5414.0

0364

6.4511.0

0290

6.4511.5

0303

5.8313.0

0379

5.1010.7

5358

Northtotal

20.45

43.50

362

20.10

27.25

230

17.89

23.50

223

16.04

31.50

334

15.39

30.25

334

Gujarat

15.2

4

34.2

5

38

2

15.1

9

42.0

0

47

0

16.0

7

47.5

0

50

2

15.3

9

27.5

0

30

4

16.1

5

23.7

5

25

0

Maharashtra

30.85

33.00

182

31.39

21.50

116

31.99

26.50

141

32.54

38.00

199

30.77

18.25

101

MadhyaPradesh

5.2718.7

5605

5.1722.5

0740

5.0118.7

5636

5.2515.5

0502

5.0619.2

5647

Centraltotal

51.36

86.00

285

51.75

86.00

283

53.07

92.75

297

53.18

81.00

259

51.98

61.25

200

AndhraPradesh

10.07

26.50

447

8.9825.5

0483

12.78

25.00

333

10.39

22.50

368

10.22

25.25

420

Karnata

ka

6.68 9.0022

9

5.18 7.5024

6

6.08 8.7524

5

5.40 7.0022

0

5.60 7.7523

5TamilNadu

2.60 5.50360

2.47 5.00344

2.43 5.50385

1.85 5.50505

1.93 5.50484

SouthTotal

19.35

41.00

360

16.63

38.00

388

21.29

39.25

313

17.64

35.00

337

17.75

38.50

369

Others 0.50 1.00340

0.56 1.00304

0.62 1.25343

0.45 1.50567

0.64 1.00266

TOTAL171.50

152.25

156.75

149.00

131.00

Looselint

6.40 5.75 8.25 7.00 9.00

GRANDTOTAL

91.66

177.90

330

89.04

158.00

302

92.87

165.00

302

87.31

156.00

304

85.76

140.00

278

Year 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06

StateArea

ProdYield

Area

ProdYield

Area

ProdYield

Area

ProdYield

Area

ProdYield

Punjab 6.00 9.2526

4.49 7.5028

4.5210.3 38

5.0916.5 55

5.5721.0 61


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Minimum Support Prices in Rs.per quintal

Sr.No. Variety

BasicStapleLengt

h(2.5%span

length)

01-02 02-03 03-04 04-05 05-06 06-07 07-08 08-09

1 Assam Comilla1330

1330

1370

1400

1400

1410

1440

2 Bengal Desi1250

1250

1285

1310

1310

1320

1350

3 V-79722.0mm

1560

1560

1605

1640

1640

1665

1700

4 Jayadhar 23.00mm 1560 1560 1605 1640 1640 1650 1680

5 G. Cot 12/1323.0mm

1485

1485

1530

1560

1560

1665

1700

6 AK/Y-124.0mm

1595

1595

1640

1675

1675

1685

1735

7NHH 44Marathwada &Khandesh

24.0mm

1595

1595

1640

1675

1675

1685

1735

8NHH 44(Vidharbha)

25.0mm

1620

1620

1665

1700

1700

1710

1760

9PCO-2 (AP &Karnataka)

25.00mm

--1575

1620

1650

1650

1660

1690

10F-414/H-777/J-34 Raj

24.5mm

1675

-- -- -- -- -- 1800

11F-414/H-777/J-34 HybRajasthan

25.5mm

--1675

1725

1760

1760

1770

1850

12F414/H-777/J-34Hybrid(Haryana)

26.5mm

--1695

1750

1785

1800

1850

1900

13F414/H-777/J-34Hybrid (Punjab)

27.5mm --

1715

1780

1815

1835

1890 1950

14 AHH-46825.5mm

1700

1700

1750

1785

1785

1805

1845

151007/Jhurar/DHY-286

27.0mm

1750

1750

1800

1835

1835

1845

1885

16 LRA 516626.0mm

1750

1750

1800

1835

1835

1835

1900

28.0 180 180 185 188 188 189


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ANNUAL AVERAGE PRICES OF KAPAS FOR IMPORTANT VARIETIES

Prices in Rs per quintal

YEARBENGAL

DESIJ-34 LRA H-4 S-6 DCH-32

1996-97 1168 1770 1786 1905 2010 2316

1997-98 1773 2101 2095 2186 2278 2973

1998-99 1883 2080 2037 2135 2141 2532

1999-00 1443 1836 1835 1909 2067 2732

2000-01 1438 2068 2103 2207 2310 2784

2001-02 1833 1828 1750 1891 1901 --

2002-03 1875 2218 2110 2215 2323 2927

2003-04 1962 2591 2470 2533 2632 3152

2004-05 1689 1844 1835 2003 2037 2840

2005-06 1738 1999 -- 2002 2058 4111

2006-07 1871 2133 -- 2168 2280 3034

2007-08 2351 2523 -- 2483 2613 2827

2008-09*

Source: CCI Branch Offices


11/27

Year-wise/Month-wise prices of lint cotton announced by the Cotton Association of India, Mumba

Prices in Rs per candy sp

Year Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept

96-97 8,850 8,879 8,100 7,980 7,700 8,639 8,827 9,200 10,229 9,950 11,138

97-98 11,447 11,627 12,691 14,386 14,427 14,852 14,890 15,100 15,291 15,638 15,190

98-99 13,173 15,004 14,720 14,513 13,575 13,283 12,710 13,317 13,765 13,792 13,504

99-00 12,004 11,282 10,348 10,280 10,346 10,446 10,547 11,496 12,000 11,500 10,339

00-01 10,305 11,684 11,246 10,462 10,295 10,552 11,432 12,104 12,900 12,600 12,116

01-02 13,648 13,657 13,595 13,020 13,038 13,250 13,592 13,992 14,492 14,637 14,838

02-03 14,282 14,645 14,033 12,207 13,300 13,483 14,347 14,425 14,448 15,055 14,033

03-04 13,487 14,296 13,917 14,858 15,628 15,459 15,655 15,735 16,275 13,000 17,496

04-05 14,295 13,786 12,692 12,600 11,795 11,984 12,195 13,032 13,083 12,980 12,936

05-06 12,848 14,120 14,271 13,627 13,033 12,691 13,479 13,475 13,617 14,413 149,76

06-07 14,705 14,621 14,405 13,923 13,975 146,00 14,845 14,750 15,000 15,904 15,952

07-08 15,426 15,324 16,810 17,052 16,855 18,467 19,264 21,132 23,709 24,808 25890 26523

96-97 15,950 15,388 13,868 14,465 14,352 15,209 15,390 16,483 17,758 17,569 17,867

97-98 18,356 17,746 17,583 19,017 19,463 19,317 19,333 19,369 20,096 19,646 18,409

98-99 17,195 17,458 16,548 16,235 16,179 16,000 15,990 16,413 16,977 17,712 17,621

99-00 15,942 14,391 13,408 13,872 14,875 15,746 15,932 17,308 17,980 18,217 18,139

00-01 16,645 17,640 18,158 17,846 17,841 17,957 18,047 18,404 19,188 18,592 17,689

01-02 15,576 13,910 13,785 13,356 13,083 12,923 13,672 14,068 14,664 15,530 15,500

02-03 14,973 15,690 16,504 16,363 17,704 19,065 20,605 20,750 20,974 22,068 21,462

03-04 20,243 20,765 20,348 21,871 22,022 20,800 21,320 21,780 21,438 21,568 21,496

04-05 15,629 14,682 13,964 15,100 13,895 14,692 14,557 15,286 15,630 15,700 15,527

05-06 14,739 15,060 15,842 15,464 15,095 15,104 16,074 16100 16458 16791 17305

06-07 15,974 15,613 15,475 15,364 16,415 17,760 18,300 18,214 18,550 19,417 19,430

07-08 17,213 17,986 18,420 19,348 19.,705 20,181 20,390 22,286 25,222 27,263 26738 26814

96-97 19,750 18,700 17,920 17,865 17,326 17,657 18,427 19,388 20,033 19,892 20,376

97-98 20,352 19,614 19,270 20,486 20,322 20,309 20,514 20,173 20,633 20,842 20,514

98-99 19,652 19,045 18,712 19,291 18,871 18,087 18,357 18,733 19,050 19,296 19,067

99-00 19,092 18,141 17,276 17,280 17,667 17,842 18,632 18,918 19,032 19,196 19,222

00-01 19,295 20,540 21,146 20,400 19,736 19,061 19,337 19,808 20,188 19,284 18,789

01-02 17,208 15,067 14,930 14,612 14,100 14,006 14,780 14,864 15,392 16,807 17,829

02-03 17,227 17,155 17,896 17,837 19,013 20,413 21,226 21,283 21,339 22,323 21,881

03-04 22,287 22,265 21,274 22,625 22,917 21,945 22,170 22,170 22,121 23,000 22,143

04-05 17,690 16,927 15,448 16,900 14,643 15,028 15,852 15,732 15,765 15,870 15,764

05-06 16,174 16,635 17,300 17,214 16,771 16,643 16,984 16,604 16,429 17,070 18,300

06-07 17,632 17,279 17,045 16,950 17,865 18,690 19,050 18,286 18,613 19,674 19,848

07-08 19,074 19,057 18,935 19,791 20,509 21,229 21,600 22,750 24,635 27,688 27690 27936

Year Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sept

96-97 20,450 19,188 18,500 18,590 18,152 18,704 19,659 20,400 20,945 20,573 21,376

97-98 20,765 20,109 19,754 21,417 21,200 21,322 21,171 20,760 21,570 22,080 21,647


12/27

Cotton imports in India - 1996-97 onwards

Year

Quantity

Value(in lakh bales

of 170 kgs.) (Rs./Crores)

1996-970.30

56.42

1997-984.13

497.93

1998-997.87

772.64

1999-0022.01

1967.92

2000-0122.13

2029.18

2001-0225.26

2150.01

2002-0317.67

1789.92

2003-047.21

880.10

2004-0512.17

1338.04

2005-065.00 565.21

2006-07 5.53 N.A.

2007-08 6.50 N.A.

2008-09* 5.00 --

Source: Cotton Advisory Board for Quantity figures

Note: Value figures are estimated

NA : Notapplicable

(A): Anticipated

COTTON EXPORTS FROM INDIA

FROM 1996-97 ONWARDS


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YearQuantity (inlakh bales of

170 kgs)Value in Rs/Crores

1996-97 16.82 1655.00

1997-98 3.50 313.62

1998-99 1.01 86.72

1999-00 0.65 52.15

2000-01 0.60 51.43

2001-02 0.50 44.40

2002-03 0.83 66.31

2003-04 12.11 1089.15

2004-05 9.14 657.34

2005-06 47.003951.35

2006-0758.00 5232.09

2007-0885.00 N.A.

2008-0975.00 N.A.

Source: Cotton Advisory Board for Quantity figures

Note: Value figures are estimated

NA : Not

applicable (A): Anticipated

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Total exports in April-August, however, recorded a marginal two per cent rise at 1,021,957 tonnes, ascompared to 1,002,664 tonnes in the same period last year. In the first quarter of the current financial year,oilmeal shipment continuously declined due to drastic fall in prices. The availability, especially of soybeanmeal, was also reduced due to farmers reluctance to supply to mills for crushing, in anticipation of higherprices.

Now, stockists and farmers have realised that holding soybean is unlikely to fetch higher value, on estimatesof a bumper crop this kharif harvesting season. Nearly 35 per cent of about 9.5 million tonnes of soybeanwas held with farmers and stockists before this kharif season, beginning June. Now, the quantity is being

released gradually.

As a consequence, oilmeal exports started picking up gradually in July, which recorded total shipment of241,182 tonnes, a rise of 39 per cent from 173,329 tonnes in the same month last year. Experts believe thiswill continue in the coming months as well. Since June, realisation in the overseas market has improved.The average soybean meal price shot up sharply to $374 a tonne in August, a sharp rise from $349 a tonnein June.

Similarly, ricebran extraction price also shot up to $185 per tonne from $171 a tonne in the month underconsideration. The prices of rapeseed meal and castorseed meal, in contrast, declined marginally to $224 atonne and $74 a tonne in August, from $227 a tonne and $75 a tonne in June, respectively.

Indias export to South Korea was reported at 155,893 tonnes in April-August, consisting of 96,212 tonnes ofrapeseed meal, 54,631 tonnes of castor seed meal and 5,050 tonnes of soybean meal. During the sameperiod of last year, however r, South Korea imported 160,316 tonnes of oilmeal from India. China reportedimport of 176,261 tonnes, comprising 150,303 tonnes of rapeseed meal, 13,371 tonnes of groundnut meal,11,982 tonnes of soybean meal and 605 tonnes of castorseed meal. The country reported an import of156,892 tonnes in April-August last year.

Japan reported an import of 265,264 tonnes as compared to 113,763 tonnes in the previous year. Totalexport to Japan consisted of 249,964 tonnes of soybean meal and 15,300 tonnes of rape seed meal.Vietnam imported 45,208 tonnes compared to 269,328 tonnes last year, consisting of 85,153 tonnes ofsoybean meal, 18,605 tonnes of rape seed meal and entire 41,450 tonnes of rice bran extraction

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PORT-WISE SOYBEAN MEAL EXPORTS 2009-2010 (OCTOBER - SEPTEMBER)

Port/Month Oct'09 Nov'09 Dec'09 Jan'10 Feb'10 Mar'10 Apr'10 May'10 Jun'10 Jul'10 Aug'10Sep'10

Bedi 18700 41000 34605 26200 22600 20000 0 10900 0 0

Kandla 110939 145987 183513 137991 81931 80706 10179 3353 29355 67050

Kakinada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mundra 29467 21499 20400 37280 19334 21799 11000 2306 11000 33276

Vizag 0 8696 5570 6050 6600 0 0 0 0 0

Mumbai/JNPT 59141 80479 81521 66719 88283 47356 36328 43669 55423 60296

Pipavav 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Magdalla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bhavnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Porbunder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 218247297661325609 274240218748169861 57507 60228 95778 160622


Port/Month Oct'08 Nov'08 Dec'08 Jan'09 Feb'09 Mar'09 Apr'09 May'09 Jun'09 Jul'09 Aug'09 Sep'09

Bedi 25200 86970 72830 61750 42679 20455 0 9300 0 0 0 0

Kandla 31454 327663 393579 314708 207264 138538 42584 48500 6430123673 65445 85166

Kakinada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Mundra 0 11000 51604 39000 77025 7200 17682 7200 7800 0 11000 21000

Vizag 0 58810 16842 61775 23950 18800 0 8800 0 0 0 10223

Mumbai/JNPT 35770 178933 128324 78501 30169 37883 23628 15356 2873234367 50854 55788

Pipavav 0 0 1345 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0Magdalla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bhavnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Porbunder 0 400 780 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Total 92424 663776 665304 555734 381087 222876 83894 89156 10083358040127299 172177


Port/Month Oct'07 Nov'07 Dec'07 Jan'08 Feb'08 Mar'08 Apr'08 May'08 Jun'08 Jul'08 Aug'08Sep'08

Bedi 22886 117125 99873 115200 89739 112340 58923 42108 7600 0 4485 10550

Kandla 102542 218050276309 374441 331423 318986 354587 167621 119794 112478 135038 29384

Kakinada 0 0 0 5460 0 4100 19251 0 8316 0 5802 0

Mundra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Vizag 0 31650 26700 80800 71500 36500 18000 11000 13820 57000 4200 3908

Mumbai/JNPT 42246 162509145603147920147543 133692 99419 85886 91988 115512 62785 24600

Pipavav 2778 1934 2897 705 234 234 0 0 0 0 0 0

Magdalla 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Bhavnagar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Porbunder 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


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Table 5: Major importers of fresh onions from India 1997-98

Country Quantity (tonnes) Value (000 Rs.)

Malaysia 78376 509586

UAE 85532 466339

Singapore 32441 302055

Sri Lanka 57208 288731

Bangladesh 50035 259739

Saudi Arabia 13114 92264

Mauritius 5096 29257

Kuwait 5067 26980

Bahrain 1633 12873

Maldives 807 4365

Others 3691 32421

Table 2: State-wise area and production of onion in India (TE 1998-99)

State Area (000 ha) Production (000 mt)

Andhra Pradesh 27.03 392.67

Bihar 19.87 159.67

Gujarat 30.73 837.37

Karnataka 84.80 486.13

Madhya Pradesh 21.30 295.53

Maharashtra 87.97 981.20

Orissa 45.27 270.00

Tamil Nadu 29.07 246.57

Uttar Pradesh 28.67 319.37Others 35.50 273.73

India 683.53 6702.23

The contributions of various sectors in the Indian GDP for 2007-2008 are as follows:

Agriculture: - 17%Industry: - 29%Service Sector: - 54%

GDP composition by sector during 2008-09: Services 57.0%, Agriculture 17.1%, andIndustry 25.9%

Composition of GDP Services: 57.0%Industry: 25.9%Agriculture: 17.1%

MSC Agency, which has claimed innocence in the MSC Chitra and MV Khalija IIIcollision incident, today said that its 189 containers, which had fallen off the cargoship, are still unaccounted for.


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While 111 containers on board the MSC Chitra have been removed, as many as 189 containersare still to be accounted for, MSC Agency's CEO, Capt Deepak Tewari, told reporters here.

Charging MV Khalija III for being responsible for the collision between the two cargo vesselswhich resulted in an oil spill off the Mumbai coast, Tewari said, "We are innocent. The ship (MSCChitra) moving out of the harbour was on the right track. It was MV Khalija-III which collided withus leading to a breach in Chitra's oil tank and thus leading to the oil spill."

Tewari said that the 189 unaccounted containers were in and around the vicinity of MSC Chitra.Around 270 containers are still on the deck, he said.Nine containers carrying hazardous materialshad fallen off MSC Chitra after the collision, Tewari said."We have been able to retrieve one of them. The remaining eight are still in the water which wehave not been able to locate," he said.

Of these eight, six contain caustic soda, one contains organo-phosphorous pesticide and theother phosphine, he said.The company has spent nearly USD 10 million in carrying out cleaningand surveying operations of the surroundings, he said.

"We have also made an advance payment of Rs one crore to MPCB for use in pollution clean-up

operation undertaken by it through the local district authorities," Tewari said. The company has topay a total of Rs three crore to the authority.

Asked about the extent of the oil spill, he said it could be of the order of 100 to 300-400 tonnes.The ship carried nearly 3,300 tonnes of oil, diesel, lubes and fuel, he said."We will be able to know the extent of the spillage only after all the containers are removed. Thesalvors will be able to access the damage (oil spill) only after all the containers are removed," hesaid.

He also did not rule out the possibility that there will be no further oil spillage. "There is apossibility that some more oil spillage could have occurred. But our effort is to clear the cargo assoon as possible," he said.

MSC Chitra was an innocent victim in the crash and we will sue the owners of MVKhalijia-3 once the investigation is over," said Capt D.K. Tewari, chief executive officerof the Indian unit of MSC when addressing the press last week. "We will go 10 levelsahead to fight the case for all the damages and losses created by this collision.

The decision to sue Gulf Rocks, the Kuwaiti owner of MV Khalijia-3, has been taken bythe Mediterranean Shipping Co. almost a month and half after the vessel MV Khalijiacollided with MSC Chitra on August 7 th 2010 shutting down Indias two largest ports foralmost a week.

Capt. Tewari said the simplified voyage data recorder, similar to a black box in a plane,

indicates that MSC Chitra was not at fault and was on the right hand side of the channelin accordance with navigation rules. The Khalijia-3 entered the navigation channel at thewrong time and at the wrong angle. It was meant to enter the channel at a parallel angle.Instead it was perpendicular to the channel. As a result the Khalijia-3 occupied almost theentire length of the channel.

So far MSC has made an advance payment of $218,000 to theMaharashtra Pollution Control Board against the demand for $654,000for cleaning-up operations across the Maharashtra coastline. Capt


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Tewari claimed that the cost for salvaging operations and clean up hasalready cost MSC over $ 10 million. The exact estimate for the loss ofthe vessel could not be ascertained until the salvors remove all thecargo and straighten up the vessel. A claim settlement system hasalready been put in place to deal with shippers whose cargo was on

board the vessel.

When asked to comment on the proposed legal steps which MSC planned to take Dr. S.B. Agnihotri, Director General of Shipping said, It would be wrong for me to make astatement at this stage when investigations are still underway and the report of thecommittee is awaited.

On the day of the collision MSC claims to have immediately opened

channels of communication with the Directorate General of Shipping.Simultaneously the internationally renowned SMIT Salvors wereappointed and activated mobilization of salvage operations to retrievethe runaway containers, prevent further oil spill and stabilize thevessel. Besides, they Informed ITOPF about the oil spill and arranged tobring the ITOPF oil pollution experts to the pollution site.

According to MSC it is the lack of infrastructure besides the delays caused due to lengthycustoms procedures that prevented the company for taking measures to contain furtherdamage from taking place. A company spokesman pointed out that if such an accident

were to occur in some foreign port the damage would have been much less. It is not thatsalvaging people are not available. Top international salvors can be brought in at anytime even here in India. Abroad equipment would have been made available at shortnotice but here it takes time to find out what equipment exists with the port and theauthorities to combat such catastrophe.

The Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT) has received eight initial bids for developing the Rs 6 billion fourth

container terminal at the port. The bids have been received from DP World Private Limited, L&T Transco

Private Limited, Group Maritime TCB-Eredene Capital Plc, Mundra Port and Special Economic Zone

Limited, Sterlite Industries Limited-Leighton Contractors (India) Private Limited, ABG Infralogistics Limited-

IL&FS Maritime Infrastructure Company Limited, Vadinar Oil Terminal Limited-Essar Ports and Terminals

Limited, and SEW Infrastructure Limited.

7 entities shortlisted for Rs 6,700-crore JNPT terminal

Ruchika Chitravanshi | 2010-07-30 02:01:00


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DP World, PSA, Essar, Lanco and GVK are among the seven shortlisted entities for the Rs 6,700-crorefourth container terminal project of Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT), at Navi Mumbai, according tosources in the shipping ministry. The terminal is expected to add 57.6 million tonne capacity to the port.

This is the second time the terminal has been put up for bidding. The first round of bidding was cancelled bythe shipping ministry, as the bid failed to attract enough participation. One of the interested parties, GatewayTerminals India (GTI), was disqualified from participating in the first bidding process due to "security

reasons", said a senior official in the shipping ministry. "The Supreme Court has allowed us to go ahead withthe project, as it would add substantial capacity to the port. Our final decision will be subject to the views ofthe court," the official told Business Standard.

GTI is a joint venture (JV) between APM Terminals, which operates the third container terminal of JNPT,and government-controlled Container Corporation of India. The JV did not take part in the current round ofbidding. GTI had contested the disqualification decision in the Bombay High Court. After losing the case, itappealed in the Supreme Court last year. The matter is still sub judice. DP World operates the Nhava ShevaInternational Container Terminal at JNPT. A total of nine companies participated in the bidding process. Theother six qualified entities are a consortium of GVK and Samsung Corporation, Essar group, SterliteIndustries and Leighton Contractors, Mundra Port and SEZ and Adani Enterprises, Lanco Infratech, andPSA and ABG Ports. Among those who did not qualify was L&T Transco Pvt Ltd.

Stressing the need to have another terminal at JNPT, a shipping analyst, who did not want to be named,

said the port was the biggest in India and one of the largest container terminals in South Asia. "There is a lotof congestion in the port and it is important to have another container terminal. If everything goes well, thenew terminal should be ready by 2014," he said.

India: A Cotton Giant

India is a major player in the world cotton market.

Rachael Davis

According to India's Ministry of Textiles, India was the first country in the world to domesticatecotton for the production of cotton fabrics, when members of the Indus Valley Civilization began

to grow the fiber in 1750 BC for manufacturing textiles.

TEXPROCIL, India's Cotton Textiles Export Promotion Council, states the earliest writtenreference to cotton is in India, in the Rig-Veda, recorded in 1500 BC.

Agricultural SignificanceCotton is one of India's chief crops, employing approximately 6 million farmers, and indirectlyemploying an additional 40 million to 50 million people in activities related to its cultivation,processing and trade. Because the textile sector provides the second-highest number of jobsafter agriculture, growth and development of cotton cultivation and the cotton industry will impactmarkedly India's overall economic development.

According to the Ministry of Textiles' 2009-2010 Annual Report, out of all cotton-producing

countries, India ranks first in cotton-cultivated area, accounting for 9 million hectares of land and25 percent of total cotton-cultivated land in the world. The Ministry points out that India is behindother countries with regard to productivity, accounting for only 20 percent of world cottonproduction, in large part because 65 percent of cotton-cultivated lands depend on rainfall and 35percent are irrigated.

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India has the distinction of being the only country to grow all four cultivated cotton species:Gossypium arboreum and herbaceum (Asian cotton); G. barbadense (Egyption cotton); and G.hirsutum (American Upland cotton). Although the country produces more than 75 cotton varietiesand hybrids, 25 varieties make up 98 percent of cotton production. There are three principalcotton production zones: the Northern zone, including Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan; theCentral zone, including Maharashtra, Madhaya Pradesh and Gujarat; and the Southern zone,including Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. Cotton also is produced in the easternstate of Orissa.

Over the years, India's cotton industry has developed improved varieties and hybrids in differentstaple length groups and implemented improved production and plant protection technologies.Cotton farmers have increased the acreage being planted with genetically modified Bt varieties,

which not only has led to increased net earnings and decreased pesticide usage, but also hasimproved cotton yields. The area under Bt cultivation during the 2008-09 cotton season, whichruns from October to September, increased by 6 percent, to around 73 percent of India's totalcultivated land acreage, putting the country in first place globally with regard to Bt cotton acreage.

ProductionIndia ranks second in cotton production behind China. The Cotton Corp. of India Ltd., agovernmental marketing agency for cotton, reports the country's output for the 2009-10 cotton
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season is estimated at a record 29.2 million bales of 170 kilograms (kg) each, with cottoncultivated area totaling 10.2 million hectares and yielding 488 kg of cotton per hectare. TheMinistry of Textiles has projected that by 2012, the final year of the 11th Five Year Plan, cottonproduction will total 39 million bales and the yield per hectare will increase to 700 kg.

According to the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry (CITI), in 2008-09, India produced 2.9billion kg of spun cotton yarn, 0.7 billion kg of cotton-blend yarn, 26.9 billion square meters (m2)of cotton fabric and 6.8 billion m2 of cotton-blend fabrics. In that year, India's exports of rawcotton including waste were valued at 2,865.9 crore rupees, or US$623.1 million; and its exportsof cotton yarn, fabric and made-up items were valued at 18942.3 crore rupees, or US$4118.5million.

The India Cotton and Products Annual 2010, a report published by the U.S. Department ofAgriculture, references data from the Ministry of Textiles indicating the top destination for India'scotton exports from October 2009 to March 2010 was China, which imported 2.3 million 480-pound bales. Bangladesh imported 631,000 bales; followed by Pakistan, 284,000 bales; HongKong, 167,000 bales; Indonesia, 142,000 bales; Vietnam, 136,000 bales; and Turkey, 121,000bales. Other top destinations for India's cotton exports include Taiwan, Thailand and Malaysia.

India's textile industry consumes a wide variety of fibers and yarn, but cotton is the primary raw

material used by the industry, which, according to the Ministry of Textiles, comprises 1,608spinning mills and 200 composite mills, with an installed capacity of 35.61 million spindles,448,000 open-end rotors and 69,000 looms in the organized sector; plus 1,219 small-scalespinning units with 4 million spindles and some 157,000 rotors in the small-scale decentralizedsector. Domestically, the usage ratio of cotton to man-made fibers and filament yarns isapproximately 56:46. The decentralized hosiery sector leads in cotton cloth production, with 6,556million m2 in 2009-10; followed by the decentralized powerlooms sector, with 6,252 million m2;the handlooms sector, with 3,448 million m2; and the mill sector, with 726 million m2.

Organic CottonOrganic Exchange's (OE's) fourth annual Organic Cotton Farm and Fiber Report 2009 revealedthat despite the global recession, the organic cotton market experienced strong growth in 2009,far outpacing growth in the conventional cotton market. Global organic cotton production in 2008-

09 increased 20 percent over 2007-08, from 145,872 metric tons to 175,113 metric tons cultivatedon 253,000 hectares. OE predicts the worldwide organic cotton market will increase by 20 to 40percent in both 2010 and 2011 to total an estimated US$5.1 billion and US$6 billion, respectively.

Of the 22 countries worldwide that grow organic cotton, India is the leading producer, withproduction in 2008-09 measuring 107,510 metric tons, representing approximately 61 percent ofglobal organic cotton production. Most of India's organic cotton is produced in Gujarat, MadhyaPradhesh, Maharashtra, Orissa and Andhra Pradesh. The Cotton Association of India reports thatout of 3.5 million bales of cotton exported from India in 2008-09, more than 100,000 were organiccotton. The Organic Cotton Advisory Board, headed by the textile commissioner, was formed onOct. 14, 2008, to oversee India's organic cotton industry.

Government AssistanceIndia's government has put into effect numerous policies to help grow its cotton industry. TheCotton Corp. of India has established developmental programs such as the Contract Farmingproject in all cotton-producing states, to provide technology that has enabled farmers to increasethe yield per hectare and improve quality; and to distribute genetically pure certified seeds andpesticides. Literature detailing best management practices is also made available. In the 2008-09season, 46,837 hectares of land were cultivated under the Contract Farming project, whichincreased yield per hectare by some 74 percent, from 302 kg in 2002-03 to 526 kg in 2008-09.


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The Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme the leading program of the Ministry of Textiles originally was created in 1999 to provide credit at reduced rates to enable entrepreneurs toupgrade technologies of existing textile operations and bring online new operations withinnovative technology to strengthen their competitive positions both in India and globally. Thegovernment has extended the scheme until 2012.

Export RestrictionsAccording to the Ministry of Textiles, cotton yarn prices, which had been experiencing aconsistent increase in the previous year, in November 2009 began rising significantly in Indiabecause the surge of exports was reducing the domestic availability of cotton yarn. Though theIndian government earlier had imposed a 3-percent tax on cotton exports, it suspendedregistration of export contracts prior to the shipment of raw cotton, cotton waste andcarded/combed cotton from April 19, 2010, in an effort to control rising prices and bolster suppliesin the domestic market. Then in May, the Directorate General of Foreign Trade moved cottonexports from "free" to the "restricted" list, permitting shipments only under license. The Cotton

Association of India reports the Commerce Secretary of the Government of India was quoted tohave stated that raw cotton exports will be on Open General License without any restrictions as ofOctober 1, indicating the ban will be lifted (See "The Rupp Report: Cotton Supply Challenges,"www.TextileWorld.com, August 3, 2010).

India's Trade with Different Countries/Alliances

India's total external trade (exports plus imports including re-exports) in the year 1990-91stood at Rs.91,893 crore. Since then, this has witnessed continuous increase withoccasional downturns. During 2008-09 the value of India's external trade reachedRs.20,72,438 crore.

India's exports during 2008-09 reached a level ofRs.7,66,935 crore registering a growthof 16.9 per cent. In US $ terms, exports reached a level of US$168.7 billion, registering agrowth of 3.5 per cent as compared to a growth of 29.1 per cent during the previous year.

The growth of exports during the year has exhibited a significant slow-down fromSeptember 2008 onwards. While, during the first half of the year 2008-09, April-September, exports increased by 31.3 per cent with almost all the major commoditygroups, except increased by 31.3 per cent with almost all the major commodity groups,except marine products, handicrafts and carpets, recording significant growth. In thesecond half of the year 2008-09, October-March, exports recorded a decline of (-) 19.2per cent with almost all the commodity groups recording significant negative growth.

During 2008-09 imports increased to Rs.13,05,503 from the level ofRs.10,12,312 crorein 2007-08 registering growth of 29.0 per cent in rupee terms. In US $ terms, importsreached a level of US $ 287.8 billion in 2008-09 registering a growth of 14.4 percent. Oil

imports were valued at US $ 93.2 billion, which was higher by 16.9 percent over theprevious year. Non-Oil imports increased to US $ 194.6 billion, which was higher by13.2 per cent. Items which registered significant growth are Pearl, Precious & Semi-Precious Stones, Crude & Manufactured Fertilizer, Coal, Inorganic Chemicals, ProjectGoods, etc. Import of Gold and Transport Equipment registered significant decline.
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The Trade deficit during 2008-09 increased to Rs.(-) 538568 crore as against Rs.(-)356449 crore during 2007-08. In US $ terms, trade deficit increased to US & 119.1billion from a level of US & 88.5 billion during 2007-08.

India has trading relations with all the major trading blocks and geographical regions of

the world. During the period 2008-09 (April-February), the share of Asia and ASEANregion comprising South Asia, East Asia, Mid-Eastern and Gulf countries accounted for51.4 per cent of India's total exports. The share of Europe and America in India's exportsstood at 23.8 per cent and 16.5 per cent respectively of which EU countries (27)comprises 22.3 per cent. During the period, USA (12.0 per cent), has been the mostimportant country of export destination following by United Arab Emirates (10.8percent), China (5.1 per cent), Singapore (4.7 per cent), Netherlands (3.7 per cent), HongKong (3.7 per cent), U.K. (3.6 per cent), Germany (3.4 per cent), Saudi Arabia (3.0percent), Belgium (2.6 per cent) and Italy (2.2 per cent).

Asia and ASEAN accounted for 61.7 per cent of India's total imports during the period

followed by Europe (18.7 per cent) and America (10.1 per cent). Among individualcountries the share of China stood highest at (10.7 per cent) followed by Saudi Arabia(7.1 percent), UAE (6.4 percent) and USA (6.0 percent), Iran (4.3 percent), Switzerland(4.2 per cent), Germany (3.6 per cent), Kuwait (3.4 percent), Nigeria (3.2 percent), andIraq (2.8 percent).

(P) Provisional Figures

External Trade With Other Countries During 2007-08 and 2008-09

RegionExports (April-Feb) Imports (April-Feb)

2007-08 2008-09(P) 2007-08(P) 2008-09(P)

1. Europe 1,33,151 1,65,925 1,75,335 2,23,8131.1 EU countries

271,23,219 1,55,266 1,27,315 1,61,593

1.2 Other WEcountries

9,553 10,123 47,881 62,115

1.3 East Europe 379 536 138 106

2. Africa 38,062 44,922 51,519 60,151

2.1 SouthernAfrica

13,058 12,393 17,868 29,377

2.2 West Africa 12,851 13,204 35,614 48,514

2.3 Central Africa 934 1,372 189 6322.4 East Africa 15,126 18,687 1,158 1,158

3. America 98,900 1,14,966 79,780 1,21,381

3.1 North America 79,880 89,476 56,281 80,825

3.2 Latin America 10,019 45,490 23,498 40,556

4. Asia and Asean 2,96,287 3,57,982 5,43,551 7,39,622

4.1 East Asia 5,070 6,719 30,783 40,230


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4.2 ASEAN 56,663 75,357 82,289 1,06,418

4.3 WANA 1,08,920 1,44,039 2,58,645 3,56,716

4.4 NE Asia 92,974 96,846 1,64,030 2,28,746

4.5 South Asia 32,659 35,020 7,805 7,513

5. CIS & Baltics 6,101 7,623 14,238 28,793

5.1 CARsCountries

826 1,047 419 1,157

5.2 Other CISCountries

5,275 6,577 13,818 27,636

6. Unspecified

Region1,482 4,346 2,666 4,710

Total 5,77,889 6,96,498 8,70,399 11,98,360

India-Europe Trade

Europeans countries account for about 21.5 per cent of India's total trade while India'sexports to Europe during 2006-07 were US$ 28.87 billion. During this year, bilateraltrade increased by 26 per cent over 2005-06. While India's export to Europe recorded agrowth of 17 per cent, India's import from Europe grew by 33 per cent. The top five itemsof India's exports to Europe are ready-made garments including accessories, gems &jewellery, machinery & instruments, petroleum (crude & products) and transportequipment. The top five items of India's imports from Europe are machinery (exceptelectrical & electronics), pearls/precious, semi-previous stones, electronic goods,transport equipments and iron & steel.

Trade and Investment relations with European Union

The European Union (EU) presently consists of 27 countries. These countries are Austria,Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece,Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland,Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, UK, Bulgaria and Romania.

India and EU enjoy healthy economic relations. These relations have been built on thefoundation of (i) India-EU Cooperation Agreement on Partnership and Developmentwhich came into effect in August, 1994 and (ii) India-EU Strategic Partnership whichwas announced in September, 2005. India also has bilateral economic Agreements with anumber of individual EU countries in the areas of trade, investments and avoidance of

double taxation. India has agreements for investments and promotions/protections with22 countries of Europe, including 17 countries of EU. Similarly, agreements foravoidance of double taxation exist with 26 countries in EU.

India-EU bilateral relations are reviewed at the official level by the India-EC JointCommission. This had its last meeting in July 2008. Three Sub-Commissions on Trade,Economic Cooperation and Development Cooperation and nine Joint Working Groups onagriculture and marine products, textiles, information technology & communications,


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consular matters, environment, steel, food processing industries, pharmaceuticals & bio-technology and technical barriers to trade (TBT)/sanitary and phyto sanitary (SPS) issuesare functioning and their reports are considered by Joint Commission.

India's Trade with Different Countries/Alliances

Trade with African Countries

Since independence India has had cordial and friendly trade relations with Africa ingeneral. Trade relations expanded considerably since 1947, particularly after thetransition into 2nd millennium. India's trade with Africa since 2005-06 is given below:

India Africa Trade (Value in Millions)

Year Exports** Imports Total Trade

2005 - 2006 6,993.53 4,878.56 11,872.09

2006 - 2007 10,263.96 17,726.67 24,990.63

2007 - 2008* 14,196.09 20,497.65 34,693.74

2007 - 2008(April 07 - Feb 08)* 12,716.42 18,789.23 31,505.65

2008 - 2009 (April 07 - Feb 08)* 12,857.06 22.853.51 35,710.57

* Including Oil in Import figures** Including Petroleum Product exports from India

Total trade (including oil) with Africa during 2007-08 amounted to US $ 34693.74million with exports amounting to US $ 14196.09 million and imports at US $ 20497.65million. The oil inclusive trade turnover during April 2008-February, 2009 has been US $

35710.57 million with exports at US $ 12857.06 million and imports amounting to US $22853.51 million. The corresponding figures during April 2007 - February 2008 were US$ 31505.65 million (total trade), $ 12716.42 million (exports) and $ 18789.23 million(imports) respectively. If oil is factored out, India enjoys a positive trade balance withAfrica.

During 2007-08, the total commodity trade (excluding oil) between India and Africancountries was US $ 16,586.60 million as against US $ 12,445.36 million in 2006-07,thereby registering a growth of 33.27%. India's exports to the African countries increasedby 33.42% from US $ 7,668.81 million in 2006-07 to US $ 10,231.75 million in 2007-08.India's imports from the African countries also increased by 33% from US $ 4,776.55

million in 2006-07 to US $ 6,354.85 million in 2007-08.

Major items of exports

Cotton yarn, fabrics made ups etc.

Drugs, pharmaceuticals and fine chemicals

Manufactures of Metals

Machinery and Instruments

Man made Yarn, Fabrics Made ups


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Transport equipment

Primary and Semi finished iron and steel

RMG cotton including accessories

Plastic and linoleum products

Inorganic/organic/agro chemicals

Major Items of imports

Gold,

Cashew Nuts

Inorganic Chemicals,

Wood & Wood Products,

Metalifers ors & Metal Scrap,

Iron & Steel,

Cotton raw. Comb/uncombed/waste,

Coal, coke & Briquettes etc.

Pulp and waste paper,

Non ferrous metals,

Organic chemicals,

Machinery except elect. & electronic,

Fertilizer crude,

Electronic goods,

Pearls precious semiprecious stones.

Focus Africa Programme

The "Focus Africa" Programme was initially launched with focus on seven countries of

Sub-Saharan African (SSA) Region, viz., South Africa, Nigeria, Mauritius, Tanzania,Kenya, Ghana and Ethiopia. With a view to further widen and deepen India's trade withAfrica, the scope of this Programme was further extended to include Angola, Botswana,Ivory-Coast, Madagascar, Mozambique, Senegal, Seychelles, Uganda, Zambia, Namibiaand Zimbabwe, along-with the six countries of North Africa, viz., Egypt, Libya, Tunisia,Sudan, Morocco and Algeria. Under this Programme, the Government extends assistanceto exporters and Export Promotion Councils etc. to visit countries in Africa and organizetrade fairs and also sponsors African trade delegations to visit India. A number of exportpromotion activities were conducted by various Export Promotion Councils and ApexChambers with grant under MDA and MAI Scheme. The Focus Africa Programme iscontinuing for the seventh year during 2008-09.

Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with SACU

The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), the oldest Custom Union of the world,comprises South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Botswana and Namibia. India and SACUhave expressed their intent to enter into a Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with theaim of promoting expansion of trade between the two parties and providing mechanismto negotiate and conclude a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement within a reasonable


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time. India and SACU have commenced negotiations for PTA in October, 2007 and threemeetings of the negotiating teams have taken place so far. India and SACU signed aMemorandum of Understanding, an enabling instrument to facilitate negotiations, duringthe third round of negotiations held in New Delhi on 25-27 November 2008.

CECPA with Mauritius

A Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement (CECPA) aimed atboosting bilateral trade, investment and general economic cooperation between India andMauritius is being negotiated.

During the visit of PM of India to Mauritius from March 30-April 2, 2005 both thecountries agreed for a Comprehensive Economic Cooperation and Partnership Agreement(CECPA) to boost bilateral trade, investment and general economic cooperation.Accordingly an Empowered Negotiation Team consisting of representatives from boththe sides for working out the necessary modalities were constituted. Seven Rounds of

talks on CECPA have been held so far. The 7th round of talks were held in New Delhi onthe 7th July 2006.

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