Annual Report

2009–10

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FOREWORD

Last year has been a challenging year for the global economy. While India hasn’t witnessed the
kind of major mayhem witnessed in some major developed economies, it has certainly been impacted
adversely. The Indian economy, by virtue of its strong macroeconomic fundamentals, has been one of
the most resilient and fastest growing emerging economies of the world. Despite the financial crisis that
have had negative consequences for most of other nations, India continued to grow at an impressive
rate of 6.7% in the fiscal year 2008–09, albeit at a slower pace when compared to the earlier years. In the
current financial year, it is expected that the Indian Economy will regain its growth momentum to grow
at its recent trend growth rate of around 7.2% because of the stable policy environment and internal
growth stimuli notwithstanding the global factors like credit conditions, slackening of demand, lower
export and slow down in developed economies. Overall, the Indian Economy is slated to be one of the
few economies of the world with positive growth acceleration during the current year.

In the last five years, our exports witnessed robust growth to reach a level of around US$ 185
billion in 2008–09 from US$ 63 billion in 2003–04. Our share of global merchandise trade was 0.83%
in 2003; it rose to 1.45% in 2008 as per WTO estimates. Our share of global commercial services export
was 1.4% in 2003; it rose to 2.8% in 2008. India’s total share in goods and services trade was 0.92%
in 2003; it increased to 1.64% in 2008. Despite the fact that India has not been affected to the same
extent as other economies of the world, yet our exports declined since October 2008 significantly due
to less demand in the markets like US, Europe, Japan, etc. owing to global economic slowdown and
the reduced international prices of commodities. As a result, India’s exports in dollar terms declined
during 2008–09 with a growth rate of 13.6% as compared to 29% during 2007–08. To counter the
negative fall out of the global slowdown on the Indian economy, the Government/RBI responded
by providing carefully designed and calibrated stimulus packages in the form of fiscal, monitory
and export promotion measures from time to time, to provide support, particularly to employment
intensive sectors.

In this background and the challenging period lying ahead, Government has announced the
new Foreign Trade Policy, 2009–14. The short term objective of the policy is to arrest and reverse
the declining trend of exports and to provide additional support to those sectors which have been
hit badly by recession. Government has set an annual export target of US$ 200 billion by March 2011
and doubling India’s exports of goods and services by 2014. The long term policy objective
is to double India’s share in global trade by 2020. In order to meet the objectives stated above, the
major thrust areas of strategy spelt out in FTP (2009–14) is a mix of policy measures including fiscal
incentives, institutional changes, procedural rationalization, enhanced market access across the world
and diversification of export markets. Under the new Foreign Trade Policy, 27 new markets under the
Focus Market Scheme and 15 markets under the Market Linked Focus Product Scheme have been
covered.  For technological upgradation of the export sector, a new scheme namely zero duty Export
Promotion Capital Goods (EPCG) has been introduced.  The incentives available to exporters under the
DEPB scheme, interest subvention for pre-shipment credit and the income-tax exemptions for EOU
and STPIs have also been extended. 

Impact of the stimulus packages coupled with steps taken in new FTP 2009-14 is already becoming
visible and decline in exports which continued till October 2009 have been reversed since then and
during November and December 2009, the exports grew by impressive 18.2% and 9.3% respectively
in dollar term. IMF, however, in the latest forecast in January 2010 has revised significantly the global
outlook for 2010 from the earlier projected 3.1% to 3.9%. Advance economies of the US and EU will,
however, remain sluggish primarily on account of higher unemployment level, growing fiscal deficit
and continued credit crisis. Challenges, therefore, will continue in 2010 and market diversification
remains the only viable option.

This publication gives a brief description of the policy initiatives aimed at enhancing India's
international trade. It also includes a chapter on trade statistics, explaining the patterns of trade. I
hope, the information contained in this Annual Report would be useful in understanding the Foreign
Trade Policy initiatives.

I compliment the dedicated services of the officers and staff of DGFT, in bringing out this report.

(R.S.GUJRAL)
Director General of Foreign Trade
 CONTENTS

CHAPTERS DESCRIPTION PAGE NO

1 Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal 1-48
2 World Economic & Trade Outlook and India’s Trade Performance 49-86
3 Organisational Set-up and Progressive use of Hindi 87-92
4 Enforcement-cum- Adjudication 93-98
5 Computerisation in Dgft Organisation 99-103
APPENDICES
I Number and Value of Various Categories of Authorisations Issued during April–December 28
2009 and Its Comparision with Authorisations Issued during April–December 2008
II Number and Value of Various Categories of Authorisations Issued during April–March 2009 28
and Its Comparision with Authorisations Issued during April–March 2008
III Matrix of Type of Authorisation Vs Product Group for the Period 29-30
April 2007 - March 2008
IV Matrix of type of Licence Vs Product Group for the Period April 2008 – December 2008 31-32
V Matrix of type of Authorisation Vs Product Group for the Period April 2008 – March 2009 33-34
VI Matrix of type of Authorisation Vs Product Group for the Period 35-36
April 2009 - December 2009
VII RA-wise Summary of Various Authorisations Issued for the Period April 2007 - March 2008 37-39
VIII RA-wise Summary of Various Authorisations Issued for the Period April 2008 - March 2009 40-42
IX RA-wise Summary of Various Authorisations Issued for the Period 43-45
April 2009–December 2009
X Import of Sensitive Items- Provisional Estimates 61
XI World Merchandise Exports by Region and Selected Economy, 1948, 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 62
1993, 2003 and 2008
XII World Merchandise Imports by Region and Selected Economy, 1948, 1953, 1963, 1973, 63
1983, 1993, 2003 and 2008
XIII World Merchandise Exports by Top 30 Countries, 1998–2008 64
XIV World Merchandise Imports by Top 30 Countries, 1998–2008 65
XV Export of Principal Commodities: April -September 2009–10 68-69
XVI Exports: Regionwise and Countries April -September 2009–10 71–72
XVII Import of Principal Commodities : April - September 2009-10 75–76
XVIII Imports: Regionwise and Countries April - September 2009-10 78–79
XIX Exports & Imports: Regionwise April -September 2009-10 82
XX Exports, Imports and Trade Balance during 1951- 52 to 2009-10 83–84
(April -September 2009)
CHARTS
1 Comparative Picture of Authorisations Issued during April- December, 2009 Vs. 46
April- December, 2008
2 Comparative Picture of Value of Authorisations Issued during April - December, 2009 Vs. 46
April - December, 2008
3 Percentage Share of Authorisations by Category Issued during April -December, 2009 47
4 Percentage Share of Value of Authorisations by Category during 47
April -December, 2009
5 Percentage Share of Authorisations Issued by Top Ten RAs during April-December, 2009 48
6 Percentage Share of Value of Authorisations Issued by Top Ten RAs during 48
April-December, 2009
7 Share of Exports to Various Regions In World - 2008 66
8 Share of Imports from Various Regions in World - 2008 66
9 Volume of World Merchandise Trade by Selected Region, 2003–2008 and Estimated Value 67
for 2009, 2010
10 Exports of Top Ten Commodities during April-September 2009 70
11 Percentage Share of Exports of Top Ten Commodities during April-September 2009 70
12 Export: Regionwise Exports from India during April-September 2009 vs 73
April-September 2008
13 Exports to Top Ten Countries during April-September 2009 73
14 Percentage Share of Exports to Top Ten Countries during April-September 2009 74
15 Import of Top Ten Commodities during April-September 2009 77
16 Percentage Share of Imports of Top Ten Commodities during April-September 2009 77
17 Imports: Regionwise Imports into India during April-September 2009 Vs 80
April-September 2008
18 Imports from Top Ten Countries during April-September 2009 80
19 Percentage Share of Import from Top Ten Countries during April-September 2009 81
20 India’s Export and Import and Trade Balance from 1999–2000 to April–September 2009 85
21 Rate of Growth of Export and Import from 1999-2000 to April-September 2009 85
 CHAPTER – 1
Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14:
AN OVERALL APPRAISAL

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal 


Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14:
AN OVERALL APPRAISAL
1.1 For India to become a major player in world trade, an
all encompassing, comprehensive vision is required
for the overall development of the country’s foreign
trade. Trade is not an end in itself, but a means to
economic growth and national development. The
primary purpose is not the mere earning of foreign
exchange, but the stimulation of greater economic
activity. While increase in exports is of vital importance,
there is also need to facilitate those imports which are
required to stimulate our economy. Coherence and
consistency among trade and other economic policies
is important for maximizing the contribution of such
policies to development. Thus, while incorporating
the existing practice of enunciating a stable 5 year
Policy, it is necessary to go much beyond and take
an integrated approach to the developmental
requirements of India’s foreign trade.
1.2 From the year 2008, particularly in the year 2009 world
faced an unprecedented economic slow-down and
witnessing one of the most severe global recessions in
the post-war period. Countries across the world have
been affected in varying degrees. Major economic
indicators of industrial production, trade, capital
flows, unemployment, per capita investment and
consumption have taken a hit. The WTO estimates
projected a grim forecast that global trade is likely to
decline by 9% in volume terms and the IMF estimates
projected a decline of over 11% for 2009. The
recessionary trend has huge social implications as
well. This is the context and background of the current
Foreign Trade Policy, 2009–14, which was announced
on 27th August,2009.
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CHAPTER – 1
1.3 The short term objective of Foreign Trade Policy,
2009–14 is to arrest and reverse the declining trend of
exports and to provide additional support especially to
those sectors which have been hit badly by recession
in the developed world. Government has set a policy
objective of achieving an annual export growth of
15% with an annual export target of US$ 200 billion
by March, 2011. In the remaining three years of this
Foreign Trade Policy i.e. upto 2014, the country should
be able to come back on the high export growth path
of around 25% per annum. By 2014, it is expected that
India’s exports of goods and services will be doubled.
The long term policy objective for the Government is
to double India’s share in global trade by 2020.
1.4 In the last five years, our exports witnessed robust
growth to reach a level of around US$ 185 billion in
2008–09 from US$ 63 billion in 2003–04. Our share of
global merchandise trade was 0.83% in 2003; it rose
to 1.45% in 2008 as per WTO estimates. Our share of
global commercial services export was 1.4% in 2003;
it rose to 2.8% in 2008. India’s total share in goods
and services trade was 0.92% in 2003; it increased to
1.64% in 2008. On the employment front, studies have
suggested that nearly 14 million jobs were created
directly or indirectly as a result of augmented exports
in the last five years.
1.5 Though India has not been affected to the same
extent as other economies of the world during this
phase, yet our exports have suffered a decline since
October 2008 significantly on account of shrinkage
of demand in the traditional markets of our exports

 Announcement of Foreign Trade Policy (2009-14) on 27th August 2009

Union Commerce & Industry Minister Mr. Anand Sharma (left) addressing a press conference after announcemnet of new Foreign Trade Policy
2009–2010. Mr. Jyothiraditya Madhavrao Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce is sitting to his left

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 due to global economic slowdown and the reduced
international prices of commodities. India’s exports in
dollar terms showed a growth of about 48.1% from
April to September, 2008 whereas from October, 2008,
it started declining, bringing down the cumulative
annual growth to 13.6% in 2008–09.
1.6 To counter the negative fall out of the global
slowdown on the Indian economy, the Government/
RBI responded by providing carefully designed and
calibrated stimulus packages in the form of fiscal,
monitory and export promotion measures from time
to time, including the announcements made in the
Budget 2009–10 (as given below) and in the Foreign
Trade Policy (FTP) 2009–14, to provide support,
particularly to employment intensive sectors. The
silver lining in the growth of exports since recent
months is clearly due to the Stimulus Measures
announced by the Government of India and the RBI.
Some of the major initiatives taken in the stimulus
packages are stated below.
1.7 In order to meet the objectives stated above, the major
thrust areas of strategy spelt out in FTP (2009–14) is
a mix of policy measures including fiscal incentives,
institutional changes, procedural rationalization,
enhanced market access across the world and
diversification of export markets. At this juncture, it
was the endeavour to provide adequate confidence
to Indian exporters to maintain their market presence
even in a period of stress. Further endeavour was
to provide special thrust to employment intensive
sectors which have witnessed job losses in the wake
of this recession, especially in the fields of textile,
leather, handicrafts, etc. Improvement in infrastructure
related to exports; bringing down transaction costs,
and providing full refund of all indirect taxes and
levies, would be the three pillars, which will support
us to achieve this target. The prime importance was on
the Stable Policy environment conducive for Foreign
Trade by way of continuation of exporter friendly and
transparent schemes/facilities. Further, since Goods
and Services Tax (GST) shall be made operational in
due course shortly, endeavour will be made to see
that the GST rebates all indirect taxes and levies on
exports.
STEPS TAKEN BY GOVERNMENT/RBI (INCLUDING THE
ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE IN THE BUDGET, 2009–10 AND
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THE FOREIGN TRADE POLICY, 2009–14 TO ADDRESS THE
CONCERNS OF EXPORTERS ARISING OUT OF PRESENT
GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOW DOWN.
(A) Measures taken by the Government
1. Interest subvention of 2% provided till 30.09.2009,
extended upto 31.3.2010, to the following labour
intensive sectors for exports:- Textiles (including
Handlooms), Handicrafts, Carpets, Leather, Gems
& Jewellery, Marine Products and SMEs;
2. Additional funds of Rs. 350 Crore provided (in
December 2008) for Handicraft items etc. in
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana (VKGUY);
3. Market Linked Focus Product Scheme extended for
bicycle parts, Motor Cars and Motor Cycles, Apparels
and Clothing accessories, Auto Components etc.
for exports from 1.4.09 to 30.09.09;
4. Higher Support for Market and Product
Diversification extended in FTP, 2009–14:
i. The incentive available under Focus Market
Scheme (FMS) raised from 2.5% to 3%;
ii. The incentive available under Focus Product
Scheme (FPS) raised from 1.25% to 2%;
iii. 26 new markets added under Focus Market
Scheme. These include 16 new markets in
Latin America and 10 in Asia-Oceania;
iv. A large number of products (527 new
products at 8 digit level and 82 new
Handicraft products) from various sectors
included for benefits under FPS;
v. Market Linked Focus Product Scheme
(MLFPS) greatly expanded by inclusion of
products classified under as many as 1500
products at 8 digit level for export to 13 new
countries (Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria,
South Africa, Tanzania, Brazil, Mexico,
Ukraine, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia and
New Zealand);
vi. MLFPS benefits also extended for export to
additional new markets for certain existing
products, like auto components, motor cars,
bicycle and its parts and apparels, among
others;
vii. Focus Product Scheme benefit extended for
export of ‘green technology products’; and

 for exports of some products originating
from the North East;
viii. Project Exports and a large number of
manufactured goods covered under FPS
and MLFPS;
5. Additional support provided for Market and
Product Diversification in January, 2010, based
on sectoral performance analysis:
i. 112 new products added under FPS at 8
digit level, eligible for benefits @ 2% of FOB
value of exports to all markets; Major sectors
include Engineering, Electronics, Rubber,
Chemicals, Plastics, Carton boxes and Egg
powder;
ii. 113 new products at 8 digit level given
higher benefits @ 5% of FOB value of exports
under Special FPS on exports to all markets;
Major Sectors include Hand Tools, parts
of Agriculture & Horticulture Machinery,
sewing machines and parts, liquid pumps,
nuts, bolts, washers, screws, staplers and
parts of machinery for soldering, brazing
and welding.
iii. 1837 new products added under MLFPS at
8 digit level, eligible for benefits @ 2% of
FOB value of exports to specified markets;
Major Sectors include machine tools, earth
moving equipments, transmission towers,
electrical & power equipments, steel
tubes, pipes and galvanized sheets,
compressors, Iron and Steel Structures,
Auto components, Three wheelers and
cotton woven fabrics (Chemicals have been
included for providing benefit for a limited
period of 6 months).
iv. Two new major markets, viz., China and
Japan, have been added under MLFPS;
v. Sesame seeds and minor coconut products
added under Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog
Yojana (VKGUY);
vi. Timor Leste added under Focus market
Scheme (FMS).
6. Adequate funds provided to ensure full refund
of pending claims of CST/Terminal Excise duty
/Duty drawback on deemed exports;
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7. Exporter friendly and the popular Duty
Neutralisation Scheme i.e., Duty Entitlement
Passbook (DEPB) Scheme extended upto 31st
December, 2010;
8. DEPB rates for all items where they were
reduced in November, 2008, restored to higher
rates from retrospective effect and the adhoc
increase in DEPB rates from 1% to 3% since 2007,
continued;
9. Duty Drawback rates on certain items restored
to higher rates effective from 1st September,
2008; Duty drawback rates retained at the same
level inspite of reduction in Excise tariff across
the board and customs tariff for few items; Duty
drawback rates announced for the first time for
precious metal jewellery items;
10. DEPB and Freely Transferable Incentive Schemes
provisionally allowed without awaiting receipt of
Bank Realisation Certificate (BRC);
11. Export Obligation Period under Advance
authorisation Scheme enhanced from 24 months
to 36 months without payment of composition
fee;
12. To aid technological upgradation of our export
sector, EPCG Scheme at Zero Duty has been
introduced for certain sectors. The scheme shall
be in operation till 31.3.2011;
13. To accelerate exports and encourage
technological upgradation, additional Duty
Credit Scrips shall be given to Status Holders @
1% of the FOB value of past exports of certain
sectors for procurement of capital goods. This
facility shall be available upto 31.3.2011.
14. Facility of non recovery of incentives granted
to exporters, subject to RBI specifically writing
off the export proceed realization alongwith a
certificate from Indian Missions abroad;
15. A number of measures taken to reduce transaction
cost for the exporters such as abolition of
application fee on all incentive schemes;
application fee reduced for duty neutralization
schemes; target to implement e-Trade Project in
a time bound manner to bring all stakeholders
including Customs, DGFT, Banks, Ports, Airlines
etc. on a common platform; Duty Neutralisation
Schemes such as Advance authorisation and
 chennai open house meet with commerce & industry minister

The Chief Guest, the Hon’ble Commerce & Industry Minister Mr. Anand Sharma addressing the meeting (4th from right). On his right are Mr. A
Sakthivel, President, FIEO; Mr. Ajay Mittal, Development Commissioner, MEPZ Special Economic Zone and Mr. Ajay Sahai, Director General, FIEO. On
Mr. Sharma’s left, are Mr. Amitabh Jain, Addl. DGFT; Mr. M Rafeeque Ahmed, Past President, FIEO; and Mr. G V Nayak, Chief Commissioner of Customs,
Chennai.

The Hon’ble Commerce & Industry Minister (right) addressing the meet. On his right is FIEO President.

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 EPCG schemes brought under E-commerce
mechanism;
16. To promote Brand India through six or more
“Made in India” Shows, to be organized across the
World every year;
17. Back-up guarantee made available to ECGC
to the extent of Rs. 350 Crore to enable it to
provide guarantees for exports to difficult
markets/ products. ECGC is now able to widen its
coverage;
18. Additional funds provided to the Ministry of
Textiles to clear the backlog claims of textile units
under Technology Upgradation Fund (TUF);
19. Additional resources made available under MDA
and MAI Schemes;
20. Additional items allowed within the existing
duty free imports entitlement for the following
employment oriented sectors:
i. 5 additional items for sports goods sector;
ii. Additional items for leather garments and
footwear and textile items.
21. Fringe Benefit Tax (FBT) abolished;
22. Section 10A and 10B (Sunset clauses for STPI and
EOUs schemes respectively), extended for the
financial year 2010–2011. Anomaly removed in
Section 10AA relating to taxation benefit of ‘unit
vis-à-vis assessee’;
23. Some pending issues relating to Service Tax
refund on exports—resolved. Some of these are:
i. Exemption from Service tax on services
linked to exports:
(a) On service related to transport of
export goods by road form any CFS or
ICD to the port or Airport and on service
related to transport of export goods by
road directly from their place of removal,
to an ICD, a CFS, a port or airport;
(b) Services provided by Foreign Agent
Commission service.
ii. Procedure for refund of service tax simplified
by allowing refund on self certification,
in case refund claim does not exceed
0.25% of FOB value of exports; and
certification by Chartered Accountant in
case of others;
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iii. Time period for filing refund claim increased
to 1 year from the date of export (as against
half-yearly).
24. For Fast Track Resolution of a number of
procedural issues thereby reducing delays
for the exporters, a Committee constituted
under the Chairmanship of Finance Secretary
including Secretaries of Department of Revenue
and Commerce; A number of issues sorted out
accordingly;
25. A Committee under the Chairmanship of Finance
Secretary has been constituted to resolve all
problems related to Non-availability of Dollar
Credit to exporters by the concerned Banks;
26. To enable support to Indian industry and
exporters, especially the MSMEs, in availing
their rights through trade remedy instruments, a
Directorate of Trade Remedy Measures proposed
to be set up;
27. Excise duty reduced across the board by 4 per
cent, for all products except petroleum products
and those products where current rate was less
than 4%. Excise Duty was further reduced by
another 2% on certain products like Leather etc.;
28. The guarantee cover under Credit Guarantee
Scheme for Micro and Small Enterprises on loans
doubled to Rs. 1 Crore, with a guarantee cover
of 50%. The guarantee cover extended by Credit
Guarantee Fund Trust increased to 85% for credit
facility upto Rs. 5 lakh. The lock-in period for such
collateral-free loans reduced.
29. Adjustment Assistance Scheme, initiated in
December ’08 to provide enhanced ECGC cover
at 95% to the badly hit sectors, continued till
March, 2010;
30. To protect the domestic manufacturing industry
from dumped/cheap imports, in particular, from
China, import restrictions imposed on some items
like auto forged components, HR coil, Carbon
Black, Polyester Filament Yarn (PFY) and Radial
Tyres (Bus & Trucks); subsequently withdrawn for
PFY, HR Coils and Carbon black.
31. Mega Handloom clusters in West Bengal and
Tamil Nadu and Powerloom cluster in Rajasthan
and New Mega clusters for carpets in Srinagar
and Mirzapur approved;
 32. Jaipur, Srinagar and Anantnag recognised as
‘Towns of Export Excellence’ for handicrafts;
Kanpur, Dewas and Ambur recognised for
leather products; and Malihabad for horticultural
products;
33. Basic customs duty of 5% on Rough/Unworked
corals abolished;
34. Regular monitoring mechanism
(a) The situation regularly monitored at the
highest level of Government, so that
immediate further corrective measures, can
be taken as may be required. In this regard,
the Government constituted the following
two High Level Committees for deliberating
the issues on regular basis:
i. An Apex Group chaired by Prime
Minister with Finance Minister,
Commerce Minister, Deputy Chairman
(Planning Commission), RBI Governor;
ii. Committee of officers chaired by
Cabinet Secretary, including Finance
Secretary, Commerce Secretary,
Secretary(DIPP), Secretary (Planning
Commission)- to meet regularly to
look into the suggestions made by
Trade and Industry and the respective
Administrative Ministries in respect
of the current global economic and
financial crisis and to recommend
action to the Apex Group.
(b) Department of MSME and Department
of Financial Services to jointly monitor
on the progress of the meetings of
Monthly meeting of State level Bankers’
Committee for vresolution of credit
issues of MSME.
(B) Measures taken by RBI
I. Increase in Liquidity to the Banks for Improving
Credit Flow, by
i. Reducing CRR, SLR, Repo rate and Reverse
Repo rate (from Oct ’08, CRR reduced from 9%
to 5% (now modified to 5.5% on 13.02.10 and
to be enhanced to 5.75% w.e.f. 27.2.2010), SLR
reduced from 25% to 24% (restored to 25%
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in Oct.’09), Repo Rate reduced from 7.5% to
4.75%, and Reverse Repo Rate reduced from
6% to 3.25%).
ii. Refinance facility to the EXIM Bank for an
amount of Rs. 5000 Crore for providing pre-
shipment and post-shipment credit in Rs. or
dollars;
iii. A special re-finance facility put in place for
banks for the purpose of extending finance to
exports, micro and small enterprises, mutual
funds and NBFCs. Provisioning requirements
had been lowered. Export Credit Refinance
facility for commercial banks increased to 50%
(now restored to 15% on 27.10.2009) of the
outstanding Rupee Export Credit.
II. Increase in FOREX Liquidity
i. RBIs assurance for continued selling of foreign
exchange (US $) through banks, to augment
supply in the domestic foreign exchange
market;
ii. Interest rates on export credit in foreign
currency has been reduced to LIBOR + 200
basis points in February 2010 from the earlier
LIBOR+350 basis points.
III. Easing of Credit Terms
i. The period of pre-shipment and post-shipment
Rupee Export Credit enhanced by 90 days
each;
ii. Time period of export realization for non-status
holder exporters increased to 12 months, at par
with the Status holders. This facility which was
available upto 03.06.09, has been extended for
one more year.
iii. PSU Banks, consequent to measures
announced by RBI, reduced the margin money
on Guarantees for export units.
1.8 Based on the strategies stated at para 1.7 above,
initiatives have been taken in the current Foreign
Trade Policy (FTP), 2009–14 announced on 27th
August’ 2009, which would be reviewed from time
to time for the need based improvement. Policy
measures initiated in the FTP 2009–14 are for a
2 year period and if required, Mid-Course Corrections
shall be undertaken. In the meantime, sectoral

 Open house at bangalore

AT BANGALORE: Mr. A. Sakthivel, President, FIEO delivering the welcome address at Bangalore. On the dais, from left, Mr. Ajay
Sahai, Director General, FIEO; Mr. Amitabh Jain, Addl. DGFT; Mrs Lalitha John, Chief Commissioner of Customs, Bangalore; Mr.
K R Girish, President, Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industry; Mr. R.S.Gujral, DGFT; Dr Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary;
Mr. J Crasta, President, FKCCI; and Mr. Francis Antony, Regional Jt. DGFT, Bangalore.

Open house at chennai

AT CHENNAI: Dr. Rahul Khullar, Secretary, Ministry of Commerce addressing the participants. On the dais from left, Mr.
Ajay Sahai, Director General, FIEO; Mr. Amitabh Jain, Addl. Director General of Foreign Trade; Mr. Ajay Mittal, Development
Commissioner, MEPZ Special Economic Zone; Mr. Mahesh Desai, National Vice- Chairman, EEPC India; Mr. R.S. Gujral, Director
General of Foreign Trade; Mr. A. Sakthivel, President, FIEO; Mr. M. Rafeeque Ahmed, Past President FIEO; Mr. G.V. Nayak, Chief
Commissioner of Customs; and Mr. M. Saikumar, Additional Export Commissioner & Zonal Jt.DGFT.

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 reviews to assess the impact of these measures on
our exports and accordingly appropriate initiatives
would be taken. However, it is also imperative that
along with the Government initiatives, there is a
need for the exporting community to improve
upon cost effectiveness in comparison to our
comparative economies.
1.9 In line with the announcement made in FTP,
2009–14 and to constantly monitor the
development in exports growth, first sectoral
review was conducted for all product groups
exhaustively and based on the performance analysis
and projections thereof, a number of measures
announced in January’ 2010, particularly for those
sectors which required further support. Initiatives
taken in this regard are stated below:
1.10 Initiatives Taken in the Foreign Trade
Policy, 2009–14
1.10.1 Higher Support for Market and Product
Diversification
i. Incentive schemes under Chapter 3 have been
expanded by way of addition of new products
and markets.
 27 new markets have been added under
Focus Market Scheme. These include 16
new markets in Latin America and 11 in
Asia-Oceania.
 A large number of products from various
sectors including Engineering products,
value added Plastic products, Jute and
Sisal products, Technical Textiles, Green
Technology products, Project goods,
vegetable textiles, Electronic items etc.
have been included for benefits under FPS.
ii. The incentive available under Focus Market
Scheme (FMS) has been raised from 2.5%
to 3%.
iii. The incentive available under Focus Product
Scheme (FPS) has been raised from 1.25%
to 2%.
iv. Market Linked Focus Product Scheme (MLFPS)
has been greatly expanded by inclusion of
products classified under more than 3600
ITC(HS) Codes at 8 digit level. Benefits to these
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products will be provided, if exports are made
to 15 identified markets (Algeria, Egypt, Kenya,
Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, Brazil, Mexico,
Ukraine, Vietnam, Cambodia, Australia, New
Zealand, Japan and China). Presently, the
products covered under the scheme include
Motor vehicles, auto-components, apparels,
knitted and crocheted fabrics, pharma
products, value added plastic and rubber
goods, Glass products, dyes and chemicals,
household articles of Aluminium, Machine
Tools, Earth moving equipments, Transmission
Towers, Electrical & power equipments, steel
tubes/pipes/galvanized sheets, compressors,
Iron & Steel structures, three wheelers etc.
v. A common simplified application form has
been introduced for taking benefits under FPS,
FMS, MLFPS and VKGUY.
1.10.2 Technological Upgradation
i. EPCG Scheme at Zero Duty has been
introduced for certain sectors like engineering
& electronic products, basic chemicals &
pharmaceuticals, apparels & textiles, plastics,
handicrafts, chemicals & allied products
and leather & leather products (subject
to exclusions as provided in HBP Vol. 1).
The scheme shall be in operation till
31.3.2011.
ii. Jaipur, Srinagar and Anantnag recognised as
‘Towns of Export Excellence’ for handicrafts;
Kanpur, Dewas and Ambur recognised
for leather products; and Malihabad for
horticultural products.
1.10.3 Support for Green Products and Products from
North East
i. Focus Product Scheme benefit extended for
export of ‘green products’; and for exports of
some products originating from the North East.
1.10.4 Status Holders
i. To accelerate exports and encourage
technological upgradation, additional Duty
Credit Scrips shall be given to Status Holders @
1% of the FOB value of past exports for certain
specified sectors. This facility shall be available
for export upto 31.3.2011.
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 ii. Transferability for the Duty Credit scrips being
issued to Status Holders under paragraph 3.8.6
of FTP under VKGUY Scheme permitted among
status holders.
1.10.5 Other Supportive Measures
i. Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) Scheme
extended beyond 31.12.2009 till 31.12.2010.
DEPB rate shall also include factoring of custom
duty component on fuel where fuel is allowed
as a consumable in Standard Input-Output
Norms.
ii. Export obligation on import of spares, moulds
etc. under EPCG Scheme has been reduced to
50% of the normal specific export obligation.
iii. Re-fixation of Annual Average Export Obligation
for a particular financial year in which there is
decline in exports from the country, extended
for the 5 year Policy Period, 2009–14.
1.10.6 Sector Specific Measures
i. Fisheries included in the sectors which are
exempted from maintenance of average EO
under EPCG Scheme.
ii. Additional flexibility under Target Plus Scheme
(TPS)/Duty Free Certificate of Entitlement
(DFCE) Scheme for Status Holders given to
Marine sector.
iii. To neutralize duty incidence on Jewellery
exports and hence to allow Duty Drawback on
such exports, duty drawback rates notified by
Department of Revenue.
iv. In an endeavour to make India a diamond
international trading hub, it is planned to
establish “Diamond Bourse (s)”.
v. Import on consignment basis of cut & polished
diamonds for the purpose of grading/
certification purposes introduced.
vi. Value limits of personal carriage of Gems &
Jewellery items have been increased from
US$ 2 million to US$ 5 million in case of
participation in overseas exhibitions. The
limit in case of personal carriage, as samples,
for export promotion tours, increased from
US$ 0.1 million to US$ 1 million.
vii. To reduce transaction and handling costs, a
single window system to facilitate export of
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perishable agricultural produce introduced.
The system will involve creation of multi-
functional nodal agencies to be accredited by
APEDA.
viii. Leather sector allowed re-export of unsold
imported raw hides and skins and semi finished
leather from public bonded ware houses,
subject to payment of 50% of the applicable
export duty.
ix. Minimum value addition under advance
authorisation scheme for export of tea reduced
from the existing 100% to 50%.
x. DTA sale limit of instant tea by EOU units
increased from the existing 30% to 50%.
xi. Export of tea covered under VKGUY Scheme
benefits.
xii. Export Obligation Period for advance
authorizations issued with 6-APA as input has
been increased from the existing 6 months to
36 months.
xiii. Requirement of ‘Handloom Mark’ for availing
benefits under FPS removed.
xiv. EOUs allowed to sell products manufactured
by them in DTA upto a limit of 90% instead of
existing 75%, without changing the criteria of
‘similar goods’, within the overall entitlement
of 50% for DTA sale.
xv. A clarification issued to enable procurement of
spares beyond 5% by granite sector EOUs.
xvi. EOUs allowed to procure finished goods for
consolidation along with their manufactured
goods,subject to certain safeguards.
xvii. Board of Approvals (BOA) to consider, extension
of block period by one year for calculation of
Net Foreign Exchange earning of EOUs.
xviii. EOUs allowed CENVAT Credit facility for the
component of Education Cess on DTA sale.
xix. To encourage Value Added Manufactured
export, a minimum 15% value addition on
imported inputs under Advance Authorization
Scheme prescribed.
xx. Coverage of Project Exports and a large number
of manufactured goods under FPS and MLFPS.
xxi. In cases, where RBI specifically writes off the
export proceeds realization, the incentives
 Open House meet with commerce secretary

Dr. Rahul Khullar, Commerce Secretary (3rd from right) answering the questions raised by the exporters. On
his left are Mr. A. Sakthivel, President, FIEO; and Mr. M. Rafeeque Ahmed, Past President FIEO. On his right
are Mr. R.S. Gujral, DGFT; Mr. Mahesh Desai, National Vice- Chairman, EEPC; Mr. Ajay Mittal, Development
Commissioner, MEPZ Special Economic Zone; and Mr. Amitabh Jain, Addl.DGFT.

Open House on Foreign Trade Policy with DGFT at Amritsar

Sitting on the dais, the chief guest Mr. R.S. Gujral, DGFT(4th from left). On his right are Mr. J K Jain, Chairman, FIEO(NR); Mr
Amitabh Jain, Addl. DGFT; and Mr. Ajay Sahai, Director General, FIEO. On his left are Mr. R C Ralhan, Regional Chariman, EEPC
India; with other dignitaries.

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 under the FTP, not to be recovered from the
exporters subject to certain conditions.
xxii. A number of measures undertaken for
reduction of transaction cost allowing
flexibility to exporters and simplification
of procedures, which are listed separately
(para 1.11).
xxiii. To enable support to Indian industry and
exporters, especially the MSMEs, in availing
their rights through trade remedy instruments,
a Directorate of Trade Remedy Measures
set up.
1.11 Measures undertaken for Simplification of
Procedures, Reduction of Transaction Costs
and Providing Flexibility to Exporters
1.11.1 Flexibility Provided to Exporters
i. Payment of customs duty for Export Obligation
(EO) shortfall under Advance Authorisation/
DFIA/EPCG Authorisation allowed by way of
debit of Duty Credit scrips.
ii. Import of restricted items, as replenishment,
now be allowed against transferred DFIAs, in
line with the erstwhile DFRC scheme.
iii. Time limit of 60 days for re-import of exported
gems and jewellery items, for participation
in exhibitions extended to 90 days in case
of USA.
iv. Transit loss claims received from private
approved insurance companies in India now
be allowed for the purpose of EO fulfillment
under Export Promotion schemes.
1.11.2 Simplification of Procedures
i. Number of samples/pieces allowed duty free
import increased from the existing 15 to 50.
Customs clearance of such samples now based
on only declarations given by the importers.
ii. To allow exemption for up to two stages from
payment of excise duty in lieu of refund, in case
of supply to an advance authorisation holder
(against invalidation letter) by the domestic
intermediate manufacturer. At present,
exemption is allowed upto one stage only.
iii. Three months time period allowed for
conversion of Shipping Bills from one Export
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Promotion scheme to other scheme by
Customs.
iv. Dispatch of imported goods directly from
the Port to the site allowed under Advance
Authorisation scheme for deemed supplies.
v. Disposal of manufacturing wastes/scrap
now allowed after payment of applicable
excise duty, even before fulfillment of export
obligation under Advance Authorisation and
EPCG Scheme.
vi. Regional Authorities now authorised to issue
licences directly for import of sports weapons
by ‘renowned shooters’, on the basis of NOC
from the Ministry of Sports & Youth Affairs.
vii. The procedure for issue of Free Sale Certificate
simplified and the validity of the Certificate
increased from 1 year to 2 years.
viii. Automobile industry, having their own R&D
establishment, allowed free import of reference
fuels (petrol and diesel), upto a maximum of 5
KL per annum, which are not manufactured in
India.
ix. The application and redemption forms under
EPCG scheme have been simplified.
1.11.3 Reduction of Transaction Costs
i. No fee shall be charged for grant of incentives
under the Schemes in Chapter 3 of FTP.
Further, for all other 18 Authorisations/ licence
applications, maximum applicable fee is being
reduced to Rs. 100,000 from the existing
Rs. 1,50,000 (for manual applications) and
Rs. 50,000 from the existing Rs. 75,000 (for EDI
applications).
ii. Export Promotion Councils/ Commodity Boards
advised to issue RCMC through a web based
online system. It is expected that issuance of
RCMC would become EDI enabled before June,
2010.
iii. Electronic Message Exchange between
Customs and DGFT in respect of incentive
schemes under Chapter 3 to become
operational shortly.
iv. An Inter Ministerial Committee formed to
redress/resolve problems/issues of exporters.
 v. An updated compilation of Standard
Input Output Norms (SION) and ITC (HS)
Classification of Export and Import Items has
been published.
1.12 Duty Neutralisation/Remission Schemes
1.12.1 Duty Entitlement Passbook (DEPB) Scheme: In
its constant endeavor to provide a stable Foreign
Trade Policy and to remove uncertainty about the
future of the most popular exporter friendly scheme
i.e., the DEPB scheme, Government extended the
validity of the scheme till 31st December 2010. Some
of the major initiative taken to keep its promise
to neutralize duties on all the inputs used in the
manufacture of the export product and to meet
the basic of DEPB scheme to neutralize incidence of
customs duty on import content of export product,
the Custom duty component, of the ‘consumable’
fuel, has been allowed in the DEPB rate. Further
since DEPB scheme allows duty credit, which for all
practical purposes is equivalent to cash, utility of
DEPB scheme for payment of customs duty, in case
of default in fulfillment of export obligation under
various schemes, has been allowed. DEPB rates for
certain items have been notified and to allow the
exporters to avail the DEPB benefit on the prevailing
international prices, value cap for certain products
have been revised upwards.
1.12.2 Advance Authorisation Scheme : To promote value
added product, minimum value addition under the
scheme has been raised to 15% in lieu of earlier + ve
value addition. Exemption from payment of excise
duty in lieu of refund in case of downstream product
manufacturer, supply against invalidation letter by
the Intermediate manufacturer upto 2 stages have
been allowed, provided the finished product is
physically exported by the ultimate exporters. To
reduce the transaction time and cost, henceforth,
advance authorisation holder shall be able to take
the imported components directed to the site of
project site instead of taking the same through the
manufacturing premises of the exporter. Further for
the first time, a specific facility has been spelt out
in the FTP allowing disposal of the manufacturing
waste prior to fulfillment of export obligation.
Further, to remove the existing procedure of double
verification of the export documents at customs
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end, shipments made from the EDI ports w.e.f.
1st April, 2009 shall be automatically transmitted
online between the customs and DGFT, thereby
dispensing with the requirement of submission of
hard copies of shipping bills.
1.12.3 Gems & Jewellery: Gems & Jewellery exports
constitute a major proportion of our total
merchandise exports. It is an employment oriented
sector. Exports from this sector suffered significantly
on account of the global economic slowdown.
Some of the measures undertaken for gems and
jewellery sector were in terms of announcement of
Duty Drawback rates for the gems & jewellery items
by Department of Revenue; To establish “Diamond
Bourses” in an endeavour to make India a diamond
international trading hub, introduction of a new
facility to allow import on consignment basis of cut
& polished diamonds for the purpose of grading/
certification; value limits of personal carriage of
Gems & Jewellery items have been increased from
US$ 2 million to US$ 5 million in case of participation
in overseas exhibitions; enhancement in the limit
in case of personal carriage, as samples, for export
promotion tours from US$ 0.1 million to US$ 1
million etc.
1.13 Service Tax Refund
Some pending issues relating to Service Tax refund
on exports—resolved. Some of these are:
i. Exemption from Service tax on services linked
to exports:
(a) On service related to transport of export
goods by road form any CFS or ICD to the
port or Airport and on service related to
transport of export goods by road directly
from their place of removal, to an ICD, a
CFS, a port or airport;
(b) Services provided by Foreign Agent
Commission service.
ii. Procedure for refund of service tax simplified
by allowing refund on self certification in case
refund claim does not exceed 0.25% of FOB
value of exports; and certification by Chartered
Accountant in case of others;
iii. Time period for filing refund claim increased to
1 year from the date of export (as against half
yearly).
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 Open House with DGFT on FTP at Bhubneshwar

Mr. Ramesh Kumar Agarwal, Chairman, FIEO (ER) addressing the meeting. From right Mr. G Mohanty, President, Sea Food Exporters Association; Mr. P
Mallick, Director, Export Promotion & Marketing, Govt of Orissa, Mr. R S Gujral, DGFT, Mr. Saurav Garg, Industry Secretary, Govt of Orissa, Mr. Niranjan
Mohanty, President, Utkal Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Govt of Orissa; and Mrs. Debdatta Nandwani, DDG, FIEO (ER)

INTERACTIVE MEETING WITH SHRI JYOTIRADITYA SCINDIA, MINISTER OF STATE FOR

COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

Mr. Jyotiraditya Scindia, Minister of State for Commerce & Industry, Chief Guest delivering the key note address. Thers on the dias are from left, Mr. Ajay
Sahai, Director General, FIEO; Mr. Ganesh Kumar Gupta, Immediate Past President, FIEO; Mr. S. K. Saraf, Vice President, FIEO; Mr. A. Sakthivel, President,
FIEO; Mr. Milind Deora, ember of Parliament; Mr. U. Venkatraman, Executive Director, MCXSX; and Mr. Suresh Kotak, Chairman, Kotak & Co.

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1.14 Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojana
(Special Agriculture and Village Industry
Scheme) [VKGUY]
Keeping in view the objective of Foreign Trade
Policy 2009–14 to promote employment generation
in rural and semi urban areas, Vishesh Krishi And
Gram Udyog Yojana has been expanded to include
export of Agricultural Produce and their value
added products; Minor Forest Produce and their
value added variants; Gram Udyog Products; and
Other products, as notified from time to time.
Duty Credit Scrip benefits are granted with an aim
to compensate high transport costs, and to offset
other disadvantages. Exporters, of products notified
in Appendix 37A of HBP vol.1, shall be entitled for
Duty Credit Scrip equivalent to 5% of FOB value of
exports (in free foreign exchange) for exports made
from 27.8.2009 onwards. However, reduced rate
of 3% is applicable in such cases where exporter
has also availed benefits of Drawback, at rates
higher than 1%; or Specific DEPB rate (i.e. other
than Miscellaneous Category – Sr. Nos. 22D & 22C
of Product Group 90); or Advance Authorization or
Duty Free Import Authorization for import of inputs
(other than catalysts, consumables and packing
materials) for the exported product for which
Duty Credit Scrip under VKGUY is being claimed.
Additional 2% rate, over and above the 5% or 3%
rate, is admissible for products specified in Table
2, Appendix 37A of HBP vol.1 (like Flowers, Fruits,
Vegetables and other products etc.).
Higher Incentive for Status holders is available in
the form of duty credit scrip equal to 10% of FOB
value of agricultural exports, limited to Rs. 100
Crore per annum, for products covered under ITC
HS Chapters 1 to 24, to permit import of Capital
Goods/equipments like Cold Storage Units; Pre-
cooling Units and Reefer Van/Containers etc.
1.15 Focus Market Scheme [FMS]
For offsetting high freight cost and other
externalities to select international markets with a
view to enhance India’s export competitiveness in
these countries, “Focus Market Scheme” has been
launched w.e.f. 1.4.2006. Exporters of all products to
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notified countries (as in Appendix 37C of HBP vol.1)
shall be entitled for Duty Credit Scrip equivalent
to 3% of FOB value of exports. So far, the Scheme
covers a total of 110 markets (52 markets in Africa;
31 in Latin America; 10 in CIS-CAR Block; 5 in East
Europe; 1 in Asia; and 11 in Asia-Oceania Block).
1.16 Focus Product Scheme [FPS]
To incentivise export of such products which have
high export intensity/employment potential, so
as to offset infrastructure inefficiencies and other
associated costs involved in marketing of these
products, A Scheme called Focus Product Scheme,
has been introduced w.e.f. 1.4.2006.
Exports of notified products (as in Appendix 37D of
HBP vol.1) to all countries (including SEZ units) shall
be entitled for Duty Credit scrip equivalent to 2% of
FOB value of exports (in free foreign exchange) for
exports made from 27.8.2009 onwards. However,
Special Focus Product (s)/sector (s), covered under
Table 2 and Table 5 of Appendix 37D [toys and
sports goods, carpets and handicrafts, at present],
shall be granted Duty Credit Scrip equivalent to 5%
of FOB value of exports. Over 1150 products have
been covered at 8 digit level under the Scheme,
which include leather products and footwear,
handloom products, handmade carpets and other
textile floor coverings, handicrafts, coir and jute
products, technical textiles, engineering products,
Green technology products, electronic products,
value added plastic and Glass products etc.
1.17 Market Linked Focus Products [MLFPS]
To give significant boost to market penetration
of specific product in specified markets, a variant
under Focus Product Scheme called Market
Linked Focus Products has been introduced from
1.4.2008. Export of products/sectors of high
export intensity/employment potential (which
are not covered under the FPS List) would be
incentivised at 2% of FOB value of exports (in
free foreign exchange) under FPS when exported
to the Linked Markets (countries), which are not
covered in the present FMS List, as notified in
Appendix 37D of HBPv1, for exports made from
27.8.2009 onwards.
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 Presently, the products covered under the scheme
include Motor vehicles, auto-components,
apparels, knitted and crocheted fabrics, pharma
products, value added plastic and rubber goods,
Glass products, dyes and chemicals, household
articles of Aluminium, Machine Tools, Earth moving
equipments, Transmission Towers, Electrical & Power
equipments, steel tubes/pipes/galvanized sheets,
compressors, Iron & Steel structures, three wheelers
etc. The countries covered under the Scheme include
Algeria, Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania,
Brazil, Mexico, Ukraine, Australia, New Zealand,
Cambodia, Vietnam, Japan and China. There are over
3600 products so far covered at 8 digit levels.
1.18 Served from India Scheme
The objective of the Scheme is to accelerate growth
in export of services so as to create a powerful
and unique ‘Served from India’ brand, instantly
recognized and respected the world over. All Indian
Service Providers, of services listed in Appendix
10 of HBP vol. 1, who have free foreign exchange
earning of at least Rs.10 lakhs in preceding financial
year/current financial year shall qualify for Duty
Credit Scrip. For Individual Indian Service Providers,
minimum free foreign exchange earnings would
be Rs. 5 lakhs. All service providers of 161 tradable
services are entitled to Duty Credit Scrip @ 10%
of the free foreign exchange earned, except a few
ineligible sectors/services. Import allowed with
actual user condition for import of capital goods,
office equipments, consumables, etc.
1.19 Status Holders Incentive Scheme (SHIS)
With an objective to promote investment in
upgradation of technology of some specified
sectors such as Leather, Textiles, Jute, Handicrafts,
Engineering, Plastics, Basic Chemicals, Status Holders
shall be entitled to incentive scrip @ 1% of FOB
value of exports made during 2009–10 and during
2010–11, of these specified sectors, in the form
of duty credit [subject to prescribed exclusions
as specified] for procurement of capital goods for
technology upgradation, with actual user condition.
This shall be over and above any duty credit scrip
claimed/availed under Chapter-3 of FTP. This facility
is available for exports made upto 31.3.2011.
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1.20 Export Promotion Capital Goods(EPCG)
Scheme
1.20.1 At present, there are two EPCG Schemes, that
is, 3% concessional duty scheme and Zero duty
concessional EPCG Scheme. The salient features of
3% concessional duty scheme are as under.
i. The Scheme was initially introduced in the
Import and Export Policy 1990–93 for import
of Capital Goods at a concessional rate of
Customs Duty @ 25%. The concessional rate of
duty has been reduced gradually to 3% since
1.4.2008.
ii. The scheme allows import of capital goods
for pre-production, production and post
production as well as for computer software
systems subject to an export obligation
equivalent to 8 times of duty saved amount
(50% of Export Obligation in case of import of
spares), to be fulfilled in 8 years reckoned from
Authorization issue-date.
iii. The scheme also requires maintenance of
average level of exports achieved by the ex-
porter in the preceding three licensing years for
the same and similar products within the overall
export obligation period including extended
period, except for categories mentioned in para
5.7.6 of Hand Book of Procedure.
iv. To encourage exports from the tiny and cottage
sector, an export obligation period of 12 years
is granted for fulfillment of export obligation.
v. EPCG authorisation can also be issued for
import of spares, tools and refractory for initial
lining and catalyst for initial charge for existing
plant and machinery. (imported earlier under
the EPCG Scheme or otherwise).
vi. In case of agro units, the export obligation is
equivalent to 6 times duty saved on imported
capital goods to be completed within a period
of 12 years.
vii. In case of SSI Units, the EO is equivalent to 6
times duty saved to be fulfilled over a period of
8 years provided the cif value of such imported
capital goods does not exceed Rs. 50 lakh and
total investment in plant and machinery after
such imports does not exceed the SSI limits.
 Open House with DGFT in Mumbai

Mr. R S Gujral, DGFT addressing the participants. Others on the dais are from left, Mr. Ajay Sahai, Director General, FIEO; Mr. G K Gupta, mmediate
Past President, FIEO; Mr. B K Sinha, Commissioner Exports, JNPT; Mr. S K Saraf, Vice President, FIEO; and Mr. R Tiwari, Commissioner Imports, Mumbai
Custom House.

Open House with customs & excise officials at Ahmedabad

From left Mr. A N Mishra,Jt. DGFT, Ahmedabad; Mr. Raju Ahuja, Commissioner of Service Tax, Ahmedabad; Mr. Ajit Kumar, Chief Commissioner of
Central Excise, Ahmedabad; Mr. S K Saraf, Vice President, FIEO; Ms. Lipika Majumdar Roychoudhary, Commissioner of Customs, Ahmedabad; and Mr.
Deepak Chiripal, Director, Chiripal Group of Industries

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 viii. For EPCG authorizations with a duty saved
amount of Rs. 100 Crore or more, the export
obligation period is 12 years.
ix. Import of second hand capital goods is allowed
without any age restriction.
x. Import of motor car, sports utility vehicles/all
purpose vehicles is allowed only to hotels,
travel agents, tour operators or tour transport
operators and companies owning/operating
golf resorts whose total foreign exchange
earning from their respective sectors in the
current and preceding three licensing years is
Rs. 1.5 Crore or more.
xi. Vehicles imported under EPCG Scheme are
to be so registered that the vehicles are used
for tourist purpose only. Parts of cars, such
as chassis, cannot be imported under EPCG
Scheme.
xii. EPCG Authorization can also be issued for
import of capital goods under Scheme for
Project Imports notified by the Central Board
of Excise and Customs under S. No.441 of
Customs Exemption Notification No.21/2002
dated 01.03.2002. Export obligation for such
EPCG authorizations would be eight times of
duty saved. Duty saved would be the difference
between the effective duty under aforesaid
Customs Notification and concessional duty
under the EPCG Scheme.
xiii. The scope of the EPCG scheme has been
extended to Common Service Providers (CSP)
who are designated/certified as a Common
service Providers by the DGFT, Department of
Commerce or State Infrastructural Corporation
in a Town of Export Excellence.
xiv. A person holding an EPCG licence may
source the capital goods from a domestic
manufacturer instead of importing them.
The domestic manufacturer supplying CG to
EPCG authorisation holder shall be eligible for
deemed export benefits under Para 8.3 of the
Policy.
xv. EPCG licence may be issued for retail sector for
import of capital goods required by the retailer
to create modern infrastructure in the retail
sector.
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xvi. EPCG Authorizations holders can opt for
Technological up-gradation of existing Capital
goods imported under EPCG authorizations’
subject to conditions stipulated in para 5.8 (i)
to (v) of FTP.
1.20.2 Export Obligation (EO) Conditions under EPCG
Scheme
i. EO to be fulfilled by export of goods
manufactured/service rendered by applicant.
ii. Upto 50% of EO may be fulfilled by exports
of other goods manufactured or services
provided by the same firm/ company/ group
companies.
iii. Exports shall be physical exports. Certain
deemed exports will also be counted towards
fulfillment of EO.
iv. The export obligation under the Scheme shall
be over and above, the average level of exports
achieved by the EPCG authorisation holder in
the preceding three licensing years for the
same and similar products within the overall
export obligation period including extended
period, other than the categories exempted
for this purpose.
v. No average EO condition for certain sectors
like handicraft, handlooms, cottage, tiny sector,
agriculture, aqua-culture, animal husbandry,
floriculture, horticulture, pisciculture, poultry
and sericulture.
vi. Extension in EO period may be granted for a
period of 2 years +2 years subject to certain
conditions specified in Para 5.1 of HBP.
vii. For BIFR units, EO period may be extended as
per BIFR package or 12 years, if not specified by
BIFR. Import of Capital Goods shall be subject
to Actual User Condition till EO is completed.
viii. Capital Goods imported (excepting tools) for
manufacturing of export products relating to
handicraft, handlooms, cottage, tiny sector,
agriculture, aqua-culture, animal husbandry,
floriculture, horticulture, pisciculture, poultry
and sericulture are not transferable for a period
of five years from date of import even if EO is
fulfilled. However, transfer of capital goods is
allowed within group companies within five
 years from the date of import after fulfillment of EO
under intimation to RA and jurisdictional Central
Excise Authority.
1.21 Zero Duty EPCG Scheme
The scheme has been introduced in the new Foreign
Trade Policy 2009–14 for specified sectors, viz for
exporters of engineering & electronic products,
basic chemicals & pharmaceuticals, apparels &
textiles, plastics, handicrafts, chemicals & allied
products and leather & leather products; subject to
exclusions as provided in HBP vol. I.
i. Under zero duty EPCG Scheme, export
obligation equivalent to 6 times of duty saved
amount on capital goods is required to be
fulfilled in 6 years from authorisation issue
date.
ii. The validity period for import of capital goods
under zero duty EPCG Scheme is nine months;
iii. Export obligation period of 6 years can be
extended for a maximum period of 2 years
only.
All other provisions pertaining to 3% duty EPCG
scheme, to the extent they are not inconsistent with
the above provisions of zero duty EPCG Scheme,
are applicable to the zero duty EPCG Scheme also.
The zero duty EPCG Scheme will be in operation till
31.3.2011.
1.22 Export Oriented Units(EOUs)/Electronic
Hardware Technology Park(EHTP)/
Software Technology Park (STP)/
Biotechnology Park(BTP)
Following incentives have been announced by
Hon’ble Commerce & Industry Minister while
announcing Foreign Trade Policy (2009–2014) on
27th August 2009:-
i. EOUs have been allowed to sell products
manufactured by them in DTA upto a limit of
90% instead of existing 75%, without changing
the criteria of ‘similar goods’, within the overall
entitlement of 50% for DTA sale.
ii. EOUs will now be allowed to procure finished
goods for consolidation along with their
manufactured goods, subject to certain
safeguards.
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iii. During this period of downturn, Board of
Approvals (BOA) to consider, extension of
block period by one year for calculation of Net
Foreign Exchange earning of EOUs.
iv. EOUs will now be allowed CENVAT Credit
facility for the component of Education Cess
on DTA sale.
v. DTA sale limit of instant tea by EOU units has
been increased from the existing 30% to 50%.
vi. Income Tax benefits under Section 10A for
IT Industry and under Section 10B for 100%
Export Oriented Units have been continued for
one additional year till 31st March, 2011.
1.22.1 Further following additions/changes have been
made in FTP/HBP vol-I:
i. BoA to allow, on a case to case basis, requests of
EOU/ EHTP/STP/BTP units in sectors other than
Gems & Jewellery, for consolidation of goods
related to manufactured articles and export
thereof along with manufactured article.
Such goods may be allowed to be imported/
procured from DTA by EOU without payment
of duty, to the extent of 5 % FOB value of such
manufactured articles exported by the unit
in preceding financial year. This is subject to
certain conditions;
ii. Whenever a unit is unable to export due to
prohibition/restriction imposed on export of
any product mentioned in LoP, the five year
block period for calculation of NFE earnings
may be suitably extended by BoA. BoA may
also consider extension of block period by
another one year, for calculation of NFE, on case
to case basis, for those units which complete 5
years block period in between 30.09.2008 and
3 0.09.2009, keeping in view of the decline in
exports in that particular unit, due to economic
slow down only.
iii. Applications for conversion into an EOU/EHTP/
STP/BTP unit from existing DTA units, having
an investment of Rs. 50 Crore and above in
plant and machinery or exporting Rs. 50 Crore
and above annually, shall be placed before BoA
for a decision.
iv. Interest is payable on delay in refund of CST, if
the case is not settled within 30 days of receipt
of complete application.
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 v. An authorized person of Gems & Jewellery EOU
may also import gold in primary form, upto
10 Kgs in a financial year through personal
carriage, as per guidelines prescribed by RBI
and DoR.
vi. Relaxation has been allowed in period of EO
against import of items covered by Chapter 9
of ITC (HS) certain spices and coconut oil.
vii. Sub-contracting of production process abroad,
has been elaborated.
viii. In case of goods exported for holding/
participating in exhibitions in USA, the time
period has been increased to 90 days from
earlier 60 days.
ix. In case of personal carriage of goods for
holding/participating in overseas exhibitions,
value of gems & jewellery has been increased
to US$ 5 million in place of earlier 2 million .
x. Personal carriage of gold/silver/platinum
jewellery, cut and polished diamonds, precious,
semi-precious stones, beats and articles as
samples has been increased to US $ 10 lakh
from earlier US $ 1 lakh for export promotion
tours, and temporary display/sale abroad by
EOUs.
xi. Unit Approval Committee for EOUs has been
notified with composition as under:
(a) Development Commissioner Chairperson
(b) Jurisdictional Commissioner Member
of Central Excise & Customs
(c) Joint DGFT Member
(d) Joint/Deputy Development Member
Commissioner of the Zone
(e) Any other nominee of any
Department/ Agency as
special invitee
xii. Under sub para 6.9 (e) of FTP, supplies of goods/
services to organizations entitled for duty free
import under the following Ministry of Finance
Notifications are eligible:
1. No. 106/58-Cus. Dated 29.3.58
2. No. 152/94-Cus. Dated 13.7.94
3. No. 50/96-Cus dated 23.7.96
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4. No. 39/96-Cus dated 23.7.96
5. No. 84/97-Cus dated 11.11.97
1.23 Deemed Exports
Following provisions have been made in FTP/HBP
VOl-I (2009–2014) to facilitate deemed exports:-
i. Exemption from TED shall also be available for
supplies made by an Advance Authorization
holder to a manufacturer holding another
Advance Authorization if such manufacturer,
in turn, supplies the product(s) to an ultimate
exporter.
ii. Now interest is payable if a claim for refund of
duty draw back/TED is not settled within 30
days of receipt of complete application.
iii. Procedure for seeking refund of TED for supply
of high speed diesel of furnace oil from depots
of domestic oil PSUs has been included.
iv. Now no separate application for claiming
interest is required and single cheque for
main claim and interest can be issued to the
claimant.
v. In regard to mega power projects, the
requirement of ICB would not be mandatory, if
the requisite quantum of power has been tied
up through tariff based competitive bidding or
if the project has been awarded through tariff
based competitive bidding.
vi. Rs.1222.93 Crore have been provided till
15.02.2010 to ensure refund of claims of
Terminal Excise duty /Duty drawback on
deemed exports. For further pending/expected
claims of FY 2009–10, a request has been made
for allocation of more funds.
1.24 Board of Trade
i. The Board of Trade (BOT) was reconstituted on
16.07.2009 under Chairmanship of Commerce &
Industry Minister vide order No.01/94/180/438/
AM05/BOT/PC-V date 16.07. 2009. The Board of
Trade, inter alia, advises the Government on
policy measures connected with the Foreign
Trade Policy in order to achieve the objectives
of boosting India’s trade.
 ii. The first meeting of the reconstituted Board of
Trade was held on 10.08.2009 and discussed
the following issues:
a Global economic slowdown-Measures
required to enhance India’s export
competitiveness;
b Suggestions /inputs for new Foreign
Trade Policy;
c Views for setting up of an umbrella
organization for export promotion.
1.25 Inter-State Trade Council
i. The Inter State Trade Council has been set up
to serve as a mechanism for institutionalized
dialogue between the Union and the States
in matters relating to trade facilitation and to
create a framework for making States partners
in India’s export effort.
ii. It has been decided to convene the meeting
of Inter State Trade Council along with the
meeting of National Development Council
under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Prime
Minister.
iii. Pulses
1.26 Amendments/Changes Made in Itemwise
Export Policy During the year 2009–10
i. Edible Oil
 Export of edible oils is prohibited w. e. f.
17.3.08.
 Ban on export of Edible Oil has been
iv. Wheat
extended up to 30.9.2010.
With effect from 1st November, 2009, export of edible
oils has been permitted in branded consumer
packs of up to 5 Kgs. subject to a fresh limit of
10,000 tons during the period from 1.11.2009 to
31.10.2010; such exports are allowed only from
Customs EDI Ports.
ii. Rice
 Export of non-basmati rice was completely
prohibited vide Notification No.93 dated 1st
April, 2008. However, export of PUSA-1121
variety of non-basmati rice was allowed
w. e. f. 3.9.08. With effect from 5th November,
2008, PUSA-1121 variety of non basmati rice
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was categorized as ‘Basmati rice’ and it became
exportable as basmati rice subject to applicable
MEP and other conditions.
 A quantity of 10 lakh tones of non-basmati
rice was allowed to be exported to 21 African
countries through STC, MMTC and PEC.
 Minimum Export Price for export of Basmati rice
was reduced from US $ 1100 PMT previously to
US $ 900 per ton or Rs. 41,400/-per ton FOB w.
e. f. 7.9.2009.
 It was also decided subsequently that in
Kharif Marketing season 2009-10 Department
of Commerce may continue with the export
of non-basmati rice on diplomatic basis from
private stocks for the quantity which has
already been approved by the Ministry of
External Affairs and Ministry of Commerce.
Such export shall, however, be undertaken
directly by the CPSUs of Department of
Commerce and these PSUs will themselves
procure and export rice without engaging
any private agents.
 Ban on export of non-basmati rice is to continue;
 Export of pulse had been prohibited initially
for a period of six months but extended till
31.3.2007;
 Export of pluses except Kabuli Chana is
prohibited till 31.3.2010. (Vide Notification
No.99 dated 27.03.2009).
 Export of wheat and wheat products was
prohibited vide Notification No. 33 dated 8th
October, 2007.
 Export of Wheat Flour (Maida), Samolina
(Rava/Sirgi), Wholemeal atta and resultant atta
has been permitted freely subject to a limit
of 6,50,000 MTs upto 31st March, 2010; export
is allowed only from Customs EDI Ports.
 It has however, been decided that In 2009–
10, export of wheat by private trade may
not be allowed other than the export of
6.5 lakh tonnes of wheat products, which
has already been permitted by the
Government.
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1.27 Amendments/Changes Made in Itemwise
Import Policy During the year 2009–10
1. Import of cigarette or any other tobacco product
to comply with the provisions contained in
the “Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products
(Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Rules,
2009”. (Notification No. 108, dated 5.6.2009)
2. Import of Mobile Handsets without IMEI No.
and CDMA mobile phones without ESN/
MEID prohibited. (Notification No. 112, dated
16.6.2009 and Notification No. 14, dated
14.10.2009)
3. Import of reference fuels for automobile
industries, having R&D registration made free.
(Notification No. 2, dated 27.8.2009)
4. Import of Electrical Energy made restricted.
(Notification No. 7, dated 8.9.2009)
5. Import of the items Carbon black, Polysters and
Flat-rolled products of iron or non-alloy steel
made free. (Notification No. 8, dated 9.9.2009
and Notification No. 23, dated 8.1.2010)
6. Import of wild animals (including their parts
and products) in respect of those species listed
in CITES made subject to the provisions of
CITES. (Notification No. 13, dated 14.10.2009)
7. The prohibition on import of milk and milk
products from China extended for a period
of six months with effect from 24.12.2009.
(Notification No. 22, dated 23.12.2009)
8. Import of toys made free subject to certificate
of conformance of prescribed standards.
(Notification No. 27, dated 27.1.2010)
9. Import of new vehicles permitted through the
Customs port at Mumbai Air Cargo Complex,
Chennai Airport and ICD Talegaon, Pune.
(Notification No. 30, dated 10.2.2010)
1.28 Trends of authorisations issued under Export
Promotion & Duty Neutralization Schemes of
Foreign Trade Policy during the period.April-
December 2009
1.28.1 In order to promote exports, various exports
promotion schemes such as Duty Exemption/
Remission Schemes, Export Promotion Capital Goods
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Schemes, etc. are being offered by the Government
to the exporters and with a view to continuously
increasing our percentage share of global trade
and expanding employment opportunities, certain
special focus initiatives have been identified for
Market diversification, technological upgradation,
support to status holders, Agriculture, handlooms,
Handicrafts, Gems & Jewellery, leather, Marine,
electronics and IT hardware manufacturing Industries
etc. To ensure attaining the objectives within the
given time frame, Directorate General of Foreign
Trade (DGFT) issue various types of authorizations
under various export promotion schemes through
its 35 regional offices across India. The growth
and performances of various schemes are being
described in the ensuing sections in greater detail.
1.28.2 All India Scenario: To understand the performances
of export promotion schemes, Directorate General
of Foreign Trade (DGFT) brings out annually a
publication viz; ’Abstract of approvals’ depicting
trends on authorisation issued under various export
promotion and duty neutralization schemes under
Foreign Trade Policy by different Port Offices.
1.28.3 During the period April-December,2009, a total of
1,48,183 import authorizations valuing Rs. 1,01,032
Crore(CIF) were issued. Of these 83,787 authorisations
valuing Rs. 5,881 Crore as duty credit were issued under
DEPB scheme and the remaining 64,396 authorisations
valuing Rs. 95,151 Crore as CIF were issued under
schemes other than DEPB.
1.28.4 During the same period of last year, a total of 1,40,052
import authorizations valuing Rs. 1,20,745 Crore
(CIF) were issued, of which 82,391 authorisations
valuing Rs. 5,558 Crore as duty credit were issued
under DEPB Scheme and the remaining 57,661
authorisations valuing Rs. 1,15,187 Crore as CIF were
issued under schemes other than DEPB.
This represents an increase of 6 per cent in numbers
and decline of 16 per cent in the value during April-
December, 2009 over the same period of last year.
(Ref. Appendix-I)
1.29 Office-wise licensing activities
Office-wise licensing statistics for the period April-
December,2009 reveal that ten major offices namely
 Mumbai, CLA New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata,
Ahmedabad, Ludhiana, Bangalore, Coimbatore,
Pune and Hyderabad issued 1,14,178 authorizations
valuing Rs. 80,424 Crore as CIF/duty credit; thereby
accounting for a contribution to the extent of 77 per
cent in numbers and 80 per cent in terms of value.
These offices issued a total of 68,242 DEPB
authorizations having duty credit of Rs. 4,689 Crore. In
terms of number of DEPB and duty credit, their share
amounted to 81 and 80 per cent respectively during
April -December 2009.
Mumbai alone issued 45,332 authorizations valuing
Rs. 31,576 Crore as CIF and remained at the top of
all Port Offices. Mumbai, also remained at the top
position amongst all Port Offices by issuing 29,535
DEPB authorisations having duty credit of Rs. 1,964
Crore. CLA, New Delhi by issuing a total of 19,447
authorisations having CIF value of Rs. 14,433 Crore
remained at the second position. (Ref. Appendix-IX)
1.30 Category-wise Licensing Scenario
i. Advance licence/Authorisation: An Advance
authorisation is issued to allow duty free import of
inputs, which are physically incorporated in export
product. In addition, fuel, oil, energy, catalysts which
are consumed to obtain export product may also be
allowed. Duty free import of mandatory spares up to
10% of CIF value of authorisation which are required to
be supplied with resultant product are allowed under
Advance authorisation. Advance authorizations are
issued for inputs and export items given under SION.
During April-December 2009, Advance authorizations
numbering 13,547 and valuing Rs. 53,801 Crore (CIF)
and Rs. 1,01,780 Crore as Export Obligation(FOB) were
issued by different port offices of DGFT. On comparing
with the previous year’s statistics, there is a decline of 10
per cent in number and 38 per cent in the CIF value.
ii. Duty Entitlement Pass Book Scheme (DEPB): DEPB
is towards neutralization of basic customs duty on
the inputs. DEPB is a transferable instrument and easy
to operate which makes it more popular among the
exporters, which is evident from the fact that about
57 per cent of total authorisation issued are from this
category.
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During the period April-December,2009, 83,787 DEPB
authorisations having duty credit of Rs. 5,881 Crore
were issued which registered a growth of 2 per cent
in number and 6 per cent in duty credit.
iii. Duty Free Replenishment Certificate (DFRC):
DFRC is one of the sub-categories of Duty Remission
Scheme. DFRC offers imports of inputs already
consumed in exports by way of replenishment
without payment of basic customs duty. However,
such inputs shall be subject to the payment of
additional customs duty equal to the excise duty at
the time of import.
During the period under reference, only 32
authorisations valuing Rs. 315 Crore were issued
for which an Export obligation of Rs. 395 Crore was
fixed. Whereas, during the same period of last year, 65
authorizations having Rs. 22 Crore as CIF and Rs. 33
Crore as export obligation were issued. The decline in
issuance is due to the fact that the scheme has been
withdrawn w.e.f 1.5.2006 and a new scheme namely;
DFIA, has been launched in its place.
iv. EPCG Authorization
Zero duty EPCG Scheme: Zero duty EPCG scheme
allows import of capital goods for pre-production,
production and post-production at zero customs
duty, subject to an export obligation equivalent to
6 times of duty saved on capital goods imported
under EPCG scheme to be fulfilled over a period
of 6 years reckoned from the date of issuance of
authorisation. The scheme is available for exporters of
engineering and electronic products, basic chemicals
& pharmaceuticals, apparels & textiles, plastics,
handicrafts, chemicals & allied products and leather &
leather products.
During the period April-December,2009, 1394
authorisations having duty credit of Rs. 8481 Crore
have been issued under the scheme.
Concessional 3 % Duty EPCG Scheme : Concessional
3% duty EPCG scheme allows import of capital goods
for pre-production, production and post-production
at 3%customs duty, subject to an export obligation
equivalent to 8 times of duty saved on capital goods
imported under EPCG scheme to be fulfilled over a
period of 8 years reckoned from the date of issuance
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 of authorisation. The Scheme is available for
Agro units, SSI units and units in Cottage or tiny
sector.
During the period, 11,744 Concessional 3% duty
EPCG authorizations were issued for a value of Rs.
8,761 Crore (CIF) and Rs. 73,175 Crore as export
obligation.
Duty free Import Authorisation: This scheme
was launched from May, 2006, which offers the
facility of duty free imports for exports and allows
the facility of transferability of scrip or the imported
inputs once the export obligation is complete. This
has resulted in flexibility to the exporters to use or
dispose off the inputs, thereby getting back the
duty component incurred on them. The scheme has
been an instant success amongst the exporters.
During the period, 2,448 authorisations having CIF
value of Rs. 6,577 Crore and FOB value of Rs. 8,229
Crore were issued under the Scheme.
v. Served from India Scheme (SFIS): The objective of
the scheme is to accelerate the growth in export of
services so as to create a powerful and unique ‘served
from India’ brand, instantly recognized and respected
world over. This is also one of the sub-categories of
Duty Remission Scheme.
During the period under reference, 862 authorisations
valuing Rs. 999 Crore were issued under this scheme.
vi. Diamond, Gem & Jewellery Export Promotion
Scheme: Exporters of gems and jewellery can
import/procure duty free inputs required for
manufacturing of gems and jewellery items under
this scheme.
During the period, only 35 authorisation valuing
Rs. 8 Crore and export obligation of Rs. 86 Crore were
issued. When compared with the previous year, there
is a decline of 20 per cent in numbers and 19 per cent
in value .
vii. Negative list of Import items: During the reference
period, 1,226 authorisations for negative lists of import
items valuing Rs. 13,265 Crore were issued, which
represents an increase of 76 per cent in numbers and
216 per cent in terms of value respectively over the
corresponding period of last year.
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viii. Target Plus Scheme: The objective of the scheme
is to accelerate growth in exports by rewarding star
export houses who have achieved a quantum growth
in exports, substantially higher than the general
annual export target fixed.
During the reference period a total of 160 authorisations
having CIF value of Rs. 74 Crore were issued, while
during same period of last year 341 authorisations
having CIF value of Rs. 212 were issued.
ix. Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog Yojna: The
objective of the scheme is to promote export
Agricultural produce and their value added
products; minor forest produce and their value
added variants; Gram Udyog products; Forest based
products; and other products as notified from time
to time.
Under the scheme, 21,343 authorisations
having CIF value of Rs. 2,178 Crore were issued
during the reference period, whereas 14,187
authorisations having CIF value of Rs. 1,740 Crore
were issued during the corresponding period of
last year.
x. Focus Market Scheme (FMS): The objective of
the scheme is to offset high freight cost and other
externalities to select international markets with a
view to enhance India’s export competitiveness in
these countries.
During April- December, 09, 4468 authorisations
having CIF value of Rs. 337 Crore were issued under
the scheme, whereas during the same period of last
year 2913 authorisations having Rs. 238 Crore CIF
value were issued.
xi. Focus Product Scheme (FPS): Objective of the
scheme is to incentivise export of such products
which have high export intensity/employment
potential, so as to offset infrastructure inefficiences
and other associated costs involved in marketing of
these products.
During April–December, 09, 7083 authorisations
having CIF value of Rs. 311 Crore were issued under
the scheme, whereas during the same period of last
year 4982 authorisations having Rs. 163 Crore CIF
value were issued. (Ref. Appendix-I)
1.31 Product wise Licensing Scenario
The product wise trends of import authorizations
issued under different Export Promotion schemes for
the period April-December, 2008 & 2009 are reflected
in Appendices-IV & VI respectively.
Out of the total 1,48,183 import authorizations, 28,919
authorizations (20 per cent share) were pertaining to
“Chemical & allied products” followed by “Engineering
products” – 27,588 (19 per cent share), “Textiles
General”- 22,884 (15 per cent share), “Miscellaneous
products”-13,443 (9 per cent share) and “Plastics”-
6,972 (5 per cent share).
Out of the total CIF/duty credit of Rs.1,01,032 Crore,
Rs. 38,049 Crore pertained to “Engineering products”
followed by “Chemical & allied products” (Rs. 29,036
Crore), “Plastics”(Rs. 6,374 Crore) and “Textiles General
”(Rs. 4,732 Crore).
The export obligation/FOB against all import
authorisations was fixed as Rs. 4,75,843 Crore during
the period under reference. Of which Rs. 1,31,111
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Crore pertained to “Engineering products” followed
by “Chemical & allied products” (Rs. 93,200 Crore),
“Textiles General” (Rs. 26,923 Crore) and “Plastics”
(Rs.10,542 Crore).
The following charts depict a visually comprehensible
licensing scenario during the period under reference:
1. Comparative picture of Authorisations issued
during April-December, 2008 & April-December,
2009.
2. Comparative picture of value of Authorisations
issued during April-December, 2008 & April-
December, 2009.
3. Percentage share of Authorisations issued by
category during April-December, 2009.
4. Percentage share of value of Authorisations issued
by category during April-December, 2009.
5. Percentage share of Authorisations issued by Top
Ten RAs during April-December, 2009.
6. Percentage share of value of Authorisations issued
by Top Ten RAs during April-December, 2009.
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 Appendix-I
NUMBER AND VALUE OF VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL-DECEMBER 2009
AND ITS COMPARISION WITH AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL–DECEMBER 2008
2008–2009 2009–2010 Growth April–December 2009 over
April-December 2008
April 2008 to December 2008 April 2009 to December 2009
Category Number Share to CIF/Duty FOB Number Share to CIF/Duty FOB Number CIF/Duty FOB
the total credit (Rs. crore) the total credit (Rs. crore) credit (Rs. crore)
number (Rs. crore) number (Rs. crore) (Rs. crore)

Advance authorisation 15122 10.8% 87204 108915 13547 9.1% 53802 101781 -10.4% -38.3% -6.6%
DEPB-Post Export 82391 58.8% 5558 121141 83787 56.5% 5881 119817 1.7% 5.8% -1.1%
DFRC for Deemed Export 8 0.0% 4 6 7 0.0% 2 3 -12.5% -42.0% -48.3%
Served from India scheme 605 0.4% 589 0 862 0.6% 999 0 42.5% 69.6%
DFCE for Status Holder 68 0.0% 217 0 47 0.0% 41 0 -30.9% -80.9%
Duty Free Import Authorisation 3062 2.2% 7137 9892 2448 1.7% 6577 8229 -20.1% -7.9% -16.8%
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 65 0.0% 22 33 32 0.0% 315 395 -50.8% 1329.5% 1113.9%
Certificate
Import licence for negative list 696 0.5% 4203 0 1226 0.8% 13265 0 76.1% 215.6%
of import items
Target Plus Scheme 341 0.2% 212 0 160 0.1% 74 0 -53.1% -65.1%
Focus Market Scheme 2913 2.1% 238 11495 4468 3.0% 337 14184 53.4% 41.8% 23.4%
Focus Product Scheme 4982 3.6% 163 12847 7083 4.8% 311 17872 42.2% 91.0% 39.1%
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog 14187 10.1% 1740 48865 21343 14.4% 2178 130567 50.4% 25.2% 167.2%
Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 15568 11.1% 13449 109784 11744 7.9% 8761 73175 -24.6% -34.9% -33.3%

Zero duty EPCG Scheme 0 0.0% 0 0 1394 0.9% 8481 9733

Gem & Jewellery 44 0.0% 10 225 35 0.0% 8 86 -20.5% -18.7% -61.7%
TOTAL 140052 100% 120745 423203 148183 100% 101032 475843 5.8% -16.3% 12.4%

Appendix-II
NUMBER AND VALUE OF VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL–MARCH 2009 AND
ITS COMPARISION WITH AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL–MARCH 2008
2007–2008 2008–2009 Growth April–March 2009 over April–March
2008
April 2007 to March 2008 April 2008 to March 2009
Category Number Share to CIF/Duty FOB Number Share to CIF/Duty FOB (Rs Number CIF/Duty FOB (Rs
the total credit (Rs Crore) the total credit (Rs Crore) credit (Rs Crore)
number (Rs Crore) number Crore) Crore)

Advance authorisation 24375 15.6% 136015 161706 19146 10.1% 104333 132997 -21.5% -23.3% -17.8%
DEPB-Post Export 92920 59.4% 5499 129464 112764 59.3% 7713 168745 21.4% 40.3% 30.3%
DFRC for Deemed Export 74 0.0% 70 113 9 0.0% 4 6 -87.8% -94.0% -94.5%
Served from India scheme 1041 0.7% 1233 0 785 0.4% 736 0 -24.6% -40.3%
DFCE for Status Holder 204 0.1% 686 0 97 0.1% 256 0 -52.5% -62.7%
Duty Free Import Authori- 4345 2.8% 9145 11817 3815 2.0% 8779 11856 -12.2% -4.0% 0.3%
sation (DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 760 0.5% 266 401 67 0.0% 26 38 -91.2% -90.1% -90.4%
Certificate
Import licence for negative 839 0.5% 5259 0 1154 0.6% 7853 0 37.5% 49.3%
list of import items
Target Plus Scheme 1274 0.8% 1009 0 472 0.2% 335 0 -63.0% -66.8%
Focus Market Scheme 786 0.5% 55 2738 4285 2.3% 347 17696 445.2% 528.8% 546.2%
Focus Product Scheme 1221 0.8% 49 4970 6354 3.3% 215 16774 420.4% 338.2% 237.5%
Vishesh Krishiand Gram 8778 5.6% 549 12518 21339 11.2% 2676 73887 143.1% 387.2% 490.3%
Udyog Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 19684 12.6% 16225 136922 19931 10.5% 17038 138441 1.3% 5.0% 1.1%
03%
Gem & Jewellery 72 0.0% 18 114 54 0.0% 11 227 -25.0% -40.6% 99.5%
TOTAL 156373 100% 176081 460762 190272 100% 150324 560667 21.7% -14.6% 21.7%

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 Appendix-III
MATRIX OF TYPE OF AUTHORISATION VS PRODUCT GROUP FOR THE PERIOD April 2007– March 2008
Number of Authorisations Issued during April 2007 – March 2008
Type of Licence CASHEW CELLULOS- CHEMICAL CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH AND FOOD Gem & GEM AND HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLASTICS SPORTS STAINLESS TEXTILES- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS IC/NON/ AND OGRAPH PRODUCTS TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING FISH PRODUCTS Jewel JEWEL- CRAFTS AND AND SILK STEEL GENERAL AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
MIXED ALLIED FILMS PRODUCTS PRODUCTS LERY LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES PRODUCTS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
TEXTILES PRODUCTS EXPOSED PRODUCTS PRODUCTS PRODUCTS
Advance Licence/ authorisation 0 0 10988 0 0 0 214 6001 18 332 0 8 16 117 0 0 3421 2 0 2601 0 0 419 238 24375
DEPB-Post Export 22628 1862 27202 4381 2571 145 740 4947 12 1 16096 12319 16 92920
DFRC for Deemed Export 25 27 8 10 4 74
Served from India scheme 2 1039 1041
DFCE for Status Holder 4 200 204
Duty Free Import Authorisation 1033 52 523 289 48 304 420 1463 171 42 4345
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment Certificate 145 7 79 65 13 14 2 38 389 8 760
Import licence for negative list of 3 836 839
import items
Target Plus Scheme 7 1267 1274
Focus Market Scheme 1 785 786
Focus Product Scheme 9 1212 1221
Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana 33 8745 8778
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 1956 237 4744 127 873 800 66 685 543 9 7066 2251 327 19684
Replenishment Licence 72 72
Total Number of Authorisations 0 0 36775 0 0 0 2372 38576 4526 4130 72 869 227 1860 2 0 9377 23 1 27684 0 0 15172 14707 156373
Issued
CIF/Duty Credit Rs.(Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2007 – March 2008
Type of Licence CASHEW CELLULOS- CHEMICAL CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH AND FOOD Gem & GEM AND HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLASTICS SPORTS STAINLESS TEXTILES- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS IC/NON/ AND OGRAPH PRODUCTS TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING FISH PRODUCTS Jewel JEWEL- CRAFTS AND AND SILK STEEL GENERAL AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
MIXED ALLIED FILMS PRODUCTS PRODUCTS LERY LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES PRODUCTS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
TEXTILES PRODUCTS EXPOSED PRODUCTS PRODUCTS PRODUCTS
Advance Licence/ authorisation 0 0 83191 0 0 0 358 41315 10 609 0 436 5 109 0 0 6278 1 0 2466 0 0 421 817 136015
DEPB-Post Export 1078 69 2268 487 209 1 25 167 0 0 762 434 0 5499
DFRC for Deemed Export 17 40 3 10 1 70
Served from India scheme 0 1233 1233
DFCE for Status Holder 4 682 686
Duty Free Import Authorisation 2982 50 2886 838 633 483 338 790 111 33 9145
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment Certificate 41 3 49 45 12 15 0 9 91 2 266
Import licence for negative list of 2 5258 5259
import items
Target Plus Scheme 3 1006 1009
Focus Market Scheme 0 55 55
Focus Product Scheme 1 48 49
Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana 2 548 549
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 1734 258 6315 9 146 78 10 64 306 1 2098 4944 263 16225

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Replenishment Licence 18 18
Total CIF/Duty Credit value of 0 0 89041 0 0 0 739 52873 506 1847 18 1159 17 696 0 0 7101 1 0 6228 0 0 5913 9943 176081

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 FOB Rs.(Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2007 – March 2008

30
Type of Licence CASHEW CELLULOS- CHEMICAL CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH AND FOOD Gem & GEM AND HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLASTICS SPORTS STAINLESS TEXTILES- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS IC/NON/ AND OGRAPH PRODUCTS TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING FISH PRODUCTS Jewel JEWEL- CRAFTS AND AND SILK STEEL GENERAL AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
MIXED ALLIED FILMS PRODUCTS PRODUCTS LERY LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES PRODUCTS TOBACCO PRODUCTS
TEXTILES PRODUCTS EXPOSED PRODUCTS PRODUCTS PRODUCTS

Advance Licence/ authorisation 0 0 91739 0 0 0 572 54806 12 1067 0 486 11 172 0 0 7572 1 0 3419 0 0 912 937 161706
DEPB-Post Export 21191 1304 53730 7447 6259 26 420 3080 1 0 13192 22813 1 129464
DFRC for Deemed Export 21 73 4 14 2 113
Served from India scheme 0 0 0
DFCE for Status Holder 0 0 0
Duty Free Import Authorisation 3781 64 3825 1176 664 594 438 999 140 136 11817
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment Certificate 57 4 69 79 15 19 0 23 133 2 401
Import licence for negative list of 0 0 0
import items
Target Plus Scheme 0 0 0

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Focus Market Scheme 21 2717 2738
Focus Product Scheme 132 4837 4970
Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana 39 12478 12518
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 15876 2104 52476 71 1221 666 93 500 2611 5 18827 40357 2115 136922
Replenishment Licence 114 114
Total FOB value of Authorisations 0 0 132665 0 0 0 4047 164979 7530 9803 114 1831 130 1705 0 0 13728 7 0 36777 0 0 64226 23221 460762
issued
 Appendix-IV
MATRIX OF TYPE OF LICENCE VS PRODUCT GROUP FOR THE PERIOD April 2008 – December 2008
Number of Authorisations Issued during April 2008 – December 2008
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH FOOD Gem & GEM HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLAS- SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS LULOSIC/ CAL AND OGRAPH PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING AND PROD- Jewel AND CRAFTS AND AND SILK TICS LESS TILES- AND TEX- LANEOUS
NON/ ALLIED FILMS UCTS PROD- FISH UCTS JEWEL- LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO TILES PROD-
MIXED PROD- EXPOSED UCTS PROD- LERY PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS
Advance Licence/ authorisation 0 0 6393 0 0 0 157 3960 6 194 0 2 7 81 0 0 2411 0 0 1675 0 0 219 17 15122
DEPB-Post Export 20297 1691 23797 3565 4339 119 586 4188 2 1 11395 12408 3 82391
DFRC for Deemed Export 1 6 1 8
Served from India scheme 3 602 605
DFCE for Status Holder 68 68
Duty Free Import Authorisation 635 15 366 321 14 178 302 1058 173 3062
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 15 9 5 5 4 27 65
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 130 566 696
import items
Target Plus Scheme 341 341
Focus Market Scheme 15 2898 2913
Focus Product Scheme 40 4942 4982
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog 72 14115 14187
Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 1582 159 4162 81 753 445 67 531 431 11 5350 1996 15568
Zero duty EPCG Scheme 0
Replenishment Licence 44 44
Total Number of Authorisations 0 0 28923 0 0 0 2022 32300 3652 5612 44 461 193 1381 0 0 7336 13 1 19766 0 0 14796 23552 140052
Issued
CIF/Duty Credit Rs. (Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2008 – December 2008
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH FOOD Gem & GEM HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLAS- SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS LULOSIC/ CAL AND OGRAPH PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING AND PROD- Jewel AND CRAFTS AND AND SILK TICS LESS TILES- AND TEX- LANEOUS
NON/ ALLIED FILMS UCTS PROD- FISH UCTS JEWEL- LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO TILES PROD-
MIXED PROD- EXPOSED UCTS PROD- LERY PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS
Advance Licence/ authorisation 0 0 37258 0 0 0 492 39921 5 524 0 126 1 84 0 0 7249 0 0 1378 0 0 166 1 87204
DEPB-Post Export 1310 65 2001 415 479 1 27 188 0 0 631 442 0 5558
DFRC for Deemed Export 0 4 0 4
Served from India scheme 0 589 589
DFCE for Status Holder 217 217
Duty Free Import Authorisation 1270 37 3491 359 681 312 283 580 125 7137
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 5 1 1 8 1 5 22
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 412 3791 4203
import items
Target Plus Scheme 212 212
Focus Market Scheme 1 236 238
Focus Product Scheme 1 162 163
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog 8 1732 1740
Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 1765 157 7644 7 145 47 16 44 381 1 1644 1597 13449

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal

Zero duty EPCG Scheme 0
Replenishment Licence 10 10
Total CIF/Duty Credit value of 0 0 41608 0 0 0 751 53062 427 1509 10 854 19 474 0 0 8102 1 0 4661 0 0 2331 6938 120745

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 FOB Rs. (Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2008 – December 2008

32
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH FOOD Gem & GEM HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLAS- SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS LULOSIC/ CAL AND OGRAPH PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING AND PROD- Jewel AND CRAFTS AND AND SILK TICS LESS TILES- AND TEX- LANEOUS
NON/ ALLIED FILMS UCTS PROD- FISH UCTS JEWEL- LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO TILES PROD-
MIXED PROD- EXPOSED UCTS PROD- LERY PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS
Advance Licence/ authorisation 0 0 44859 0 0 0 791 51492 6 1024 0 141 3 134 0 0 8125 0 0 1995 0 0 332 13 108915
DEPB-Post Export 23075 1090 41874 5411 12040 24 375 3201 0 0 9032 25017 0 121141
DFRC for Deemed Export 0 5 0 6
Served from India scheme 0 0 0
DFCE for Status Holder 0 0
Duty Free Import Authorisation 1893 47 5174 443 702 375 350 749 158 9892
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 8 2 1 11 2 8 33
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 0 0 0
import items
Target Plus Scheme 0 0
Focus Market Scheme 52 11443 11495
Focus Product Scheme 109 12738 12847
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog 178 48687 48865

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Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 14850 1258 61879 58 1173 394 112 339 2989 5 13649 13077 109784
Zero duty EPCG Scheme 0
Replenishment Licence 225 225
Total FOB value of Authorisations 0 0 84686 0 0 0 3187 160426 5475 14680 225 1238 140 1235 0 0 14667 5 0 25773 0 0 38584 72881 423203
issued
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MATRIX OF TYPE OF AUTHORISATION VS PRODUCT GROUP FOR THE PERIOD April 2008 – March 2009
Number of Authorisations Issued during April 2008 – March 2009
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH FOOD Gem & GEM HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATU- PLAS- SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KER- LULOSIC/ CAL AND OGRAPH PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING AND PROD- Jewel AND CRAFTS AND AND RAL SILK TICS LESS TILES- AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
NALS NON/ ALLIED FILMS UCTS PROD- FISH UCTS JEWEL- LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO PROD-
MIXED PROD- EXPOSED UCTS PROD- LERY PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS
Advance Licence/authorisation 0 0 8125 0 0 0 193 5014 10 301 0 8 11 97 0 0 3009 0 0 2066 0 0 295 17 19146
DEPB-Post Export 27699 2303 32696 5141 5955 153 810 5751 4 1 15954 16290 7 112764
DFRC for Deemed Export 1 6 1 1 9
Served from India scheme 3 782 785
DFCE for Status Holder 97 97
Duty Free Import Authorisation 786 16 446 402 22 195 389 1346 213 3815
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 15 10 5 5 5 27 67
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 131 1023 1154
import items
Target Plus Scheme 472 472
Focus Market Scheme 11 4274 4285
Focus Product Scheme 46 6308 6354
Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana 106 21233 21339
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 2018 195 5282 102 1012 497 83 663 561 13 6920 2585 19931
Replenishment Licence 54 54
Total Number of Authorisations 0 0 38644 0 0 0 2707 43454 5253 7675 54 527 247 1770 0 0 9715 17 1 26611 0 0 19384 34213 190272
Issued
CIF/Duty Credit Rs. (Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2008 – March 2009
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH FOOD Gem & GEM HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATU- PLAS- SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KER- LULOSIC/ CAL AND OGRAPH PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING AND PROD- Jewel AND CRAFTS AND AND RAL SILK TICS LESS TILES- AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
NALS NON/ ALLIED FILMS UCTS PROD- FISH UCTS JEWEL- LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO PROD-
MIXED PROD- EXPOSED UCTS PROD- LERY PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS
Advance Licence/authorisation 0 0 42362 0 0 0 528 49001 12 1684 0 418 6 97 0 0 8315 0 0 1670 0 0 238 1 104333
DEPB-Post Export 1772 88 2746 609 688 1 39 260 0 0 906 604 0 7713
DFRC for Deemed Export 0 4 0 0 4
Served from India scheme 0 736 736
DFCE for Status Holder 256 256
Duty Free Import Authorisation 1837 37 3829 431 1081 349 322 750 144 8779
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 5 5 1 8 1 5 26
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 323 7530 7853
import items
Target Plus Scheme 335 335
Focus Market Scheme 1 346 347
Focus Product Scheme 1 214 215
Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana 13 2663 2676

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal

EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 2045 194 9622 12 186 53 19 62 444 1 1955 2445 17038
Replenishment Licence 11 11
Total CIF/Duty Credit value of 0 48022 0 0 0 847 65206 633 2991 11 1552 27 555 0 0 9342 1 0 5626 0 0 3431 12080 150324

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 FOB Rs. (Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2008 – March 2009

34
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CINEMAT- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH FOOD Gem & GEM HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATU- PLAS- SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KER- LULOSIC/ CAL AND OGRAPH PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING AND PROD- Jewel AND CRAFTS AND AND RAL SILK TICS LESS TILES- AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
NALS NON/ ALLIED FILMS UCTS PROD- FISH UCTS JEWEL- LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO PROD-
MIXED PROD- EXPOSED UCTS PROD- LERY PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS

Advance Licence/authorisation 0 0 51509 0 0 0 849 65303 14 2380 0 455 10 151 0 0 9442 0 0 2428 0 0 443 13 132997
DEPB-Post Export 31432 1491 57715 7941 17277 28 548 4469 0 0 12858 34986 0 168745
DFRC for Deemed Export 0 5 0 0 6
Served from India scheme 0 0 0
DFCE for Status Holder 0 0
Duty Free Import Authorisation 2651 46 5568 526 1114 420 395 941 195 11856
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 8 7 1 11 2 8 38
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 0 0 0
import items
Target Plus Scheme 0 0

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Focus Market Scheme 49 17647 17696
Focus Product Scheme 108 16666 16774
Vishesh Krishi Upaj Yojana 324 73563 73887
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 17082 1549 77610 97 1508 441 129 483 3510 5 16169 19859 138441
Replenishment Licence 227 227
Total FOB value of Authorisations 0 0 102683 0 0 0 3934 206209 8051 21692 227 2011 167 1612 0 0 17817 5 0 32885 0 0 55484 107889 560667
issued
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MATRIX OF TYPE OF LICENCE VS PRODUCT GROUP FOR THE PERIOD April 2009– December 2009
Number of Authorisations Issued during April 2009 – December 2009
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CIN- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH AND FOOD Gem & GEM AND HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLASTICS SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS LULOSIC/ CAL AND EMATO- PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING FISH PROD- Jewel JEWEL- CRAFTS AND AND SILK LESS TILES- AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
NON/ ALLIED GRAPH UCTS PROD- PROD- UCTS LERY LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO PROD-
MIXED PROD- FILMS UCTS UCTS PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS EXPOSED UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS
Advance Licence/authorisation 0 0 6465 0 0 0 119 2902 23 244 0 3 9 52 0 0 2116 0 0 1403 0 0 211 0 13547
DEPB-Post Export 20740 1556 21452 4012 3828 112 802 4270 3 15472 11537 3 83787
DFRC for Deemed Export 7 7
Served from India scheme 1 861 862
DFCE for Status Holder 47 47
Duty Free Import Authorisation 424 1 202 287 19 231 177 1012 95 2448
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 3 16 1 12 32
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 120 1106 1226
import items
Target Plus Scheme 1 159 160
Focus Market Scheme 16 4452 4468
Focus Product Scheme 21 7062 7083
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog 210 21133 21343
Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 8 4 1035 95 2336 81 741 380 57 302 1 247 8 4494 2 4 1600 349 11744
Zero duty EPCG Scheme 245 33 680 10 143 161 122 1394
Replenishment Licence 35 35
Total Number of Authorisations 8 4 28919 0 0 0 1804 27588 4116 5100 35 402 188 1530 0 1 6972 11 0 22884 2 4 13443 35172 148183
Issued
CIF/Duty Credit Rs. (Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2009 – December 2009
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CIN- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH AND FOOD Gem & GEM AND HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLASTICS SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS LULOSIC/ CAL AND EMATO- PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING FISH PROD- Jewel JEWEL- CRAFTS AND AND SILK LESS TILES- AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
NON/ ALLIED GRAPH UCTS PROD- PROD- UCTS LERY LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO PROD-
MIXED PROD- FILMS UCTS UCTS PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS EXPOSED UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS
Advance Licence/authorisation 0 0 24426 0 0 0 333 22286 27 870 0 83 2 57 0 0 4109 0 0 1301 0 0 308 0 53802
DEPB-Post Export 1384 70 1787 478 369 1 50 208 0 1168 365 0 5881
DFRC for Deemed Export 2 2
Served from India scheme 0 999 999
DFCE for Status Holder 41 41
Duty Free Import Authorisation 1256 0 2567 494 775 341 270 793 80 6577
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 1 312 0 1 315
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 185 13080 13265
import items
Target Plus Scheme 0 74 74
Focus Market Scheme 1 336 337
Focus Product Scheme 1 310 311
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog 14 2164 2178
Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 0 0 1077 114 5619 15 155 41 3 21 0 126 1 952 6 0 452 180 8761

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal

Zero duty EPCG Scheme 890 55 5479 3 78 1660 316 8481
Replenishment Licence 8 8
Total CIF/Duty Credit value of 0 29036 0 0 0 572 38049 519 1888 8 899 10 547 0 0 6374 1 0 4732 6 0 1206 17184 101032

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 FOB Rs.(Crore) of Authorisations issued during April 2009 – December 2009

36
Type of Licence CASHEW CEL- CHEMI- CIN- COIR COTTON ELEC- ENGI- FISH AND FOOD Gem & GEM AND HANDI- LEATHER NATURAL NATURAL PLASTICS SPORTS STAIN- TEX- TOBACCO WOOLEN MISCEL- None TOTAL
KERNALS LULOSIC/ CAL AND EMATO- PROD- TEXTILES TRONICS NEERING FISH PROD- Jewel JEWEL- CRAFTS AND AND SILK LESS TILES- AND TEXTILES LANEOUS
NON/ ALLIED GRAPH UCTS PROD- PROD- UCTS LERY LEATHER FABRIC TEXTILES STEEL GENERAL TOBACCO PROD-
MIXED PROD- FILMS UCTS UCTS PROD- PROD- PROD- PROD- UCTS
TEXTILES UCTS EXPOSED UCTS UCTS UCTS UCTS

Advance Licence/authorisation 0 0 55994 0 0 0 483 36202 120 1301 0 116 4 91 0 0 5170 0 0 1820 0 0 480 0 101781
DEPB-Post Export 24626 1092 37377 6389 9278 24 676 3343 0 15402 21610 0 119817
DFRC for Deemed Export 3 3
Served from India scheme 0 0 0
DFCE for Status Holder 0 0
Duty Free Import Authorisation 1599 0 3363 640 794 409 334 985 105 8229
(DFIA)
Duty Free Replenishment 1 391 1 2 395
Certificate
Import licence for negative list of 0 0 0
import items
Target Plus Scheme 0 0 0

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Focus Market Scheme 64 14120 14184
Focus Product Scheme 47 17825 17872
Vishesh Krishi and Gram Udyog 306 130261 130567
Yojana
EPCG Concessional Duty 03% 1 3 9797 910 46311 116 1205 346 23 160 0 1026 4 8061 45 1 3634 1533 73175
Zero duty EPCG Scheme 1181 73 7468 5 100 669 237 9733
Replenishment Licence 86 86
Total FOB value of 0 3 93200 0 0 0 2559 131111 6626 12423 86 1256 57 1437 0 0 10542 4 0 26923 45 1 25830 163740 475843
Authorisations issued
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RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2007– March 2008
NUMBER OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL 2007 – March 2008
Type of Advance au- DEPB-Post DFRC for Served from Duty Free Duty Free Re- Import EPCG Conces- Replenish- DFCE for sta- Target plus Vishesh Krishi Focus Market Focus Prod- Total
thorisation Export Deemed India scheme Import Au- plenishment licence for sional Duty ment Licence tus Holder scheme and Gram Scheme uct Scheme
Licence Export thorisation Certificate negative list 03% Udyog Yojana
(DFIA) of import
items
Kolkata 954 8863 0 28 301 72 17 870 0 39 149 1148 41 222 12704
Mumbai 8901 30636 18 316 1509 353 201 4005 69 103 543 2449 315 81 49499
Chennai 1389 4228 0 47 165 16 49 1171 0 0 144 317 8 121 7655
New Delhi 2558 13766 2 410 525 51 279 2430 0 12 218 441 113 196 21001
Kanpur 217 434 0 1 196 4 27 387 0 0 8 22 4 109 1409
Bangalore 2249 2814 6 18 417 39 41 1335 1 0 2 223 1 9 7155
Ahmedabad 1895 4153 5 38 471 60 34 399 0 29 31 422 49 0 7586
Hyderabad 1156 2244 3 40 149 12 23 905 0 0 13 104 4 0 4653
Cochin 380 2071 1 6 19 3 4 221 0 0 0 619 0 2 3326
Bhopal 328 1325 0 6 38 26 15 322 0 0 0 112 11 0 2183
Amritsar 60 439 0 0 16 0 0 66 0 0 1 179 0 0 761
Jaipur 217 1487 0 16 46 6 24 244 1 0 0 163 4 3 2211
Guwahati 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 47
Varanasi 13 246 1 0 13 7 8 100 0 0 1 0 5 255 649
Panjim 160 194 1 49 0 0 0 159 0 0 0 6 0 0 569
Srinagar 12 315 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 113 0 3 448
Patna 0 14 0 5 4 2 1 16 0 0 0 7 0 0 49
Chandigarh 279 683 0 6 12 0 15 267 0 0 0 84 6 7 1359
Cuttack 6 207 0 10 1 0 0 65 0 0 0 9 0 0 298
Rajkot 212 1869 0 1 81 3 6 133 0 19 41 124 5 2 2496
Pondicherry 42 92 0 2 5 0 0 21 1 0 0 28 0 0 191
Visakhapatnam 21 745 0 0 0 0 3 138 0 0 0 16 0 1 924
Moradabad 12 236 0 0 6 0 0 17 0 0 0 114 0 6 391
Ludhiana 275 3852 7 3 70 26 18 1270 0 2 45 18 179 110 5875
Pune 959 3308 21 8 69 2 31 710 0 0 35 484 10 0 5637
Coimbatore 345 1985 0 2 15 0 14 2224 0 0 2 130 11 0 4728
Panipat 38 930 0 1 13 0 2 185 0 0 0 92 10 94 1365
Baroda 1033 1441 8 13 100 71 5 185 0 0 12 74 6 0 2948
Madurai 356 1885 1 2 9 1 5 645 0 0 0 344 0 0 3248
Kandla FT 21 184 0 3 10 0 0 16 0 0 0 3 0 0 237
Cochin EPZ 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24
Falta EPZ 0 56 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
Surat 218 1508 0 2 85 6 4 1011 0 0 29 16 4 0 2883
Trivendrum 16 416 0 8 0 0 6 83 0 0 0 875 0 0 1404
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal

Dehradun 52 54 0 0 0 0 0 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 164
Raipur 1 171 0 0 0 0 4 20 0 0 0 42 0 0 238
TOTAL 24375 92920 74 1041 4345 760 839 19684 72 204 1274 8778 786 1221 156373

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RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2007– March 2008
CIF/Duty Credit Rs. (Crore) OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL 2007 –March 2008
Type of Licence Advance au- DEPB-Post DFRC for Served from Duty Free Duty Free Re- Import licence EPCG Conces- Replenish- DFCE for sta- Target plus Vishesh Krishi Focus Market Focus Product Total
thorisation Export Deemed Export India scheme Import plenishment for negative sional Duty ment Licence tus Holder scheme and Gram Scheme Scheme
Authorisation Certificate list of import 03% Udyog Yojana
(DFIA) items

Kolkata 4277 539 0 8 708 44 18 743 0 21 41 47 4 12 6462

Mumbai 78147 1866 9 534 3873 108 1861 7458 17 401 471 149 19 4 94918
Chennai 3250 199 0 24 88 5 293 606 0 0 137 20 0 8 4630
New Delhi 13302 707 0 508 1716 20 1374 2966 0 7 232 44 17 9 20902
Kanpur 413 20 0 0 372 1 75 39 0 0 2 1 0 4 927
Bangalore 2243 122 1 53 381 9 180 386 0 0 2 13 0 0 3391
Ahmedabad 2466 160 29 32 314 27 187 174 0 250 27 32 2 0 3699
Hyderabad 3508 157 1 29 159 6 81 476 0 0 3 5 0 0 4426
Cochin 1006 117 0 8 54 2 1 58 0 0 0 37 0 0 1284
Bhopal 1828 77 0 0 240 15 112 133 0 0 0 8 2 0 2415

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Amritsar 32 15 0 0 20 0 0 9 0 0 0 7 0 0 85
Jaipur 365 149 0 4 75 2 86 90 1 0 0 19 0 0 791
Guwahati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Varanasi 18 23 0 0 2 1 100 56 0 0 15 0 0 5 221
Panjim 283 12 1 5 0 0 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 339
Srinagar 11 12 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 15 0 0 40
Patna 0 0 0 0 1 0 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 25
Chandigarh 1369 25 0 1 61 0 69 84 0 0 0 18 0 0 1628
Cuttack 56 175 0 1 1 0 0 157 0 0 0 0 0 0 391
Rajkot 299 113 0 2 182 1 3 134 0 2 13 8 0 0 757
Pondicherry 36 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 43
Visakhapatnam 3593 130 0 0 0 0 640 25 0 0 0 2 0 0 4390
Moradabad 12 6 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 8 0 0 34
Ludhiana 473 143 10 0 96 8 19 436 0 5 17 2 8 3 1221
Pune 2887 296 16 3 611 0 85 831 0 0 15 25 1 0 4769
Coimbatore 551 90 0 0 79 0 27 547 0 0 1 13 0 0 1308
Panipat 583 118 0 0 7 0 2 183 0 0 0 14 1 3 910
Baroda 12382 33 5 3 64 15 4 145 0 0 26 2 0 0 12680
Madurai 2036 80 0 1 12 0 1 225 0 0 0 13 0 0 2369
Kandla FT 49 3 0 17 1 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 86
Cochin EPZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Falta EPZ 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Surat 155 73 0 0 22 1 1 134 0 0 6 1 0 0 394
Trivendrum 6 20 0 1 0 0 0 28 0 0 0 41 0 0 97
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dehradun 378 3 0 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 404
Raipur 0 8 0 0 0 27 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 40
TOTAL 136015 5498 70 1233 9145 265 5259 16224 18 686 1009 549 55 49 176077
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RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2008– March 2009
FOB Rs. (Crore) OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL 2008–March 2009
Type of Licence Advance au- DEPB-Post DFRC for Served from Duty Free Duty Free Re- Import licence EPCG Conces- Replenish- DFCE for sta- Target plus Vishesh Krishi Focus Market Focus Product Total
thorisation Export Deemed Export India scheme Import plenishment for negative sional Duty ment Licence tus Holder scheme and Gram Scheme Scheme
Authorisation Certificate list of import 03% Udyog Yojana
(DFIA) items
Kolkata 5370 14321 0 0 914 77 0 6392 0 0 0 973 316 1306 29669
Mumbai 87478 41099 11 0 4791 168 0 63131 26 0 0 3512 836 385 201437
Chennai 5101 4457 0 0 117 7 0 4946 0 0 0 519 38 767 15952
New Delhi 16086 18107 0 0 2360 28 0 26863 0 0 0 1169 678 715 66007
Kanpur 581 381 0 0 467 1 0 297 0 0 0 26 2 654 2409
Bangalore 4057 2960 1 0 488 15 0 3124 34 0 0 335 1 77 11092
Ahmedabad 3382 4409 54 0 401 31 0 1456 0 0 0 678 254 0 10665
Hyderabad 6183 4013 2 0 225 9 0 3765 0 0 0 115 3 0 14316
Cochin 1226 2440 0 0 68 3 0 478 0 0 0 880 0 17 5112
Bhopal 2156 1976 0 0 291 22 0 1059 0 0 0 278 67 0 5849
Amritsar 48 702 0 0 25 0 0 68 0 0 0 170 0 0 1013
Jaipur 461 4099 0 0 96 4 0 762 47 0 0 374 4 10 5857
Guwahati 0 92 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 93
Varanasi 21 516 0 0 4 1 0 437 0 0 0 0 1 509 1489
Panjim 457 256 1 0 0 0 0 300 0 0 0 5 0 0 1020
Srinagar 12 367 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 342 0 2 727
Patna 0 11 0 0 2 0 0 71 0 0 0 7 0 0 90
Chandigarh 1493 458 0 0 73 0 0 669 0 0 0 372 14 27 3106
Cuttack 61 3671 0 0 1 0 0 1445 0 0 0 7 0 0 5184
Rajkot 386 2393 0 0 221 1 0 1068 0 0 0 158 1 1 4230
Pondicherry 53 42 0 0 3 0 0 28 6 0 0 24 0 0 157
Visakhapatnam 3739 3434 0 0 0 0 0 203 0 0 0 32 0 7 7415
Moradabad 18 302 0 0 2 0 0 41 0 0 0 162 0 0 526
Ludhiana 579 3146 13 0 132 12 0 3541 0 0 0 56 441 260 8181
Pune 4388 5335 22 0 752 0 0 6570 0 0 0 494 23 0 17584
Coimbatore 786 2078 0 0 209 0 0 4377 0 0 0 274 17 0 7741
Panipat 651 3527 0 0 12 0 0 1143 0 0 0 309 24 232 5897
Baroda 13241 906 7 0 93 19 0 1343 0 0 0 46 17 0 15672
Madurai 2302 1588 0 0 15 0 0 1784 0 0 0 294 0 0 5984
Kandla FT 55 98 0 0 27 0 0 108 0 0 0 1 0 0 288
Cochin EPZ 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Falta EPZ 0 76 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76
Surat 306 1095 0 0 28 1 0 1013 0 0 0 27 2 0 2472
Trivendrum 31 725 0 0 0 0 0 226 0 0 0 833 0 0 1814
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal

Dehradun 994 103 0 0 0 0 0 182 0 0 0 0 0 0 1279
Raipur 0 278 0 0 0 0 0 26 0 0 0 49 0 0 352

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TOTAL 161705 129463 113 0 11817 401 0 136921 114 0 0 12517 2738 4969 460758
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RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2008– March 2009
NUMBER OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL 2008 - March 2009
Type of Licence Advance au- DEPB-Post DFRC for Served from Duty Free Duty Free Re- Import licence EPCG Conces- Replenish- DFCE for sta- Target plus Vishesh Krishi Focus Market Focus Product Total
thorisation Export Deemed Export India scheme Import plenishment for negative sional Duty ment Licence tus Holder scheme and Gram Scheme Scheme
Authorisation Certificate list of import 03% Udyog Yojana
(DFIA) items
Kolkata 798 10584 0 9 412 6 24 986 0 1 27 2003 164 882 15896
Mumbai 6462 37494 1 193 1537 30 214 3040 49 35 126 4176 1561 382 55300
Chennai 1107 6047 0 40 63 3 75 1246 2 0 1 886 84 629 10183
New Delhi 2113 15835 0 368 327 2 279 2785 0 0 120 1885 670 941 25325
Kanpur 211 485 0 1 155 0 30 430 0 0 3 84 88 1177 2664
Bangalore 2058 4294 1 21 466 1 52 1050 1 0 2 871 34 38 8889
Ahmedabad 1333 5407 1 30 205 6 29 466 0 25 25 1108 171 0 8806
Hyderabad 986 2784 0 35 133 1 15 826 0 0 5 159 215 9 5168
Cochin 258 2434 0 6 3 6 4 216 0 1 5 1316 25 71 4345
Bhopal 336 1584 0 5 4 0 9 329 0 34 82 897 32 1 3313
Amritsar 51 360 0 0 12 0 1 104 0 0 0 176 5 1 710

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Jaipur 261 1439 0 16 33 0 150 271 2 0 18 552 66 131 2939
Guwahati 4 46 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 56
Varanasi 20 237 0 0 12 3 0 117 0 0 3 1649 9 781 2831
Panjim 60 311 0 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 78 0 0 603
Srinagar 3 259 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 0 95 1 11 374
Patna 0 38 0 1 11 1 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 60
Chandigarh 192 809 1 4 9 0 11 223 0 0 1 83 72 15 1420
Cuttack 7 253 0 1 1 0 0 112 0 0 2 93 3 0 472
Rajkot 172 2409 0 1 107 0 7 135 0 0 8 787 90 6 3722
Pondicherry 59 188 0 1 1 0 2 34 0 0 0 103 3 15 406
Visakhapat- 9 645 0 0 0 0 1 103 0 0 0 264 0 1 1023
nam
Moradabad 13 189 0 0 2 0 0 25 0 0 1 216 2 358 806
Ludhiana 206 4237 0 3 87 5 16 1264 0 1 14 47 587 349 6816
Pune 700 3721 5 19 39 3 26 857 0 0 21 457 78 0 5926
Coimbatore 252 2121 0 1 5 0 13 1485 0 0 0 152 67 7 4103
Panipat 46 1024 0 2 2 0 2 295 0 0 5 514 33 515 2438
Baroda 873 1607 0 7 168 0 6 243 0 0 2 50 127 2 3085
Madurai 233 1946 0 4 0 0 1 441 0 0 0 804 70 25 3524
Kandla FT 52 123 0 2 0 0 0 42 0 0 0 18 0 0 237
Cochin EPZ 0 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 0 57
Falta EPZ 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67
Surat 175 2622 0 1 20 0 173 2487 0 0 1 36 28 2 5545
Trivendrum 24 928 0 12 0 0 3 98 0 0 0 1697 0 0 2762
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Dehradun 69 58 0 2 0 0 4 40 0 0 0 9 0 5 187
Raipur 3 139 0 0 0 0 3 17 0 0 0 51 0 0 213
TOTAL 19146 112764 9 785 3815 67 1154 19931 54 97 472 21339 4285 6354 190272
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RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2008– March 2009
CIF/DUTY CREDIT VALUE Rs.(Crore) OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL 2008 – March 2009
Type of Licence Advance au- DEPB-Post DFRC for Served from Duty Free Duty Free Re- Import licence EPCG Conces- Replenish- DFCE for sta- Target plus Vishesh Krishi Focus Market Focus Product Total
thorisation Export Deemed Export India scheme Import plenishment for negative sional Duty ment Licence tus Holder scheme and Gram Scheme Scheme
Authorisation Certificate list of import 03% Udyog Yojana
(DFIA) items
Kolkata 7224 691 0 14 1464 8 111 1297 0 2 13 198 15 33 11071
Mumbai 37491 2434 0 238 3325 9 3190 5205 9 118 174 496 112 15 52816
Chennai 3697 363 0 28 51 2 735 776 1 0 1 114 9 32 5807
New Delhi 17207 1036 0 346 1126 1 1884 5086 0 0 47 265 80 37 27113
Kanpur 521 35 0 0 322 0 87 35 0 0 1 7 3 47 1059
Bangalore 3032 280 0 25 498 0 329 422 1 0 1 119 3 2 4711
Ahmedabad 2331 282 0 32 830 0 91 183 0 76 18 252 8 0 4104
Hyderabad 4468 267 0 29 272 4 22 399 0 0 3 13 22 0 5500
Cochin 1187 157 0 2 8 1 2 112 0 8 3 132 1 2 1614
Bhopal 2197 132 0 0 2 0 425 169 0 51 34 265 2 0 3276
Amritsar 37 17 0 0 39 0 0 12 0 0 0 9 0 0 114
Jaipur 366 108 0 1 129 0 540 384 1 0 8 43 5 3 1586
Guwahati 30 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33
Varanasi 9 32 0 0 3 0 0 46 0 0 1 68 0 10 169
Panjim 330 25 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 0 0 7 0 0 406
Srinagar 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 32
Patna 0 1 0 0 5 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Chandigarh 1202 46 0 1 72 0 46 91 0 0 1 18 3 1 1482
Cuttack 79 183 0 0 18 0 0 201 0 0 3 13 0 0 496
Rajkot 375 186 0 0 312 0 5 57 0 0 4 102 5 0 1047
Pondicherry 108 7 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 7 0 1 128
Visakhapat- 301 102 0 0 0 0 0 30 0 0 0 55 0 0 489
nam
Moradabad 26 5 0 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 12 0 5 55
Ludhiana 545 201 0 1 188 1 4 334 0 1 7 8 31 15 1335
Pune 3203 477 4 7 24 1 122 542 0 0 15 32 16 0 4441
Coimbatore 330 111 0 0 9 0 7 433 0 0 0 19 2 0 912
Panipat 1079 100 0 0 1 0 3 388 0 0 0 53 1 12 1637
Baroda 9847 102 0 2 70 0 7 178 0 0 1 2 26 0 10234
Madurai 5608 87 0 3 0 0 1 165 0 0 0 50 2 1 5917
Kandla FT 181 3 0 2 0 0 0 31 0 0 0 1 0 0 218
Cochin EPZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Falta EPZ 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Surat 197 168 0 0 10 0 239 335 0 0 1 4 1 0 954
Trivendrum 9 42 0 2 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 288 0 0 357
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal

Dehradun 1108 3 0 0 0 0 0 47 0 0 0 3 0 0 1162
Raipur 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 0 8 0 0 28

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TOTAL 104332 7712 4 736 8778 26 7853 17037 11 256 335 2676 347 215 150319
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RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2008– March 2009
FOB VALUE Rs. (Crore) OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING April 2008– March 2009
Type of Licence Advance au- DEPB-Post DFRC for Served from Duty Free Duty Free Re- Import licence EPCG Conces- Replenish- DFCE for sta- Target plus Vishesh Krishi Focus Market Focus Product Total
thorisation Export Deemed Export India scheme Import plenishment for negative sional Duty ment Licence tus Holder scheme and Gram Scheme Scheme
Authorisation Certificate list of import 03% Udyog Yojana
(DFIA) items
Kolkata 8785 17917 0 0 2355 11 0 11197 0 0 0 5134 748 2684 48833
Mumbai 45841 48529 0 0 4125 12 0 43589 14 0 0 14367 5009 1251 162737
Chennai 7069 7383 0 0 65 3 0 6374 72 0 0 3482 429 2684 27561
New Delhi 19539 23349 0 0 1349 1 0 40409 0 0 0 8214 5948 2785 101594
Kanpur 802 628 0 0 391 0 0 260 0 0 0 193 128 3763 6164
Bangalore 5249 5988 0 0 618 0 0 3383 50 0 0 2991 133 167 18580
Ahmedabad 3286 7299 0 0 1147 1 0 1429 0 0 0 5527 323 0 19012
Hyderabad 7922 6352 0 0 400 6 0 2946 0 0 0 521 949 22 19117
Cochin 1384 3057 0 0 10 2 0 899 0 0 0 3500 39 128 9019
Bhopal 2727 4053 0 0 3 0 0 1329 0 0 0 9882 76 4 18075
Amritsar 57 746 0 0 48 0 0 98 0 0 0 177 5 3 1134

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Jaipur 578 3117 0 0 343 0 0 3043 92 0 0 1031 191 232 8627
Guwahati 31 70 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 107
Varanasi 12 839 0 0 4 0 0 351 0 0 0 1873 3 773 3854
Panjim 410 403 0 0 0 0 0 353 0 0 0 188 0 0 1354
Srinagar 8 292 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 187 0 6 494
Patna 0 20 0 0 6 0 0 15 0 0 0 2 0 0 43
Chandigarh 1331 897 0 0 87 0 0 721 0 0 0 377 128 48 3589
Cuttack 113 5819 0 0 138 0 0 1611 0 0 0 346 15 0 8042
Rajkot 416 3530 0 0 380 0 0 455 0 0 0 2766 295 11 7854
Pondicherry 341 173 0 0 2 0 0 27 0 0 0 147 0 51 741
Visakhapat- 373 2353 0 0 0 0 0 235 0 0 0 2234 0 14 5210
nam
Moradabad 31 228 0 0 1 0 0 28 0 0 0 263 2 425 977
Ludhiana 647 3637 0 0 227 1 0 2666 0 0 0 209 1259 667 9313
Pune 4572 7293 5 0 38 1 0 4374 0 0 0 720 634 0 17637
Coimbatore 524 2620 0 0 13 0 0 3465 0 0 0 445 103 18 7188
Panipat 1476 3318 0 0 1 0 0 3065 0 0 0 1273 57 955 10146
Baroda 10579 2396 0 0 92 0 0 1467 0 0 0 49 1115 1 15697
Madurai 6055 1567 0 0 0 0 0 1297 0 0 0 1304 86 78 10387
Kandla FT 215 91 0 0 0 0 0 207 0 0 0 21 0 0 534
Cochin EPZ 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 0 0 82
Falta EPZ 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 79
Surat 276 2125 0 0 12 0 0 2564 0 0 0 82 20 1 5080
Trivendrum 50 2150 0 0 0 0 0 132 0 0 0 5815 0 0 8147
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dehradun 2292 99 0 0 0 0 0 377 0 0 0 55 0 4 2826
Raipur 2 327 0 0 0 0 0 72 0 0 0 430 0 0 830
TOTAL 132996 168748 6 0 11855 38 0 138440 227 0 0 73886 17696 16774 560667
 Appendix-IX
RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2009– december 2009
NUMBER OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL 2009 – december 2009
Type of Advance DEPB-Post DFRC for Served from Duty Free Duty Free Re- Import EPCG Conces- Zero duty Replenish- DFCE for sta- Target plus Vishesh Focus Market Focus Prod- Total
authorisa- Export Deemed India scheme Import plenishment licence for sional Duty EPCG Scheme ment Licence tus Holder scheme Krishi and Scheme uct Scheme
Licence tion Export Authorisa- Certificate negative list 03% Gram Udyog
tion (DFIA) of import Yojana
items
Kolkata 446 7560 0 3 264 0 26 576 92 0 0 19 2055 157 620 11818
Mumbai 4929 29535 7 287 867 25 247 1758 297 32 17 71 5072 1693 495 45332
Chennai 783 4571 0 37 86 0 68 657 128 1 26 25 665 113 803 7963
New Delhi 1429 10699 0 356 169 1 238 1753 239 0 0 35 2436 867 1225 19447
Kanpur 116 373 0 2 155 0 28 186 106 0 0 0 85 60 846 1957
Bangalore 1292 2872 0 32 286 0 49 515 48 1 0 0 890 82 132 6199
Ahmedabad 1145 3992 0 17 230 1 24 355 58 0 4 3 821 266 38 6954
Hyderabad 658 2124 0 46 67 3 44 587 35 0 0 0 113 123 4 3804
Cochin 216 1818 0 6 4 0 9 107 1 0 0 0 1283 9 69 3522
Bhopal 193 947 0 1 14 0 15 147 19 0 0 5 344 25 23 1733
Amritsar 22 250 0 0 26 0 9 94 0 0 0 0 211 14 32 658
Jaipur 140 1036 0 3 20 0 143 293 23 1 0 0 856 92 425 3032
Guwahati 0 24 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 8 0 0 40
Varanasi 19 153 0 0 14 0 2 52 1 0 0 0 1107 7 640 1995
Panjim 29 209 0 21 0 0 0 63 6 0 0 0 208 0 0 536
Srinagar 0 184 0 0 0 0 6 2 0 0 0 0 118 1 9 320
Patna 1 15 0 9 4 0 3 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 45
Chandigarh 130 527 0 3 0 0 13 108 30 0 0 0 68 39 11 929
Cuttack 4 179 0 0 0 0 0 78 3 0 0 0 94 2 0 360
Rajkot 115 1733 0 0 53 0 5 51 27 0 0 0 833 128 9 2954
Pondicherry 66 151 0 6 0 0 9 40 1 0 0 0 41 1 2 317
Visakhapatnam 10 424 0 2 0 0 22 39 2 0 0 0 361 0 4 864
Moradabad 7 125 0 0 0 0 10 8 0 0 0 0 380 7 212 749
Ludhiana 139 2993 0 2 60 2 26 906 81 0 0 0 61 339 558 5167
Pune 447 2503 0 4 30 0 42 428 96 0 0 0 506 88 30 4174
Coimbatore 193 1393 0 0 3 0 64 947 17 0 0 2 208 66 427 3320
Panipat 23 527 0 2 1 0 18 270 12 0 0 0 616 26 420 1915
Baroda 620 1290 0 9 73 0 11 140 38 0 0 0 82 117 4 2384
Madurai 132 1679 0 2 0 0 21 252 1 0 0 0 571 102 44 2804
Kandla FT 31 133 0 2 4 0 1 5 5 0 0 0 33 0 0 214
Cochin EPZ 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 9
Falta EPZ 0 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80
Surat 148 2884 0 1 18 0 45 1242 10 0 0 0 37 41 0 4426
Trivendrum 19 690 0 9 0 0 7 44 4 0 0 0 1150 2 0 1925
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal

Dehradun 42 34 0 0 0 0 10 24 9 0 0 0 1 1 0 121
Raipur 3 77 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 116
TOTAL 13547 83787 7 862 2448 32 1226 11744 1394 35 47 160 21343 4468 7083 148183

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RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2009– December 2009
CIF/DUTY CREDIT VALUE Rs. (Crore) OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING APRIL 2009 – December 2009
Type of Advance DEPB-Post DFRC for Served Duty Free Duty Free Import EPCG Con- Zero Replen- DFCE for Target Vishesh Focus Focus Total
Licence authorisa- Export Deemed from India Import Replen- licence cessional duty EPCG ishment status plus Krishi Market Product
tion Export scheme Authorisa- ishment for nega- Duty 03% Scheme Licence Holder scheme and Gram Scheme Scheme
tion (DFIA) Certificate tive list Udyog
of import Yojana
items
Kolkata 3404 474 0 1 848 0 207 711 1754 0 0 4 169 13 22 7608
Mumbai 19002 1964 2 541 2612 297 3025 2107 1261 7 22 38 545 129 23 31576
Chennai 3788 268 0 35 142 0 292 317 826 0 13 10 68 9 48 5817
New Delhi 3768 739 0 299 1320 0 4288 1572 2003 0 0 9 300 74 61 14433
Kanpur 224 38 0 0 291 0 88 18 58 0 0 0 9 3 32 760
Bangalore 2497 170 0 23 337 0 201 123 207 0 0 0 108 6 5 3677
Ahmedabad 1383 235 0 31 374 0 101 817 162 0 6 8 108 9 3 3239
Hyderabad 5707 220 0 57 155 13 184 271 859 0 0 0 11 10 0 7486
Cochin 412 130 0 2 3 0 33 58 0 0 0 0 114 0 2 754

Directorate General of Foreign Trade

Bhopal 2083 92 0 0 12 0 255 47 63 0 0 4 114 2 2 2673
Amritsar 9 6 0 0 39 0 168 14 0 0 0 0 12 0 3 251
Jaipur 309 58 0 0 61 0 189 93 13 0 0 0 44 3 12 782
Guwahati 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Varanasi 9 14 0 0 7 0 1 5 0 0 0 0 35 0 23 96
Panjim 137 15 0 1 0 0 0 15 22 0 0 0 22 0 0 212
Srinagar 0 11 0 0 0 0 23 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0 43
Patna 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15
Chandigarh 760 30 0 1 0 0 3 21 29 0 0 0 12 2 0 858
Cuttack 41 76 0 0 0 0 0 78 1 0 0 0 11 0 0 207
Rajkot 100 137 0 0 65 0 23 16 40 0 0 0 96 6 0 482
Pondicherry 60 5 0 1 0 0 10 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 82
Visakhapatnam 40 80 0 0 0 0 654 3 1 0 0 0 69 0 1 847
Moradabad 12 4 0 0 0 0 14 3 0 0 0 0 16 0 2 51
Ludhiana 534 206 0 0 137 4 118 190 192 0 0 0 8 19 24 1433
Pune 1482 331 0 1 121 0 1991 136 203 0 0 0 48 12 9 4334
Coimbatore 249 82 0 0 0 0 167 189 91 0 0 1 19 3 20 821
Panipat 278 71 0 0 1 0 42 294 18 0 0 0 47 1 19 771
Baroda 6006 96 0 2 31 0 869 75 357 0 0 0 6 31 0 7473
Madurai 654 83 0 1 0 0 129 61 0 0 0 0 44 2 1 975
Kandla FT 52 5 0 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 4 0 0 68
Cochin EPZ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Falta EPZ 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Surat 132 197 0 0 15 0 106 1476 74 0 0 0 4 2 0 2007
Trivendrum 9 32 0 2 0 0 3 3 2 0 0 0 119 0 0 171
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dehradun 658 3 0 0 0 0 45 39 237 0 0 0 0 0 0 982
Raipur 2 4 0 0 0 0 28 1 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 39
TOTAL 53801 5880 2 999 6576 315 13265 8759 8480.43 8 41 74 2178 337 311 101027
 Appendix-IX
RA-WISE SUMMARY OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2009– december 2009
FOB VALUE Rs. (Crore) OF VARIOUS AUTHORISATIONS ISSUED DURING April 2009– December 2009
Type of Advance DEPB-Post DFRC for Served Duty Free Duty Free Import EPCG Con- Zero Replen- DFCE for Target Vishesh Focus Focus Total
Licence authorisa- Export Deemed from India Import Replen- licence cessional duty EPCG ishment status plus Krishi Market Product
tion Export scheme Authorisa- ishment for nega- Duty 03% Scheme Licence Holder scheme and Gram Scheme Scheme
tion (DFIA) Certificate tive list Udyog
of import Yojana
items
Kolkata 4138 11303 0 0 1026 0 0 5716 1104 0 0 0 81251 708 1681 106926
Mumbai 48356 37621 3 0 3226 372 0 19533 1600 11 0 0 14525 5421 1523 132192
Chennai 8810 5662 0 0 188 0 0 2656 1001 36 0 0 1321 368 3771 23813
New Delhi 5500 15439 0 0 1522 0 0 12538 2980 0 0 0 9064 3089 3361 53493
Kanpur 421 638 0 0 362 0 0 132 80 0 0 0 261 107 2334 4336
Bangalore 3898 3550 0 0 429 0 0 1002 270 29 0 0 2329 248 349 12103
Ahmedabad 2236 5438 0 0 453 1 0 6778 221 0 0 0 2560 377 167 18230
Hyderabad 10174 6018 0 0 195 16 0 2120 686 0 0 0 279 482 25 19994
Cochin 567 2392 0 0 4 0 0 468 1 0 0 0 2286 7 92 5816
Bhopal 2908 2241 0 0 16 0 0 363 83 0 0 0 2888 65 114 8679
Amritsar 11 229 0 0 47 0 0 104 0 0 0 0 246 15 72 724
Jaipur 429 1550 0 0 281 0 0 735 14 10 0 0 1133 115 449 4716
Guwahati 0 38 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 41
Varanasi 11 365 0 0 9 0 0 44 0 0 0 0 1059 3 487 1978
Panjim 213 203 0 0 0 0 0 123 29 0 0 0 422 0 0 989
Srinagar 0 222 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 174 0 9 406
Patna 1 11 0 0 3 0 0 16 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 31
Chandigarh 858 538 0 0 0 0 0 166 40 0 0 0 248 91 40 1982
Cuttack 58 1841 0 0 0 0 0 642 2 0 0 0 225 19 0 2787
Rajkot 120 2542 0 0 79 0 0 126 65 0 0 0 1938 253 36 5160
Pondicherry 88 146 0 0 0 0 0 24 1 0 0 0 47 0 6 312
Visakhapatnam 64 1680 0 0 0 0 0 26 1 0 0 0 1474 0 48 3292
Moradabad 15 167 0 0 0 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 409 31 189 833
Ludhiana 662 3129 0 0 166 6 0 1502 280 0 0 0 188 764 1070 7765
Pune 2171 4995 0 0 158 0 0 1170 263 0 0 0 868 472 408 10504
Coimbatore 404 1711 0 0 1 0 0 1509 54 0 0 0 508 108 1035 5330
Panipat 397 1780 0 0 2 0 0 2325 28 0 0 0 1253 22 551 6357
Baroda 6764 2439 0 0 38 0 0 613 519 0 0 0 125 1252 2 11752
Madurai 805 1314 0 0 0 0 0 486 1 0 0 0 726 97 54 3484
Kandla FT 87 127 0 0 4 0 0 5 3 0 0 0 88 0 0 315
Cochin EPZ 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 0 0 19
Falta EPZ 0 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 70
Surat 231 2450 0 0 20 0 0 11889 91 0 0 0 175 67 0 14921
Trivendrum 35 1764 0 0 0 0 0 26 3 0 0 0 2380 5 0 4213
Shillong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Dehradun 1348 55 0 0 0 0 0 310 310 0 0 0 2 0 0 2025
Raipur 3 149 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 95 0 0 252

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TOTAL 101780 119816 3 0 8229 395 0 73174 9732.19 86 0 0 130567 14184 17872 475839
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Chart – 5 Percentage Share of Authorisations Issued by Top Ten RAs during April–December, 2009

Ludhiana
5% Pune
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5% 1%
Ludhiana
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9% 9%

Ahmedabad
4%

Mumbai
42%
Bangalore
4% Chennai
7%
New Delhi
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 CHAPTER – 2
World Economic & Trade Outlook
And INDIA’s TRADE PERFORMANCE

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 CHAPTER – 2
World Economic & Trade Outlook
And INDIA’s TRADE PERFORMANCE

2.1 Global Scenario economies in the second half of 2009. In 2010,

International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its latest report
of World Economic Outlook Update January 2010,
stated that the global recovery is off to a stronger start
than anticipated earlier but is proceeding at different
speeds in the various regions. Following the deepest
global downturn in recent history, economic growth
gained momentum and broadened to advanced
world output is expected to rise by 4 per cent. This
represents an upward revision of ¾ percentage point
from the October 2009 World Economic Outlook. In
most advanced economies, the recovery is expected
to remain sluggish by past standards, whereas in
many emerging and developing economies, activity
is expected to be relatively vigorous, largely driven by
buoyant internal demand.

Overview of the World Economic Outlook Projections

(Annual percentage change)
Projections
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
World Output 5.1 5.2 3.0 -0.8 3.9 4.3
Advance economies 3.0 2.7 0.5 -3.2 2.1 2.4
United States 2.8 2.0 0.4 -2.5 2.7 2.4
Euro area 2.8 2.6 0.6 -3.9 1.0 1.6
Japan 2.4 2.4 -1.2 -5.3 1.7 2.2
Other advanced economies 4.5 4.6 1.7 -1.3 3.3 3.6
Newly industrilised Asian economies 5.6 5.6 1.7 -1.2 4.8 4.7
Other emerging market and developing countries 7.9 8.3 6.1 2.1 6.0 6.3
Developing Asia 9.9 10.6 7.9 6.5 8.4 8.4
China 11.6 13.0 9.6 8.7 10.0 9.7
India 9.8 9.3 7.3 5.6 7.7 7.8
ASEAN-5 * 5.7 6.3 4.7 1.3 4.7 5.3
CIS Countries 8.2 8.6 5.5 -7.5 3.8 4.0
Russia 7.4 8.1 5.6 -9.0 3.6 3.4
Middle East 5.7 6.4 5.3 2.2 4.5 4.8
Western Hemisphere 5.5 5.7 4.2 -2.3 3.7 3.8
Brazil 3.8 5.7 5.1 -0.4 4.7 3.7
Mexico 4.9 3.2 1.3 -6.8 4.0 4.7

Source : World Economic Outlook Update January 2010, IMF

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2.1.1 Global Economic Environment: Global production
and trade bounced back in the second half of
2009. Confidence rebounded strongly on both the
financial and real fronts, as extraordinary policy
support forestalled another Great Depression. In
advanced economies, the beginning of a turn in the
inventory cycle and the unexpected strength in U.S.
consumption contributed to positive developments.
Final domestic demand was very strong in key
emerging and developing economies, although the
turn in the inventory cycle and the normalization of
global trade also played an important role.
2.1.2 Financial markets have recovered faster than expect-
ed, helped by strengthening activity. Nevertheless,
financial conditions are likely to remain more difficult
than before the crisis. Equity markets have rebound-
ed, and corporate bond issuance has reached record
levels, amid a reopening of most high-yield markets.
However, the surge in corporate bond issuance has
not offset the reduction in bank credit growth to the
private sector.
2.1.3 Commodity prices rose strongly during the early
stages of the recovery, despite generally high inven-
tories. To a large extent, this was due to the buoyant
recovery in emerging Asia, to the onset of recovery
in other emerging and developing economies more
generally, and to the improvement in global financial
conditions.
2.1.4 Inflation pressures will remain subdued in most
economies. The still-low levels of capacity utilization
and well-anchored inflation expectations are
expected to contain inflation pressures. In the
advanced economies, headline inflation is expected
to pick up from zero in 2009 to 1¼ per cent in 2010, as
rebounding energy prices more than offset slowing
labor costs. In emerging and developing economies,
inflation is expected to edge up to 6¼ per cent in
2010, as some of these economies may face growing
upward pressures due to more limited economic slack
and increased capital flows.
2.1.5 There are still significant risks to the outlook. On the
upside, the reversal of the confidence crisis and the
reduction in uncertainty may continue to foster a
stronger-than-expected improvement in financial
market sentiment and prompt a larger-than-expected
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rebound in capital flows, trade, and private demand.
New policy initiatives in the United States to reduce
unemployment could provide a further impetus to
both U.S. and global growth.
2.1.6 On the downside, a key risk is that a premature and
incoherent exit from supportive policies may un-
dermine global growth and its rebalancing. Another
important risk is that impaired financial systems and
housing markets or rising unemployment in key ad-
vanced economies may hold back the recovery in
household spending more than expected. In addition,
rising concerns about worsening budgetary positions
and fiscal sustainability could unsettle financial mar-
kets and stifle the recovery by raising the cost of bor-
rowing for households and companies. Yet another
downside risk is that rallying commodity prices may
constrain the recovery in advanced economies. Con-
tinued policy efforts are needed to sustain the recov-
ery and prepare for exit.
2.1.7 US Economy is Stabilizing as the Crisis Subsides:
Output data confirm that the economy is stabilizing,
a significant improvement from the 6.4 per cent fall
during the first quarter. Nonetheless, the saving rate
continues to climb and business investment to sink.
Given the collapse of demand in the rest of the world,
exports have made a negative contribution in recent
quarters, which has been more than offset by the
reduction in imports. Positive contributions were
made by state and federal spending in the second
quarter, reflecting the impact of fiscal stimulus. The
U.S. economy is projected to contract by 2¾ per cent
in 2009, mainly because of the sharp contraction
during the first half of the year. Growth is expected to
turn positive in the second half of 2009, reflecting the
continuing fiscal boost.
2.1.8 Asia: from Rebound to Recovery: Despite global
downturn in 2008, the economic outlook for the
region improved markedly during the first half of 2009.
At the onset of the crisis, Asian exporters were hit hard
by the collapse of external demand. The deterioration
of activity was especially rapid for the more export
oriented economies. Slumping demand for durable
goods, especially cars, and a decline in investment
activity in the emerging economies in the region hurt
manufacturing exports. Domestic demand faltered
amid rapidly falling confidence, rising uncertainty,
 weakening labor markets, tightening financial
conditions, and rising spare capacity. In other parts
of Asia, the manufacturing-oriented economies
(Korea, Singapore, Taiwan) also slumped and, by
the end of 2008, had recorded peak declines in
industrial production. Only China, Indonesia, and
India escaped a severe recession, the result of a
large policy stimulus and, in the case of India, less
dependence on exports.
2.1.9 In the baseline projections, growth momentum will
build during the second half of 2009, forming the
basis for a generally moderate recovery in 2010,
as external demand from advanced economies
strengthens. China and India will lead the expansion
this year and will grow at rates of 8.5 and 5.4 per cent,
respectively, boosted by large policy stimulus that is
increasing demand from domestic sources. In Japan,
after a sharp first-quarter fall, activity is expected to
contract by 5.4 per cent in 2009 as a whole, although
a sizable fiscal stimulus and a modest increase in
exports will support growth in the second half of 2009
and will lead to a recovery of 1.7 per cent in 2010. For
the ASEAN economies, the outlook is more mixed.
In the more export-oriented economies (Malaysia,
Thailand), activity will increase gradually during the
second half of 2009, with stronger growth in 2010.
2.1.10 Europe: A Sluggish Recovery Lies Ahead: Recent
data from Europe suggest that the pace of decline
is moderating. In the second quarter of 2009, Euro
countries GDP contracted less than previously
expected, with France and Germany posting positive
growth and the United Kingdom registering a more
moderate decline. Although contraction continues in
much of emerging Europe, Poland recorded positive
growth in both the first and second quarters. Even so,
the rebound in Europe is likely to be slow. Financial
market conditions in the region have improved.
2.1.11 The output decline across the region was driven by a
combination of falling domestic demand—especially
investment—and shrinking trade within the tightly
integrated region, with individual economies
suffering to varying extents depending largely on
their precrisis imbalances. Abrupt reversals of asset
price booms, especially in real estate, caused sharp
falls in activity in Ireland, Spain, the United Kingdom,
and a number of other economies, including some
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in emerging Europe. Iceland was hit especially hard
and is receiving IMF support following the collapse
of its financial sector. Economies with moderate
current account deficits or surpluses have generally
seen smaller downturns. However, given its export-
oriented economy, Germany was severely affected
by the fall in external demand, although activity is
now benefiting more than elsewhere in the region
from the recovery in global trade. In comparison, the
downturn in France was somewhat less pronounced,
in part because of lower trade openness and a larger
public sector.
2.1.12 Emerging Europe has been hit particularly hard by the
drop in capital inflows. This led to major contractions
in the Baltic economies, Bulgaria, and Romania,
although exchange rates acted as a shock absorber
in economies with flexible regimes. Bosnia, Hungary,
Latvia, Romania, and Serbia are currently receiving
IMF balance of payments support, whereas Poland
has access to the IMF Flexible Credit Line in order
to safeguard market confidence. In recent months,
the pace of contraction has slowed dramatically in
much of the region, with risk appetite returning,
exports accelerating, and the inventory drawdown
moderating, although private credit remains sluggish
and unemployment is on the rise.
2.1.13 Commonwealth of Independent States: The economic
fallout of the global crisis on the CIS has been intense
and is weighing heavily on the region’s economic
outlook. A sharp contraction in Russia, on top of the
effects of the global recession and financial crisis,
has led to painful adjustments in lower-income net
energy importers in the region. With many of these
economies still dependent on Russia for remittances
and export earnings, the crisis depressed domestic
demand, upended credit booms, and in some cases
shut down access to foreign capital markets. Lower-
income CIS economies have seen a large fall in activity
accompanied by currency devaluations (Armenia,
Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan). Many economies had
previously enjoyed rapid growth based on foreign-
financed credit booms and buoyant domestic
demand supported by remittance income.
2.1.14 The crisis is taking a particularly sharp toll in Ukraine,
which is a major steel exporter and borrower in
international markets and now receives IMF support.
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(Billion dollars and percentage)
Rank Exporters Value Share Annual % Rank Exporters Value Share Annual %age
age change change
                   
1 Germany 1462 9.1 11 1 United States 2169 13.2 7
2 China 1428 8.9 17 2 Germany 1204 7.3 14
3 United States 1287 8.0 12 3 China 1132 6.9 18
4 Japan 782 4.9 9 4 Japan 763 4.6 23
5 Netherlands 633 3.9 15 5 France 706 4.3 14
6 France 605 3.8 10 6 United Kingdom 632 3.8 1
7 Italy 538 3.3 8 7 Netherlands 573 3.5 16
8 Belgium 476 3.0 10 8 Italy 555 3.4 8
9 Russian Federation 472 2.9 33 9 Belgium 469 2.9 14
10 United Kingdom 459 2.9 4 10 Korea, Republic of 435 2.7 22
11 Canada 456 2.8 9 11 Canada 418 2.5 7
12 Korea, Republic of 422 2.6 14 12 Spain 401 2.4 3
13 Hong Kong, China 370 2.3 6 13 Hong Kong, China 393 2.4 6
14 Singapore 338 2.1 13 14 Mexico 323 2.0 9
15 Saudi Arabia 313 2.0 33 15 Singapore 320 1.9 22
16 Mexico 292 1.8 7 16 India 293 1.8 35
17 Spain 268 1.7 6 17 Russia 292 1.8 31
18 Taipei, Chinese 256 1.6 4 18 Taipei, Chinese 240 1.5 10
19 United Arab Emirates 232 1.4 28 19 Poland 204 1.2 23
20 Switzerland 200 1.2 16 20 Turkey 202 1.2 19
21 Malaysia 200 1.2 13 21 Australia 200 1.2 21
22 Brazil 198 1.2 23 22 Austria 183 1.1 13
23 Australia 187 1.2 32 23 Switzerland 183 1.1 14
24 Sweden 183 1.1 9 24 Brazil 182 1.1 44
25 Austria 181 1.1 11 25 Thailand 179 1.1 28
26 Thailand 178 1.1 17 26 Sweden 167 1.0 10
27 India 177 1.1 21 27 United Arab Emirates 166 1.0 25
28 Norway 173 1.1 27 28 Malaysia 157 1.0 7
29 Poland 168 1.0 20 29 Czech Republic 141 0.9 20
30 Czech Republic 146 0.9 19 30 Indonesia 126 0.8 36
Total of above 13081 81.4 -   Total of above 13412 81.7 -
World 16070 100.0 15   World 16422 100.0 15
Source : World Trade Organisation, Trade Statistics 2008

Energy exporters in the CIS fared comparatively
better, with the recovery of energy prices, and growth
slowed only moderately during the first half of 2009.
The path toward recovery will be difficult for most
CIS economies. Russia is projected to experience a
deep recession in 2009, with GDP contracting by
7.5 per cent, followed by a tentative recovery
in 2010, helped by expansionary fiscal policy,
improving commodity prices, and recovery in
Europe and the United States. Without this regional
growth locomotive, the lower-income, non-
oil-exporting CIS economies (Armenia, Kyrgyz
Republic, Moldova, Tajikistan) are expected to
experience steep growth declines in 2009 followed
in 2010 by a modest recovery—growth of less than
3 per cent. The recession is expected to be very
deep for Ukraine, which continues to struggle for
external financing.

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2.1.15 Other Advanced Economies: On the Path to
Recovery After experiencing severe recessions or
slowdowns, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
are transitioning to recovery. Real GDP growth in
the first quarter of 2009 was negative for Canada
and New Zealand and slightly positive for Australia.
However, the recent evolution of industrial
production, retail sales, and confidence indicators
suggests that Australia is on its way to recovery and
that the Canadian and New Zealand economies are
stabilizing. Activity is expected to grow in the second
half of 2009 for all three economies. The recent
rebound in commodity prices and reduced reliance
on manufactured products has helped exports,
particularly for Australia.
2.1.16 Latin America and the Caribbean: Policy
frameworks have promoted resilience. The Latin
America and Caribbean region is showing signs of
stabilization and recovery. These economies are
helped by improving conditions in global financial and
commodity markets and stronger policy frameworks
that promoted resilience and allowed timely policy
responses to support economic activity. Activity
contracted in the fourth quarter of 2008 and the first
quarter of 2009. There are indications that recovery
got under way during the second quarter of 2009,
and it should gather moderate speed in the second
half of the year, led by Brazil (Figure 2.7). Capital
flows have restarted to the region, and sovereign
spreads have narrowed. Industrial production has
picked up in many economies, notably Brazil, and
the contraction in Mexico is moderating. The recent
rebound of commodity prices is also improving the
overall outlook for the region, given the prominence
of commodity exports. Consumer and business
confidence have improved, and retail sales have
firmed up. Downside risks to this outlook are receding
but remain a concern. A weaker-than-expected
global recovery could lead to a simultaneous drop in
exports and remittances, dampening the prospects
for recovery in some economies. A tightening of
global financial conditions could increase external
financing costs and reduce capital inflows, affecting
some of the more vulnerable corporations and
governments in the region.
2.1.17 Middle East: Strengthening Growth Prospects: The
outlook for the Middle East has improved recently,
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with the global economy stabilizing and oil prices
rebounding. These economies have been hit hard
by the global recession and, as a result, growth has
decelerated sharply. In particular, the collapse in oil
prices and sharp contraction in worker remittances
and foreign direct investment have weighed on the
economies in the region. The recent improvement
in global financial conditions and rise in commodity
prices, however, are helping restore the pace of
economic activity. The key risk to the outlook is
the possibility that the global recovery may not be
sustained and that oil prices may fall sharply, which
could have important implications for oil exporters
and their regional trading partners.
2.1.18 Africa: Regaining Momentum Growth in Africa
has slowed significantly as a result of the collapse
of global trade and disruptions in global financial
markets, but growth is expected to regain momentum
as the global recovery gets under way. The effect of
the global recession was initially felt most strongly
in those economies more highly integrated into
global financial markets, including South Africa.
Subsequently, the impact of the fall in financial
flows propagated to oil exporters (including Algeria,
Angola, Libya, Nigeria), manufacturing exporters
(Morocco, Tunisia), and commodity exporters
(Botswana) as global trade collapsed. The recent
improvement in financial conditions and commodity
prices, however, will help these economies recover
from the damage.
2.2 World’s Merchandise Exports & Imports
2.2.1 A Devastating Fourth Quarter in 2008 but
Signs of Improvement: Until the third quarter of
2008, exports of all product categories continued
to experience the high growth that started back
in 2003. In the fourth quarter of 2008, however,
practically all product categories registered abrupt
declines, which worsened in the early months
of 2009. World exports of non-ferrous metals,
automotive products and integrated circuits
were hardest hit. However, initial data indicate a
bottoming-out of the crisis in the second quarter
of 2009. Despite the sudden and sharp downturn
in the fourth quarter of 2008, the year still ended
with an annual average growth of 33 per cent for
exports of fuels and mining products (compared
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 with 15.1 per cent in 2007), growth of 18.9 per
cent for agriculture (19.8 per cent in 2007), and
a relatively low growth rate (9.9 per cent) for
manufacturers (15.3 per cent in 2007).
2.2.2 Primary Commodities: Overall, exports of primary
commodities went up by 28.8 per cent in value terms
in 2008, far exceeding the 2007 increase (16.5 per
cent). This gain came as a result of record increases in
the prices of fuels and food in the first three quarters
of 2008 – products which jointly accounted for 82
per cent of world trade in primary commodities.
During the fourth quarter of 2008, the economic
slowdown led to a decline in the export value of
primary commodities. This decline increased in the
first quarter of 2009.
2.2..3 Growing demand in both industrialized and
emerging economies triggered an unprecedented
growth in petroleum prices in the first three quarters
of 2008. The price of crude petroleum attained a
record high in July 2008 and despite a 36 per cent
year-on-year decline in the fourth quarter, prices
increased by 36.4 per cent for the year. As a result,
world exports of fuels expanded by 41 per cent in
value and lifted the share of fuel in total merchandise
exports to 18.2 per cent – the highest level since
1984. Towards the end of the year, however, in
response to the global fall in demand, prices of all
primary commodities, including food, plunged. On
a year-on-year basis, petroleum prices dropped
53.7 per cent in the first quarter of 2009. Prices of
minerals and non-ferrous metals plunged by 49.6
per cent. The corresponding decline in price of food
was 23 per cent. As a result, in the first quarter of
2009, world exports of fuels and non-ferrous metals
contracted, in value terms, by an estimated 46 per
cent and 50 per cent respectively. The decline in the
exports of food was 16 per cent, as demand for food
is less responsive to price changes.
2.2.4 Food: In 2008, prices of food increased by 23.3 per
cent, comparable only to 1974 when both demand
and supply factors pushed prices up drastically. World
exports of food grew by 21.8 per cent in 2008. While
food exporters benefited – Thailand’s rice exports,
for example, increased 65 per cent and EU exports of
wheat outside the European Union expanded by 180
per cent.
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2.2.5 In recent years, for example, Africa’s imports of food
grew at a higher pace than its exports. In addition
to surging prices, supply and demand factors were
among the reasons for the increasing gap. A number
of African countries are net-food importers because
of limited arable land in relation to their populations.
Others struggle to improve farm practices and lack
the capacity to purchase intermediate and capital
goods to increase productivity and meet the needs
of their growing populations. Some countries are
also confronted with adverse climatic conditions (e.g.
recurrent drought) and institutional difficulties. Few
of them are capable of importing more food thanks to
increased earnings from oil or mineral sales.
2.2.6 Manufacturers: In 2008, China surpassed Germany to
become the world’s largest exporter of manufactured
goods, although not so far of total merchandise
exports. Between 2000 and 2008, China’s exports of
manufactured goods grew at an annual average rate
of 25.2 per cent, twice that of Germany. While EU
exports outside the European Union still remain at the
top of the list, the gap with China has been constantly
narrowing (from 67 per cent in 2000 to 15 per cent in
2008). On the import side, the hierarchy of the three
major importers–the United States, Germany and
China – has not changed.
2.2.7 World exports declined by 11 per cent in the last
quarter of 2008 and 29 per cent in the first quarter
of 2009. Of the then major exporters, only China
registered a positive growth rate of 4.6 per cent in
fourth quarter of 2008. During the first quarter of
2009, however, China recorded a 19.1 per cent decline.
Exports of the United States shrank by 4 per cent in
the last quarter of 2008 and 20 per cent in the first
quarter of 2009 while exports of the European Union
fell by 16.1 per cent and 31.4 per cent respectively.
In the first quarter of 2009, Japan and Chinese Taipei
were the hardest hit. They saw their exports contract
by 41.3 per cent and 38.4 per cent respectively.
2.2.8 Chemicals: World exports of chemicals shrank by
10 per cent in the last quarter of 2008 and 23 per
cent in the first quarter of 2009. The downturn for
pharmaceutical products was less abrupt than
for other chemicals. In the last quarter of 2008,
pharmaceuticals were one of the rare products with
a positive, though marginal, growth rate ( 1 per cent).
Among all chemical products, they experienced
 the lowest decline in the first quarter of 2009. In
contast, due to the fall in demand in construction,
authomotive and other industries, world exports of
other chemical products contracted by 14 per cent
in the fourth quarter of 2008 and by a further 31 per
cent in the first quarter of 2009.
2.2.9 Iron and Steel: China exports of iron and steel
products grew by an annual average of 41.6 per
cent between 2000 and 2008, surpassing EU
exports outside the European Union. As global
demand in the construction, automotive and other
sectors declined, iron and steel did not escape the
impact of the global economic downturn. In the
last quarter of 2008, the decline was relatively
modest (-5 per cent) as Japan, China, the Republic
of Korea and the United Staetes still registered
substantial increase in their exports. Exports of
the European Union, however, contracted by 17.3
per cent. During the first quarter of 2009, world
exports of iron and steel shrank by 40 per cent.
Exports of the European Union, China and Ukraine
dropped by 45.9 per cent, 44.6 per cent and 49.7
per cent respectively.
2.2.10 Automotive Products: Automotive products were
the hardest hit of all industries by the credit crunch
and the recession. World exports in value terms
tumbled 24 per cent in the last quarter of 2008
and 49 per cent in the first quarter of 2009. Of the
top ten major exporters of automotive products,
five recorded more than 30 per cent declines in
their exports in the last quarter of 2008 and all but
Mexico witnessed a decline of over 40 per cent in
the first quarter of 2009. Canada’s exports were the
most affected, declining by more than 20 per cent
in 2008 and falling by a further 54 per cent in the
first quarter of 2009. Japan fared better throughout
2008, posting an 8 per cent growth rate, but
subsequently recorded the sharpest decline in the
first quarter of 2009.
2.2.11 Clothing: Among all exports, clothing is one of the
least-affected so far, showing a mere 2.1 per cent
decline in the fourth quarter of 2008. Growth during
January-September 2008 was modest, resulting in
exports expanding by 4.6 per cent in 2008. China,
which accounted for 33 per cent of world exports,
saw its exports expand by only 4 per cent in 2008,
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far below the 20.8 per cent growth registered in
2007. Between 2000 and 2008, the least developed
countries (LDCs) benefiting from preferential market
access increased their share in the EU clothing
market from 8.3 per cent to 9.1 per cent. Ninety-nine
per cent of EU imports from the LDCs originated
from five countries – Bangladesh (81.5 per cent),
Cambodia (9.5 per cent), Madagascar (3.7 per cent),
Myanmar (2.5 per cent) and Laos (1.9 per cent).
2.2.12 For the United States, the second major clothing
market after the European Union, imports shrank by
2.8 per cent. Imports from China, its major supplier,
nearly stagnated at previous year levels. Imports
from Vietnam and Bangladesh increased by 19.8
per cent and 11 per cent respectively. Imports
from LDCs increased by 3 per cent. Bangladesh,
Cambodia, Haiti, Lesotho and Madagascar
dominated, accounting for 98.9 per cent of this
market share.
2.2.13 In the last quarter of 2008, exports from China
increased by 10.9 per cent and started to decline
only during the first quarter of 2009, by a modest
5 per cent. This contributed to the relatively better
performance of world trade in clothing compared
with other sectors. In contrast, the European
Union saw its exports drop by 10.3 per cent in
the last quarter of 2008 and further contracted by
another 18.1 per cent during the first quarter of
2009. Turkey was particularly hard hit as its exports
shrank by 23.7 per cent and 27.2 per cent per cent
consecutively over the same period.
2.2.14 EU imports from outside the European Union declined
moderately by 2.7 per cent in the last quarter of 2008
and by 9.4 per cent in the first quarter of 2009. The
corresponding declines in the imports of the United
States were practically of the same magnitude:
down by 2.2 per cent during the last quarter of
2008 and down by 10 per cent in the first quarter
of 2009. US imports from its major suppliers (China,
Vietnam, Indonesia and Bangladesh) increased in
both quarters. Imports from Bangladesh in particular
expanded substantially, by 18.4 per cent and 12.9 per
cent respectively during the last quarter of 2008 and
the first quarter of 2009. Imports of the European
Union from China and Bangladesh increased
respectively by 19.7 per cent and 13 per cent in the
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 last quarter of 2008 and by a further 3 per cent and
6.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2009. Imports
from other countries, especially Turkey, Tunisia and
Morocco, shrank considerably in both quarters.
2.3 Trends In India's Foreign Trade
Based on the latest estimate Merchandise exports
registered a positive growth of 18.2 per cent in
November 2009 after a phase of decline over thirteen
consecutive months and the pace of decline in
imports also moderated significantly to 2.6 per cent.
Exports during November, 2009 were valued at
Rs. 61462 Crore which was 12.4 per cent higher in
Rupee terms than the level of Rs. 54699 Crore during
November, 2008. Cumulative value of exports for the
period April- November, 2009 was Rs. 501297 Crore as
against Rs. 587904 Crore registering a negative growth
of 22.3  per cent in Dollar terms and 14.7 per cent in
Rupee terms over the same period last year. Imports
during November, 2009 were valued at Rs.106584
Crore representing a decrease of 7.4 per cent in
Rupee terms over the level of imports valued at Rs.
115091 Crore in November, 2008. Cumulative value
of imports for the period April–November 2009 was
Rs. 819107 Crore as against Rs. 1031574 Crore
registering a negative growth of 20.6 per cent in Rupee
terms over the same period last year. after a phase of
decline over thirteen consecutive months and the
pace of decline in imports also moderated significantly
to 2.6 per cent. Thus in November 2009, after a phase
of decline over thirteen consecutive months growth
in exports turned positive and the pace of decline in
imports also moderated significantly.
2.3.1 Export Scenario 2009-2010 (April - September
2009)
i. India’s export was worth Rs. 372096.01 Crore
during April- September 2009 which was 19.9%
less than the exports, valued at Rs. 464450.3
Crore during April – September 2008. In terms
of US $, India’s export during April- September
2009 was to the tune of US $ 76,589.08 million
as against the export figure of US$ 108,906.74
million during April- September 2008 showing a
decrease of 29.67%.
ii. Four major groups falling in non-agricultural
sector i.e. (i) Engineering goods 19.79%
(Rs.73639.30 Crore), (ii) Gem & Jewellery 17.75%
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(Rs. 66064.02 Crore), (iii) Chemicals & Related
products 13.77% (Rs. 51241.48 Crore) and (iv)
Textiles 11.30% (Rs. 42045.83 Crore) had a share
of 62.61% in India’s total exports during April-
September 2009. The export earnings of these
product groups were valued at Rs. 232990.6
Crore.
iii. Engineering goods, Gem & Jewellery,
Chemicals & Related products, Textiles during
April– September 2009 as compared to
April- September 2008 have negative growth
rates of (25.62%), (10.96%), (9.36%) and
(2.82%) respectively. Export of Agricultural
& Allied Products and Plantation sector
contributed an amount of Rs. 29778.57 Crore
(8%) to India’s total exports during April –
September 2009.
iv. Export of Top Ten Commodities: Top ten
commodities exported from India in decreasing
order are: Gems & Jewellery, Petroleum (Crude &
Products), Basic chemicals, pharma. & Cosmetics,
Transport Equipments, Readymade garments,
Machinery and instruments, Electronics,
Manufacture of metals, Man-made textiles &
made-ups etc. Rubber glass & other products.
These ten commodities/groups alone accounted
for 71.5% of total exports (Rs. 372096.01 Crore)
from India during the year April – September
2009.
v. Appendix-XV depicts India’s export of Principal
Commodities during April – September
2009. Exports of top ten commodities during
April – September 2009 and percentage
growth during April – September 2009 over
April – September 2008 have been depicted
in Chart No. 10. Chart No. 11 shows the
percentage share of top ten commodities in
India’s exports.
2.3.2 Direction of Exports
i. Percentage Share of Five Major Regions of
Exports:
Out of five major regions of exports markets, Asia
& Asean with a share of (55.0%) has emerged
as the major export market for India’s trade
followed by Europe (21.42%), America (15.28%),
Africa (6.41%) and CIS & Baltic (0.9 %).
 ii. Countries where Highest Exports Growth Rate
Registered during April–September 2009
The countries, which have highest growth and
share more than 1%, are Malaysia (13.38%),
Indonesia (11.83%), Pakistan (7.54%), Hongkong
(3.13%), and Israel (2.32%) during April-
September 09 over the previous year.
iii. Total Export to Top Ten Countries
Top ten countries to which Indian goods were
exported during April- September 2009 in
descending order are: United Arab Emirates, U.S.A,
China P RP, Hong Kong, Singapore, Netherland, U.K.,
Germany, Saudi Arab and Belgium. Total exports
to these ten countries amounted to Rs. 204563.4
Crore, thereby sharing 55% contribution in India’s
total exports. Country wise details could be seen
at Appendix XVI. Export to top ten countries
during April – September 2009 and percentage
growth made during April – September 2009 over
April – September 2008 having depicted in Chart
No. 13. Chart No. 14 shows percentage share of
top ten countries in India’s export.
2.4 Import Scenario 2009–2010
(April– September 2009)
2.4.1 Import of Principal Commodities
i. India’s total imports decreased from
Rs. 790616.25 Crore in April - September 2008
to Rs. 603206.06 Crore in April- September
2009 registering a decrease of 23.7% during the
year. The corresponding imports in US $ was
from 184995.52 million to 124193.94 million
registering a decrease of 32.87% during the
same period.
ii. India’s imports of principal commodities are
broadly categorised in five major groups namely
i) Bulk imports ii) Machinery iii) Pearls, Precious
& Semi-precious Stones iv) Project goods and
v) Others. Out of these Bulk imports accounted
for 43.04%, Machinery 11.72%, Pearls, Precious
& Semi-precious Stones accounted for 4.38%,
Project goods for 1.66% and the remaining
commodities accounted for 39.21%.
iii. Bulk Imports: The only item which have shown
an increase under ‘Bulk Imports’ and having share
more than one per cent during April- September
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2009 as compared to April - September 2008 with
percentage is: Edible oil (1.97%) and remaining
items are declined.
iv. Precious & Semi-Precious Stones: Pearls,
Precious & Semi-Precious Stones showed a
decrease of 40.80% during April – September
2009 over the imports made in April- September
2008. The total imports of this commodity
group decreased from Rs. 44582.30 Crore in
April - September 2008 to Rs. 26394.32 Crore in
April - September 2009. This commodity alone
contributes 4.38% in India’s total imports.
v. Machinery: The import of Transport Equipment,
Machine tools, Electrical machinery and
Machinery other than electrical under the
Machinery group showed a decrease by 51.37%
32.72%, 19.34% 11.54% respectively during April
– September 2009.
vi. Project Goods: The imports of project goods
have shown an increase of 53.90% from
Rs. 6496.34 Crore in April- September 2008 to
Rs. 9998.17 Crore during April- September 2009.
This item had 1.66% share in total imports of the
country during April – September 2009.
vii. Others: In the group of ‘others’ the Commodities
which have shown positive growth are: Oil seeds
(148.21%), Jute raw (145.69%), Veg. & animal
fats (82.12%), Cement (80.82%), Computer
Soft.physical (65.69%), Pulses (59.21%), Tea
(39.56%), Fruits & Nuts (29.08%), Artf.resins
(15.41%), Silk yarn and fabrics (13.8%), Spices
(13.49%), Medicinal&Pharma.prds (9.75%),
Woollen & Cotton rags (7.22%), Chemical
products (3.91%), OtherTextile Yarn fabries etc.
(3.32%), Dyeing, tanning matrl (2.8%), Other
crude minerals (2.71%), Synth.®.fibres (1.97%),
Man made f'mnt spun yarn (1.93%), Cashew Nuts
(0.27%). Out of all the commodities imported into
India, 37 commodities showed declining trend
during April – September 2009 as compared to
April- September 2008.
viii. Import of top ten commodities: Top ten
commodities imported by India during
April– September 2009 in decreasing order
are: Petroleum crude & Products, Gold &
Silver, Electronic Goods, Machinery other than
Electrical, Organic & Inorganic Chemicals,
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 Pearls, Precious & Semi-precious stones, Coal,
Coke & briquettes, Iron & Steel, Metalifers Ores
& Products and Transport Equipments. These
commodities alone accounted for about 75.6%
of the total imports made by India during April-
September 2009. Appendix XVII depicts India’s
import of Principal commodities during April
– September 2009.
2.4.2 Direction of Imports
i. Region wise Imports: Imports were made
mainly from the five regions viz. i) Asia & Asean ii)
Europe iii) America IV) Africa and v) CIS & Baltics.
Of India’s total imports during April- September
2009 from these regions, Asia & Asean occupies
the top rank with a share of (61.36%) followed by
Europe (19.1%), America (9.44%), Africa (6.97%)
and CIS & Baltics (2.26%). CIS & Baltics, Africa,
Europe, America and Asia & Asean, have negative
growth rates of 13.68%, 18.07, 23.02%, 25.19%
and 25.22%, respectively.
ii. Import from Top Ten Countries: Among
the ten most favourite trade partners in India’s
imports during April- September 2009 are China
PRP (12%), followed by USA (5.95%), United Arab
Emirates (5.93%), Saudi Arab (5.51%), Iran (4.52%),
Switzerland (4.39%), Australia (4.14%), Germany
(3.82%), Indonesia (3.14%) and Korea RP (2.89%).
Imports from these ten countries alone accounted
for as high as 52.3% of total imports (Rs. 603206.06
Crore). Appendix XVIII depicts India’s imports by
top ten countries during April- September 2009.
iii. India’s Imports by Regions and Sub-Regions:
India’s imports by regions and sub-regions during
April- September 2008 and April- September
2009 has been depicted in Appendix-XIX.
India’s import from top ten favourite trade
partners during April- September 2009 over
April- September 2008 has been shown in Chart
No. 18. Chart 19 shows percentage share of top
ten countries in India’s import.
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2.5 Trade Balance
India’s Trade Balance during 1951-52 to 2009-10
(April-September 2009) is presented in Appendix XX.
The charts nos. 20 & 21 depict India’s Trade Balance
and Export & Import growth respectively.
2.6 Import of Sensitive Items during
(April-October 2009).
2.6.1 The total import of sensitive items for the period April-
October 09 has been Rs. 35487 Crore as compared to
Rs. 26378 Crore during the corresponding period of
last year thereby showing an increase of 34.5%. The
gross import of all commodities during same period
of current year was Rs. 716535 Crore as compared to
Rs. 916483 Crore during the same period of last year.
Thus import of sensitive items constitutes 2.9% and
5.0% of the gross imports during last year and current
year respectively.
2.6.2 Imports of automobiles, cotton & silk, products of
SSI and alcoholic beverages have shown a decline at
broad group level during the period. Imports of all
other items viz. edible oil, Pulses, fruits & vegetables
(including nuts), rubber, spices, marble & granite, tea
& coffee, milk & milk products and food grains have
shown increase during the period under reference.
2.6.3 In the edible oil segment, the import has increased
from Rs. 8195.45 Crore last year to Rs. 14204.70 Crore
for the corresponding period of this year. The imports
of both crude edible oil as well as refined oil have
gone up by 83% and 36% respectively. The increase in
edible oil import is mainly due to substantial increase
in import of crude palm oil and its fractions.
2.6.4 Imports of sensitive items from Indonesia, China P RP,
Myanmar, Brazil, Malaysia, United States of America,
Japan, Canada, Ukraine, Argentina, Australia, Benin,
Guinea Bissau etc. have gone up while those from
Korea RP, Germany, Thailand, Cote D’ Ivoire, Czech
Republic etc. have shown a decrease.
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IMPORT OF SENSITIVE ITEMS-PROVISIONAL ESTIMATES
(Value in Rs. Crore)
S. Commodity Group No. of Tariff Weights w.r.t. Total Sensitive Value of Import (Rs Crore) Difference Growth
No. Lines Items (Rs Crore)
Upto October Upto October Upto October Upto October (Col 7 - Col 6)
2008 2009 2008 2009
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
1 Milk & Milk Products 23 0.10% 0.37% 27.52 131.16 103.64 376.6%
Growth is observed in Butter Oil, other fats & oils dervtvd from 0.03 106.96 106.94
milk and its Contribution is
(and its %age share to this group) 0.1% 81.6%
2 Fruits & Vegetables 35 10.90% 8.76% 2874.26 3107.55 233.29 8.1%
Significant growth in Cashew nuts in shell and its contribution is 1804.56 1905.54 100.98 5.6%
(and its %age share to this group) 62.8% 61.3%
3 Pulses 12 12.69% 14.55% 3346.15 5163.00 1816.84 54.3%
Significant growth in Beans of the species vigna mungo Hepper or vigna radiata 876.23 2023.64 1147.41 130.9%
Wilczek dried & shld, Other dried leguminous vegtbls and its contribution is

(and its %age share to this group) 26.2% 39.2%

4 Poultry 13 0.00% 0.00% 0.07 0.09 0.01
5 Tea & Coffee 36 0.37% 0.52% 98.23 185.39 87.16 88.7%
Significant growth in black tea (in packet, leaf and dust in bulk) 0.00 84.57 84.57
(and their %age share to this group) 0.0% 45.6%
6 Spices 52 1.47% 1.26% 388.28 447.63 59.35 15.3%
(Significant Growth in cloves not extracted (other than stem), 30.58 66.04 35.46 116.0%
Cumin, other than black and its contribution is)
(and their %age share to this group) 7.9% 14.8%
7 Food Grains 19 0.04% 0.04% 11.34 12.47 1.13 9.9%
8 Edible Oils 46 31.07% 40.03% 8195.45 14204.70 6009.25 73.3%
(a) Crude 6519.94 11923.28 5403.34 82.9%
(Ratio of crude to total Edible ) 79.6% 83.9%
(b) Refined 1675.51 2281.42 605.91 36.2%
(Ratio of Refined to total edible import) 20.4% 16.1%
9 Alcholic Beverages 34 0.81% 0.52% 214.54 184.91 -29.64 -13.8%
10 Rubber 11 2.67% 2.96% 704.49 1049.60 345.11 49.0%
Significant growth in Natural rubber in other forms : smoked 238.44 550.04 311.60 130.7%
sheets and its contribution is
(and their %age share to this group) 33.8% 52.4%
11 Cotton & Silk 24 5.62% 3.63% 1481.86 1288.97 -192.89 -13.0%
Siginificant Shortfall in :Foreign cotton, of all staple lengths and Non-mulberry silk 959.28 672.29 -286.99 -29.9%
(and their %age share to this group) 64.7% 52.2%
12 Marble & Granite 9 0.80% 0.60% 210.10 211.47 1.37 0.6%
Signigicant growth in Others marble, travertine and alabaster and 30.19 46.61 16.42 54.4%
Marble blocks or tiles, polished and its contribution is
(and their %age share to this group) 14.4% 22.0%
13 Automobiles 26 3.70% 1.64% 977.17 583.28 -393.89 -40.3%
14 Parts & accessories of motor 36 26.82% 18.64% 7074.01 6616.17 -457.84 -6.5%
vehicles
Significant shortfall in GEAR BOXES, MOUNTED BRAKE LININGS and its contributions 764.12 550.84 -213.28 -27.9%
(and their %age share to this group) 10.8% 8.3%
15 Product of SSI 34 2.68% 1.56% 706.17 552.63 -153.54 -21.7%
(Umbrella, locks, toys, writing instruments, tiles, glassware, etc.)
Significant short fall in Other umbrellas, Tiles and cubes other 267.16 155.48 -111.68 -41.8%
than mosaic tiles and cubes, Other toys and Other ball point pens
(and their %age share to this group) 37.8% 28.1%
16 Others(Bamboos, 5 0.26% 4.93% 68.21 1748.09 1679.87 2462.6%
cocoa,copra & sugar)
Total of Sensitive items 415 100.0% 100.0% 26377.86 35487.09 9109.23 34.5%
%age share of Import of sensitive items to Total Import (All Commodities) 2.9% 5.0%
Total of All commodities (including sensitive items) as per quick estimate 916483 716535 -199948 -21.8%

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 APPENDIX-XI
World merchandise exports by region and selected economy, 1948, 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993,
2003 and 2008
(Billion dollars and percentage)
1948 1953 1963 1973 1983 1993 2003 2008
Value
World 59 84 157 579 1838 3676 7377 15717
Share
World 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
North America 28.1 24.8 19.9 17.3 16.8 18.0 15.8 13.0
United States 21.7 18.8 14.9 12.3 11.2 12.6 9.8 8.2
Canada 5.5 5.2 4.3 4.6 4.2 4.0 3.7 2.9
Mexico 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 1.4 1.4 2.2 1.9
South and Central America 11.3 9.7 6.4 4.3 4.4 3.0 3.0 3.8
Brazil 2.0 1.8 0.9 1.1 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.3
Argentina 2.8 1.3 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Europe 35.1 39.4 47.8 50.9 43.5 45.4 45.9 41.0
Germany 1.4 5.3 9.3 11.6 9.2 10.3 10.2 9.3
France 3.4 4.8 5.2 6.3 5.2 6.0 5.3 3.9
Italy 11.3 9.0 7.8 5.1 4.0 4.6 4.1 3.4
United Kingdom 1.8 1.8 3.2 3.8 5.0 4.9 4.1 2.9
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - - - - - - 2.6 4.5
Africa 7.3 6.5 5.7 4.8 4.5 2.5 2.4 3.5
South Africa 2.0 1.6 1.5 1.0 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.5
Middle East 2.0 2.7 3.2 4.1 6.8 3.5 4.1 6.5
Asia 14.0 13.4 12.5 14.9 19.1 26.1 26.2 27.7
China 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.0 1.2 2.5 5.9 9.1
Japan 0.4 1.5 3.5 6.4 8.0 9.9 6.4 5.0
India 2.2 1.3 1.0 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.1
Australia and New Zealand 3.7 3.2 2.4 2.1 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4
Six East Asian traders 3.4 3.0 2.4 3.4 5.8 9.7 9.6 9.0
Memorandum item:
EU - - 27.5 38.6 31.3 37.4 42.4 37.5
USSR, former 2.2 3.5 4.6 3.7 5.0 - - -
GATT/WTO Members 62.8 69.6 75.0 84.1 77.0 89.4 94.3 93.4
Source : WTO Statistics 2008

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 APPENDIX-XII
World merchandise imports by region and selected economy, 1948, 1953, 1963, 1973, 1983, 1993,
2003 and 2008
(Billion dollars and percentage)
1948 1953 1963 1973 1983 1993 2003 2008
Value
World 62 85 164 595 1882 3787 7692 16127
Share
World 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
North America 18.5 20.5 16.1 17.2 18.5 21.4 22.5 18.1
United States 13.0 13.9 11.4 12.3 14.3 15.9 16.9 13.5
Canada 4.4 5.5 3.9 4.2 3.4 3.7 3.2 2.6
Mexico 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.7 1.8 2.3 2.0
South and Central America 10.4 8.3 6.0 4.4 3.8 3.3 2.5 3.7
Brazil 1.8 1.6 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.1
Argentina 2.5 0.9 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4
Europe 45.3 43.7 52.0 53.3 44.2 44.6 45.0 42.3
Germany 2.2 4.5 8.0 9.2 8.1 9.0 7.9 7.5
France 13.4 11.0 8.5 6.5 5.6 5.7 5.2 4.4
United Kingdom 5.5 4.9 5.3 6.3 5.3 5.5 5.2 3.9
Italy 2.5 2.8 4.6 4.7 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.4
Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) - - - - - - 1.7 3.1
Africa 8.1 7.0 5.2 3.9 4.6 2.6 2.1 2.9
South Africa 2.5 1.5 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.6
Middle East 1.8 2.1 2.3 2.7 6.2 3.3 2.7 3.6
Asia 13.9 15.1 14.1 14.9 18.5 23.6 23.5 26.4
China 0.6 1.6 0.9 0.9 1.1 2.7 5.4 7.0
Japan 1.1 2.8 4.1 6.5 6.7 6.4 5.0 4.7
India 2.3 1.4 1.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.9 1.8
Australia and New Zealand 2.9 2.3 2.2 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.4 1.5
Six East Asian traders 3.5 3.7 3.1 3.7 6.1 10.3 8.6 8.9
Memorandum item:
EU - - 29.0 39.2 31.4 36.1 41.8 38.8
USSR, former 1.9 3.3 4.3 3.5 4.3 - - -
GATT/WTO Members 52.9 66.0 74.2 89.1 79.8 89.5 96.0 95.8
Source: WTO Statistics 2008

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 Appendix-XIII
World merchandise exports by Top 30 Countries , 1998–2008
(Million dollars)
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
World 5501000 5712000 6456000 6191000 6493000 7586000 9219000 10489000 12112000 13987000 16070000
1 Germany 543752 543539 551810 571645 615831 751560 909887 970914 1108107 1321214 1461853
2 China 183712 194931 249203 266098 325596 438228 593326 761953 968978 1218623 1428332
3 United States 682138 695797 781918 729100 693103 724771 814875 901082 1025967 1148199 1287442
4 Japan 387927 417610 479249 403496 416726 471817 565675 594941 646725 714327 782047
5 Netherlands 213977 218579 233130 230855 244058 296012 357417 406372 463629 550755 633006
6 France 320631 325526 327611 323379 331719 392039 452106 463428 495868 551882 605403
7 Italy 245801 235564 240518 244490 254427 299333 353782 373135 416875 499882 538028
8 Belgium - 179152 188371 190349 216127 255617 306866 334400 366935 432087 475550
9 Russian Federation 74884 75665 105565 101884 107301 135929 183207 243798 303551 354403 471603
10 United Kingdom 273949 272167 285425 272715 280195 305627 347493 384477 448653 439091 458572
11 Canada 214327 238446 276635 259858 252394 272739 316762 360475 388091 420235 456464
12 Korea, Republic of 132313 143686 172267 150439 162471 193817 253845 284419 325465 371489 422007
13 Hong Kong, China 174864 174403 202683 191066 201928 228708 265543 292119 322669 349386 370242
14 Singapore 109895 114680 137804 121751 125177 159902 198637 229649 271807 299298 338176
15 Saudi Arabia 38822 50761 77583 68064 72453 93245 125997 180711 211306 234951 313440
16 Mexico 117460 136391 166367 158547 160682 165396 187980 214207 249961 271821 291729
17 Spain 111973 104433 115251 116660 125687 156147 182623 192644 213717 253297 268339
18 Taipei, Chinese 112467 123626 151357 125900 135080 150298 182432 198432 224017 246677 255629
19 United Arab Emirates 33837 36474 49835 48414 52163 67135 90997 117287 145587 180897 231550
20 Switzerland 78856 80300 80500 82144 91699 104822 122844 130930 147856 172078 200334
21 Malaysia 73305 84455 98229 88005 94058 104705 126511 140980 160676 176211 199516
22 Brazil 51140 48011 55086 58223 60362 73084 96678 118529 137807 160649 197942
23 Australia 55893 56080 63870 63387 65033 70377 86565 106097 123437 141358 187259
24 Sweden 84767 84889 87132 75645 81499 102104 123267 130962 147793 168870 183356
25 Austria 64085 66061 67710 70751 78673 97146 118376 125182 136751 163620 180966
26 Thailand 54456 58440 69057 64968 68108 80324 96248 110936 129722 152098 177844
27 India 33437 35667 42379 43361 49250 58963 76649 99616 120968 147034 177499
28 Norway 40402 45479 60058 59191 59662 68321 82527 103759 122208 136357 172517
29 Poland 28230 27359 31747 35998 41133 53762 75047 89437 110780 140146 168042
30 Czech Republic 25855 26556 29094 33324 38492 48702 68986 78110 94929 122498 146321
Others 937845 817274 978555 941294 991912 1165370 1455853 1750017 2081163 2447567 2988993
Source: WTO Statistics 2008

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 Appendix-XIV
World merchandise imports by top 30 countries, 1998–2008
(Million dollars)
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
World 5683000 5921000 6727000 6485000 6745000 7865000 9571000 10857000 12430000 14273000 16422000
1 United States 944353 1059440 1259300 1179180 1200230 1303050 1525680 1732706 1918077 2020403 2169487
2 Germany 471474 474047 497197 486119 490283 604612 715742 777073 906684 1054983 1203787
3 China 140237 165699 225094 243553 295170 412760 561229 659953 791461 956139 1132488
4 Japan 280484 309995 379511 349089 337194 382930 454542 515866 579064 622243 762589
5 France 307771 315748 338940 328608 329262 398840 470945 504124 541919 619475 705577
6 United Kingdom 321231 324899 348058 343786 364075 399401 470633 513673 601424 622897 632017
7 Netherlands 195639 206162 218267 208638 219265 264704 319669 363822 416832 492616 573188
8 Italy 218465 220637 238757 236220 247015 297519 355301 384790 442555 511662 554909
9 Belgium - 164810 177511 178664 198311 234945 285621 318700 351979 413109 469486
10 Korea, Republic of 93282 119752 160481 141098 152126 178827 224463 261238 309383 356846 435275
11 Canada b 206066 220183 244786 227291 227499 245021 279931 322411 358755 389911 418311
12 Spain 136662 135346 156143 154650 165105 208602 258331 288786 328696 389301 401384
13 Hong Kong, China 186759 180711 214042 202008 207969 233249 272893 300160 335754 370132 392962
14 Mexico 130948 146084 182702 176185 176607 178503 206060 232245 268093 295201 323151
15 Singapore 101732 111060 134545 116000 116441 136218 173599 200047 238710 263155 319780
16 India 42980 46979 51523 50392 56517 72558 99775 142870 172797 216760 293374
17 Russian Federation b 58015 39537 44659 53764 60966 76070 97382 125434 164281 223486 291861
18 Taipei, Chinese 105442 111449 140642 107944 113331 128130 169250 182614 202698 219252 240448
19 Poland 47055 45883 49029 50184 55299 68272 89696 101639 126989 165710 204279
20 Turkey 45921 40671 54503 41399 51554 69340 97540 116774 139576 170063 201961
21 Australia 64630 69158 71529 63888 72690 89084 109384 125281 139253 165336 200338
22 Austria 69504 71321 72394 74633 78299 99532 119905 127327 137212 163037 183441
23 Switzerland 80094 79857 82521 84102 87189 100239 115799 126574 141400 161180 183192
24 Brazil 61135 51909 59053 58640 49716 50859 66433 77628 95836 126564 182408
25 Thailand 42971 50342 61924 61962 64645 75824 94410 118178 128773 139966 178655
26 Sweden 68403 68580 72880 63200 66955 83540 100433 111697 127547 152583 167152
27 United Arab Emirates 32588 31721 35009 37293 42652 52074 72082 84654 100057 132494 165620
28 Malaysia 58319 64966 81963 73866 79869 83300 105283 114625 131152 146982 156896
29 Czech Republic 28340 28463 31974 36297 40656 51728 69967 76512 93191 118169 141493
30 Indonesia 35280 33321 43595 37534 38340 42196 54877 75533 80346 92778 126160
Others 1107219 932270 998469 1018812 1059771 1243071 1534147 1774067 2059505 2500567 3010330
Source: WTO Statistics 2008

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 Chart 7
Chart – 7 Share of Exports To Various Regions in World – 2008

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Australia and New 8% America
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Chart – 8 Share of Imports from Various Regions in the World – 2008

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 Appendix-XV
EXPORT OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES : APRIL–SEPTEMBER - 2009–2010
(Values in Rs. Crore)
Commodity 2007-2008 2008-2009 % Growth  2008-09   2009-10 % Growth
(April-March) (April-March) 08-09 over (Apr-Sept. (Apr-Sept. (Col 6 vs Col 5)
07-08 2008) 2009) *
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TOTAL EXPORTS 655863.52 840755.05 28.19 464450.34 372096.01 -19.88
A) PLANTATION 3906.44 4944.63 26.58 2615.80 2196.88 -16.01
01) Tea 2034.17 2688.87 32.19 1361.02 1260.28 -7.40
02) Coffee 1872.27 2255.76 20.48 1254.79 936.60 -25.36
B) AGRI & ALLIED PRDTS 54396.74 65772.07 20.91 36595.43 27581.69 -24.63
01) Cereal 14754.37 15086.44 2.25 8892.65 8115.49 -8.74
(a) Rice 11751.80 11164.40 -5.00 6038.59 6460.99 7.00
(b) Wheat 0.24 1.46 508.33 0.29 0.00 -100.00
(c) Others 3002.33 3920.58 30.58 2853.77 1654.50 -42.02
02) Pulses 526.41 540.22 2.62 258.38 162.69 -37.03
03) Tobacco 1931.89 3461.05 79.15 1666.65 2205.87 32.35
(a) Unmanufactured 1432.80 2766.27 93.07 1364.30 1881.83 37.93
(b) Manufactured 499.09 694.78 39.21 302.35 324.04 7.17
04) Spices 4204.50 6338.42 50.75 3300.00 2754.99 -16.52
05) Nuts & Seeds 5021.17 5728.15 14.08 3259.09 2302.90 -29.34
(a) Cashew incl CSNL 2234.77 2930.65 31.14 1607.07 1356.22 -15.61
(b) Sesame & Niger seed 1732.32 1558.49 -10.03 916.00 592.11 -35.36
(c) Ground nut 1054.08 1239.01 17.54 736.03 354.57 -51.83
06) Oil Meals 8140.55 10269.24 26.15 4782.02 3209.57 -32.88
07) Guergum Meal 1125.75 1338.99 18.94 707.26 395.71 -44.05
08) Castor Oil 1275.72 2128.72 66.86 1518.13 925.28 -39.05
09) Shellac 123.97 103.89 -16.20 59.58 28.70 -51.83
10) Sugar & Mollasses 5662.77 4531.44 -19.98 4155.36 65.81 -98.42
11) Processed Foods 5804.40 8407.19 44.84 3876.00 4247.71 9.59
(a) Fresh Fruits & Vegetables 2924.47 4399.39 50.43 1917.58 2358.70 23.00
(b) Fruits/Vgetable seeds 141.96 119.99 -15.48 60.55 80.06 32.22
(c) Processed & misc processed items 2737.96 3887.81 42.00 1897.87 1808.95 -4.69
12) Meat & Preparations 3749.47 5371.42 43.26 2666.93 2463.84 -7.62
13) Poultry & Dairy Products 1389.77 1543.61 11.07 1010.33 308.64 -69.45
14) Flouriculture Products 340.30 368.81 8.38 199.98 162.41 -18.79
Spirit & Beverages 345.70 554.48 60.39 243.08 232.09 -4.52
C) MARINE PRODUCTS 6926.67 7066.37 2.02 3312.16 3642.49 9.97
D) ORES & MINERALS 36716.92 35877.02 -2.29 19017.84 14024.96 -26.25
01) Iron ore 23399.67 21725.20 -7.16 10712.48 8187.32 -23.57
02) Mica 87.55 136.17 55.53 68.39 56.55 -17.31
03) Processed Minerals 5023.20 6251.40 24.45 3520.20 2843.91 -19.21
04) Other ores & minerals 7929.68 7415.78 -6.48 4611.61 2766.20 -40.02
05) Coal 276.82 348.46 25.88 105.15 170.97 62.60
E) LEATHER & MNFRS 14101.30 16355.09 15.98 8610.28 7429.21 -13.72
01) Footwear 6238.42 7280.65 16.71 3840.22 3560.62 -7.28
02) Leather & mfrs 7862.88 9074.44 15.41 4770.06 3868.59 -18.90
F) GEMS & JEWELLERY 79227.74 128575.19 62.29 74194.22 66064.02 -10.96

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 (Values in Rs. Crore)
Commodity 2007-2008 2008-2009 % Growth  2008-09   2009-10 % Growth
(April-March) (April-March) 08-09 over (Apr-Sept. (Apr-Sept. (Col 6 vs Col 5)
07-08 2008) 2009) *
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G) SPORTS GOODS 539.94 660.22 22.28 357.70 337.01 -5.78
H) CHEMICALS & RELATED PRODUCTS 89971.09 109883.82 22.13 56535.12 51241.48 -9.36
01) Basic chemls, Pharma & cosmetics 56104.32 71880.00 28.12 35916.32 33634.35 -6.35
02) Plastics & Linoleum 13763.36 13817.32 0.39 7813.71 6919.01 -11.45
03) Rubber, glass & other products 16332.81 19203.67 17.58 10059.56 8509.88 -15.41
04) Residual chemls & allied products 3770.60 4982.83 32.15 2745.53 2178.24 -20.66
I) ENGINEERING GOODS 135717.06 183997.80 35.57 98999.04 73639.30 -25.62
01) Machinery 66380.46 103362.06 55.71 51585.34 46936.88 -9.01
(a) Machine tools 1350.27 1722.41 27.56 895.35 584.40 -34.73
(b) Machinery & Instruments 36750.06 50341.86 36.98 25217.02 22716.00 -9.92
(c) Transport equipments 28280.14 51297.79 81.39 25472.96 23636.47 -7.21
02) Iron & Steel 21928.10 26780.59 22.13 17785.68 7072.25 -60.24
(a) Iron & Steel Bar rod etc 5204.47 5006.50 -3.80 3247.09 1412.60 -56.50
(b) Primary & semi-finished iron & steel 16723.63 21774.09 30.20 14538.59 5659.64 -61.07
03) Other Engineering Items 47408.49 53855.15 13.60 29628.02 19630.18 -33.74
(a) Ferro Alloys 4484.95 6878.15 53.36 4833.13 1474.84 -69.48
(b) Aluminium other than products 1885.58 2335.08 23.84 998.18 973.96 -2.43
(c) Non ferrous metals 12277.46 9258.30 -24.59 6028.47 3869.12 -35.82
(d) Manufacture of metals 28389.04 34716.67 22.29 17438.19 12999.68 -25.45
(e) Residual Engineering items 371.46 666.95 79.55 330.06 312.59 -5.29
J) ELECTRONIC GOODS 14083.78 32858.02 133.30 16405.18 14987.52 -8.64
01) Electronics 13484.44 31301.35 132.13 15554.93 14467.18 -6.99
02) Computer Software in physical form 599.34 1556.67 159.73 850.25 520.34 -38.80
K) PROJECT GOODS 584.06 626.05 7.19 510.51 313.05 -38.68
L) TEXTILES 74378.89 88491.61 18.97 43265.53 42045.83 -2.82
01) Readymade garments 39001.01 50293.48 28.95 23101.82 23627.96 2.28
02) Cotton, yarn, fabrics, made-ups etc 18720.59 18929.54 1.12 10049.72 7424.83 -26.12
03) Manmade textiles & made-ups etc 12785.02 15090.76 18.03 7861.55 9174.25 16.70
04) Natural Silk textiles 1540.93 1664.82 8.04 882.80 691.88 -21.63
05) Wool & woolen mfrs 373.58 456.52 22.20 233.59 212.17 -9.17
06) Coir & coir mfrs 644.87 680.70 5.56 343.91 380.12 10.53
07) Jute mfrs 1312.89 1375.78 4.79 792.13 534.62 -32.51
M) HANDICRAFTS 2046.21 1384.19 -32.35 716.44 459.52 -35.86
N) CARPETS 3795.53 3565.04 -6.07 1861.29 2037.06 9.44
01) Hand-made excl silk 3723.42 3506.37 -5.83 1845.55 1472.87 -20.19
02) Mill-made excl silk       545.18
03) Silk carpets 72.11 58.67 -18.64 15.74 19.01 20.78
O) COTTON RAW INCL WASTE 8865.39 2865.86 -67.67 1652.75 1254.75 -24.08
P) PETROLEUM PRODUCTS 114191.68 123397.91 8.06 79925.80 51399.48 -35.69
Q) UNCLASSIFIED EXPORTS 16414.08 34434.17 109.78 19875.25 13441.77 -32.37
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EXPORTS : REGIONWISE AND COUNTRIES APRIL-SEPTEMBER - 2009–2010
(Values in Rs. Crore)
Region/Countries 2007–2008 2008-2009 % Growth 08-09 2008-09 2009-10 % Growth
(April-March) (April-March) over 07-08 (Apr-Sept. 2008) (Apr-Sept. 09) * (Col 6 vs Col 5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
ALL INDIA EXPORTS 655,863.51 840,755.05 28.2 464,450.3 372,096.0 -19.9
1)  Europe 149,925.35 191,492.75 27.7 101,152.83 79,696.50 -21.2
1.1  EU Countries (27) 138,859.80 179,214.42 29.1 93,956.95 74,538.11 -20.7
1)  U K 26,967.48 30,344.58 12.5 15,681.39 13,636.00 -13.0
2)  GERMANY 20,598.93 29,194.75 41.7 14,796.02 11,388.75 -23.0
3)  NETHERLAND 21,038.46 28,889.96 37.3 15,289.34 13,687.23 -10.5
4)  BELGIUM 16,943.10 20,309.40 19.9 11,595.81 7,749.18 -33.2
5)  ITALY 15,748.13 17,364.88 10.3 9,359.25 6,967.53 -25.6
6)  FRANCE 10,454.15 13,776.71 31.8 6,977.78 6,679.63 -4.3
7)  SPAIN 9,225.05 11,387.92 23.4 6,783.83 4,300.30 -36.6
8)  SWEDEN 2,188.18 2,579.63 17.9 1,363.25 963.58 -29.3
9)  GREECE 2,136.60 4,063.24 90.2 1,590.16 1,062.25 -33.2
10)   DENMARK 1,996.51 2,676.52 34.1 1,279.61 1,298.66 1.5
11)   POLAND 1,799.61 2,346.99 30.4 1,348.31 896.37 -33.5
12)   PORTUGAL 1,991.56 1,991.96 0.0 1,148.82 727.53 -36.7
1.2   Other WE Countries 10,638.53 11,694.93 9.9 6,900.26 4,912.13 -28.8
1)  TURKEY 7,043.39 6,370.29 -9.6 3,945.59 3,204.94 -18.8
2)  SWITZERLAND 2,475.94 3,525.26 42.4 1,771.46 1,070.88 -39.5
3)  NORWAY 1,063.08 1,721.19 61.9 1,128.23 614.97 -45.5
1.3   East Europe 427.02 583.39 36.6 295.6 246.3 -16.7
1)  CROATIA 291.56 391.62 34.3 190.57 181.29 -4.9
2)  Africa 46,463.41 51,671.25 11.2 28,825.3 23,845.8 -17.3
2.1   Southern Africa 14,523.88 14,283.76 -1.7 8,049.60 7,780.79 -3.3
1)  SOUTH AFRICA 10,698.76 8,994.29 -15.9 5,166.26 5,066.52 -1.9
2)  MOZAMBIQUE 1,794.89 1,919.49 6.9 1,258.31 825.04 -34.4
3)  ANGOLA 1,060.28 1,703.82 60.7 818.29 1,388.72 69.7
2.2   West Africa 13,990.29 15,465.97 10.5 6,970.19 6,917.25 -0.8
1)  GHANA 3,249.62 2,497.17 -23.2 962.35 791.43 -17.8
2)  NIGERIA 4,361.62 7,065.31 62.0 3,110.64 3,326.54 6.9
3)  COTE D’ IVOIRE 1,041.43 432.88 -58.4 227.8 246.59 8.2
4)  TOGO 923.33 656.2 -28.9 347.41 297.56 -14.3
5)  SENEGAL 796.9 660.69 -17.1 328.03 409.47 24.8
6)  BENIN 1,108.43 936.77 -15.5 447.19 447.21 0.0
2.3   Central Africa 1,036.23 1,771.82 71.0 819.34 778.53 -5.0
1)  UGANDA 618.58 1,007.49 62.9 438.66 465.71 6.2
2)  MALAWI 258.48 409.07 58.3 202.89 202.17 -0.4
2.4   East Africa 16,913.01 20,149.69 19.1 12,986.18 8,369.26 -35.6
1)  KENYA 6,356.09 6,140.88 -3.4 3,622.76 3,604.83 -0.5
2)  MAURITIUS 4,372.46 4,398.31 0.6 3,528.15 913.89 -74.1
3)  TANZANIA REP 2,364.55 4,729.59 100.0 2,759.61 2,148.89 -22.1
4)  DJIBOUTI 1,842.76 1,608.06 -12.7 1,082.46 590.44 -45.5
3)  America 111,260.64 130,573.23 17.4 69,926.91 56,840.06 -18.7
3.1   North America 88,482.07 102,705.21 16.1 53,390.75 45,263.71 -15.2
1)  U S A 83,388.07 96,458.42 15.7 50,291.88 42,693.20 -15.1
2)  CANADA 5,094.01 6,246.79 22.6 3,098.87 2,570.50 -17.1

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 (Values in Rs. Crore)
Region/Countries 2007–2008 2008-2009 % Growth 08-09 2008-09 2009-10 % Growth
(April-March) (April-March) over 07-08 (Apr-Sept. 2008) (Apr-Sept. 09) * (Col 6 vs Col 5)
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3.2   Latin America 22,778.57 27,868.02 22.3 16,536.16 11,576.35 -30.0
1)  BRAZIL 10,131.78 11,874.41 17.2 7,776.87 4,332.77 -44.3
2)  COLOMBIA 3,049.08 1,687.63 -44.7 877.96 851.06 -3.1
3)  MEXICO 2,382.05 3,010.52 26.4 1,560.30 1,085.18 -30.5
4)  ARGENTINA 1,165.69 1,609.67 38.1 794.73 565.11 -28.9
4)  Asia & ASEAN 338,982.21 437,486.51 29.1 248,060.04 204,663.52 -17.5
4.1   East Asia 5,673.16 7,992.38 40.9 4,341.82 3,784.39 -12.8
1)  AUSTRALIA 4,630.13 6,576.33 42.0 3,418.14 2,965.96 -13.2
2)  NEW ZEALAND 638.19 856.97 34.3 501.8 695.66 38.6
4.2   ASEAN 65,931.87 86,525.14 31.2 49,268.67 40,567.02 -17.7
1)  SINGAPORE 29,662.23 37,756.88 27.3 24,285.89 16,096.74 -33.7
2)  MALAYSIA 10,337.29 15,780.36 52.7 6,554.38 7,431.57 13.4
3)  THAILAND 7,278.77 8,724.00 19.9 5,320.73 3,723.23 -30.0
4)  INDONESIA 8,692.78 11,577.83 33.2 6,826.10 7,633.32 11.8
5)  VIETNAM SOC REP 6,451.28 7,949.48 23.2 3,787.40 3,348.51 -11.6
6)  PHILIPPINES 2,490.73 3,379.35 35.7 1,850.82 1,620.18 -12.5
4.3   WANA 122,220.03 188,117.89 53.9 110,887.04 90,630.74 -18.3
1)  U ARAB EMTS 62,915.03 110,229.08 75.2 65,847.71 53,486.79 -18.8
2)  SAUDI ARAB 14,922.55 22,940.14 53.7 14,577.44 10,012.42 -31.3
3)  IRAN 7,844.83 11,565.17 47.4 6,095.73 4,641.47 -23.9
4)  ISRAEL 6,453.40 6,584.31 2.0 3,978.91 4,071.20 2.3
5)  YEMEN REPUBLC 4,096.69 3,532.81 -13.8 2,282.29 1,705.56 -25.3
6)  EGYPT A RP 5,621.31 7,594.64 35.1 4,821.55 2,904.00 -39.8
7)  OMAN 3,773.58 3,549.68 -5.9 1,875.57 2,531.71 35.0
8)  SYRIA 2,709.11 1,666.57 -38.5 829.52 846.81 2.1
4.4   NE Asia 106,437.46 116,028.08 9.0 62,003.53 52,578.59 -15.2
1)  CHINA P RP 43,597.42 42,661.33 -2.1 21,180.21 18,996.01 -10.3
2)  HONG KONG 25,385.25 30,390.69 19.7 16,307.19 16,817.13 3.1
3)  JAPAN 15,515.59 13,807.71 -11.0 7,183.00 6,947.44 -3.3
4)  KOREA RP 11,481.54 18,353.59 59.9 8,462.68 6,159.71 -27.2
5)  TAIWAN 6,984.97 6,681.73 -4.3 5,058.57 2,905.92 -42.6
4.5   South Asia 38,719.68 38,823.02 0.3 21,558.98 17,102.77 -20.7
1)  SRI LANKA DSR 11,374.29 10,894.97 -4.2 6,631.80 3,911.95 -41.0
2)  BANGLADESH PR 11,743.21 11,317.21 -3.6 6,345.79 5,061.19 -20.2
3)  PAKISTAN IR 7,827.37 6,532.07 -16.5 3,596.50 3,867.76 7.5
4)  NEPAL 6,063.48 7,155.77 18.0 3,711.49 2,714.16 -26.9
5)  CIS & Baltics 6,995.79 8,728.91 24.8 4,931.08 3,370.21 -31.7
5.1   CARs Countries 934.79 1,183.33 26.6 589.48 590.42 0.2
1)  KAZAKHSTAN 450.34 602.45 33.8 316.43 306.67 -3.1
2)  KYRGHYZSTAN 127.06 103.85 -18.3 59.18 53.73 -9.2
5.2   Other CIS Countries 6,060.99 7,545.58 24.5 4,341.60 2,779.80 -36.0
1)  RUSSIA 3,783.47 4,958.24 31.1 2,866.90 1,997.62 -30.3
2)  UKRAINE 1,604.80 1,807.71 12.6 1,116.68 471.88 -57.7
6)  Unspecified Region 2,236.12 20,802.41 830.3 11,554.16 3,679.89 -68.2
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IMPORT OF PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES : APRIL-SEPTEMBER - 2009-2010
(Values in Rs. Crore)
Commodity 2007-2008 2008-2009 % Growth 2008-09 2009-10 % Growth
(April- (April- 08-09 over (Apr-Sept. (Apr-Sept. (Col 6 vs
March) March) 07-08 2008) 2009) * Col 5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
TOTAL IMPORTS 1,012,311.70 1,374,435.55 35.8 790,616.25 603,206.06 -23.7
A) BULK IMPORTS 451,357.82 622,852.79 38.0 384,851.40 259,623.34 -32.5
01) Cereals & Preparations 2,839.10 215.85 -92.4 95.84 101.85 6.27
(a) Rice 0.42 0.54 28.6 0.05 0.17 240.00
(b) Wheat 2,657.51 0.01 -100.0      
(c) Other cereals 19.34 45.4 134.7 17.51 14.85 -15.19
(d) Preparations 161.83 169.89 5.0 78.28 86.83 10.92
02) Fertilizers 21,764.79 62,443.46 186.9 34,593.90 15,159.12 -56.18
(a) Crude 1,881.56 4,876.85 159.2 2,290.25 1,426.35 -37.72
(b) Sulphur & Un-roasted pyrites 1,457.45 2,874.79 97.2 2,255.16 237.37 -89.47
(c) Manufactured 18,425.78 54,691.81 196.8 30,048.48 13,495.41 -55.09
03) Edible Oil 10,301.09 15,819.01 53.6 6,225.68 11,870.60 90.67
04) Sugar 2.24 583.11 25931.7 2.77 1,487.27 53592.06
05) Pulp & waste paper 3,132.45 3,680.91 17.5 1,928.96 1,777.44 -7.86
06) Paper board & mfrs 6,315.65 6,420.71 1.7 3,457.00 3,299.48 -4.56
07) Newsprint 2,227.45 3,720.33 67.0 1,884.10 979.88 -47.99
08) Crude rubber 3,163.27 3,958.95 25.2 2,433.16 2,328.09 -4.32
09) Non-ferrous metals 14,115.58 26,202.61 85.6 20,250.99 7,120.99 -64.84
10) Metalliferrous ores & products 31,854.36 36,330.97 14.1 21,540.70 15,253.29 -29.19
11) Iron & Steel 34,987.34 43,531.27 24.4 21,904.44 18,814.61 -14.11
12) Petroleum crude & products 320,654.50 419,945.62 31.0 270,533.87 181,430.71 -32.94
B) PEARLS, PRECIOUS & SEMI-PRECIOUS STONES 32,114.18 76,129.98 137.1 44,582.30 26,394.32 -40.80
C) MACHINERY 181,877.80 186,941.70 2.8 94,759.89 70,669.61 -25.42
01) Machine Tools 8,890.22 10,368.56 16.6 5,716.48 3,846.29 -32.72
02) Machinery other than electrical 79,910.88 98,907.90 23.8 51,706.38 45,738.17 -11.54
03) Electrical machinery 12,095.62 16,862.00 39.4 9,143.97 7,375.71 -19.34
04) Transport equipment 80,981.08 60,803.24 -24.9 28,193.06 13,709.44 -51.37
D) PROJECT GOODS 5,207.90 14,668.02 181.6 6,496.34 9,998.17 53.90
E) OTHERS 341,753.99 473,843.06 38.7 259,926.32 236,519.52 -9.01
01) Cashew Nuts 1,714.75 2,671.36 55.8 1,747.75 1,752.51 0.27
02) Fruits & Nuts 1,858.64 2,363.94 27.2 1,001.23 1,292.34 29.08
03) Wool raw 1,089.52 1,032.95 -5.2 655.06 457.04 -30.23
04) Silk raw 734.44 901.74 22.8 454.86 451.98 -0.63
05) Synth.®.fibres 446.08 631.74 41.6 356.64 363.68 1.97
06) Pulses 5,374.94 5,989.76 11.4 2,268.96 3,612.44 59.21
07) Raw Hides & Skins 348.28 442.4 27.0 247.27 168.79 -31.74
08) Leather 1,358.52 1,658.25 22.1 912.14 808.26 -11.39
09) Coal, coke&briquettes 25,862.21 45,947.99 77.7 24,574.82 18,951.76 -22.88
10) Non-metallic mnl.mfrs. 4,217.35 5,384.80 27.7 2,867.66 2,489.38 -13.19
11) Other crude minerals 1,277.37 1,935.87 51.6 918.11 943.01 2.71
12) Organic&Inorganic chmls. 39,882.62 56,015.96 40.5 32,672.22 27,324.91 -16.37
13) Dyeing,tanning matrl. 2,999.63 3,781.53 26.1 2,126.64 2,186.26 2.80

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 (Values in Rs. Crore)
Commodity 2007-2008 2008-2009 % Growth 2008-09 2009-10 % Growth
(April- (April- 08-09 over (Apr-Sept. (Apr-Sept. (Col 6 vs
March) March) 07-08 2008) 2009) * Col 5)
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14) Medicinal&Pharma.prds. 6,734.31 8,648.90 28.4 4,361.24 4,786.57 9.75
15) Artf.resins, etc.  14,839.33 18,108.82 22.0 9,915.77 11,443.63 15.41
16) Chemical products   6,544.28 9,613.70 46.9 5,160.09 5,361.75 3.91
17) OtherTextile yarn,fabrics,etc   4,231.45 4,938.31 16.7 2,636.14 2,723.55 3.32
18) Manufactures of metals    10,720.92 14,902.78 39.0 7,143.08 5,554.80 -22.24
19) Profl. instruments, etc. 12,349.13 20,210.78 63.7 9,997.17 8,796.53 -12.01
20) Electronic goods  83,137.92 107,127.57 28.9 55,395.28 51,863.15 -6.38
21) Wood and wood products   5,456.27 6,034.90 10.6 3,462.92 3,139.54 -9.34
22) Gold & Silver  71,933.54 100,466.52 39.7 65,227.88 56,334.77 -13.63
23) Tea 130.95 196.89 50.4 102.96 143.69 39.56
24) Wollen Yarn and Fabrics 190.07 171.81 -9.6 100.37 85.3 -15.01
25) Cotton yarn and fabrics 1,283.74 1,209.01 -5.8 685.73 501.01 -26.94
26) Man made f’mnt spun yarn 2,574.05 3,001.89 16.6 1,629.05 1,660.50 1.93
27) Made up textile articles 397.37 1,021.91 157.2 437.25 366.45 -16.19
28) Ready made garments(wov.) 454.57 637.27 40.2 310.98 254.86 -18.05
29) Silk yarn and fabrics 833.1 812.74 -2.4 430.55 489.95 13.80
30) Milk & Cream 29.66 36.86 24.3 18.43 17.96 -2.55
31) Spices 941.36 1,070.11 13.7 562.43 638.29 13.49
32) Oil seeds 149.46 129.51 -13.3 55.17 136.94 148.21
33) Jute raw 148.01 71.21 -51.9 34.93 85.83 145.72
34) Woollen & Cotton rags 96.03 90.62 -5.6 47.65 51.09 7.22
35) Veg. & animal fats 12.48 12.2 -2.2 5.76 10.49 82.12
36) Cottow raw and waste 912.14 1,690.18 85.3 834.21 536.74 -35.66
37) Essential oils & Cos.prep 901.24 1,268.76 40.8 660.94 587.87 -11.06
38) Cement 218.16 342.69 57.1 209.72 379.22 80.82
39) Computer Soft.physical form 4,264.78 5,853.97 37.3 2,550.46 4,225.89 65.69
40) Other Commodities 25,105.34 37,414.87 49.0 17,146.80 15,540.77 -9.37
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IMPORTS : REGIONWISE AND COUNTRIES APRIL–SEPTEMBER - 2009–2010
(Values in Rs. Crore)
Region/Countries 2007-2008 2008-2009 % Growth 08-  2008-09 (Apr-   2009-10 (Apr- % Growth ( Col
(April-March) (April-March) 09 over 07-08 Sept. 2008) Sept. 2009) * 6 vs Col 5)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Total Imports 1,012,311.69 1,374,435.54 35.8 790,616.24 603,206.05 -23.7
1) Europe 207,747.10 259,063.94 24.7 149,662.18 115,206.26 -23.0
1.1 EU Countries (27) 154,656.18 194,434.89 25.7 105,791.03 81,605.04 -22.9
1) GERMANY 39,736.04 54,922.42 38.2 26,989.12 23,070.64 -14.5
2) BELGIUM 17,545.72 26,057.89 48.5 16,913.81 12,179.61 -28.0
3) U K 19,941.52 26,767.71 34.2 14,441.80 10,195.09 -29.4
4) ITALY 15,694.45 19,983.56 27.3 11,262.53 8,387.50 -25.5
5) FRANCE 25,175.64 21,165.20 -15.9 11,642.32 6,707.86 -42.4
6) SWEDEN 8,578.11 8,887.55 3.6 4,678.61 3,543.39 -24.3
7) NETHERLAND 7,728.66 8,669.62 12.2 4,824.26 3,959.15 -17.9
8) SPAIN 4,000.98 4,661.28 16.5 2,510.56 2,635.92 5.0
9) FINLAND 3,730.01 5,577.70 49.5 2,781.87 2,322.96 -16.5
10) AUSTRIA 2,357.36 3,207.38 36.1 1,572.51 1,362.98 -13.3
11) DENMARK 1,868.86 2,180.73 16.7 1,092.61 1,767.69 61.8
12) CZECH REPUBLIC 1,798.93 2,183.71 21.4 1,456.24 1,198.70 -17.7
1.2 Other WE Countries 52,946.94 64,485.60 21.8 43,815.75 33,499.98 -23.5
1) SWITZERLAND 39,570.82 52,703.21 33.2 36,907.78 26,508.98 -28.2
2) TURKEY 6,801.49 6,642.42 -2.3 4,754.08 5,292.24 11.3
3) NORWAY 6,544.45 5,123.41 -21.7 2,146.82 1,656.03 -22.9
1.3 East Europe 143.98 143.45 -0.4 55.41 101.23 82.7
1) CROATIA 74.31 71.37 -4.0 29.6 27.25 -7.9
2) Africa 60,156.41 85,390.26 41.9 51,302.22 42,034.14 -18.1
2.1 Southern Africa 19,458.11 32,917.46 69.2 18,059.21 20,523.18 13.6
1) SOUTH AFRICA 14,546.56 24,882.29 71.1 15,028.27 12,824.11 -14.7
2) ANGOLA 4,096.09 6,539.00 59.6 2,566.44 7,236.64 182.0
2.2 West Africa 39,216.07 50,171.83 27.9 32,182.22 20,322.60 -36.9
1) NIGERIA 30,662.91 39,995.48 30.4 25,418.82 15,246.19 -40.0
2) GUINEA 2,819.52 1,209.95 -57.1 1,153.01 282.66 -75.5
3) COTE D’ IVOIRE 802.18 1,451.97 81.0 901.33 980.51 8.8
2.3 Central Africa 197.18 639.75 224.4 528.3 443.1 -16.1
1) UGANDA 60.87 88.04 44.6 44.88 19.23 -57.2
2) CONGO D. REP. 55.47 473.8 754.2 459.4 329.47 -28.3
2.4 East Africa 1,285.05 1,661.21 29.3 532.5 745.26 40.0
1) KENYA 348.3 376.19 8.0 185.96 203.08 9.2
2) TANZANIA REP 662.21 918.18 38.7 148.61 364.59 145.3
3) MADAGASCAR 67.33 85.38 26.8 31.5 56.31 78.8
3) America 118,967.97 140,961.30 18.5 76,109.86 56,940.77 -25.2
3.1 North America 92,565.60 96,115.04 3.8 48,747.20 40,430.16 -17.1
1) U S A 84,625.42 84,818.28 0.2 43,696.67 35,876.95 -17.9
2) CANADA 7,940.18 11,296.76 42.3 5,050.53 4,553.21 -9.8
3.2 Latin America 26,402.37 44,846.27 69.9 27,362.65 16,510.61 -39.7
1) CHILE 7,419.40 6,664.43 -10.2 4,206.50 1,499.57 -64.4
2) BRAZIL 3,818.14 5,449.50 42.7 2,460.72 6,691.09 171.9
3) ARGENTINA 3,645.30 2,345.94 -35.6 838.81 1,080.46 28.8
4) MEXICO 4,765.43 7,998.01 67.8 3,126.97 1,558.87 -50.1
4) Asia & ASEAN 602,973.53 852,062.13 41.3 494,912.56 370,110.34 -25.2
4.1 East Asia 33,726.58 53,653.67 59.1 29,422.57 26,285.17 -10.7

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1) AUSTRALIA 31,552.08 50,496.52 60.0 27,677.80 24,955.29 -9.8
2) NEW ZEALAND 1,353.06 1,950.96 44.2 906.85 1,137.15 25.4
3) PAPUA N GNA 781.55 1,039.76 33.0 728.84 155.6 -78.7
4.2 ASEAN 91,244.77 119,421.45 30.9 62,398.80 57,661.47 -7.6
1) SINGAPORE 32,682.18 34,561.42 5.8 19,213.93 14,690.00 -23.5
2) MALAYSIA 24,176.13 32,591.56 34.8 18,276.90 11,396.14 -37.6
3) INDONESIA 19,420.53 30,751.29 58.3 14,077.58 18,966.64 34.7
4) THAILAND 9,264.00 12,352.65 33.3 6,323.14 6,809.56 7.7
5) MYANMAR 3,259.28 4,240.77 30.1 2,280.09 2,862.59 25.5
4.3 WANA 289,401.25 404,625.89 39.8 256,235.96 163,598.49 -36.2
1) SAUDI ARAB 78,110.31 89,747.04 14.9 56,223.32 33,223.34 -40.9
2) U ARAB EMTS 54,233.19 105,926.43 95.3 69,526.07 35,767.36 -48.6
3) IRAN 43,945.93 55,821.84 27.0 34,539.02 27,261.00 -21.1
4) KUWAIT 30,959.93 43,199.45 39.5 27,465.41 17,241.07 -37.2
5) IRAQ 27,494.66 34,285.01 24.7 23,719.65 13,955.84 -41.2
6) QATAR 9,888.89 15,894.69 60.7 8,509.46 9,869.63 16.0
7) EGYPT A RP 7,982.78 9,765.06 22.3 4,728.90 4,101.32 -13.3
8) YEMEN REPUBLC 5,914.19 3,345.30 -43.4 2,374.14 2,858.07 20.4
9) LIBYA 5,010.67 3,072.14 -38.7 1,771.91 1,172.22 -33.8
10) ISRAEL 5,746.34 9,499.03 65.3 5,409.83 3,826.74 -29.3
11) ALGERIA 4,961.69 4,517.54 -9.0 4,084.67 816.13 -80.0
12) OMAN 4,563.84 5,464.38 19.7 3,015.08 5,429.72 80.1
13) JORDAN 2,757.38 8,000.88 190.2 4,976.35 2,138.32 -57.0
14) BAHARAIN IS 3,338.82 6,366.72 90.7 4,660.74 1,316.18 -71.8
4.4 NE Asia 180,100.29 266,096.66 47.7 142,273.37 118,764.27 -16.5
1) CHINA P RP 109,116.07 147,605.60 35.3 80,497.81 72,394.88 -10.1
2) JAPAN 25,457.80 35,832.82 40.8 18,934.81 15,184.48 -19.8
3) KOREA RP 24,307.91 39,658.19 63.1 20,308.79 17,415.84 -14.2
4) HONG KONG 10,867.07 29,732.54 173.6 14,536.57 7,896.75 -45.7
5) TAIWAN 9,663.97 12,941.32 33.9 7,717.12 5,837.69 -24.4
6) KOREA DP RP 648.52 241.48 -62.8 240.99 30.02 -87.5
4.5 South Asia 8,500.63 8,264.45 -2.8 4,581.86 3,800.94 -17.0
1) SRI LANKA DSR 2,540.92 1,623.68 -36.1 889.41 763.51 -14.2
2) NEPAL 2,527.26 2,255.68 -10.7 1,178.36 1,390.77 18.0
3) BANGLADESH PR 1,034.68 1,418.46 37.1 872.34 531.09 -39.1
4) PAKISTAN IR 1,158.72 1,668.39 44.0 1,029.97 602.14 -41.5
5) CIS & Baltics 15,211.83 30,267.58 99.0 15,811.37 13,648.23 -13.7
5.1 CARs Countries 451.04 1,203.32 166.8 522.62 492.45 -5.8
1) KAZAKHSTAN 309.15 733.53 137.3 309.04 364.59 18.0
5.2 Other CIS Countries 14,760.79 29,064.26 96.9 15,288.75 13,155.77 -14.0
1) RUSSIA 9,938.33 19,787.42 99.1 10,037.23 8,620.55 -14.1
2) UKRAINE 3,563.47 7,039.96 97.6 3,730.35 3,199.64 -14.2
3) AZERBAIJAN 695.11 864.17 24.3 628.56 258.22 -58.9
4) BELARUS 504.1 1,255.41 149.0 815.37 1,050.37 28.8
5) GEORGIA 43.05 74.09 72.1 43.66 20.43 -53.2
6) Unspecified Region 7,254.85 6,690.34 -7.8 2,818.05 5,266.32 86.9
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EXPORTS : REGIONWISE APRIL-SEPTEMBER - 2009–2010
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Region/Countries   2008-09 (Apr- %Share to total   2009-10 (Apr- %Share to total %Growth
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ALL INDIA EXPORTS 464450.3 100.0 372096.0 100.0 -19.9
1)  Europe 101152.8 21.8 79696.5 21.4 -21.2
        1.1 EU Countries 93956.9 20.2 74538.1 20.0 -20.7
        1.2 Other WE Countries 6900.3 1.5 4912.1 1.3 -28.8
        1.3 East Europe 295.6 0.1 246.3 0.1 -16.7
2)  Africa 28825.3 6.2 23845.8 6.4 -17.3
        2.1 Southern Africa 8049.6 1.7 7780.8 2.1 -3.3
        2.2 West Africa 6970.2 1.5 6917.3 1.9 -0.8
        2.3 Central Africa 819.3 0.2 778.5 0.2 -5.0
        2.4 East Africa 12986.2 2.8 8369.3 2.2 -35.5
3)  America 69926.9 15.1 56840.1 15.3 -18.7
        3.1 North America 53390.8 11.5 45263.7 12.2 -15.2
        3.2 Latin America 16536.2 3.6 11576.4 3.1 -30.0
4)  Asia & ASEAN 248060.0 53.4 204663.5 55.0 -17.5
        4.1 East Asia 4341.8 0.9 3784.4 1.0 -12.8
        4.2 ASEAN 49268.7 10.6 40567.0 10.9 -17.7
        4.3 WANA 110887.0 23.9 90630.7 24.4 -18.3
        4.4 NE Asia 62003.5 13.3 52578.6 14.1 -15.2
        4.5 South Asia 21559.0 4.6 17102.8 4.6 -20.7
5)  CIS & Baltics 4931.1 1.1 3370.2 0.9 -31.7
        5.1 CARs Countries 589.5 0.1 590.4 0.2 0.2
        5.2 Other CIS Countries 4341.6 0.9 2779.8 0.7 -36.0
6) Others 11554.2 2.5 3679.9 1.0 -68.2

IMPORTS : REGIONWISE APRIL-SEPTEMBER 2009–2010

ALL INDIA IMPORTS 790616.2 100.0 603206.1 100.0 -23.7
1)  Europe 149662.2 18.9 115206.3 19.1 -23.0
        1.1 EU Countries (27) 105791.0 13.4 81605.0 13.5 -22.9
        1.2 Other WE Countries 43815.8 5.5 33500.0 5.6 -23.5
        1.3 East Europe 55.4 0.0 101.2 0.0 82.7
2)  Africa 51302.2 6.5 42034.1 7.0 -18.1
        2.1 Southern Africa 18059.2 2.3 20523.2 3.4 13.6
        2.2 West Africa 32182.2 4.1 20322.6 3.4 -36.9
        2.3 Central Africa 528.3 0.1 443.1 0.1 -16.1
        2.4 East Africa 532.5 0.1 745.3 0.1 40.0
3)  America 76109.9 9.6 56940.8 9.4 -25.2
        3.1 North America 48747.2 6.2 40430.2 6.7 -17.1
        3.2 Latin America 27362.7 3.5 16510.6 2.7 -39.7
4)  Asia & ASEAN 494912.6 62.6 370110.3 61.4 -25.2
        4.1 East Asia 29422.6 3.7 26285.2 4.4 -10.7
        4.2 ASEAN 62398.8 7.9 57661.5 9.6 -7.6
        4.3 WANA 256236.0 32.4 163598.5 27.1 -36.2
        4.4 NE Asia 142273.4 18.0 118764.3 19.7 -16.5
        4.5 South Asia 4581.9 0.6 3800.9 0.6 -17.0
5)  CIS & Baltics 15811.4 2.0 13648.2 2.3 -13.7
        5.1 CARs Countries 522.6 0.1 492.4 0.1 -5.8
        5.2 Other CIS Countries 15288.8 1.9 13155.8 2.2 -14.0
6)  Unspecified Region 2818.1 0.4 5266.3 0.9 86.9
Data Source: DGCIS, Kolkata

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 Appendix-XX
EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND TRADE BALANCE DURING 1951-52 TO 2009-10(Apr.–Sept. 2009)
Rs. Crore
Years Exports Incl. Imports Trade Balance % Growth rate of % Growth rate of
re-exports Exports Imports
1 2 3 4 5 6
1951-52 716 890 -174 18.2 46.4
1952-53 578 702 -124 -19.3 -21.1
1953-54 531 610 -79 -8.1 -13.1
1954-55 593 700 -107 11.7 14.8
1955-56 609 774 -165 2.7 10.6
1956-57 605 841 -236 -0.7 8.7
1957-58 561 1035 -474 -7.3 23.1
1958-59 581 906 -325 3.6 -12.5
1959-60 640 961 -321 10.2 6.1
1960-61 642 1122 -480 0.3 16.8
1961-62 660 1090 -430 2.8 -2.9
1962-63 685 1131 -446 3.8 3.8
1963-64 793 1123 -430 15.8 8.1
1964-65 816 1349 -533 2.9 10.3
1965-66 810 1409 -599 -0.7 4.4
1966-67 1157 2078 -921 42.9 47.5
1968-68 1199 2008 -809 3.6 -3.4
1968-69 1358 1909 -551 13.3 -4.9
1969-70 1413 1582 -169 4.1 -17.1
1970-71 1535 1634 -99 8.6 3.3
1971-72 1608 1825 -217 4.8 11.7
1972-73 1971 1867 104 22.6 2.3
1973-74 2523 2955 -432 28.0 58.3
1974-75 3329 4519 -1190 31.9 52.9
1975-76 4036 5265 -1229 21.2 16.5
1976-77 5142 5074 68 27.4 -3.6
1977-78 5408 6020 -612 5.2 18.6
1978-79 5726 6811 -1085 5.9 13.1
1979-80 6418 9143 -2725 12.1 34.3
1980-81 6711 12549 -5838 4.6 37.3
1981-82 7806 13608 -5802 16.3 8.4
1982-83 8803 14293 -5490 12.8 5.0
1983-84 9771 15831 -6060 11.0 10.8
1984-85 11744 17134 -5390 20.2 8.2
1985-86 10895 19658 -8763 -7.2 14.7
1986-87 12452 20096 -7644 14.3 2.2
1987-88 15674 22244 -6570 25.9 10.7
1988-89 20232 28235 -8003 29.1 26.9
1989-90 27658 35328 -7670 36.7 25.1
1990-91 32558 45193 -10635 17.7 22.3

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 Rs. Crore
Years Exports Incl. Imports Trade Balance % Growth rate of % Growth rate of
re-exports Exports Imports
1 2 3 4 5 6
1991-92 44042 47851 -3809 35.3 5.9
1992-93 53688 63375 -9687 21.9 32.4
1993-94 69751 73101 -3350 29.9 15.3
1994-95 82674 89971 -7297 18.5 23.1
1995-96 106353 122678 -16325 28.6 36.4
1996-97 118817 138920 -20103 11.7 13.2
1997-98 130101 154176 -24075 9.5 11.0
1998-99 139753 178332 -38579 7.4 15.7
1999-00 159561 215236 -55675 14.2 20.7
2000-01 203571 230873 -27302 27.6 7.3
2001-02 209018 245200 -36182 2.7 6.2
2002-03 255137 297206 -42069 22.1 21.2
2003-04 293367 359108 -65741 15.0 20.8
2004-05 361879 490532 -128653 23.4 36.6
2005-06 456418 660409 -203991 26.1 34.6
2006-07 571779 840506 -268727 25.3 27.3
2007-08 655864 1012312 -356448 14.7 20.4
2008-09 840755 1374436 -533681 28.2 35.8
Apr.-Sept. 2009(P) 372,096 603206 -231110 -19.9 -23.7
P : Provisional figures

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 CHAPTER – 3
Organisational Set-up and
Progressive use of Hindi
 CHAPTER – 3
Organisational Set-up and
Progressive use of Hindi

3.1 Organisational Set – up exports. The DGFT also issues licences to exporters
and monitors their corresponding obligations
Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) through a net work of 35 regional offices.
Organization, is an attached office of the Ministry of The regional offices are located as given in the
Commerce and Industry and is headed by Director table.
General of Foreign Trade. Right from its inception till
1991, when liberalization in the economic policies All regional offices provide facilitation to exporters
of the Government took place, this organization in regard to developments in International Trade i.e.
has been essentially involved in the regulation WTO agreements, Rules of Origin and anti-dumping
and promotion of foreign trade through means of issues, etc, to help the exporters in their import
facilitation. Keeping in line with liberalization and and export decisions in an internationally dynamic
globalization and the overall objective of increasing environment.
of exports, DGFT is assigned the role of “facilitator”.
The shift was from prohibition and control of 3.2 Staff Strength
imports/exports to promotion and facilitation of
exports/imports. 3.2.1 Staff Strength of the DGFT Organization (including
its different Port Offices) was 1736 as on 31.12.2009.
This Directorate, with headquarters at New Delhi, is On comparing with previous year’s strength of
headed by the Director General of Foreign Trade. It employees, an overall decrease of 1.02 per cent was
is responsible for implementing the Foreign Trade noticed during the period under reference. In Group
Policy with the main objective of promoting India’s A 1.68% and Group B 1.85% increase was registered.
In Group C 3.22% and Group D 1.04% decrease
1 Ahmedabad 2 Amritsar 3 Bangalore
was registered. The following statement shows
4 Bhopal 5 Chennai 6 Chandigarh
strength of employees in DGFT Organization as on
7 Cuttack 8 Coimbatore 9 Dehradun
10 Ernakulam 11 Guwahati 12 Hyderabad
31.12.2009.
13 Jaipur 14 Kanpur 15 Kolkata
S. Group Strength of Strength of %
16 Ludhiana 17 Madurai 18 Moradabad No. Employee as Employee as on change
19 Mumbai 20 New Delhi 21 Nagpur on 1.1.2009 31.12.2009
22 Panipat 23 Panaji 24 Patna 1 A 119 121 1.68
25 Pune 26 Pudducherry 27 Raipur 2 B 270 275 1.85
28 Rajkot 29 Jammu 30 Surat 3 C 1026 993 -3.22
31 Shillong 32 Thiruvananthapuram 33 Varanasi 4 D 360 347 -1.04
34 Vadodara 35 Vishakhapatnam Total 1775 1736 -1.02

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3.3 Work Load 3.5 Progressive use of Official Language

All Public Notices and Notifications related to updated

3.3.1 During the year 2009-2010 (April’ 2009 to December’
Annual Supplement of Foreign Trade Policy, 2009-2014
2009) the DGFT organization received 314974
as well as other relevant documents were brought
applications (including 10530 applications brought
out in bilingual form. In addition, all advertisements,
forward from the previous year), of these 305409
Cabinet Notes, Parliamentary Assurances and related
applications were disposed off having a balance of
materials, Orders Instructions and Circulars etc, are
9565 applications at the end of December, 2009 likely
issued bilingually. It is evident that section 3(3) of
to be cleared in the first week of January, 2010.
official Language Act, 1963 was fully complied within
3.3.2 Office-wise Receipts and Disposal during 2009–10 this Directorate.
(April’ 2009 to December’ 2009) All possible efforts were made by this office towards
the progressive use of Hindi for the observance
During the year 2009-2010 (April’ 2009 to December’
and implementation of the various orders and
2009) 314974 applications were received of which
instructions issued by the Department of Official
305409 applications (96.96%) were disposed off.
Language including targets fixed in the Annual
Amongst Port-offices, Mumbai has received 122276
Programme under Official Languages Act, 1963
applications, which constitute 38.82% of total
(as amended in 1967) and Official Language Rules,
applications followed by CLA, New Delhi 11.22%,
1976. In order to review the progressive use of Hindi,
Kolkata 7.18%, Chennai 5.15%, Ahmedabad 4.90%
Quarterly progress report was obtained from all the
and Bangalore 3.64%.
sections of Headquarters and all regional offices
3.3.3 Category-wise Receipts and Disposal of to review the progressive use of Hindi on which
Applications during 2009–10 (April’ 2009 to appropriate suggestions are made for removing
December’ 2009) the shortcomings. The regional offices were also
holding regular meetings of their Official Language
Out of various category of applications received by Implementation Committees for ensuring progressive
different Port offices, as many as 88938 applications use of Hindi and follow up actions are also taken on
(which constitute 28.23% share) were received under the decisions taken by these Committees.
DEPB, followed by Advance Physical Exports 68799
(21.84%), IE Code 63215 (20.06%), EPCG licenses 28964 Attractive incentive schemes prescribed by Dept. of
(9.20%). The highest disposal among all categories of Official Language are being implemented to achieve
applications has been observed under IEC 99.81%, maximum usage of Hindi in official work.The employees
DEPB 99.69%, Deemed Export 99.69%, VKGUY 99.22% passing the Hindi typing, Hindi stenography, Pragya,
and DFIA 97.98%. Praveen and Prabodh examinations were granted
an increment for a year and were also awarded cash
3.4 Revenue Receipts and Expenditure prizes. Similar incentive schemes were implemented
in the Regional Offices also.
The Revenue Receipts and the annual Expenditure
incurred by DGFT during the year 2009-10 (upto More than 80% officers and employees working
December’2009) was as under: in this office have working knowledge of Hindi.
(Figures in Crore) This office has already been notified under rule
S.No. Items 2008- 2009- % age 10(4) of Official Language Rules, 1976. Employees
09 10 change were nominated for different courses conducted
1 Net Revenue 97.54 60.31 -38.16 under Hindi Teaching Scheme of the Ministry of
receipts from
import licence Home Affairs, Employees were also nominated
application fee for Hindi Stenography/Typing Classes. Progress
2 Expenditure on 59.79 61.72 +3.22 in this regard is regularly being monitored in the
Organisation Official Language Implementation Committee
3 Revenue Realized 37.75 -1.41 -103.73 meetings.

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 Letters received in Hindi were replied to in Hindi.
All rubber stamps, sign boards, name plates have
been made bilingual. Bi-lingual facility has also been
provided for telex and computers installed at the
headquarters. Hindi version of the Foreign Trade
Policy is also available on official web-site of DGFT.
Hindi Pakhwada (Fortnight) was organised in the
Inspection regarding progressive use of Hindi in
official work, was done in Jt. DGFT, Mumbai on
13 January, 2010 by Third Sub-committee of
Parliament on Official Language. DGFT Headquarter
assisted Mumbai office during this inspection.
As per annual programme issued by Department of the
Official Language out of total offices located outside
Delhi, at least 25% are required to be inspected.
16 offices located at Bangalore, Amritsar, Rajkot,
Bhopal, Pune, Surat, Vishakhapatnam, Patna, Kanpur,
Panipat, Coimbatore, Chennai, Ludhiana, Pondicherry,
Moradabad and Mumbai have been inspected.
month of September, 2009 to encourage the officers
and employees to do their work in Hindi. Directions
were issued to Regional Offices to organise Hindi
Diwas/ Pakhwada. Certain competitions in Hindi
viz. Essay Writing, Poetry competition, Noting
and Drafting, Debate and Dictation etc were held
during this period at the headquarters and Regional
offices.

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 CHAPTER – 4
Enforcement-cum-Adjudication

Foreign Trade Policy 2009–14: An Overall Appraisal 93


Enforcement-cum-Adjudication
4.1 The Enforcement-cum-Adjudication Division at
the Headquarters deals with investigation and
disposal of trade disputes, adjudication of cases
of violation of FT(DR) Act, 1992/Foreign Trade
Policy and regulation of fraud, complaints and
intelligence related activities taken up by the DGFT
Headquarters. Enforcement–cum-Adjudication
powers are also exercised by Regional Offices of
DGFT in accordance with powers delegated between
DGFT Headquarters and Regional Offices through
statutory orders under Foreign Trade (Development
& Regulation) Act, 1992.
4.2 Main Items of Work of ECA Division in DGFT HQrs. are
as follows:
i. Investigation of trade disputes between the
Indian and foreign firms related to unethical
commercial dealings such as non-supply of
goods after confirmation of the orders, non-
payment of agreed commission, non-adherence
of delivery schedules etc.
ii. Appropriate action against erring exporters
who failed to settle the trade disputes amicably
under the existing provisions of Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992.
iii. Investigation into allegation of misuse of export/
import facilities or violations of Foreign Trade Act
or its Rules and Procedure;
iv. Suspension/cancellation of I.E. Code of the erring
exporters/importers for acts of fraud, economic
offences and acts prejudicial to the trade
relations of India with any foreign country or to
CHAPTER – 4
the interests of the person engaged in imports
or exports.
v. Adjudication of cases of violation of Foreign Trade
Policy/procedure and imposition of appropriate
fiscal penalty;
vi. To interact and co-ordinate with all the external
investigating agencies.
vii. Centralised work pertaining to DEL.
viii. To co-ordinate with the ECA Divisions of Zonal/
Regional offices as well as different Divisions at
the Headquarters.
4.3 Further, Directorate General of Foreign Trade has
a country-wide network of 35 Regional Offices.
Enforcement–cum- Adjudication work is largely del-
egated to them and being handled by Enforcement/
Adjudication Divisions of these offices in regard to the
exporters falling under their jurisdiction.
4.4 Zonal/Regional Offices are responsible for the
following ECA work:
Licensing Divisions
i. Initiation of export obligation monitoring action
as per the guidelines issued from time to time.
ii. To put the defaulting applicants in the DEL list
till the default so committed by the firm is not
made good.
iii. Adjudication of export obligation default
cases.
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Enforcement Division S.No Designation of Adjudi- Appellate authority
cation Authority
i. To attend to post adjudication activities relating 1. Foreign Trade Addl. Director General of
to recovery, appeal, litigation etc. Development Officer Foreign Trade
2. Asstt. Director General Addl. Director General of
ii. To initiate action for effecting recovery of the of Foreign Trade Foreign Trade
penalty amount/dues. 3 Dy. Director General of Addl. Director General of
Foreign Trade Foreign Trade
iii. To attend to the cases of various offences
4. Jt.. Director General of Addl. Director General of
/violations of provisions of Foreign Trade Foreign Trade Foreign Trade
(Development & Regulation) Act, 1992 and FTP 5. Addl. Director General Addl. Secretary in the
like fraud, mis-declaration, misrepresentation, of Foreign Trade Ministry of Commerce &
Industry (Department of
misuse, criminal acts etc. Commerce) aided by two Joint
Secretaries and Director of the
Department*
4.5 Types of infractions which have generally 6. Development Addl. Secretary in the Ministry
been noticed are Commissioner, Export of Commerce & Industry
Processing Zone (Department of Commerce)
i. Export of sub-standard goods not conforming aided by two Joint Secretaries
to the specification in the export contract and Director of the
Department#
leading to complaints on quality by the foreign
buyers.
In terms of Clause 3 of Section 15 of 1992 Act, the
ii. Breach of contract/conditions of imports/exports Order made in Appeal by the Appellate Authority
agreements; shall be final.
iii. Obtaining licenses by mis-declaration/
mis-representation and /or against forged * Statutory Order. - 1059 (E)
document; # Statutory Order - 193 (E)

iv. Misutilization/sale of imported goods/sale of

4.8 During 2009-2010 the various field formations
import licenses in contravention of policy and
conditions of licenses;
v. Non- fulfillment of export obligation/ contracts;
and
vi. Over/under invoicing of imported/exported
goods;
4.6 Enforcement-cum-Adjudication machinery is dependent
upon the information in respect of the above
infractions from sponsoring authorities, trade &
industry, media reports etc. Further, information is
also received from various investigative agencies
like Central Bureau of Investigation, Directorate of
Revenue Intelligence etc. on critical areas of import &
export violations.
4.7 Appellate Authorities
Under Section 15 of the Foreign Trade (Development
& Regulation) Act,. 1992, the following appellate
authorities have been notified: -
of the Directorate General of Foreign Trade
continued to ensure compliance of the provisions
of the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation)
Act, 1992 by the Exporters, who had availed of
the benefits of facilities concessions available
under various export promotion schemes of the
export-import Policy. The cases involving non-
compliance of these provisions and violations of
the conditions attached to benefits allowed to
the exporters were investigated/adjudicated by
the concerned field formations and necessary
adjudication order were passed by the competent
adjudication authorities.
A total number of 280 Statutory appeal cases under
the Foreign Trade (Development & Regulation) Act,
1992 were disposed of and Orders-in-Appeal issued
during 2009-10 (upto 31.01.2010). Zone-wise position
of disposal is 11 cases in North Zone, 15 cases in South
Zone, 12 cases in East Zone and 242 cases in South
Zone.

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4.9 Grievances Redressal
4.9.1 In order to facilitate speedy redressal of genuine
grievances of trade & industry pertaining to the Policy
and Procedures, Grievance Committees have been
constituted. These Grievance Committees are chaired by
(i) Director General of foreign Trade at the Headquarters
and (ii) head (s) of the concerned Regional Authority (s)
in the respective regional offices.
4.9.2 The Chairman of the respective Grievance
Committee has the discretion to co-opt any other
members as and when considered necessary. The
meetings of such committees are held regularly on
a monthly basis.
4.9.3 Every exporter/importer shall have a right to seek
and have an opportunity to make representation
and to be personally heard, if he so desires, by the
Grievance Committee. For this purpose, he may
send his request in writing seeking such personal
hearing.
4.9.4 With a view to streamline and rationalize the procedure
for placing the cases before the Policy Relaxation
Committee etc. it had been decided that all the cases/
receipts relating to policy relaxation or grievance shall
be marked directly to Export Facilitation Grievance
and Coordination (EFGC Cell) which is nodal cell for
processing all application/receipts. The applications
are sent to concerned Norms Committee, EPCG
Committee etc. for comments alongwith agenda
for consideration of Policy Relaxation Committee/
Grievance Committee/GRC. Since the Grievance
applications relating to extension in export obligation
period/revalidation of advance authorisation,
Clubbing of advance authorisation and other matters
relating to policy relaxation are now dealt by PRC
directly, as such there has been a decline in number
of grievance applications.
4.9.5 Grievance Redressal Committee (Department of
Commerce)
A Grievance Redressal Committee has been set
up in the Department of Commerce in order to
facilitate speedy Redressal of the Grievance of
trade and industry under the chairmanship of
Additional Secretary, Deptt of Commerce. Exporter/
importer who have exhausted the avenue of the
Grievance Committee of DGFT and are aggrieved
with decision of the Grievance Committee of DGFT
can bring their grievance in the GRC (Grievance
Redressal Committee) with further facts, if
any. Grievance in respects of Target Plus & DFCE
Scheme for status holders are directly heard by
GRC.
4.10 Export Facilitation
4.10.1 In order to resolve exporters’ problems in a
co-ordinated manner, the field offices of the
Directorate General of Foreign Trade act as
Export Facilitation Centers. These offices shall
function as nodal agencies to attend to the
problems and grievance of the exporters, and
also co-ordinate with different Departments to
resolve their trade and export related problems.
In addition, Nodal Officers have also been
nominated in other Ministries/Departments and a
list of such Officers nominated to assist exporters is
given in appendix 17 of the Handbook of
Procedures. Help Desk has also been set up at
DGFT-Delhi to resolve electronic data interchange
(EDI) issues of exporters relating to online filing of
applications.
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Computerisation in
Dgft Organisation

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5.1 EDI Environment
In the last one decade, considerable progress has
been made by Directorate General of Foreign Trade
to make its functioning e-compatible. Many e-
governance initiatives to achieve greater transparency
and reduction in transaction time and costs to the
exporting community have been taken.
5.2 Trade Facilitation
All the 35 offices spread throughout India have been
computerized. This internal automation has reduced
paper work and processing time of the export
promotion schemes. Further, networking of these
offices through high speed Broadband/ Lease Line
has enabled integration of data bases ( in respect of
exporter - importer profile, licence and blacklisting
details) and message exchange.
GFT also maintains a website ‘dgft.gov.in’ on which
information relating to Foreign Trade Policy and its
procedures is available. The website is both informative
and interactive and on-line filing of applications for
DGFT Schemes/ Authorizations can be made from the
website itself to any of the 35 Regional Authorities
across India.
Requests from the exporting community for
authorizations/permissions under various export
promotion schemes as outlined in the Foreign
Trade Policy are now received online by all offices
of DGFT. The requests are processed within 24
hours and the necessary licenses /permissions
granted the same day. The processing status of the
requests/applications is also posted on the website
CHAPTER – 5
Computerisation in
Dgft Organisation
of the concerned office providing the necessary
transparency in operations. More than 95% of such
applications are now being received on line through
the internet. Current automation levels facilitate
web based electronic filling of applications with
digital signature and electronic funds transfer at
DGFT website dgft.gov.in.
To facilitate electronic delivery of services, DGFT has
been striving to provide a seamless EDI interface
between its offices and other stake holders like
importers/exporters, customs, banks etc. Further,
Importer Exporter Code Number (IEC), which
is a pre-requisite for carrying on import/export
business under the FTDR Act, is communicated
online by DGFT to Customs. Message Exchange
for Export/ Import Authorizations issued under
Duty Exemption Scheme (DES), Duty Entitlement
Passbook Scheme (DEPB) and Export Promotion
Capital Goods Scheme (EPCG) is fully operational
with Customs. This in turn facilitates faster online
import and export clearances at designated EDI
ports. EDI message exchange system with Customs
is being extended to cover other export promotion
schemes as well.
Further, a Help Desk has been in operation since
August, 2007 as an interface between the DGFT and
the trading community. The Help Desk facilitates
quick response to the queries raised by the trading
community and attends to the resolution of
technical difficulties in filing online applications as
Computerisation in Dgft Organisation 101
 well as payments. It is available between 10AM to 7
PM from Monday to Friday and between 10AM to 5
PM on Saturday. In case a query/issue is unresolved
immediately, a complaint number is provided by
the Help Desk which is to be used for all future
reference.
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5.3 New Initiatives
Steps to operationalise message exchange of RCMC
data with DGFT server and electronic transfer of Bank
Realization Certificates have been initiated during the
year.
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