Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Assessment of Disruption of Imports from China
Posted On: 23 SEP 2020 2:36PM by PIB Delhi
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Due to the impact of COVID-19 pandemic there were several global and domestic supply side constraints and also a dip in global demand. India’s imports from China during April-July 2020 decreased to USD 16.60 billion from USD 23.45 billion in the corresponding period of the previous year i.e April-July 2019. The details of the imports of Top 50 commodities from China in April-July 2020 compared to April-July 2019 are given at Annexure. Some of the items exhibiting decline in imports include electronic components, telecom instruments, computer hardware, industrial machinery for dairy, electric machinery, residual chemical and allied products, consumer electronics, electronic instruments, fertilisers, products of iron & steel etc.
To minimise the impact of such disruptions, Government has taken steps to expand domestic capacities and has implemented policies to promote domestic manufacturing through ease of doing business and Production Linked Incentives (PLIs) in select sectors including mobile phones & electronic components and medical devices & bulk drugs. Government has also sensitized stakeholders to source critical imports from diversified sources through the active support of our missions.
The full impact of these measures on the industry will be discernible as the global economy recovers, and revives from the recessionary affects of the pandemic.
| Annexure
India’s top 50 Import of Principal Commodity Groups from China, during April- July, 2019 and April- July 2020 |
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| RANK | COMMODITY GROUPS | 2019-20 (APR-JUL) | 2020-21 (APR-JUL) | |
| IMPORT FROM CHINA | IMPORT FROM CHINA | |||
| VAL (MILL US $) | VAL (MILL US $) | |||
| 1 | ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS | 2029.44 | 1156.15 | |
| 2 | TELECOM INSTRUMENTS | 1850.10 | 1509.13 | |
| 3 | COMPUTER HARDWARE, PERIPHERALS | 1589.51 | 1395.34 | |
| 4 | INDL. MACHNRY FOR DAIRY ETC | 1423.96 | 931.77 | |
| 5 | ORGANIC CHEMICALS | 1248.71 | 109.92 | |
| 6 | ELECTRIC MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT | 916.61 | 497.50 | |
| 7 | RESIDUAL CHEMICAL AND ALLIED PRODUCTS | 906.74 | 857.36 | |
| 8 | BULK DRUGS, DRUG INTERMEDIATES | 860.85 | 859.66 | |
| 9 | ELECTRONICS INSTRUMENTS | 801.71 | 706.72 | |
| 10 | CONSUMER ELECTRONICS | 680.02 | 473.76 | |
| 11 | FERTILIZERS MANUFACTURED | 581.24 | 361.20 | |
| 12 | AC, REFRIGERATION MACHINERY ETC | 589.52 | 379.40 | |
| 13 | PRODUCTS OF IRON AND STEEL | 600.90 | 385.43 | |
| 14 | PLASTIC RAW MATERIALS | 521.71 | 272.91 | |
| 15 | AUTO COMPONENTS/PARTS | 424.32 | 246.33 | |
| 16 | IRON AND STEEL | 438.68 | 309.22 | |
| 17 | MAN MADE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UPS | 379.03 | 185.57 | |
| 18 | OTHER MISC. ENGINEERING ITEMS | 373.00 | 214.88 | |
| 19 | ALUMINUM, PRODUCTS OF ALUMINUM | 408.77 | 174.29 | |
| 20 | OTHER COMMODITIES | 339.45 | 203.27 | |
| 21 | ACCUMULATORS AND BATTERIES | 329.55 | 140.66 | |
| 22 | PLASTIC SHEET, FILM, PLTS ETC | 287.50 | 145.95 | |
| 23 | MACHINE TOOLS | 259.52 | 153.80 | |
| 24 | GLASS AND GLASSWARE | 266.51 | 129.06 | |
| 25 | AGRO CHEMICALS | 321.43 | 377.65 | |
| 26 | CRANES, LIFTS AND WINCHES | 200.29 | 189.18 | |
| 27 | INORGANIC CHEMICALS | 248.01 | 164.56 | |
| 28 | MEDICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT | 200.53 | 205.64 | |
| 29 | OTH NON FERROUS METAL AND PRODC | 199.40 | 112.80 | |
| 30 | OTHER CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY | 196.83 | 149.79 | |
| 31 | MOULDED AND EXTRUDED GOODS | 191.43 | 108.82 | |
| 32 | OTHER PLASTIC ITEMS | 204.52 | 66.76 | |
| 33 | OTHER MISCELLAENIOUS CHEMICALS | 212.37 | 240.96 | |
| 34 | PAPER, PAPER BOARD AND PRODUCT | 208.02 | 101.74 | |
| 35 | OTH TXTL YRN, FBRIC MDUP ARTCL | 180.72 | 78.69 | |
| 36 | CERAMICS AND ALLIED PRODUCTS | 165.58 | 97.36 | |
| 37 | PROJECT GOODS | 153.30 | 107.10 | |
| 38 | HANDCRAFTS (EXCL.HANDMADE CRPETS) | 156.28 | 168.08 | |
| 39 | PAINT, VARNISH AND ALLID PRODCTS | 148.74 | 110.66 | |
| 40 | PETROLEUM PRODUCTS | 60.58 | 68.83 | |
| 41 | HND TOOL, CTTNG TOOL OF METALS | 113.69 | 79.47 | |
| 42 | ATM, INJCTNG MOULDING MACHINERY ETC | 118.77 | 69.71 | |
| 43 | PLYWOOD AND ALLIED PRODUCTS | 90.05 | 39.03 | |
| 44 | IC ENGINES AND PARTS | 89.57 | 58.78 | |
| 45 | COTTON FABRICS, MADE-UPS ETC. | 83.88 | 32.34 | |
| 46 | PUMPS OF ALL TYPES | 70.75 | 54.97 | |
| 47 | RAILWAY TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, PARTS | 76.36 | 57.98 | |
| 48 | PRIME MICA AND MICA PRODUCTS | 66.08 | 37.97 | |
| 49 | FOOTWEAR OF RUBBER/CANVAS ETC. | 66.02 | 22.24 | |
| 50 | DYE INTERMEDIATES | 77.26 | 47.14 | |
| Total IMPORT of 50 Commodities | 22007.79 | 15607.52 | ||
| TOTAL IMPORT | 23452.75 | 16600.74 | ||
| Note: Figures pertaining to FY:2020-21, are provisional and subject to change
Source: DGCIS |
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This information was given by the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, Shri Piyush Goyal, in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today.
