| Import of Principal Commodities (In US$) by India (1960-1961, 1970-1971 to 1978-1979) | ||||||||||
| (US $ Million) | ||||||||||
| Commodity | 1960-61 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73 | 1973-74 | 1974-75 | 1975-76 | 1976-77 | 1977-78 | 1978-79 |
| Food and Live Animals | ||||||||||
| 1. Cereals and Cereal Preparations | ||||||||||
| a) Wheat | ||||||||||
| b) Rice | ||||||||||
| c) Others | ||||||||||
| 2. Cashew Nuts Raw | ||||||||||
| 3. Spices | ||||||||||
| 4. Others | ||||||||||
| Beverages and Tobacco | ||||||||||
| 1. Tobacco, unmanufactured | ||||||||||
| 2. Others | ||||||||||
| Crude Materials, Inedible, Except Fuels | ||||||||||
| 1. Crude Rubber including Synthetic and Reclaimed | ||||||||||
| 2. Cotton | ||||||||||
| 3. Jute | ||||||||||
| 4. Wool and Other Animal Hair Excluding Wool Tops | ||||||||||
| 5. Manmade Fibres and Waste thereof | ||||||||||
| 6. Synthetic Fibres Suitable for Spinning # | ||||||||||
| 7. Metalliferous Ores and Metal Scrap | ||||||||||
| 8. Crude Fertilisers and Crude Minerals | ||||||||||
| 9. Others | ||||||||||
| Mineral Fuels, Lubricants and Related Materials | ||||||||||
| 1. Petroleum Crude and Partly Refined | ||||||||||
| 2. Petroleum Products | ||||||||||
| 3. Others | ||||||||||
| Animal and Vegetable Oils and Fats | ||||||||||
| 1. Vegetable oils, fixed | ||||||||||
| 2. Others | ||||||||||
| Chemicals | ||||||||||
| 1. Chemical elements and Compounds | ||||||||||
| 2. Dyeing, Tanning and Colouring Materials | ||||||||||
| 3. Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Products | ||||||||||
| 4. Fertilisers, Manufactured | ||||||||||
| 5. Others | ||||||||||
| Manufactured Goods Classified Chiefly by Material | ||||||||||
| 1. Pearls, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones | ||||||||||
| 2. Paper, Paperboard and Manufactures thereof | ||||||||||
| a) Newsprint paper | ||||||||||
| b) Others | ||||||||||
| 3. Textile Yarn, Fabrics, Made-up Articles and Related Products | ||||||||||
| 4. Iron and Steel | ||||||||||
| 5. Non-Ferrous Metals | ||||||||||
| 6. Manufactures of Metal, n.e.s. | ||||||||||
| 7. Others | ||||||||||
| Machinery and Transport Equipment | ||||||||||
| 1. Machinery, Other than Electric | ||||||||||
| 2. Electrical Machinery, Apparatus and Appliances | ||||||||||
| 3. Transport Equipment | ||||||||||
| 4. Railway Vehicles | ||||||||||
| 5. Others | ||||||||||
| Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles | ||||||||||
| Raw Materials and Intermediate Manufactures | ||||||||||
| Plastic Material, Regenerated Cellulose and Artificial Resins | ||||||||||
| Non-metallic Mineral Manufactures | ||||||||||
| Total Imports | ||||||||||
