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Informist, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024

 

MUMBAI – India's exports of tea, coffee, tobacco, rice, spices, cashew, oilmeal, oilseeds, fruits and vegetables, and meat, dairy and poultry rose year-on-year in September, while those of other cereals and gems and jewellery fell, according to the data released by the commerce ministry. 

 

India's imports of cotton raw and cotton waste, pulses, fruits and vegetables, gold, and silver rose in September this year while those of vegetable oil and petroleum, crude and products fell, according to the data.

 

The value of India's coffee exports in September rose by 75% to $157.97 million from $90.40 million a year ago, according to the data. Exports of tobacco rose by 51% to $206.36 million from $136.75 million a year ago. Spice exports were up 27% at $334.77 million, while rice exports rose by 25% to $694.35 million. Exports of oil meals rose by 13% to $121.13 million, while oilseed exports were up 15% to $72.68 million. Exports of fruits and vegetables rose by 8% to $278.63 million, while cashew exports rose to $20.69 million from $20.24 million a year ago. Exports of meat, dairy and poultry were up 8% at $429.56 million, according to the data.

 

However, exports of other cereals were down 37% to $16.16 million from $25.74 million a year ago. Gems and jewellery exports fell by 12% to $2.82 billion from $3.19 billion a year ago, according to the data.

 

The value of cotton raw and waste imports in September rose by a whopping 236% to $134.20 million from $39.91 million a year ago. The import of pulses rose by 35% year-on-year to $425.78 million. Fruits and vegetable imports rose to $249.81 million from $237.33 million last year. The imports of gold rose by 7% to $4.39 billion from $4.1 billion last year. Silver imports rose sharply by 205% year-on-year to $325.66 million, according to the data. Imports of fertilisers, crude, and manufactured products rose by 15% to $781.78 million.

 

However, imports of vegetable oil fell by 23% to $1.13 billion from $1.47 billion in the corresponding period last year. Imports of petroleum, crude and products also fell by 10% to $12.54 billion from $14.00 billion a year ago, the data showed. End

 

Reported by Shreya Shetty

Edited by Vidhi Verma

 

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