COMPARATIVE IMPORTS OF SELECTED COMMODITIES 
DURING  JULY-JUNE,  2008-09 AND 2009-10*
Value in Million US$
Unit value in $ per unit
        2008-09     2009-10   % change in 2009-10
    Unit   July-June     July-June*   over  2008-09
  Items   Quantity Value Unit Value Quantity Value Unit Value Quantity Value Unit Value
A. Food Group   4149.7   3572.5     -13.9  
1 Milk Cream Incl milk food for infants M.T 31,416 72.4 2304.6 33,548 88.8 2647.7 6.8 22.7 14.9
2 Wheat unmilled M.T 3,102,634 1,078.6 347.6 99,910 40.8 408.0 -96.8 -96.2 17.4
3 Dry Fruit M.T 118,068 84.0 711.2 118,768 85.3 718.6 0.6 1.6 1.0
4 Tea M.T 96,932 222.6 2296.6 94,158 270.9 2877.2 -2.9 21.7 25.3
5 Spices M.T 105,358 70.7 671.4 111,008 80.0 720.3 5.4 13.0 7.3
6 Soyabean oil M.T. 91,844 87.8 955.6 26,884 27.7 1028.5 -70.7 -68.5 7.6
7  Palm oil M.T. 1,773,580 1,390.9 784.3 1,704,095 1,311.3 769.5 -3.9 -5.7 -1.9
8 Sugar M.T. 125,743 56.3 447.4 505,114 298.0 590.0 301.7 429.7 31.9
9 Pulses M.T. 379,812 236.4 622.5 442,401 261.6 591.2 16.5 10.6 -5.0
10 All other food items     850.0   - 1,108.2     30.4  
B. Machinery  Group   - 6601.5   - 5355.6     -18.9  
11 Power Generating Machinery   - 1,748.6   - 1,435.9     -17.9  
12 Office Machinery(Inc.data processing equip.)  - 250.5   - 225.7     -9.9  
13 Textile Machinery   - 212.0   - 297.7     40.4  
14 Construction  & mining machinery   - 280.5   - 160.9     -42.6  
15 Electrical machinery & apparatus   775.7   - 671.6     -13.4  
16 Telecom   - 961.3   - 759.3     -21.0  
         i)  Mobile phone   - 172.2   - 314.8     82.9  
        ii)  Other Apparatus   - 789.1   - 444.4     -43.7  
17 Agricultural machinery & implements   - 111.2   - 195.6     75.9  
18 Other machinery   - 2,261.8   - 1,608.9     -28.9  
C. Transport Group   1420.4   1907.0     34.3  
19 Road motor veh. (Build unit, CKD/SKD)   - 923.5   - 1,209.1     30.9  
  19.1 CBU   - 173.8   - 201.4     15.9  
        i)  Buses, trucks & oth.heavy vehicles - 91.1   - 94.0     3.1  
       ii)  Motor cars   - 81.8   - 106.8     30.6  
      iii)  Motor cycles   - 0.8   - 0.6     -30.0  
  19.2 CKD/SKD   - 359.4   - 608.3     69.3  
        i)  Buses, trucks & oth.heavy vehicles - 70.2   - 85.2     21.3  
       ii)  Motor cars   - 254.9   - 460.8     80.8  
      iii)  Motor cycles   - 34.3   - 62.3     81.6  
  19.3 Parts   - 272.2   - 270.0     -0.8  
  19.4 Others   - 118.1   - 129.5     9.6  
20 Aircraft, ships & boats   - 489.2   - 654.4     33.8  
21 Others transport equipments   - 7.7   - 43.5     463.2  
D. Petroleum Group   - 9508.1   - 10088.9     6.1  
22 Petroleum products  M.T 10,546,403 5,513.8 522.8 13,235,017 6,916.5 522.6 25.5 25.4 0.0
23 Petroleum crude  M.T 7,903,261 3,994.2 505.4 6,342,166 3,172.3 500.2 -19.8 -20.6 -1.0
E. Textile Group   - 1655.9   - 1852.0     11.8  
24 Raw cotton M.T 397,184 639.6 1610.4 345,570 604.1 1748.1 -13.0 -5.6 8.5
25 Synthetic Fibre M.T 158,688 307.3 1936.5 201,890 376.5 1865.1 27.2 22.5 -3.7
26 Synthetic & artificial silk yarn M.T 128,081 293.1 2288.1 169,076 373.0 2206.3 32.0 27.3 -3.6
27 Worn clothing M.T 263,355 97.8 371.5 259,579 95.5 368.1 -1.4 -2.3 -0.9
28 Other textile items     318.1   - 402.8     26.6  
F. Chemical Group   - 5240.9   - 5820.4     11.1  
29  Fertilizer manufactured M.T. 1,199,098 548.0 457.0 2,374,184 906.0 381.6 98.0 65.4 -16.5
30  Insecticides M.T. 28,839 114.4 3965.6 36,703 160.9 4383.0 27.3 40.7 10.5
31  Plastic material M.T. 596,695 1,139.8 1910.1 788,860 1,219.6 1546.1 32.2 7.0 -19.1
32  Medicinal products M.T. 15,699 570.8 36357.8 19,806 717.2 36210.6 26.2 25.7 -0.4
33 Others     2,868.1   - 2,816.6     -1.8  
G. Metal group   - 2758.8   - 2572.7     -6.7  
34 Gold KG 1,279 37.1 29002.3 4,749 141.3 29758.3 271.3 281.0 2.6
35 Iron & steel Scrap M.T 2,255,315 688.3 305.2 1,616,803 477.2 295.1 -28.3 -30.7 -3.3
36 Iron & steel M.T 2,166,071 1,405.4 648.8 1,996,158 1,293.3 647.9 -7.8 -8.0 -0.1
37 Aluminium wrought & worked   123.5   - 142.6     15.4  
38 All other metals & articals     504.5   - 518.4     2.7  
H. Miscellaneous group   - 674.1   - 669.5     -0.7  
39 Rubber crude incld. Synth/reclaimed M.T 67,831 139.4 2054.8 76,618 147.1 1920.3 13.0 5.6 -6.5
40 Rubber tyers & tubes NO. 3,997,812 108.6 27.2 3,995,554 134.9 33.8 -0.1 24.2 24.2
41 Wood & cork   54.4  - - 51.7  -  - -4.9  -
42 Jute M.T 114,348 54.6 477.9 96,541 63.8 661.1 -15.6 16.8 38.4
43 Paper & paper Board M.T 367,072 317.1 863.8 366,270 271.9 742.4 -0.2 -14.2 -14.1
  Other items     2812.5   2871.6     2.1  
  Total     34822.0     34710.0     -0.32  
Source: Federal Bureau of Statistics.  *= Provisional