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India Trade Summary

1996

India exports, imports, tariff by year.

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TRADE SUMMARY FOR INDIA 1996

Overall Exports and Imports for India 1996

Exports and imports of India in 1996 are below, along with number of countries and products

  • The total value of exports (FoB) was 33,469 million.
  • The total value of imports (CIF) was 39,113 million.
  • At the HS6 digit level, 4,314 products were exported to 203 countries and 3,979 products were imported from 152 countries.

India top 5 Export and Import partners 1996

Top five countries to which India exported in 1996 are below, along with the percent of total exports that went to that country:

  1. India exports to United States worth US$ 6,559 million, with a partner share of 19.60 percent.
  2. India exports to United Kingdom worth US$ 2,049 million, with a partner share of 6.12 percent.
  3. India exports to Japan worth US$ 2,006 million, with a partner share of 5.99 percent.
  4. India exports to Germany worth US$ 1,893 million, with a partner share of 5.66 percent.
  5. India exports to Hong Kong, China worth US$ 1,863 million, with a partner share of 5.57 percent.

Top five countries from which India imported goods in 1996 are below, along with percent of total imports that came from the country :

  1. India imports from Unspecified worth US$ 4,387 million, with a partner share of 11.22 percent.
  2. India imports from United States worth US$ 3,615 million, with a partner share of 9.24 percent.
  3. India imports from Germany worth US$ 2,829 million, with a partner share of 7.23 percent.
  4. India imports from Belgium-Luxembourg worth US$ 2,235 million, with a partner share of 5.71 percent.
  5. India imports from Japan worth US$ 2,186 million, with a partner share of 5.59 percent.

India Top 5 Productsexports imports at HS 6 digit level 1996

The top five exported HS 6 digit level products to world by India along with trade value are:

  1. India exported Diamonds non-industrial nes excluding mounted o , worth US$ 4,028,038.99 million.
  2. India exported Semi-milled or wholly milled rice , worth US$ 891,754.65 million.
  3. India exported Oil-cake and other solid residues, of soya-bean , worth US$ 769,332.33 million.
  4. India exported Men's or boys' shirts of cotton , worth US$ 748,711.51 million.
  5. India exported Frozen shrimps and prawns , worth US$ 725,339.98 million.

The top five imported HS 6 digit level products from world by India along with trade value are

  1. India imported Petroleum oils and oils obtained from bituminou , worth US$ 5,224,067.34 million.
  2. India imported Petroleum oils, etc, (excl. crude); preparation , worth US$ 4,807,143.74 million.
  3. India imported Diamonds non-industrial unworked or simply sawn , worth US$ 2,759,041.82 million.
  4. India imported Other coal, not agglomerated, nes , worth US$ 873,624.49 million.
  5. India imported Palm oil (excl. crude) and liquid fractions , worth US$ 620,678.95 million.

Exports and Imports of Product Groups 1996

Exports and imports of products by stages of processing in 1996 are below along with their corresponding Product Share as percent of total export or import

Tariffs 1996

Tariffs imposed by India in 1996 are below

  • The maximum rate of tariff in percentage on any product was 277 percent.
  • The simple average tariff across all products was 37 percent.
  • The trade weighted average tariff was 23.72 .
  • The total duty free imports in thousands of US dollars were 9,331,463.30 and duty free tariff line items share was 2.59 percent.

Development Indicators 1996

Key Development Indicators of India in 1996 are below

  • India GDP in current US dollar was 392,897 million.
  • GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) was 400.00 .
  • India Trade balance: as % of GDP was -1.16.
  • Trade balance in current US$ was -4,554.00 million.
  • Trade as percentage of GDP was 21.93 .
  • Trade in services as percentage of GDP was 4.69 .

Trade Indicators 1996

Trade Indicators for India in 1996 are below

  • Hirschman Herfindahl market concentration index was 0.06.
  • Index of export market penetration was 11.29.
  • World Growth in percentage was 3.55 and India Country Growth was 7.36 .