Analysis of Export & Import Basket of India

Export Basket:

The top 5 export commodities of India for the past decade along with their values (in Billion
$) are given in the table below.

Export Commodities (Value in Billion Dollars)

Year 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Precious Metals 42.29 39.9 17.4 16.7 22.7 19.6 9.67 15.7 27.9 25.2
Mineral, Oil and Fuel 27.72 33.3 59.6 64.4 57.8 65.5 49.5 29.6 40.8 28.5
Transportation 14.99 21.1 21.9 18 15.4 18.1 10.5 8.54 8.64 6.24
Machinery 13.56 25.2 26.3 26.9 26.4 26.8 21.2 19.1 20.6 15.2
Pharmaceutical 13.04 12.3 11.8 11.9 9.6 8.2 6.1 4.9 5.1 3.9

The trend over the past decade is shown below:

Export Data (2007-2016)

70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

Precious Metals Mineral,Oil and Fuel Transportation Machinery Pharmaceutical

Import Basket:

The top 5 import commodities of India for the past decade along with their values (in Billion
$) are given in the table below.

Import Commodities (Value in Billion Dollars)

2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007
Mineral, Fuels and Oil 89.31 104 172 176 179 157 114 82.21 119 77
Precious Metals 48.13 60.5 55.1 55.9 72.5 69.9 48.9 33.4 34.3 30.1
Electrical and Electronic
37.01 36.2 32.5 29.9 29.4 32.4 25.5 24.8 22.5 17.8
equipment
Machinery 32.52 67.2 62.4 61.8 66.4 67.8 56.3 49 48.2 43.2
Organic Chemicals 14.77 15.9 18.2 17.1 15.4 14 12.1 8.4 9 7.8

The trend over the past decade is shown below:

 Import Data (2007-2016)
200
150
100
50
0
2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007

Mineral,Fuels and Oil Precious Metals

Electrical and Electronic equipment Machinery
Organic Chemicals

Trade Balance: The trade balance of top 5 export and import commodities for the past
decade is shown below.

Trade Balance (2007-2016)

400
350
300
Value in Billion $

250
200
150
100
50
0
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Export Import
The following export product groups represent the highest dollar value in Indian global shipments
during 2016. Also shown is the percentage share each export category represents in terms of
overall exports from India.
1. Gems, precious metals: US$43 billion (16.5% of total exports)
2. Mineral fuels including oil: $27.7 billion (10.6%)
3. Vehicles: $15 billion (5.7%)
4. Machinery including computers: $13.6 billion (5.2%)
5. Pharmaceuticals: $13 billion (5%)
6. Organic chemicals: $11.3 billion (4.3%)
7. Clothing, accessories (not knit or crochet): $9 billion (3.5%)
8. Electrical machinery, equipment: $8.2 billion (3.1%)
9. Knit or crochet clothing, accessories: $7.9 billion (3%)
10. Iron, steel: $6.4 billion (2.5%)
Vehicles were the fastest-growing among the top 10 export categories up 162.2% for the 7-year
period starting in 2009. Performing well for India’s international sales within the vehicles category
were automotive parts, cars and motorcycles.
In second place for improving export sales were pharmaceuticals which gained 160.3%.
Indian machinery including computers posted the third-fastest gain in value up 89.2%.
The only declining category among the top 10 Indian exports was electronics which fell in value by
-14.6%.

Source : http://www.worldstopexports.com/indias-top-10-exports/
Source:

http://atlas.media.mit.edu/en/visualize/line/hs92/show/ind/all/all/2006.2015/
https://tradingeconomics.com/india/exports