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On the basis of an assessment of the current and evolving macroeconomic situation, the Monetary Policy
Committee (MPC) at its meeting today (June 7, 2024) decided to:

Keep the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.50 per cent.

Consequently, the standing deposit facility (SDF) rate remains unchanged at 6.25 per cent and the marginal standing
facility (MSF) rate and the Bank Rate at 6.75 per cent.

The MPC also decided to remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation
progressively aligns to the target, while supporting growth.

These decisions are in consonance with the objective of achieving the medium-term target for consumer
price index (CPI) inflation of 4 per cent within a band of +/- 2 per cent, while supporting growth.

2. Global economic activity is rebalancing and is expected to grow at a stable pace in 2024. Inflation has
been moderating unevenly, with services inflation staying elevated and slowing progress towards targets.
Uncertainty on the pace and timing of policy pivots by central banks is keeping financial markets volatile.
Equity markets have touched new highs in both advanced and emerging market economies. Non-energy
commodity prices have firmed up, while the US dollar and bond yields are exhibiting two-way movement
with spillovers to emerging market currencies. Gold prices have surged to record highs on safe haven
demand.

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 3. According to the provisional estimates released by the National Statistical Office (NSO) on May 31,
2024, real gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Q4:2023-24 stood at 7.8 per cent as against 8.6 per
cent in Q3. Real GDP growth for 2023-24 was placed at 8.2 per cent. On the supply side, real gross value
added (GVA) rose by 6.3 per cent in Q4:2023-24. Real GVA recorded a growth of 7.2 per cent in 2023-24.

4. Going forward, high frequency indicators of domestic activity are showing resilience in 2024-25. The
south-west monsoon is expected to be above normal, which augurs well for agriculture and rural demand.
Coupled with sustained momentum in manufacturing and services activity, this should enable a revival in
private consumption. Investment activity is likely to remain on track, with high-capacity utilisation, healthy
balance sheets of banks and corporates, government’s continued thrust on infrastructure spending, and
optimism in business sentiments. Improving world trade prospects could support external demand.
Headwinds from geopolitical tensions, volatility in international commodity prices, and geoeconomic
fragmentation, however, pose risks to the outlook. Taking all these factors into consideration, real GDP
growth for 2024-25 is projected at 7.2 per cent with Q1 at 7.3 per cent; Q2 at 7.2 per cent; Q3 at 7.3 per
cent; and Q4 at 7.2 per cent (Chart 1). The risks are evenly balanced.

5. Headline inflation has seen sequential moderation since February 2024, albeit in a narrow range from
5.1 per cent in February to 4.8 per cent in April 2024. Food inflation, however, remains elevated due to
persistence of inflation pressures in vegetables, pulses, cereals, and spices. Deflation in fuel prices
deepened during March-April, reflecting the cut in liquified petroleum gas (LPG) prices. Core (CPI
excluding food and fuel) inflation eased further to 3.2 per cent in April, the lowest in the current CPI series,
with core services inflation also falling to historic lows.

6. Looking ahead, overlapping shocks engendered by rising incidence of adverse climate events impart
considerable uncertainty to the food inflation trajectory. Market arrivals of key rabi crops, particularly
pulses and vegetables, need to be closely monitored in view of the recent sharp upturn in prices. Normal
monsoon, however, could lead to softening of food inflation pressures over the course of the year.

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Pressure from input costs have started to edge up and early results from enterprises surveyed by the
Reserve Bank expect selling prices to remain firm. Volatility in crude oil prices and financial markets along
with firming up of non-energy commodity prices pose upside risks to inflation. Taking into account these
factors, CPI inflation for 2024-25 is projected at 4.5 per cent with Q1 at 4.9 per cent; Q2 at 3.8 per cent;
Q3 at 4.6 per cent; and Q4 at 4.5 per cent (Chart 2). The risks are evenly balanced.

7. The MPC noted that the domestic growth-inflation balance has moved favourably since its last meeting
in April 2024. Economic activity remains resilient supported by domestic demand. Investment demand is
gaining more ground and private consumption is exhibiting signs of revival. Although headline inflation is
gradually easing, driven by softening in its core component, the path of disinflation is interrupted by
volatile and elevated food inflation due to adverse weather events. Inflation is expected to temporarily fall
below the target during Q2:2024-25 due to favourable base effect, before reversing subsequently. For the
final descent of inflation to the target and its anchoring, monetary policy has to be watchful of spillovers
from food price pressures to core inflation and inflation expectations. The MPC will remain resolute in its
commitment to aligning inflation to the 4 per cent target on a durable basis. Accordingly, the MPC decided
to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent in this meeting. The MPC reiterates the need to
continue with the disinflationary stance, until a durable alignment of the headline CPI inflation with the
target is achieved. Enduring price stability sets strong foundations for a sustained period of high growth.
Hence, the MPC also decided to remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation
progressively aligns to the target, while supporting growth.

8. Dr. Shashanka Bhide, Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra and Shri Shaktikanta Das voted to
keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 6.50 per cent. Dr. Ashima Goyal and Prof. Jayanth R. Varma
voted to reduce the policy repo rate by 25 basis points.

9. Dr. Shashanka Bhide, Dr. Rajiv Ranjan, Dr. Michael Debabrata Patra and Shri Shaktikanta Das voted to
remain focused on withdrawal of accommodation to ensure that inflation progressively aligns to the target,
while supporting growth. Dr. Ashima Goyal and Prof. Jayanth R. Varma voted for a change in stance to
neutral.

10. The minutes of the MPC’s meeting will be published on June 21, 2024.

11. The next meeting of the MPC is scheduled during August 6 to 8, 2024.

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COFFEE WITH AN EXPERT were all an inspiration among young exporters. He

also commended the Young TEA Sub Committee
EPISODE - 5 - IF NOT YOU, THEN
for organizing such events by selecting suitable
WHO? speakers and topics. He also said the concept of
Green Tirupur Brand Tirupur of TEA was an
inspiration derived from the efforts of Mrs. Vanitha
Mohan in safeguarding nature and mother earth.

Our Honorary Chairman Padmashri.

Dr. A Sakthivel while delivering the keynote
address proudly recalled his 25 years of
association with Mrs. Vanitha Mohan. He proudly
mentioned that Tirupur started implementation of
Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) and investment in
non-conventional energy generation almost
“Coffee with an Expert” program is being organized
15 years ago while the whole world realized the
on behalf of Young TEA Sub Committee on a
importance of these only in the last 5 years. He
regular basis. The fifth episode of this program was
also listed the various social contributions of
held on 20th June 2024 at Padmashri.
Mrs. Vanitha Mohan including conservation of
Dr. A. Sakthivel Auditorium.
mother nature through Siruthuli.
Mrs. Vanitha Mohan, Managing Director Pricol and
Shri. Kumar Duraisamy, Joint Secretary while
Managing Trustee of Siruthuli was the Chief Guest
introducing Mrs. Vanitha Mohan said that apart
of the event. On behalf of our Association Honorary
from the list provided by the Honorary Chairman,
Chairman Padmashri. Dr. A. Sakthivel, President
contributions of Mrs. Vanitha Mohan in protecting
Shri. K.M. Subramanian, Vice Presidents
Noyyal River was a commendable effort and added
Shri. Rajkumar Ramasamy and Shri. V. Elangovan,
that he was a witness to her hard work during the
General Secretary Shri. N. Thirkkumaran,
project.
Treasurer Shri. R. Gopalakrishnan, Joint
Secretaries Shri. T. Chinnasamy and Shri. Kumar Our General Secretary Shri. N. Thirukkumaran
Duraiswami, Executive Committee Members felicitated Mrs. Vanitha Mohan with a shawl. Our
Shri. K. Mezhi Selvan, Shri. R. Sundar, Honorary Chairman, President and Office Bearers
Shri. R.K. Sivasubramaniam, Shri. K. Hariprakash, honored the Chief Guest with a memento.
Shri. Prem Aggarwal, Shri. C. Loganathan,
Shri. S. Dhandapani, Shri. R. Ramu, Mrs. Vanitha Mohan, the Chief Guest of the event,
Shri. R. Sakthivel, Shri. C. Elango and spoke in detail about the background of her starting
Shri. M. Anand and Vice Chairman of Young TEA the "Siruthuli" organization. She spoke about the
Sub Committee Shri. S. Saranraj were present. need to conserve ground water and the importance
of protecting water bodies including ponds. She
Member of Young TEA Sub Committee
said that we should responsibly hand over the
Shri. K.S. Vishnu Prabu welcomed the gathering.
natural resources left by our forefathers to our
Our President Shri. K. M. Subramanian while future generations. She said that clean air, water
speaking in the event said that the series of and land must be left behind intact for the future
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progress was necessary, entrepreneurs should SEMINAR ON JAPANESE STYLE
also focus on environmental protection. She also
INSPECTION AND QUALITY
said that it was necessary to emphasize the
awareness about the disasters caused by not REQUIREMENTS AS WAYS FOR
conserving nature. INCREASING EXPORT TRADE WITH
JAPAN IN KNITTED GARMENTS
Member of Young TEA Sub Committee
Shri. S.R. Raghav proposed Vote of Thanks.

THE 71ST EDITION OF INDIA

INTERNATIONAL GARMENTS FAIR
(IIGF)

With the association of Textiles Committee, an

interactive session was held on 27th June, 2024 in
our Association on the ways to increase the export
trade with Japan in knitted garments and on
Japanese Style Inspection and Quality
requirements. Shri. J.D. Barman, Director
(EP&QA), Textiles Committee, Mumbai,
Ms. Nobuko Tanaka, Programme Co-ordinator,
(AOTS), Japan, Shri. Junji Iwata, Business
The 71st Edition of India International Garments Development Manager, NISSENKEN, Japan,
Fair (IIGF) was inaugurated on 25th June, 2024 by Shri. Karthikeyan Natarajan, PQC India Private
the Hon'ble Union Minister of Textiles Shri. Giriraj Limited and Shri. S. Gowrisankar, Deputy Director,
Singh. The fair spread over 18000 Sq. M is being Textiles Committee, Tiruppur participated. On
behalf of our Association our President
held at Yashobhoomi one of the venues of Bharat
Shri. K.M. Subramanian, General Secretary
Tex 2024. During the inauguration
Shri. N. Thirukkumaran, Joint Secretary
function, our Honorary Chairman Padmashri.
Shri. Kumar Duraiswamy, Executive Committee
Dr. A. Sakthivel, President Shri. K.M.
Member Shri. K. Mezhiselvan and Advisory
Subramanian, General Secretary Shri. N.
Committee Member Dr. M. Veluswamy took part in
Thirukkumaran, Executive Committee Member the meeting.
Shri. R. Ramu, Advisory Committee Members
Shri. B. Shanmugasundaram and Our General Secretary Shri. N. Thirukumaran
Shri. P.P.K. Paramasivam met the Hon'ble Minister welcomed the gathering.
and congratulated him on assuming charge as
Union Minister of Textiles. On behalf of our Director (EP & QA), Mumbai Textiles Committee
Association, they have invited him to visit Tiruppur Shri. J. D. Barman, in his introductory remarks,
Cluster on his convenience. said that all products exported to Japan have to
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export contribution to Japan was very low due to inspection techniques, the readymade garment
lack of quality inspection centres available and market in Japan and the business culture of the
Textiles Committee has taken proactive measures Japanese.
to address this issue.
Business Development Manager, of NISSENKEN,
Our President Shri. K.M. Subramanian welcomed Shri. Junji Iwata said that Bangladesh's exports to
the delegates from Japan and said that we all know Japan have increased manifold in a short span of
how important quality testing was in the Knitting time, while India's exports were very low. He said
Industry. He appreciated the fellow exporters who that there was a huge potential in Japan for Tirupur
are already exporting to Japan under very stringent exporters.
quality control norms. All products exported to
Japan must undergo 100% third-party inspection at Senior Member of the Association and Member of
the common facility. India's share in Japanese the Advisory Committee, Dr. M. Veluswamy and
textile imports was very low (1%). AOTS and Executive Committee Member Shri. K. Mezhiselvan
NISSENKEN have been chosen by the shared their experiences in the Japanese market.
Government of Japan to explore the possibility of
increasing India's market share in Japanese The questions posed by the participants were
imports. He thanked the Textiles Committee for answered by the Japanese Delegation Team and
taking the initiative to establish a common platform Shri. Karthikeyan Natarajan.
for third party inspection of garments proposed to
be exported to Japan by entering into an MoU with
NISSENKEN, Japan.

He added that this session on "Japanese style of SEMINAR BY REVERSE

inspection and quality requirements" would help in RESOURCES ON THE STATE OF
clearing many doubts in the minds of exporters and
WASTE – REGULATION, TRACE,
help them during future inspections. He also
offered all possible help by our Association to DIGITIZATION AND CERTIFICATION
Textiles Committee for setting up the Common
Inspection Facility.

Our Joint Secretary Shri. Kumar Duraiswamy

elaborated on the activities undertaken by our
Association under the principle of Sustainable
Production, such as Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD),
Carbon Neutral, Non-conventional Power
Generation, Tree plantation, desilting of ponds and
providing facilities to Government schools by
Business Promotion, Branding & Sustainability Sub
adopting them.
Committee organized a Seminar on The State of
Shri. Karthikeyan Natarajan from PQC India Pvt. Waste - Regulation, Trace, Digitization and
Ltd., which specializes in third party inspection for Certification through Reverse Resources on
Japanese exports spoke at length about third party 28th June, 2024.

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In the meeting, Shri. Marius Golden, Co-Founder Treasurer, Shri. R. Gopalakrishnan said that if RR
and COO of Reverse Resources was the chief arranged to buy all the textile waste (totally without
guest. On behalf of our Association, our Vice being choosy) of our members at a good price,
President Shri. Rajkumar Ramasamy, General many more members would join RR.
secretary Shri. N. Thirukumaran, Treasurer
Shri. R. Gopalakrishnan, Joint Secretary Joint Secretary Shri. Kumar Duraiswamy, speaking
Shri. Kumar Duraiswamy, Business Promotion, on the occasion, said that the Tiruppur knitwear
Branding & Sustainability Sub Committee manufacturers have been following the principles of
Chairman Shri. M. Anand, and Vice Chairman sustainable production for a very long time, while
Shri. K. Mezhiselvan, Chairman of Membership the whole world is talking about it only for last Five
Sub Committee Shri. R. K. Sivasubramaniam, Years. He also requested RR to reduce the fees for
Vice-Chairman Shri. M. Rathinaswamy and the TEA members joining them.
Executive Committee Member Shri. C. Elango
participated. The Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Reverse
Resources, Shri. Marius Golden presented a
Chairman of Business Promotion, Branding & Certificate of Appreciation to Tiruppur Exporters
Sustainability Sub Committee Shri. M. Anand in Association as a mark of recognition for reposing
his welcome address, highlighted the expertise of faith on RR and travel with them in handling textile
Reverse Resources in handling textile waste. He waste of Tiruppur cluster.
also mentioned that through our association, 20
members have signed an MoU with RR. He also elaborated on textile waste and their
values, the ways to recycle them and role of RR in
Our General Secretary Shri. N. Thirukumaran, the process. He said that 8,000 Crore pieces of
Treasurer, Shri. R. Gopalakrishnan and Joint clothing were sold in the world every year and it is
Secretary Shri. Kumar Duraiswamy honored a big challenge to recycle them after their lifecycle.
Shri. Marius Golden Co-Founder and COO,
Recently, very strict laws on recycling of textile
Reverse Resources and Shri. Ranjith, Head of
waste are being introduced in the United States
India Operations, RR with shawls.
and Europe. In order to abide by the recent
Our General Secretary Shri. N. Thirukkumaran in legislations, leading brands and buyers expect
his address said that the CBAM would be such recycling process and traceability of the
applicable to the textile sector in Europe soon and recycling from the textile manufacturers.
therefore all the members should take suitable
Fifteen Members who have enrolled with RR for
action to meet the norms. He also requested RR to
handling their textile waste were given certificates
increase the number of companies buying and
by the Office Bearers of TEA.
recycling textile waste using their portal.
Shri. K. Mezhiselvan Vice Chairman, Business
Vice President Shri. Rajkumar Ramasamy Promotion, Branding & Sustainability Sub
requested that RR should continue to help the Committee, proposed the Vote of Thanks.
members of our association in recycling their textile
waste.

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 imports of certain kinds of items. When your
economy is growing faster than the world, then
obviously there will be these twin effects higher
domestic demand will mean less exportable
surplus, and your requirements for imports from
the rest of the world will be higher than the world’s
requirements from you,” Mr. Barthwal pointed.

“The deficit trends will depend on two factors -

import substitution and the rate of economic
growth. But I don’t consider trade deficit per se as
a bad thing, as long as you have foreign
investment coming in through FDI, foreign
exchange coming in, and you are balancing it
India’s goods exports grew 9.1% to $38.13 billion through other means. Moreover, if our services
in May, while imports rose 7.7% to $61.91 billion, exports are growing, we should not be
Commerce Secretary Sunil Barthwal said on unnecessarily worried about merchandise trade
Friday, stressing that things are looking “more deficit alone,” the Commerce Secretary asserted.
optimistic for foreign trade this year”. Even the
textiles sector recorded a healthy growth of nearly The top Commerce official also highlighted the
10% in May “after several months of sluggishness”. healthier 7.4% growth in exports of engineering
goods in May, with double digit increases in
However, despite exports growing faster than several segments, including electronics (23%),
imports, the merchandise trade deficit surged to a drugs and pharma products (10.45%) as well as
seven-month high of $23.78 billion in May. plastics and linoleum that were up over 16.6% in
May.
This was 5.5% higher than the deficit recorded in
May 2023, and 24.5% over April’s trade gap of “We hope this trend should continue this year and
$19.1 billion, which in turn was the highest in four also hope that there should be no more geopolitical
months. conflicts and no more disruptions in major global
shipping routes,” Mr. Barthwal said.
Compared with April, May’s import bill was 14.4%
higher, while the value of exports rose 8.9%. ICRA chief economist Aditi Nayar reckoned that
71% of the month-on-month surge in the trade
Asked if the rising trade deficit could pose a deficit was driven by the net oil balance. While
problem, Mr. Barthwal told The Hindu that the petroleum imports were $19.95 billion in May, the
trend must be seen in the context of India growing export figure stood at $6.77 billion.
faster than the world, insisting that goods trade
deficits should not be viewed in isolation. “With the deficit enlarging by $6 billion in April-May
2024 relative to last year, we expect the current
account deficit to rise to around 1.5% of GDP in
this quarter from about 1.1% of GDP in the same
“Our economy is growing over 7%, while the global quarter of 2023-24,” Ms. Nayar said.
economy is growing at about 2.6% so there will
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 The union and state governments should help us
with that. A special financial scheme and also
provide unconditional loans to exporters,”.

Further, he said, “Currently, the union government

has appointed a separate minister for the textile
industry. The new minister should expedite
measures to help exporters and also domestic
production. In particular, import of duty-free ready-
made garments from Bangladesh should be
banned.”

G Jeevanantham, owner of a job work unit, said,

“Three years ago, I closed my job works unit and
engaged in livestock husbandry. Recently, I
received a call from the contractor who used to
place orders. I am planning to open my unit soon.”
Stating that Tiruppur is finding its feet back after
the Covid and the global geopolitical situations, KM Subramaniam, President of the Tiruppur
knitwear exporters appealed to the union Exporters Association (TEA), said, “At present the
government to announce special financial schemes order flow for Tiruppur knitwear industry is good.
like unconditional loans to meet the rising demand We should take advantage of the China-Plus-One
from the USA and Europe. strategy of buyers from foreign countries. This will
help our sector to travel on the path of growth.”
MP Muthurathnam, president of Tiruppur Exporters
and Manufacturers Association, said, “For the last Tiruppur exports around Rs. 35,000 Crore worth of
10 years, the knitwear industry faced various goods per annum and produces Rs. 30,000 Crore
problems. The central government’s economic worth domestically, sources said.
restructuring measures like demonetisation and
GST affected the industry at the beginning of the (The New Indian Express, 18.06.2024)
decade. After that, the sector was affected by
Covid-19 outbreak and order flow was reduced
significantly. The global economy is bouncing back
and orders have started coming to Tiruppur from
the US and European countries.”

“In the last decade, around 50 % of SMEs in

knitwear manufacturing sector in Tiruppur closed
down due to various difficulties. Now orders are
starting to come in. Most of them are orders for the
winter season. We should take advantage of this.

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garments was being considered.

The garments and textile industry had also made a

case for lowering of threshold investment limit for
getting PLI benefits so that smaller units could also
participate.

The review may also take the demand into

consideration.

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for Singh said that India was working on a textile
the textile sector may be expanded to all garments, roadmap to move ahead of not only Bangladesh
including those made of cotton, to enable the but also China in the sector. He said his Ministry
labour-intensive sector fully benefit from it, Textiles would soon hold meetings with big companies to
Minister Giriraj Singh has indicated. understand their concerns.

“We are considering to review the PLI scheme,” The Minister stated that the size of the Indian
Singh said at the India International Garment Fair apparel and textiles market has to be increased to
on Tuesday. He added that the government was $350 billion from present $165 billion.
also considering inclusion of the garments sector in
the scheme. He said revamping textile parks, and promoting
green textiles will be in focus.
The government launched the PLI scheme for
textiles sector in 2021 with an approved outlay of “Global headwinds negatively affected Indian
Rs. 10,683 Crore to promote the production of apparel exports. But despite these adverse
man-made fibers (MMF) apparel, MMF fabrics and scenarios, the Indian apparel export industry was
products of technical textiles in the country. able to hold its own and contain the damage to
quite an extent,” pointed out AEPC Chairman
The industry has been demanding that garments
Sudhir Sekhri.
made of all fibre, including cotton, be included in
the scheme to give a boost to the sector. Singh’s (Business Line, 26.06.2024)

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 The Certificate of Origin is the instrument to establish evidence on the origin of goods imported into any country. Our
Association has been approved by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Government of India, New Delhi, to issue
Certificate of Origin by inserting the name of our Association under Serial No. 12 under the State of Tamil Nadu in
Appendix-2E to the Foreign Trade Policy and Hand Book of Procedures 2015-2020 (Vol. 1) Accordingly, our
Association has been issuing Certificate of Origin (Non - Preferential) to the exporters.

We would like to draw your kind attention to Director General of Foreign Trade, Trade Notice No. 35/2023-2024
dated 05.12.2023, informing about the issuance of Non-Preferential Certificate of Origin through DGFT's platform
to 31.12.2024.

The members may please take a note of the following:

1. Members should get themselves registered at .

2. On the home page, under online services: select Exporter Registration and login.
3. A Login window will be opened. First time users should click "Registration" first and complete registration.
4. Exporters details and IEC code etc., requires digital signature of an authorized signatory.

1. Login to DGFT portal .

2. For CoO, click "make new application"
3. Choose "non-preferential scheme"
4. Click issuing agency & from drop down select

5. Fill details and attach digital signature.

6. Make payment digitally.
7. Association official will process and upload certified CoO which could be downloaded.

Please note that, any member who has been already availing services on this common digital platform for issuance
of Preferential Certificate of Origin is not required to register again. Existing credentials may be used for login into
the portal for CoO (NP).

Members may note that an option for bulk payment e-wallet facility is also available to save time on submission of
CoO by avoiding redirection to the payment gateway in lieu of auto debit from the e-wallet.

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 QUICK ESTIMATES FOR SELECTED MAJOR COMMODITIES FOR MAY 2024
TRADE: EXPORT
Values in Rs Crore % Change
Sl. Commodities
MAY'23 APR'23- MAY'24 APR'24- MAY'24 APR'24-
No.
MAY'23 MAY'24 MAY'24
1 Tea 445.25 836.89 539.19 1040.01 21.10 24.27
2 Coffee 930.24 1901.90 1547.24 2692.12 66.33 41.55
3 Rice 8047.28 16251.37 8375.09 16315.86 4.07 0.40
4 Other cereals 860.11 1381.16 161.57 346.74 -81.21 -74.89
5 Tobacco 751.53 1611.53 1205.49 2195.58 60.40 36.24
6 Spices 3730.72 6694.10 3011.91 6395.04 -19.27 -4.47
7 Cashew 232.00 454.08 174.37 360.57 -24.84 -20.59
8 Oil Meals 1243.20 2871.27 942.30 2053.48 -24.20 -28.48
9 Oil seeds 855.11 1971.80 915.79 1855.98 7.10 -5.87
10 Fruits & Vegetables 2018.26 4587.71 2468.14 4913.20 22.29 7.09
11 Cereal preparations & 1900.26 3819.29 2199.82 4248.76 15.76 11.24
miscellaneous processed items
12 Marine Products 4934.62 9590.24 4802.14 8923.96 -2.68 -6.95
13 Meat, dairy & poultry products 2534.13 5324.32 3155.34 5836.33 24.51 9.62
14 Iron Ore 2378.90 5289.43 2241.24 3457.93 -5.79 -34.63
15 Mica, Coal & Other Ores, 3149.48 6356.28 3224.00 6069.73 2.37 -4.51
Minerals including processed
minerals
16 Leather & leather products 3039.94 5720.31 3013.07 5542.82 -0.88 -3.10
17 Ceramic products & glassware 3071.95 6055.14 3003.69 5839.36 -2.22 -3.56
18 Gems & Jewellery 23246.67 43139.29 23015.97 41848.08 -0.99 -2.99
19 Drugs & Pharmaceuticals 17160.82 35713.69 19196.08 39453.54 11.86 10.47
20 Organic & Inorganic Chemicals 18420.26 35959.11 19253.38 40074.95 4.52 11.45
21 Engineering Goods 76585.46 149988.87 83296.39 155572.11 8.76 3.72
22 Electronic Goods 19879.48 37166.23 24756.49 46870.06 24.53 26.11
23 Cotton Yarn/Fabs./made-ups, 7574.63 14856.58 8419.45 16316.75 11.15 9.83
Handloom Products etc.
24 Man-made Yarn/Fabs./made-ups 3256.08 6478.96 3450.98 6523.21 5.99 0.68
etc.
25 RMG of all Textiles 10176.08 20107.55 11319.73 21315.07 11.24 6.01
26 Jute Mfg. including Floor 250.12 524.21 240.12 466.25 -4.00 -11.06
Covering
27 Carpet 915.91 1778.54 1090.33 2016.96 19.04 13.41
28 Handicrafts excl. handmade 1015.87 2017.24 1241.04 2283.61 22.17 13.20
carpet
29 Petroleum Products 48206.79 100868.75 56509.45 111676.65 17.22 10.71
30 Plastic & Linoleum 5358.82 10664.45 6327.96 11882.33 18.08 11.42
Sub-Total 272170.00 539980.30 299097.77 574387.07 9.89 6.37
GRAND TOTAL 287810.22 571753.51 317997.81 609787.03 10.49 6.65
Note 1: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other’. Source : Ministry of Commerce & Industry
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TRADE: EXPORT
Values in Million USD % Change
Sl. Commodities
APR'23- APR'24- APR'24-
No. MAY'23 MAY'24 MAY'24
MAY'23 MAY'24 MAY'24
1 Tea 54.07 101.82 64.66 124.70 19.57 22.47
2 Coffee 112.97 231.44 185.54 322.80 64.23 39.48
3 Rice 977.28 1977.53 1004.29 1956.36 2.76 -1.07
4 Other cereals 104.45 167.98 19.37 41.58 -81.45 -75.25
5 Tobacco 91.27 196.12 144.56 263.26 58.38 34.24
6 Spices 453.07 814.37 361.17 766.79 -20.28 -5.84
7 Cashew 28.17 55.25 20.91 43.23 -25.79 -21.75
8 Oil Meals 150.98 349.47 113.00 246.22 -25.16 -29.54
9 Oil seeds 103.85 239.99 109.82 222.54 5.75 -7.27
10 Fruits & Vegetables 245.10 558.37 295.97 589.12 20.75 5.51
11 Cereal preparations & 230.77 464.74 263.79 509.45 14.31 9.62
miscellaneous processed items
12 Marine Products 599.27 1166.89 575.84 1070.03 -3.91 -8.30
13 Meat, dairy & poultry products 307.75 647.93 378.37 699.81 22.95 8.01
14 Iron Ore 288.90 643.75 268.76 414.63 -6.97 -35.59
15 Mica, Coal & Other Ores, 382.48 773.46 386.60 727.79 1.08 -5.90
Minerals including processed
minerals
16 Leather & leather products 369.18 695.97 361.31 664.62 -2.13 -4.51
17 Ceramic products & glassware 373.07 736.78 360.19 700.17 -3.45 -4.97
18 Gems & Jewellery 2823.14 5248.45 2759.94 5017.83 -2.24 -4.39
19 Drugs & Pharmaceuticals 2084.06 4346.03 2301.88 4730.66 10.45 8.85
20 Organic & Inorganic Chemicals 2237.01 4375.35 2308.75 4805.17 3.21 9.82
21 Engineering Goods 9300.75 18250.12 9988.43 18653.96 7.39 2.21
22 Electronic Goods 2414.22 4521.83 2968.66 5619.97 22.97 24.29
23 Cotton Yarn/Fabs./made-ups, 919.88 1807.70 1009.61 1956.46 9.75 8.23
Handloom Products etc.
24 Man-made Yarn/Fabs./made-ups 395.43 788.36 413.82 782.17 4.65 -0.79
etc.
25 RMG of all Textiles 1235.81 2446.66 1357.40 2555.79 9.84 4.46
26 Jute Mfg. including Floor 30.38 63.79 28.79 55.91 -5.21 -12.36
Covering
27 Carpet 111.23 216.40 130.75 241.84 17.55 11.76
28 Handicrafts excl. handmade 123.37 245.46 148.82 273.82 20.63 11.55
carpet
29 Petroleum Products 5854.37 12274.93 6776.29 13390.59 15.75 9.09
30 Plastic & Linoleum 650.79 1297.65 758.81 1424.76 16.60 9.79
Sub-Total 33053.08 65704.59 35866.10 68872.03 8.51 4.82
GRAND TOTAL 34952.48 69570.93 38132.48 73116.68 9.10 5.10
Note 1: Exports include Re-Exports. Source : Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Note 2: The figures for MAY’24 are provisional.
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TRADE: IMPORT
Values in Rs Crore % Change
Sl. Commodities
MAY'23 APR'23- MAY'24 APR'24- MAY'24 APR'24-
No.
MAY'23 MAY'24 MAY'24
1 Cotton Raw & Waste 478.35 849.89 365.90 682.10 -23.51 -19.74
2 Vegetable Oil 9387.85 18232.11 12118.03 23273.01 29.08 27.65
3 Pulses 1085.59 2323.72 3093.09 6521.73 184.92 180.66
4 Fruits & vegetables 1797.41 3434.43 1874.66 3999.84 4.30 16.46
5 Pulp and Waste paper 1123.97 2325.90 1400.13 2595.54 24.57 11.59
6 Textile yarn Fabric, made-up 1550.03 2872.74 1551.75 2901.58 0.11 1.00
articles
7 Fertilisers, Crude & 9720.49 15062.35 7833.71 12814.69 -19.41 -14.92
manufactured
8 Sulphur & Unroasted Iron 54.25 237.16 43.44 96.02 -19.93 -59.51
Pyrites
9 Metaliferrous ores & other 7617.10 12201.53 8058.49 12990.14 5.79 6.46
minerals
10 Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc. 36990.90 65751.67 27517.52 53339.54 -25.61 -18.88
11 Petroleum, Crude & products 128242.46 240560.06 166357.38 303663.80 29.72 26.23
12 Wood & Wood products 4789.71 9200.97 4501.34 8354.01 -6.02 -9.21
13 Leather & leather products 782.59 1288.02 633.63 1151.50 -19.03 -10.60
14 Organic & Inorganic 21091.10 40225.98 21255.23 39654.66 0.78 -1.42
Chemicals
15 Dyeing/tanning/colouring 2915.53 5656.03 2802.26 5515.65 -3.89 -2.48
materials
16 Artificial resins, plastic 15511.64 31081.93 15747.30 29956.09 1.52 -3.62
materials, etc.
17 Chemical material & products 8704.07 16805.03 7949.83 15553.92 -8.67 -7.44
18 Newsprint 327.11 525.02 316.41 542.88 -3.27 3.40
19 Pearls, precious & Semi- 15469.46 32761.41 15923.88 29795.00 2.94 -9.05
precious stones
20 Iron & Steel 15021.87 29019.93 14201.85 27263.41 -5.46 -6.05
21 Non-ferrous metals 16861.94 31366.05 17266.69 32097.20 2.40 2.33
22 Machine tools 3270.61 5972.79 3717.80 7055.56 13.67 18.13
23 Machinery, electrical & non- 34076.37 66316.12 34597.05 66221.42 1.53 -0.14
electrical
24 Transport equipment 19276.98 36876.28 25745.71 43598.39 33.56 18.23
25 Project goods 467.56 731.57 263.65 578.35 -43.61 -20.94
26 Professional instrument, 5178.21 9907.35 5368.77 10589.02 3.68 6.88
Optical goods, etc.
27 Electronic goods 55193.68 107755.96 59619.12 118430.73 8.02 9.91
28 Medicinal & Pharmaceutical 5784.53 10520.35 6366.50 12067.99 10.06 14.71
products
29 Gold 30413.23 38680.91 27795.08 53772.97 -8.61 39.02
30 Silver 223.58 1149.48 1150.21 2268.98 414.45 97.39
Sub-Total 453408.16 839692.71 495436.41 927345.74 9.27 10.44
GRAND TOTAL 473321.02 875683.13 516321.52 967510.51 9.08 10.49
Note 1: Grand total is inclusive of all countries. Source : Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Note 2: The figures for MAY’24 are provisional.

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TRADE: IMPORT
Values in Million USD % Change
Sl. Commodities
APR'23- APR'24- APR'24-
No. MAY'23 MAY'24 MAY'24
MAY'23 MAY'24 MAY'24
1 Cotton Raw & Waste 58.09 103.39 43.88 81.79 -24.46 -20.89
2 Vegetable Oil 1140.09 2218.38 1453.12 2790.55 27.46 25.79
3 Pulses 131.84 282.79 370.91 781.99 181.34 176.53
4 Fruits & vegetables 218.28 417.87 224.80 479.60 2.99 14.77
5 Pulp and Waste paper 136.50 283.04 167.90 311.22 23.01 9.96
6 Textile yarn Fabric, made-up 188.24 349.50 186.08 347.92 -1.15 -0.45
articles
7 Fertilisers, Crude & manufactured 1180.48 1831.76 939.37 1536.57 -20.42 -16.12
8 Sulphur & Unroasted Iron Pyrites 6.59 28.89 5.21 11.51 -20.92 -60.14
9 Metaliferrous ores & other minerals 925.04 1483.98 966.33 1557.61 4.46 4.96
10 Coal, Coke & Briquettes, etc. 4492.28 7998.80 3299.74 6395.68 -26.55 -20.04
11 Petroleum, Crude & products 15574.12 29267.92 19948.63 36411.05 28.09 24.41
12 Wood & Wood products 581.68 1119.50 539.77 1001.69 -7.20 -10.52
13 Leather & leather products 95.04 156.66 75.98 138.07 -20.05 -11.87
14 Organic & Inorganic Chemicals 2561.36 4894.29 2548.81 4754.82 -0.49 -2.85
15 Dyeing/tanning/colouring materials 354.07 688.19 336.03 661.35 -5.10 -3.90

16 Artificial resins, plastic materials, 1883.78 3782.11 1888.33 3591.90 0.24 -5.03
etc.
17 Chemical material & products 1057.05 2044.72 953.30 1865.00 -9.81 -8.79
18 Newsprint 39.72 63.85 37.94 65.09 -4.49 1.94
19 Pearls, precious & Semi-precious 1878.65 3986.89 1909.50 3572.58 1.64 -10.39
stones
20 Iron & Steel 1824.30 3530.95 1703.00 3269.02 -6.65 -7.42
21 Non-ferrous metals 2047.76 3816.11 2070.52 3848.63 1.11 0.85
22 Machine tools 397.19 726.64 445.82 846.00 12.24 16.43
23 Machinery, electrical & non- 4138.33 8069.01 4148.68 7940.30 0.25 -1.60
electrical
24 Transport equipment 2341.05 4486.76 3087.28 5227.74 31.88 16.51
25 Project goods 56.78 88.97 31.62 69.35 -44.31 -22.05
26 Professional instrument, Optical 628.86 1205.43 643.79 1269.67 2.37 5.33
goods, etc.
27 Electronic goods 6702.87 13111.28 7149.18 14200.43 6.66 8.31
28 Medicinal & Pharmaceutical 702.49 1279.88 763.43 1447.01 8.67 13.06
products
29 Gold 3693.47 4701.47 3333.03 6447.66 -9.76 37.14
30 Silver 27.15 140.04 137.93 272.07 407.99 94.28
Sub-Total 55063.15 102159.08 59409.91 111193.87 7.89 8.84
GRAND TOTAL 57481.42 106537.53 61914.33 116009.84 7.71 8.89
Note 1: Imports include Re-Imports. Source : Ministry of Commerce & Industry
Note 2: The figures for MAY’24 are provisional.
Note 3: Grand total is inclusive of component ‘Other’.

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1 Germany 3945 3902 4213 4218 4633 3766 3452 4325 4614 3641 284

2 Netherland 1260 1112 1299 1435 1823 1691 1603 2156 2604 2509 223

3 France 2917 2903 2829 2537 2685 2282 1851 2158 2442 2248 188

4 Spain 1509 1501 1653 1961 1828 1968 1474 1748 1707 1483 153

5 Poland 483 567 746 779 1005 1183 809 1213 1271 1305 138

6 Italy 1518 1349 1409 1492 1796 1353 1265 1724 1706 1453 92

7 Belgium 877 611 593 619 653 734 658 885 1269 1006 80

8 Denmark 396 361 424 376 403 391 421 595 532 488 35

9 Sweden 345 313 326 346 396 364 337 437 469 402 32

10 Ireland 306 359 345 363 358 345 294 344 407 361 30

11 Romania 13 12 12 15 19 19 17 30 42 165 22

12 Slovenia 43 44 59 60 62 27 28 217 436 226 13

13 Czech Republic 96 151 218 211 212 225 197 184 177 150 12

14 Portugal 70 67 71 75 92 117 79 131 147 123 12

15 Hungary 21 14 10 11 13 14 224 207 97 103 9

16 Finland 123 117 78 78 79 84 77 79 70 55 7

17 SLOVAK REP 127 122 133 109 133 125 110 81 79 74 3

18 Greece 51 56 55 75 65 62 36 59 63 71 2

19 Austria 82 51 59 38 38 48 40 38 35 42 2

20 Croatia 6 7 7 9 10 8 6 9 21 33 2

21 Cyprus 5 54 16 28 4 2 2 8 6 8 1

22 Latvia 0 0 1 4 1 1 2 7 10 5 1

23 Malta 3 24 3 1 2 5 2 10 3 5 0.1

24 Estonia 58 78 112 70 4 1 1 10 28 2 0

25 Bulgaria 1 99 1 5 2 1 1 1 1 1 0

26 Luxembourg 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0

27 Lithuania 1 0 7 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0

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1 Nigeria 230 406 604 512 912 1291 1144 859 399 387 38

2 South Africa 351 693 741 691 762 654 495 548 461 440 34

3 Tanzania 31 92 209 302 484 325 420 532 415 326 25

4 Uganda 13 9 12 52 23 18 84 186 196 107 23

5 Somalia 42 18 34 23 96 109 85 29 49 74 19

6 Kenya 12 27 29 34 21 18 16 20 35 72 5

7 Togo 10 16 14 38 23 24 37 43 24 43 5

8 Senegal 198 111 174 140 139 261 218 213 199 23 5

9 Mauritius 52 30 38 32 26 23 64 52 34 69 3

10 Algeria 19 14 24 24 24 27 8 1 3 18 3

11 Sudan 131 106 74 77 71 244 119 32 62 4 2

12 Cameroon 96 36 18 4 6 34 53 49 8 10 1

13 CONGO D. REP. 4 4 3 7 5 8 6 13 17 14 1

14 Guinea 0 3 7 5 14 4 3 6 5 7 1

15 Guinea Bissau 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 1

16 Libya 11 16 9 3 6 11 10 5 11 9 1

17 Zambia 24 25 12 15 22 17 11 16 5 9 1

18 Congo 3 2 1 5 8 11 2 4 16 10 1

19 Ghana 27 17 48 4 4 8 6 10 8 4 1

20 Morocco 3 3 12 14 14 13 10 16 18 1 1

21 Botswana 4 0 31 5 2 2 1 1 3 0 1

22 Madagascar 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 6 0.4

23 Egypt 9 7 4 3 4 18 25 33 16 5 0.4

24 Mozambique 38 5 3 6 21 10 10 15 22 2 0.3

25 Djibouti 14 4 7 3 5 3 3 2 4 2 0.1

26 Seychelles 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 2 0

27 Rwanda 90 21 10 7 17 18 33 70 55 4 0

28 Namibia 31 0 3 0 0 0 39 10 2 1 0

29 Angola 3 2 4 8 5 3 3 2 5 3 0

30 Liberia 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0

31 Burundi 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 3 1 6 0

32 Malawi 1 1 2 2 2 5 8 4 0 0 0

33 Sierra Leone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0

34 Gambia 0 1 10 112 24 8 23 24 1 1 0

35 Comoros 1 1 3 0 5 7 15 11 2 18 0

36 Zimbabwe 225 4 8 1 1 0 0 1 3 3 0

37 Mali 15 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 0

38 Tunisia 2 0 1 0 0 1 3 3 1 0.7 0

39 Gabon 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.3 0

40 Ethiopia 404 6 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1.6 0

41 Burkina Faso 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1.7 0

42 Swaziland 2 2 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1.1 0

43 Chad 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.5 0

44 Niger 3 4 2 4 2 0 0 0 4 1.8 0

45 Benin 11 6 9 5 0 1 0 2 8 2.5 0

46 Mauritania 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0.2 0

47 Lesotho 2 0 0 15 36 0 0 0 0 0 0

48 São Tomé and Príncipe 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

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1 Vietnam 1 1 1 2 4 6 8 4 13 53 25

2 Japan 204 211 212 215 216 250 286 335 414 339 21

3 Malaysia 75 104 116 108 134 145 114 168 335 324 18

4 North Korea 103 126 124 145 178 141 110 147 231 220 17

5 China (PRC) 152 181 173 203 297 240 163 187 190 272 12

6 Sri Lanka 86 112 163 135 78 78 90 135 119 125 9

7 Hong Kong 143 229 128 204 178 149 98 116 146 123 8

8 Nepal 49 52 62 55 64 64 90 107 91 90 6

9 Singapore 90 130 109 134 80 98 46 88 104 81 4

10 Philippines 16 21 19 28 48 72 22 25 72 80 3

11 Thailand 69 67 84 58 53 121 41 42 59 64 3

12 Jordan 31 30 29 36 29 11 53 34 25 27 3

13 Taiwan 6 16 16 21 39 44 33 30 55 47 2

14 Indonesia 8 9 4 11 23 19 21 21 33 23 2

15 Kyrghyzstan 84 42 58 41 48 23 24 19 43 26 1

16 Bangladesh 37 45 80 34 35 34 20 34 49 29 1

17 Maldives 4 7 7 6 8 8 5 13 16 21 1

18 Uzbekistan 206 17 10 5 1 1 1 0 0 0.3 0

19 Lebanon 11 15 14 12 10 7 2 0 2 7 0

20 Tajikistan 83 3 2 2 1 1 3 0 1 0 0

21 Kazakhstan 281 86 53 30 6 6 13 2 2 2 0

22 Pakistan 1 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 59 16 0

23 Cambodia 0 12 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 1 0

24 Mongolia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0

25 Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0.1 0

26 South Korea 5 1 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0

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1 Mexico 412 380 337 268 393 457 250 436 612 606 39

2 Panama Republic 710 233 285 287 280 274 157 423 407 315 17

3 Chile 85 72 68 79 101 103 80 143 168 103 11

4 Peru 93 59 28 33 45 46 37 46 68 79 9

5 Venezuela 23 26 19 5 2 12 5 8 14 16 5

6 Brazil 237 147 51 77 101 49 21 36 46 52 3

7 Colombia 25 15 27 43 23 33 24 47 65 44 2

8 Uruguay 12 15 19 29 36 30 24 32 50 45 2

9 Ecuador 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 1 9 6 1

10 Argentina 22 15 14 27 32 22 10 10 18 11 1

11 Guyana 2 2 6 6 8 3 8 12 13 5 1

12 Paraguay 1 1 2 3 5 3 2 2 2 2 0.3

13 Bolivia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0

14 Suriname 4 1 5 6 8 4 3 1 3 3 0

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