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The relative share of oil in the total import bill has been falling consistently. While raw materials still contribute majority of the imports, the relative share of manufactured products has been going up.

Table 7.13 : Commodity composition of imports (Rs m) 1991-92 to 1994-95

	1991-92	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98
All Commodities (Rs m)	478,508	633,745	731,010	899,707	1,226,781	1,389,199	1,515,535
Food & related items	1.6	2.7	1.8	4.4	3.0	3.5	3.7
Wheat	0.0	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.6
Rice	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Other cereals	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Cereal preparations	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Pulses	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.6
Milk & cream	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Fruits & nuts	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Spices	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Sugar	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	0.2	0.0	0.3
Vegetable oils (edible)	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.7	1.8	2.1	1.8
Export related items	18.4	19.0	18.9	15.1	14.3	15.7	16.5
Cashew nuts	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.5	0.5
Textile yarn fabrics & madeup	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.2	1.0	0.9	1.0
Pearls & precious stones	10.1	11.2	11.3	5.7	5.7	7.5	7.7
Organic chemicals	2.8	3.0	3.8	4.8	4.6	4.5	4.4
Inorganic chemicals	4.3	3.6	2.1	2.6	2.4	2.3	2.9
Capital goods	23.2	22.3	23.8	23.2	24.1	22.1	18.5
Machine tools	0.9	0.8	0.7	0.7	1.0	1.3	1.0
Non-electrical machinery	7.5	7.6	8.1	9.5	10.7	9.3	8.7
Electrical machinery	3.2	3.8	0.9	0.9	1.1	0.8	0.9
Projects goods	7.6	5.8	6.9	6.5	6.5	5.4	3.9
Professional inst.	2.1	2.3	1.8	1.7	1.8	1.4	1.8
Transport equipment	1.9	2.1	5.4	3.9	3.0	3.8	2.2
Raw materials & intermediates	13.6	40.1	35.8	36.8	35.7	39.4	38.1
Silk raw	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.1
Wool raw	0.4	0.5	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4
Natural rubber	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1
Synthetic regenerated fibres	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.3
Pulp & waste paper	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.8	0.6	0.7
Raw hides & skins	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
Jute raw	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0
Wollen & cotton rags	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Synthetic & reclaimed rubber	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.3
Cotton raw & waste	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.4	0.0	0.1
Oilseeds	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Leather	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2
Primary steel pig iron based items	0.5	0.3	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2

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