(a) the details of pulses imported into the country during the last three years along with the foreign exchange spent thereon during the said period, year and countrywise;
(b) whether the Government has imposed import duty on pulses and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government has any plan to reduce the import duty on pulses in near future; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
(SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)
(a): Details of pulses imported into the country during the last three years, country wise- value wise are annexed as Annexure A and B.
(b), (c) and (d): The import duty on pulses is NIL. Presently there is no proposal under consideration to increase the import duty on pulses.
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Annexure A
Item-wise import of Pulses during 2012-13 to2014-15 and 2015-16(Apr to Feb)
Note: Figures for 2015- 16(Apr to Feb) is provisional.
* Figures in US $ Thousands
itchs item description 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16(Apr''15 to Feb''16)
Qty(MT) Val(US$*) Qty(MT) Val(US$*) Qty(MT) Val(US$*) Qty(MT) Val(US$*)
07131000 Peas (PisumSativum) Dried And Shld 1370822 620744 1330426 584962 1951974 810060 2121701 785123
07132000 Chickpeas (Garbanzos) Dried And Shld 697627 514835 276131 136351 418877 217072 992536 646091
07133100 Beans Of The SppVignaungo,Hepper Or VignaRadiata,Wilczek Dried And Shld 642837 463440 624232 458648 622887 596438 534030 630768
07133200 Small Red Beans Dried And Shld 4825 4049 795 695 - - - -
07133300 Kidny Bens InclWhte Pea Bens Dried And Shld 83732 97679 88240 108896 116898 113598 103769 82263
07133990 Other Dried Leguminus Vegetables 173938 112104 129083 80920 74621 56976 56230 54542
07134000 Lentils (Mosur),Dried And Shld 506347 295878 708708 444710 816467 558063 1232773 992144
07135000 Broad Beans And Horse Beans Dried And Shld 2184 1684 2 .5 - - - -
07136000 Pigeon Peas (CajanusCajan) - - 465822 291106 575218 428494 422764 457049
07139010 Othr Dried And ShldLuguminousVegtbls,Split 506388 324423 - - 5 10 32954 30782
07139090 Other Of Hdg. 071390 - - 20267 13033 7896 5393 13735 14001
07139099 Other Dried &ShldLuguminousVegtbls, Othrthan Split. 24541 15153 - - - - - -
Grand Total - 4013240 2449988 3643705 2119320 4584841 2786106 5510491 3692762
Annexure-B
Country-wise import of Pulses during 2012-13 to 2014-15 and 2015-16(Apr to Feb)
Note: Figures for 2015-16(Apr to Feb) is provisional.
Country 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16(Apr''15 to Feb''16)
Qty(MT) Val(US$*) Qty(MT) Val(US$*) Qty(MT) Val(US$*) Qty(MT) Val(US$*)
AFGHANISTAN 12937187 8613573 12447356 9320536 4355140 4667269 14352282 15862808
ARGENTINA 39599790 23541893 4665500 4170286 9055730 6500474 20182240 16369679
AUSTRALIA 721044791 486272231 342310978 189522747 332654884 188412685 872826300 598170538
AUSTRIA 24000 24250 - - - - - -
BENIN - - - - - - 37000 36582
BOLIVIA - - - - - - 190000 193161
BRAZIL 26695810 21187004 6853000 4767321 603440 567866 9704000 5772363
BULGARIA 49000 57245 565000 200869
CANADA 1107458779 552084849 1504717063 758718755 2195555355 1074572673 2444230744 1377563251
CHINA P RP 65584021 84389929 49519730 72561654 71105911 72343631 63719067 57266216
COSTA RICA - - - - 110000 132637 - -
COTE D'' IVOIRE 23311 21504 18464 16964 19943 22308 210791 216649
DJIBOUTI 210000 162129 - - - - 140000 84920
EGYPT A RP 88000 82630 985000 564641
ETHIOPIA 29736470 24943525 17355000 13915482 31027732 26361456 48156832 34261219
FRANCE 127498000 53573478 23275000 9003268 108236120 37695740
INDONESIA 13255407 10992264 42000 37154 2661000 3260951 9352264 11385994
IRAN 115000 103425 120000 117982 24000 27094 1273600 825906
IRAQ 1376000 1204742 - - - - - -
ITALY 120000 154651 12044 9600 - - - -
KAZAKHSTAN 386000 248691 3537000 1923743
KENYA 15429000 13099730 36140850 30810990 18082400 17115023 37811850 41111678
KOREA RP 50 55 1000 574
KYRGHYZSTAN 24000 36093 135000 170018 284000 388798 1020000 1223176
LATVIA - - - - - - 1214355 406029
LITHUANIA - - - - - - 82568220 27010277
MADAGASCAR 15028000 11053700 5329625 3566394 1917000 1843912 6197000 5732112
MALAWI 65744725 38056691 22428000 13732912 46015000 33423679 60518200 61172507
MALAYSIA 670596 604124 1007812 778676 312000 313534 24000 29252
MEXICO 10848000 14359507 910000 1104458 8190000 8918891 7479000 5029918
MOLDOVA - - - - 2317000 877073 251000 92861
MOZAMBIQUE 77108463 46123516 78904140 47900248 97068265 70415212 77475933 87591016
MYANMAR 963649320 649126914 906484182 621207609 931328907 802997306 662243832 742102990
NEPAL 57100 49973 30000 27419 1047025 1298891
NEW ZEALAND 435000 287084 - - - - - -
NICARAGUA - - 44000 38650 - - - -
PAKISTAN IR 856000 641416 3115500 2377072 2688500 2406764 716500 758136
PERU 739000 857272 427840 441035 - - - -
POLAND - - - - - - 154000 219321
PORTUGAL - - 70000 84323 - - - -
ROMANIA - - 100000 37843 - - - -
RUSSIA 324857630 168719912 215619810 90327418 236893084 103162896 470226670 204312103
SINGAPORE 48000 35021 239000 138515 72000 76483
SOMALIA - - 196500 179368 - - - -
SOUTH AFRICA - - 22000 33845 48000 56185 45000 23600
SRI LANKA DSR - - 529000 277979 738000 633828 43000 47129
SUDAN 563000 412338 - - 17088000 12565043 17182450 17357501
TAIWAN 72000 95582 - - - - - -
TANZANIA REP 146206198 100304653 181494427 110169410 179992893 138827161 135351347 140612174
THAILAND 1791610 1695073 352000 265125 1157000 1344921 2516050 3208262
TURKEY 3082620 1554845 221000 150859 2370000 1077131 2140785 1135681
U ARAB EMTS 66000 59710 216000 241644 167175 122671 27000 26353
U S A 178275486 102104683 195846260 112442918 312227506 168376469 251846873 146330946
UGANDA 390000 334332 614000 517936 3008000 2517314 5158350 5347014
UKRAINE 48535149 21094298 20314058 8538971 62067978 25404999 77024257 28205844
UNSPECIFIED 82302 99356 74020 62450 - - - -
UZBEKISTAN 12953000 11855611 10891154 11123371 12473398 14991358 13508121 15220121
VATICAN CITY - - 139050 79503 - - - -
VENEZUELA - - - - - - 48000 60751
YEMEN REPUBLC - - - - 115000 81597 - -
Grand Total 4013239765 2449988126 3643705413 2119320084 4584841266 2786106183 5510491033 3692761605