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Hyderabad: India is heavily reliant on bullion imports to meet its domestic demand. Over the five-year period 2016-2020, imports made up 86 per cent of India’s gold supply, while recycling accounted for 13 per cent and mining accounted for just one per cent. Since the first duty hike in 2012, India has imported some 6,581 […]

Imports in May rose by 68.54 per cent to USD 38.53 billion, from USD 22.86 billion in May 2020.

The decline in gold imports has helped in narrowing the country's trade deficit to USD 84.62 billion during the 11-month of the current fiscal, as against USD 151.37 billion a year ago.

Imports too increased by a marginal 0.7 per cent to USD 72.5 million during the week, the official added.

The exports during the first week of January last year were at USD 5.34 billion.

According to AS Mehta, President of IPMA, high cost of raw material coupled with significant increase in fuel cost and other inputs has resulted in a substantial increase in the cost of manufacture of paper and paperboard.

Crude oil production in November stood at 2.48 million tonnes was lower than 2.61 million tonnes produced in the same month a year back

The decline in gold and silver imports has helped in narrowing the country's trade deficit, difference between imports and exports, to $42 billion during April-November 2020-21 as against $113.42 billion in the year-ago period.

China's foreign ministry has demanded Australia take unspecified steps to repair relations.

Silver imports during April-September 2020 too dipped 63.4 per cent to USD 733.57 million (about Rs 5,543 crore).