Saturday, January 8, 2011
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Performance of Indian Chemical Industry (2001-2002 to 2009-2010)
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(In ' 000 MT)
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Group
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2001- 02
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2002- 03
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2003- 04
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2004- 05
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2005- 06
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2006- 07
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2007- 08
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2008- 09
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2009- 10*
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Chlor Alkali Chemicals
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Capacity
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6057
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6256
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6393
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6422
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6603
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7072
|
7490
|
7490
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-
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Production
|
4342
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4792
|
5070
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5272
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5475
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5269
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5443
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5442
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4133
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Capacity Utilisation (%)
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71.7
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76.6
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79.3
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82.1
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82.9
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74.5
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72.7
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72.7
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-
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Imports
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203
|
220
|
201
|
239
|
711
|
409
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499
|
511
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-
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Exports
|
107
|
239
|
217
|
359
|
230
|
179
|
111
|
148
|
-
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Consumption @
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4438
|
4773
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5054
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5165
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5956
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5499
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5831
|
5805
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-
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Inorganic Chemicals
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Capacity
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487
|
487
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568
|
642
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742
|
749
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716
|
716
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-
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Production
|
374
|
404
|
441
|
508
|
544
|
602
|
609
|
513
|
382
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Capacity Utilisation (%)
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76.8
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83.0
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77.6
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79.1
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73.3
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80.4
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85.1
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71.5
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-
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Imports
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53
|
99
|
116
|
99
|
131
|
29
|
159
|
170
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-
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Exports
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40
|
34
|
64
|
153
|
121
|
101
|
122
|
98
|
-
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Consumption @
|
387
|
469
|
493
|
454
|
554
|
630
|
646
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584
|
-
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Organic Chemicals
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Capacity
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1281
|
1403
|
1601
|
1669
|
1812
|
1889
|
1940
|
1940
|
-
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Production
|
1167
|
1353
|
1474
|
1506
|
1545
|
1545
|
1546
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1254
|
920
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Capacity Utilisation (%)
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91.1
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96.4
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92.1
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90.2
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85.3
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81.5
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79.7
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64.6
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-
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Imports
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477
|
399
|
598
|
568
|
663
|
867
|
1154
|
1581
|
-
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Exports
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17
|
57
|
46
|
63
|
53
|
62
|
104
|
74
|
-
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Consumption @
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1627
|
1695
|
2026
|
2011
|
2155
|
2350
|
2596
|
2761
|
-
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Pesticides (Tech.)
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Capacity
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138
|
139
|
134
|
146
|
148
|
145
|
146
|
146
|
-
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Production
|
82
|
70
|
85
|
94
|
82
|
85
|
83
|
85
|
58
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Capacity Utilisation (%)
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59.4
|
50.4
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63.4
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64.4
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55.4
|
58.6
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56.8
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58.2
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-
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Imports
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1
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
-
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Exports
|
13
|
26
|
26
|
27
|
27
|
33
|
25
|
0
|
-
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Consumption @
|
70
|
45
|
62
|
70
|
58
|
55
|
59
|
85
|
-
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Dyes and Dyestuffs
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Capacity
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49
|
49
|
54
|
54
|
52
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53
|
55
|
55
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-
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Production
|
25
|
26
|
26
|
28
|
30
|
33
|
44
|
32
|
30
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Capacity Utilisation (%)
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51.0
|
53.1
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48.1
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51.9
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57.7
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62.3
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80.0
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58.2
|
-
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Imports
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9
|
11
|
14
|
17
|
27
|
31
|
29
|
22
|
-
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Exports
|
100
|
132
|
141
|
131
|
160
|
177
|
177
|
176
|
-
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Consumption @
|
-66
|
-95
|
-101
|
-86
|
-103
|
-113
|
-104
|
-122
|
-
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Total Major Chemicals
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Capacity
|
8012
|
8334
|
8750
|
8933
|
9357
|
9908
|
10347
|
10347
|
-
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Production
|
5990
|
6645
|
7096
|
7408
|
7676
|
7534
|
7725
|
7326
|
5523
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Capacity Utilisation (%)
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74.8
|
79.7
|
81.1
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82.9
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82.0
|
76.0
|
74.7
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70.8
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-
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Imports
|
743
|
730
|
932
|
939
|
1535
|
1439
|
1842
|
2284
|
-
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Exports
|
277
|
488
|
494
|
733
|
591
|
552
|
539
|
496
|
-
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Consumption @
|
6456
|
6887
|
7534
|
7614
|
8620
|
8421
|
9028
|
9113
|
-
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Note : @ : Derived consumption as production + Import-Export. * : April-December.
Source: Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers, Govt. of India & Ministry of Finance, Govt. of India.
