The commerce ministry in its latest data has showed that gold imports, which have a bearing on the current account deficit, declined 17.38 per cent to about $24 billion during April-October of 2022-23 due to fall in demand. Imports of the yellow metal stood at $29 billion in the corresponding period of 2021-22. The imports during October 2022 also contracted by 27.47 per cent to $3.7 billion.
As per the data, silver imports during the October 2022 too dipped 34.80 per cent to $585 million. However, cumulatively, the imports jumped to $4.8 billion during April-October of 2022-23 as against $1.52 billion during April-October 2021-22.
India is the largest importer of gold, which mainly caters to the demand of the jewellery industry. In volume terms, the country imports 800-900 tonne of gold annually. Meanwhile, gems and jewellery exports rose marginally by 1.81 per cent to $24 billion in April-October 2022-23.
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