Exerting pressure on the country’s trade balance again, India's crude oil import increased by 9.5 percent to Rs 3,47,432 crore in the April-August period of the current fiscal on account of sharp depreciation of the rupee against the US dollar. In quantity terms, India imported 81.50 million tonne (MT) crude oil during the reported period, up 8.82 per cent from 74.892 MT in the same period last year. India relies heavily on oil imports as it satisfies around 80 percent of the domestic demand.
Rising oil import bill is a serious concern for the country as it is already struggling with high current account deficit (CAD). Country’s CAD widened to a record high to 4.8 percent in the previous fiscal on account of high gold imports and crude oil prices. For this fiscal, Indian crude oil export is expected to rise to around 196 MT, from 184.79 MT recorded in 2012-13.
India also imported 6.36 MT of petroleum products, mostly LPG, in the first five months of the current fiscal. While, LPG imports stood at 2.4 MT, down from 2.8 MT during the same period a year ago. On exports front, India’s exported $24.404 billion fuel mostly diesel, petrol and naphtha in the reported period.
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