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Commodity Composition of Exports
Over the past decade, exports (measured in rupees) have grown by 21.7% on an average. Some commodities have enjoyed much faster export growth than others. Given below is the export performance, in Million US$, of some commodities during 1994-95 and its change in percentage terms over levels in 1993-94.

Composition of India's exports

(Percentage shares)
Commodity Group			Apr-Sept	Apr-Sept
	1994-95	1995-96	1995-96	1996-97
I. Agriculture & allied	16.0	19.2	16.1	20.6
1. Tea	1.2	1.1	1.1	1.0
2. Coffee	1.3	1.4	1.6	1.6
3. Cereals	1.5	4.7	3.5	4.1
5. Spices	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.9
6. Cashewnuts	1.5	1.2	1.3	1.3
7. Oil meals	2.2	2.2	1.5	2.1
8. Fruits & vegetables	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.6
9. Marine products	4.3	3.2	2.8	3.0
II. Ores and minerals	3.8	3.7	4.0	3.7
11. Iron ore	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.4
13. Other ores and minerals	1.0	0.9	1.1	1.1
III. Manufactured goods	78.1	75.4	77.8	73.5
14. Leather & manufactures	4.0	3.6	3.8	3.1
15. Leather footwear	2.1	1.8	1.2	1.1
16. Gems & jewellery	17.1	16.6	16.9	14.0
17. Drugs, pharmaceuticals & fine chemicals	3.0	3.2	3.1	3.3
18. Dyes / intermediates & Coal tar chemicals	1.8	1.5	1.6	1.6
19. Manufactures of metals	2.7	2.6	2.6	3.0
22. Primary & semi-finished iron & steel	1.6	1.6	1.8	1.3
23. Electronic goods	1.6	2.1	2.0	2.4
24. Cotton yarn, fabrics, madeups etc	8.5	8.1	8.2	9.2
25. Ready made garments	12.5	11.6	12.0	11.3
26. Handicrafts	3.9	3.5	3.8	3.5
IV. Crude & petroleum products	1.6	1.4	1.6	1.6
V. Others & unclassified items	0.6	0.4	0.5	0.6
Grand Total	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0

Source: Government of India