BHUTAN TRADE STATISTICS (PROVISIONAL) 1st January to 31st March 2021 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE & CUSTOMS MINISTRY OF FINANCE ROYAL GOVERNMENT OF BHUTAN TABLE OF CONTENTS CONTENTS PAGE NO. 1. Balance of Trade 1.1. Overall Balance of Trade I 1.2. Balance of Trade with India I 1.3. Balance of Trade with Countries other than India I 2. Trade in Electricity I 3. Top Ten Import and Export 3.1 Top Ten Commodities Import II 3.2 Top Ten Commodities Export II 4. Region wise Import and Export III 5. Country wise Import Ranking IV 6. Country wise Export Ranking Order V 7. Abbreviation VI 8. Contact details of BTS focal person VI 9. Appendix :- Appendix I: Import by BTC Section 1-1 Appendix II: Import by BTC Chapter 2-6 Appendix III: Import by BTC Code 7-142 Appendix IV: Export by BTC Section 143-143 Appendix V: Export by BTC Chapter 144-146 Appendix VI: Export by BTC Code 147-164 Appendix VII: Import from Countries other than India by Country and Commodity 165-278 Appendix VIII: Export to Countries other than India by Country and Commodity 279-288 Appendix IX: Export to Countries other than India by Commodity and Country 289-294 1. Balance of Trade 1.1 Overall Balance of Trade Trade Trade excluding Electricity Trade including Electricity Export 19,378.18 19,509.45 Import 8,029.42 9,326.05 Balance (11,348.76) (10,183.40) 1.2 Balance of Trade with India Trade Trade excluding Electricity Trade including Electricity Export 16,563.77 16,695.05 Import 5,410.84 6,707.48 Balance (11,152.93) (9,987.57) 1.3 Balance of the Trade with Countries other than India Trade Trade excluding Electricity Trade including Electricity Export 2,814.41 2,814.41 Import 2,618.58 2,618.58 Balance (195.83) (195.83) 2. Trade in Electricity Net Export Import Export Value Import Value Plant/Utility (MU) (MU) (Million Nu.) (Million Nu.) CHPP 61.76 6.68 157.48 17.03 KHPP - 51.17 0 108.49 THPP 2.91 2.67 6.16 5.66 DHPC 41.93 0.00 134.74 0.001 MHPA 242.29 0.02 998.23 0.08 TOTAL 348.89 60.55 1296.63 131.27 Source: Department of Hydropower and Power System, MoEA I 3. Top Ten Commodities Import and Export 3.1 Top Ten Commodities Import BTC Code Commodity Description Values in Nu. 2710.19.15 Other light oils and preparations (HSD) 1,458,650,255 4402.90.00 Other 803,660,388 2704.00.10 Coke and semi-coke 769,837,962 8517.12.00 Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks 546,317,180 1006.30.00 Semi-milled or wholly milled rice, whether or not polished or glazed 514,240,845 8501.64.00 Of an output exceeding 750 kVA 434,050,016 8429.52.00 Machinery with a 360 degree revolving superstructure 410,821,847 3002.20.00 Vaccines for human medicine 392,158,980 1507.90.00 Other 373,802,522 2710.12.10 Motor spirit (gasolene) including aviation spirit (petrol) 350,886,356 Others 13,323,750,254 Total: 19,378,176,605 3.2 Top Ten Commodities Export BTC Code Commodity Description Values in Nu. 7202.21.00 Containing by weight more than 55% of silicon 2,888,578,641 2516.90.10 Boulders 1,144,588,520 2523.29.30 Portland pozzolana cement 533,245,762 2517.10.00 Pebbles, gravel, broken or crushed stone, of a kind commonly used for concrete 481,990,151 0908.31.00 Neither crushed nor ground 435,233,363 0805.10.00 Oranges 339,647,870 2518.10.20 Dolomite, not calcined or sintered, chips 244,691,219 7202.30.00 Ferro-silico-manganese 244,039,587 2523.29.10 Ordinary portland cement 214,404,255 2520.10.00 Gypsum; anhydrite 201,027,585 Others 1,301,969,757 Total: 8,029,416,711 II 4. Region wise Import and Export from 1st January to 31st March, 2021 Export Import Region / Checkpost India COTI India COTI Gelephu Region 358,118,307 230,062,080 1,468,052,192 - Gelegphu Gate 358,118,307 230,062,080 1,468,052,192 - Paro Region - 10,594,988 79,684,788 760,280,349 Paro Air Cargo - 2,868,938 77,552,378 729,989,658 Paro Air Terminal - 7,726,050 2,132,410 30,290,691 Phuentsholing Region 2,959,435,050 1,644,274,233 12,267,380,457 1,650,224,597 Pasakha 2,791,654,713 249,468,532 2,788,505,689 - Phuentsholing Gate 131,491,203 206,090,441 9,478,874,769 1,650,224,597 TOORSA 36,289,134 1,188,715,260 - - Samdrup Jongkha Region 1,074,402,499 241,087,237 1,836,704,014 3,119,802 Phuntshok Rabtenling Gate 488,374,390 34,873,019 410,125,537 - Rinchenthang Gate 494,351,744 14,992,187 340,264,492 - Samdrup Jongkhar Gate 91,676,365 191,222,030 1,086,313,985 3,119,802 Samtse Region 1,018,884,327 477,807,592 896,132,071 1,324,571 Bhimtar 87,883,344 - 645,566 - Gomtu 456,297,641 12,323,159 368,553,800 - Jitty - - 656,250 - Pugli 334,150,847 130,404,195 19,237,782 - Samtse Gate 127,353,333 34,073,603 507,038,673 1,324,571 Samtse Mini Dry Port 13,199,163 301,006,635 - - Thimphu Region 450 14,749,947 15,817,388 399,456,376 DHL - 12,630,626 13,863,872 352,527,347 Thimphu Transit 450 2,119,321 1,953,517 46,929,030 Grand Total 5,410,840,634 2,618,576,077 16,563,770,910 2,814,405,695 ________________________________________________________________________________________ III 5. Country wise Import Ranking Order. Value in Nu. Sl.No. Country Name Import Value 1 India 16,563,770,910 2 Thailand 672,918,388 3 China 432,942,838 4 Germany 191,122,841 5 Singapore 185,032,675 6 Korea South 173,523,826 7 Switzerland 163,907,289 8 Bangladesh 155,370,370 9 Australia 83,745,659 10 United Arab Emirates 57,683,260 11 Nepal 56,795,246 12 Malaysia 56,608,034 13 United States of America 51,186,525 14 United Kingdom 44,237,548 15 New Zealand 41,960,688 16 Japan 32,209,879 17 Netherlands 30,838,995 18 Viet Nam 28,022,873 19 Hong Kong 21,308,209 20 South Africa 16,984,642 21 Austria 15,070,357 22 Norway 12,893,092 23 Denmark 11,869,462 24 Italy 10,317,913 25 Sweden 5,112,238 26 Georgia 4,538,504 27 Ukraine 3,800,537 28 Slovenia 3,269,396 29 Taiwan 2,948,635 30 Indonesia 2,821,703 31 Poland 2,083,892 Note: Imports value which is less than or equal to Nu. 2,000,000.is excluded for computation of import ranking order. IV 6. Country wise Export Ranking Order. Value in Nu. Sl.No. Country Name Export Value 1 India 5,410,840,634 2 Bangladesh 2,244,657,524 3 Nepal 140,490,363 4 Italy 132,753,413 5 Germany 32,397,786 6 Netherlands 31,390,816 7 Thailand 7,744,300 8 Viet Nam 5,398,237 9 United Arab Emirates 5,209,785 10 Singapore 3,591,938 11 United Kingdom 2,846,582 12 Hong Kong 2,014,005 13 Taiwan 1,512,930 14 United States of America 1,402,662 Note: Export value which is less than or equal to Nu. 1,000,000 is excluded for computation of export ranking order. V 7. Abbreviations DZN Quantity in Dozen GRM Weight in Gram MCG Weight in Micro Gram KGM Weight in Kilo Gram LTR Volume in Litre MTK Area in Square in Meter MTQ Volume in Cubic Meter MTR Length in Meter MUS Energy in Millions of unit NMB Quantity in Number PKT Number in Packet TNE Weight in Tonne COTI Countries Other Than India 8. Contact details of BTS Focal Person: Designation Office & Email Phone No. Customs & Excise Division, DRC, HQ Collector [email protected] +975-2-324357 Tariff & Technical Section, DRC, HQ Asst. Collector [email protected] +975-2-324357 VI Appendix I Import by BTC Section Import By BTC Section Value in Nu. Section Section Description Import India COTI Total Value No. (A) (B) (A+B) I LIVE ANIMALS; ANIMAL PRODUCTS 872,918,233 56,636,334 929,554,567 II VEGETABLE PRODUCTS 1,608,764,951 25,203,420 1,633,968,371 III ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE FATS AND OILS AND THEIR 548,320,499 761,887 549,082,386 CLEAVAGE PRODUCTS; PREPARED EDIBLE FATS; ANIMAL OR VEGETABLE WAXES IV PREPARED FOODSTUFFS; BEVERAGES, SPIRTIS AND 860,027,906 199,508,581 1,059,536,487 VINEGAR; TOBACCO AND MANUFACTURED TOBACCO SUBSTITUTES V MINERAL PRODUCTS 3,489,275,384 106,479,032 3,595,754,415 VI PRODUCTS OF THE CHEMICAL OR ALLIED INDUSTRIES 746,519,972 695,080,228 1,441,600,200 VII PLASTICS AND ARTICLES THEREOF; 783,171,696 41,362,227 824,533,923 RUBBER AND ARTICLES THEREOF VIII RAW HIDES AND SKINS, LEATHER,FURSKINS AND 13,232,159 6,132,634 19,364,793 ARTICLES THEREOF; SADDLERY AND HARNESS;TRAVEL,GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; ARTICLES OF ANIMALS GUT (OTHER THAN SILK-WORM GUT) IX WOOD AND ARTICLES OF WOOD; WOOD CHARCOAL; 900,265,730 4,748,801 905,014,531 CORK AND ARTICLES OF CORK; MANUFACTURES OF STRAW, OF ESPARTO OR OF OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BASKETWARE AND WICKERWORK X PULP OF WOOD OR OF OTHER FIBROUS CELLULOSIC 201,525,860 166,540,780 368,066,640 MATERIAL; RECOVERED (WASTE AND SCRAP) PAPER OR PAPERBOARD; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF XI TEXTILES AND TEXTILE ARTICLES 437,395,261 72,642,879 510,038,139 XII FOOTWEAR, HEADGEAR, UMBRELLAS.