Question

on your world map mark the countries from which five important commodities are imported by India from different parts of the world

Answer 1

India imports many important commodities from the foreign countries which makes up to almost 74.3% of the total value of purchases made on products from other countries.

The 5 major imports of India include - Crude Petroleum, Gold, Diamonds, Coal Briquettes and Telephones. 

India imports $60.7 Billion worth Crude petroleum from Saudi Arabia mainly and a little from UAE. India is the third largest importer of Crude petroleum.

India imports $22.9B worth of Gold from Switzerland, UAE, South Africa, Australia and USA.

India imports $24 billion worth of diamonds from Belgium, South Africa, USA and other countries.

India imports $12.7B worth of coal briquettes and coke from the USA, Canada, China, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia, and New Zealand.

India imports $10.6B worth of Telephones from China and USA.