Wednesday, 23 December 2015
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India To Save $44 Billion In Crude Oil Imports In Fy16; Case For Reducing Petrol, Diesel Prices?
The continuing slide in global crude oil prices is likely to result in a savings of about $44 billion this financial year for India, according to an analysis by the union ministry of petroleum and natural gas.
In its November 2015 report, the ministry's petroleum planning and analysis cell (PPAC) has said that the country's crude oil imports are likely to be around $69 billion this fiscal, down 39% from $113 billion last financial year. The Modi government could not have asked for more.
Highlights of the report:
Falling crude oil prices
Brent crude averaged $44.29/bbl during November 2015 as against $48.56/bbl during October 2015,w hile the Indian basket crude averaged $42.50/bbl during November 2015 against $46.68/bbl during in October, the PPAC said.
India's decreasing oil import bill
Petroleum products as a percentage of India's total imports stood at 18.8%, down from 21.3% in November 2014. The value of petroleum product imports came down sharply to $2.3 billion in November 2015, from $4.1 billion in November 2014, though the quantity also registered a modest fall.
Petroleum products as a percentage of India's imports for the period April to November 2015 was 21.2% as against 30.7% in the corresponding period last year.
Domestic consumption grows
The country's petroleum consumption grew 6.4% in November 2015, as against 4.9% in November last year.
The cumulative petroleum consumption during the period April to November 2015 grew 9.5% to 10.2 metric million tonnes, when compared to the corresponding period last year.
Lower domestic production
The domestic crude oil production was 3.3% less in November 2015 at 103 tmt.
For the period April to November 2015, production grew at around 5% compared to the corresponding period last year.
Gross production of natural gas for the month of November, 2015 was 2,716 MMSCM which was lower by 3.9% compared with the corresponding month of the previous year (2,827 MMSCM).
LNG imports
LNG import during the month was 1,748 MMSCM, 18% higher than November 2014 at 1,481 MMSCM.
The cumulative LNG import at 13,889 MMSCM for the current year during April to November, 2015 was higher by 8.6% compared to 12,790 MMSCM during the corresponding period last year.
Oil import dependency up
India's import dependency has gone up from 78.1% during April to November 2014 to 79.9% in the same period this year.
In the absence of any planned shutdown, the capacity utilisation was 108.7% at Indian refineries.
Given these realities, will prime minister Narendra Modi and his finance minister Arun Jaitley take comfort in a rather comfortable fiscal position and reduce levies on petrol and diesel and thereby reduce petrol, diesel prices?
Source :.ibtimes.co.in
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India's Gold Imports Likely To Jump 11% To 1,000 Tonnes In 2015
India has already imported 850 tonnes of gold from January-September of 2015 as against 650 tonnes in the first nine-months of last year, according to the All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation.
Buoyed by a sharp fall in gold prices globally, India is likely to see a jump of 11% in imports of the metal to 1,000 tonnes this year, says a trade body.
According to the All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation, the world's second-biggest gold consumer had imported around 900 tonnes in 2014.
"Gold import is estimated at around 1,000 tonnes in 2015 calendar year compared to around 900 tonnes last year. Imports are likely to increase because of low global prices," All India Gems and Jewellery Trade Federation Chairman G V Sreedhar said at an event.
He said imports through smuggling are estimated to be around 100 tonnes this year.
According to the Federation, India has already imported 850 tonnes of gold from January-September of 2015 as against 650 tonnes in the first nine-months of last year.
Gold imports are expected to be 150-200 tonnes in the last quarter as against 300 tonnes in the year-ago period.
The World Gold Council has said in its latest report that India's gold demand in the October-December quarter will be more muted.
"Lingering concerns over the health of the rural Indian economy and local gold prices remaining in close proximity to Rs 27,000 per 10 grams level in recent weeks also give reasons to adopt a prudent outlook for the usual fourth quarter uplift in Indian demand," it had said in the report.
Although the upsurge in demand during July-September period partially compensated for the second quarter's poor turnout, it also ate into 'normal' seasonal demand that would take place between September and November, the report said.
Festival and wedding purchases were brought forward to take advantage of the price dip, therefore, demand towards the end of the year is likely to be correspondingly affected, it added.
Gold is the second-largest import item for India after petroleum. Higher gold import bill adversely affects the country's current account deficit.
Source :dnaindia.com