PRODUCTION, IMPORTS, VOLUME OF TRADE & CROPPING CYCLE OF FEW COMMODITIES
           
Sl No Commodity Production(2005-06)^ Imports(Approx) Volume of futures trade in  Cropping Cycle
      Commodity Exchanges( upto Dec'05)  
    (Lakh Tonnes) (Lakh Tonnes) (in lakh tonnes) ( in Rs.crores)  
1 Guar Seed* 6   1692.6 2,92,664.59 Monsoon crop
2 Gram** 57.8 3-4   742.55 1,39,864.15 Rabi
3 Urad 5 1-3 20.42 1,02,108.86 Kharif & Rabi
4 Soy Oil 11.88 1.5 219.04 81,350.05 Kharif
5 Tur(Arhar) 10 4-5  137.39 24,019.79 Kharif
6 Kapas# 159 6 117.36 19561.56 Sown-Mar-Sept; 
            Harvest-Sept-Apr
7 Castor Seed 4.5   48.63 7869.41 Kharif
           
^1st advance estimates (Sept 2005, kharif only)        
* 2003-04             
**2004-05            
#Mil bales of 170 kg.each