| 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 | ||||||