India's paper imports up 30% in April-September 2019 at $706 million

Data shows during April to September 2019, imports rose to $706 million from $602 million during same period a year ago

The imports of paper (excluding newsprint) have gone up by around 30 per cent in volume terms and by 17.28 per cent in Dollar terms during April to September compared to same period last year.

Data shows during April to September 2019, imports rose to $706 million from $602 million during the same period a year ago. 

In terms of volume, it has increased to 887.8 thousand tonnes from 683.5 thousand tonnes, according to Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence & Statistics (DGCI&S) 

In terms of value, the total imports grew 19.69 per cent to Rs 4,941 crore in the first