| An Overview on India's Industries |
| High-income countries experienced a decline in the share of industry in GDP over the last thirty years. In the case of India, the share of industry in GDP increased from 20% to 27% during the same period. The service industry accounts for about 40% of the GDP total. |
| Steel - The earliest steel in the world was made in southern India (300 BC), when spongy masses of iron were worked and reheated to make wootz steel, followed by China only in 400 AD - China is the world�s largest steel producer (114.3 Million Tonnes) followed by USA (97.7 Million Tonnes) and Japan (93.5 Million tonnes). India occupies the ninth position (24 Million Tonnes). - Japan is the top exporter of steel followed by Germany & Russia. USA is the top global importer of steel followed by China & German. - Per-capita steel consumption is the highest in North America (about 450 kg. of steel). For India, it is about 22 kg. Cement India is the fifth largest cement manufacturer in the world, accounting for about 4% of world production. India is also the third largest cement market in the world. It is well endowed with raw materials such as lime, gypsum and coal for the industry. The industry is well spread all over the country, although cement units are concentrated more in the western and southern regions where limestone deposits are located. Aluminium India has seven aluminium smelters making it the fifth biggest in the world after USA (23 smelters); China (unknown); Russia (11) and Canada (11). Brazil and Norway also have seven smelters. Textile Textiles is the largest single industry in India (and amongst the biggest in the world), accounting for about 20% of the total industrial production. It provides direct employment to around 20 million people. Textile and clothing exports account for one-third of the total value of exports from the country. There are 1,227 textile mills with a spinning capacity of about 29 million spindles. While yarn is mostly produced in the mills, fabrics are produced in the powerloom and handloom sectors as well. The Indian textile industry continues to be predominantly based on cotton, with about 65% of raw materials consumed being cotton. The yearly output of cotton cloth was about 12.8 billion m (about 42 billion ft). The manufacture of jute products (1.1 million metric tons) ranks next in importance to cotton weaving. |
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| Motor vehicle production, 2000 Source: Automotive News Data Center and Marketing Systems GmbH |
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| Country USA Japan Germany France S. Korea Spain Canada China Mexico UK Italy Brazil Russia Belgium India |
| Total Vehicles 12,854,585 10,196,524 5,526,619 3,330,306 3,104,666 3,052,154 2,954,795 2,044,104 1,889,486 1,808,300 1,742,299 1,671,093 1,241,070 1,033,294 842,300 |
| India is the world�s largest producer of two-wheeled motor vehicles and recorded production of 2,621,000 motorbikes and mopeds in 1995/6 alone. India is the second largest cycle manufacturer in the world after China. Fertilizers: About 95 per cent of the fertilizer produced in the world is used on farm crops. The United States is one of the world's leading producers of fertilizer. India is the fifth leading fertilizer producer in the world after Canada, China and France. India is the fourth largest consumer of fertilizer in the world. Rubber: More than 80 percent of the world's natural rubber grows on plantations in the Far East, chiefly in India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Indonesia, and Malaysia. India and Sri Lanka grow about 10 percent of the world's supply of natural rubber, and Africa grows about 5 percent. The rest comes from South America. The world's annual production of natural rubber is about 61/4 million short tons (5.7 million metric tons). The United States uses about a sixth of the world's total natural rubber production. |
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