Export Of Foreign Arms Considered For 33% Of Their Total Sales In FY20: RBI

According to the survey of RBI, the export of foreign subsidiaries in India for 32.6 per cent of their total sales in 2019-20. RBI declared the provisional results of the 2019-20 round of the annual on foreign liabilities and assets of the organizations with inward/outward direct investment. These entities consist of companies, limited liabilities partnership, alternative Investment Funds and partnership funds. ‘Out of the 30,753 reported organizations in the last census round, 27,801 had FDI or Overseas Direct Investment in their balance sheet’ it stated. These organizations outlined 22,881 in the previous census round, 4,920 reported in the current round and 2,128 organizations reported in the previous round did not report in the current round.

‘Export of foreign subsidiaries in India estimated at 32.6% of the total sale, while import had 34.8 % share in their purchase in 2019-20’ RBI stated. Export includes three-fourth of sales of foreign subsidiaries in the information and communication service. It further mentioned that FDI in India raised by 1.2 per cent of market value during 2019-20. The year-end market evaluation of equity especially that of the listed organizations, was strongly affected by the stock crash in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic. FDI equity of the unlisted organizations observed 15.9% growth in the same period. RBI stated. Total overseas direct investment recorded high growth of 13.4% growth during 2019-20. The proportion of inward to outward direct investment at market value stood at 4.7 per cent in March 2020. Manufacturing domain share in total FDI equity stood at 45.5 per cent at face value and 52.3 per cent at the market value it begins.

Food products and automobile had a notable share in FDI in the manufacturing domain. In the service sector, Information and Communication service and financial and insurance activities were leading FDI recipient. According to the census, domestic sales, domestic purchase and export of foreign subsidiaries in India recorded moderate growth whereas import shrink during 2019-20.