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Primary deficit is the gross deficit which is obtained by subtracting interest payments from budget deficit of any country of a particular year. We need to know the value of primary deficit, while calculating the fiscal deficit.Alternative Definition of Primary DeficitPrimary deficit corresponds to the net borrowing, which is required to meet the expenditure excluding the interest payment.Primary Deficit = (Fiscal Deficit - Interest Payment)Statistical reports: Primary deficit ( in India)In the fiscal year 1999-2000: primary deficit was (-) Rs.2598.72 croreIn the fiscal year 2000-2001: primary deficit was (-) Rs.1038.38 croreIn the fiscal year 2001-2002: primary deficit was (-) Rs.2598.72 croreOver the last few year the fiscal status of India has improved. In the fiscal year 2006-07, the revenue deficit in India was 2%, primary deficit was 0.1% and fiscal deficit was 3.7 percent. The government of India budget for 2007-08 predicts a revenue deficit of 1.5%, primary deficit of -0.2% and fiscal deficit of 3.3 percent.
Today, America imports from foreign sources about 60 percent of the oil it consumes. About three of the 11 million barrels per day the United States imports come from the Middle East.
Iraq's main imports include cement, cars, turbojets, and refined goods. Petroleum oils, which include crude and refined oils, make up 99 percent of their exports. The reason why is due to them having a tremendous amount of oil reserves.
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"Net petroleum imports (imports minus exports) accounted for 58 percent of our total petroleum consumption. About 48 percent of our net petroleum imports were from countries in the Western Hemisphere, 22 percent from Africa, 18 percent from the Persian Gulf , and 12 percent from other regions." http://www.eia.doe.gov/bookshelf/brochures/gasoline/index.html
Ireland's main imports are: electrical machinery and components (16 percent of total imports), fuel (15 percent), motor vehicles (10 percent), food (10 percent) and medical and pharmaceutical products (9 percent).
The main imports of Greece are chemicals, equipment used for transport, fuels, and machinery. About 25 percent of Greece's imports come from Germany and Italy.
US' oil imports from Canada equal 18.6% of total imports, while imports from Mexico equal 10.4%. In total, imports from both countries account for 29% of total oil imports.
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Primary deficit is the gross deficit which is obtained by subtracting interest payments from budget deficit of any country of a particular year. We need to know the value of primary deficit, while calculating the fiscal deficit.Alternative Definition of Primary DeficitPrimary deficit corresponds to the net borrowing, which is required to meet the expenditure excluding the interest payment.Primary Deficit = (Fiscal Deficit - Interest Payment)Statistical reports: Primary deficit ( in India)In the fiscal year 1999-2000: primary deficit was (-) Rs.2598.72 croreIn the fiscal year 2000-2001: primary deficit was (-) Rs.1038.38 croreIn the fiscal year 2001-2002: primary deficit was (-) Rs.2598.72 croreOver the last few year the fiscal status of India has improved. In the fiscal year 2006-07, the revenue deficit in India was 2%, primary deficit was 0.1% and fiscal deficit was 3.7 percent. The government of India budget for 2007-08 predicts a revenue deficit of 1.5%, primary deficit of -0.2% and fiscal deficit of 3.3 percent.
Although most shellfish imports decreased during the late 1990s and early 2000s, shrimp imports grew 41 percent between 1998 and 2003.
(See the related link for my source.)Imports: $3.832 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)Imports - partners: Brazil 30.9%, Argentina 23.3%, China 16.6%, US 4% (2004)Imports totaled US$3.3 billion in 2004. Principal import commodities included automobiles, chemical products, consumer goods, tobacco, petroleum, and machinery. Brazil was the leading source of imports to Paraguay (24.3 percent), followed by the United States (22.3 percent), Argentina (16.2 percent), China (9.9 percent), and Hong Kong (5 percent). Experts note that import statistics are difficult to confirm for Paraguay because as much as half of all imports are illegally re-exported to Argentina or Brazil. Imports from Mercosur countries continue to rise, up to 57 percent in 2003.[2]
Imports of clams grew 27 percent to 4.4 million pounds in the first six months of 2003, while imports of oysters grew 31 percent to 9.6 million pounds.