Source - RAJYA SABHA SESSION - 259 UNSTARRED QUESTION No 450. ANSWERED ON 6th February 2023. Source - MCDR Returns for production Data and DGCI&S for Export & Import Data. Note - Even in Cases where almost entire domestic demand is satisfied by domestic supplies, some quantities of certain special quality/types of minerals and metals are imported to meet the requirement in certain specific end-uses. Data for Apparent Consumption = Production + Import - Export.