5,000 year old ancient civilization 1.03 Billion population. GDP $576 Billion. GDP Growth rate 8%.

(2003 04) Worlds largest democracy. Worlds 4th largest economy. 29 states, 5 union territories 18 official languages

325 languages spoken 1,652 dialects World-class recognition in IT, bio-technology and space. Largest English speaking nation in the world. 2nd largest pool of scientists and engineers in the World.

Population

Population

Persons
Males Females Sex Ratio:

1,027,015,247
531,277,078 495,738,169 933

Percentage of Literates to Total population: Persons : Males : Females : 65.38 % 75.85 % 54.16 %

Number of Literates: Persons Males Females 566,714,995 339,969,048 226,745,947

Source: Provisional Population Totals : India . Census of India 2001, Paper 1 of 2001)

Literacy Status
Literates/ Illiterates 1 Persons 2 Males 3 Females 4

Literates
1991 2001 358,402,626 562,010,743 228,983,134 336,969,695 129,419,492 225,041,048

Literacy Improves
Increase in 2001 over 1991
203,608,117 107,986,561 95,621,556

Illiterates number decreases Illiterates

1991 2001 328,167,288 296,208,952 128,099,211 106,654,066 200,068,077 189,554,886

Decline in 2001 over 1991

-31,958,336

-21,445,145

-10,513,191

Literates
600000000 500000000 400000000 300000000 200000000 100000000 0 Literates 1991 2001 Increase in 2001 over 1991 Persons Male Female

Illiterates

350000000 300000000 250000000 200000000 150000000 100000000 50000000 0 -50000000 Illiterates 1991 2001 Decline in 2001 over 1991 Persons Male Female

Education

More than 250 universities, 1,500 research institutions and 10,428 higher-education institutes. India produces 200,000 engineering graduates and another 300,000 technically trained graduates every year. 2 million plus graduates qualify in India annually. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is among the top three universities from which McKinsey & Company, the world's biggest consulting firm is reported to hire maximum numbers.

Print Media

The Indian Newspaper Industry is the fastest growing newspaper economy in the Asia Pacific Region.

5600 dailies, 15000 weeklies and 20000 periodicals in 21 languages with a combined circulation of 142 million.

70,000 titles published in 24 different languages every year.

Print Media

The Indian Newspaper Industry had a turnover of US$ 1.84 billion in 2004 and is growing at a compound average rate of 6.9%. Over US$ 2.27 million of capital invested into the sector during the last two years. India's top 10 newspapers added over 2.3 million copies to their total circulation and under 5 million readers over the last two years.

Top Ten Newspapers

Printing Presses & Print Education

More than 130,000 printing presses in active operation all over the country. Over 1800 Million US Dollars Capital Investment in 130, 000 Printing presses. 1.3 million work force 18 Printing Engineering Colleges, Several diploma schools and many print training institutions. Over 1000 Printing Graduates every year.

Printing Machinery - Imports

ITC HS Code

Commodity OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERYREEL FED OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERYSHEET FED, OFFICE TYPE OTHER OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MACHINERY GRAVURE PRINTING MACHINERY

2001-2002

2002-2003

2003-2004

2004-2005 (APR to DEC)

844311

12.81

9.08

4.6

3.51

844312

1.01

0.62

3.31

11.05

844319

21.92

19.93

22.64

29.24

844330

0.42

1.02

4.32

3.35

844340

4.44

2.94

3.69

5.3

Source: Ministry of Commerce & Industry, Govt. of India

Printing Machinery - Import

OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY-REEL FED OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY-SHEET FED, OFFICE TYPE OTHER OFFSET PRINTING MACHINERY FLEXOGRAPHIC PRINTING MACHINERY GRAVURE PRINTING MACHINERY

35
Value in US $ Million

30 25 20 15 10 5 0 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 (APR to DEC) Year

Imports of sheetfed presses (2004 2005)

The three major European Manufactures Man Roland, Heidelberg and KBA sold around 100 units in India. Mitsubishi installation of 14 machines consisting of 71 units including coaters around the country. Over 250 new units are estimated to be imported in the current year by the Indian Printers.

All India Growth Estimate of Printing Inks

2003
Value Rs.
Million

2004
Value Rs.
Million

2005
Value Rs.
Million

2006
Value Rs.
Million

2007
Value Rs.
Million

Volume

Volume M.Tonnes

Volume M.Tonnes

Volume M.Tonnes

Volume M.Tonnes

Description

M.Tonnes

Printing Ink & Suplies News Ink Liquid Inks Gr. & Flexo Can Coatings Security Bank Note Miscellaneous Inc. Digital Inks Grand Total

18700 16840 25300 4700 3400

3366 1162 2504 541 1020

21000 21600 28000 4800 3800

3700 1490 2856 562 1216

24000 27000 32000 5000 4000

4147 1890 3296 584 1280

27000 32400 36000 5300 4200

4560 2268 3708 607 1386

31000 38300 40000 5500 4400

5150 2757 4120 640 1452

400 69340

160 8753

600 79800

246 10070

800 92800

328 11525

900 105800

374 12903

1000 120200

415 14534

Comparative Chart for Year wise Volume of Various Inks

Comparative Chart for Yearwise Volume of Various Inks
140000

120200 120000 105800 100000

92800

Volume ( M.Tons )

80000 69340

79800

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

60000

40000

20000

1
Ye ar

Paper Consumption
Per capita consumption in India 5.5 6 Kg inclusive of Newsprint (2004 2005).

Per Capita Consumption

Indian (Avg.)
60 40 20 0 Indian (Avg.) South Asia (Avg.) Global (Avg.)

6 Kg 11 Kg

South Asia (Avg.)

Global (Avg.)

53 Kg

Exports of Indian books, Periodicals, Job Printing & Printed Material

India exports books, journals and periodicals worth US $ 100 million to over 80 Countries.
(US $ in Millions)

Export Items 2005

2002 - 2003

2003 - 2004

2004 - 2005

Books, Pamphlets Printed

45.19

68.01

73.76

Newspaper & Periodicals

13.90

12.75

9.75

Job Printing

5.15

8.17

8.62

Printed Material

12.78

17.19

15.89

Capexil Export Awards for the year 2003 - 2004

Ajanta Offset & Packaging Ltd., New Delhi, Exported Printed Books worth 9.28 Million US $ to Belgium, Germany, UK & Switzerland. Macmillan India Ltd, Chennai won the top Export Award for 2003 04. Exported Phototypeset Film worth 14.48 Million US $ to UK & USA.

Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt. Ltd, Chennai. They exported the Phototypeset Pages worth 3.94 US $ Million to France & Netherlands.
UBS Publishers Distributors Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi. They have exported Printed Books worth 3.12 US $ Million to Bahrain, Canada, Kuwait, Germany, UK & USA.

Winners of International Awards for Excellence in Print

SAPPI Trading Printer of the Year 2004 Trophy

Pragati Offset, Hyderabad

Gold Award Winners of 2005

MWN Press, Chennai Gold Award for the Citi Wealth Management 2005 calendar. Thomson Press (I) Ltd Gold Award for Roshans catalogue. ..

SAPPI Trading Printer of the Year 2004, Oct 2004 (best in Asia, Australia, South and Central America) (runner-up in International Printer of the Year 2004) SAPPI Asian Printer of the Year 2004 4 Gold's and 1 Bronze SAPPI Asian Printer of the Year 2003 1 Gold, 2 Silver and 1 Bronze SAPPI Asian Printer of the Year 2002 5 Silver and 1 Bronze SAPPI Asian Printer of the Year 2001 1 Gold, 4 Silver and 2 Bronze.

National Awards for Excellence in Printing (NAEP) - 2005

301 Entries win Excellence Awards in the following categories:

Small Capacity Offset Medium Capacity Offset Big Capacity Offset Screen Printing Digital Printing Flexography Small Offset Gravure

Bombay Master Printers Association and the Mumbai Mudrak Sangh on behalf of AIFMP will host the National Excellence in Printing Awards in Mumbai on 23rd, September 2005.