Povečanje uvoza je bilo posebej opazno med letoma 1999 in 2000 (uvoz se je povečal za 26-krat), čeprav je treba zabeležiti, da je bil tržni delež uvoza iz Indije v tistem času še vedno na ravni de minimis, ter med letoma 2000 in 2001, ko se je obseg povečal za 10-krat. Zaradi tega je postala Indija, po Eurostatovih podatkih, v letu 2001 in v obdobju preiskave druga najpomembnejša država izvoznica zadevnega izdelka v Skupnost.
The increase of imports was particularly marked between 1999 and 2000 (imports multiplied by 26), although it should be noted that the market share of Indian imports was still at a de minimis level at that time, and between 2000 and 2001, when volumes multiplied by 10. As a consequence, according to Eurostat, India became in 2001 and during the IP, the second most important exporting country of the product concerned into the Community.