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Exports grow by 3.2 pc to $24.5 bn in April
AGENCIES | New Delhi, May 10, 2012 12:19
Tags : exports | exports growth | Exports grow by 3.2 pc | Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar |
Tags : exports | exports growth | Exports grow by 3.2 pc | Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar |
Exports grew by 3.2 per cent to USD 24.5 billion in April, while imports rose 3.8 per cent leading to lowest trade deficit India has logged in a year, Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar onThursday said.
Imports during the first month of the current fiscal aggregated to USD 37.9 billion, leaving a trade a deficit of USD 13.4 billion.
"This is the lowest trade deficit we have had in last one year... This month (April), we see deceleration in imports," Khullar said.
The exporting sectors which registered healthy growth in April include engineering, electronic, pharmaceutical and chemical.
However, exports of gems and jewelleries contracted by 25.7 per cent to USD 2.6 billion.
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
