Business Recorder - News https://www.brecorder.com/ Business Recorder en-Us Copyright 2026 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:33:46 +0500 Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:33:46 +0500 60 India's Jan exports up 32.5 pct https://www.brecorder.com/news/2726/indias-jan-exports-up-325-pct <p class="MsoNormal"><img style="margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; float: left;" src="https://i.brecorder.com/images/stories/Indian-Exports_400.jpg" height="251" width="400" />NEW DELHI: India's exports in January provisionally rose an annual 32.5 percent to $20.6 billion, the trade secretary said on Saturday, adding he saw exports for the year to March at more than $220 billion, slightly higher than the government's $200 billion target.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">But the trade deficit in January widened to $8 billion, after hitting a three-year low of $2.6 billion in December, and has reached $89 billion for the April-January period.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">"On the whole, the export performance is pretty good and it is expected to cross $200 billion in February 2011 and it will cross $220 billion during this fiscal," Rahul Khullar said in a statement.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">India's fiscal year begins in April and ends in March.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">The April-January exports rose an annual 29.4 percent to $184.6 billion, while imports for the period provisionally grew 17.6 percent to $273.6 billion. Imports in January were at $28.6 billion.</p> <p><center><b><i>Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011</i></b></center></p> NEW DELHI: India's exports in January provisionally rose an annual 32.5 percent to $20.6 billion, the trade secretary said on Saturday, adding he saw exports for the year to March at more than $220 billion, slightly higher than the government's $200 billion target.

But the trade deficit in January widened to $8 billion, after hitting a three-year low of $2.6 billion in December, and has reached $89 billion for the April-January period.

"On the whole, the export performance is pretty good and it is expected to cross $200 billion in February 2011 and it will cross $220 billion during this fiscal," Rahul Khullar said in a statement.

India's fiscal year begins in April and ends in March.

The April-January exports rose an annual 29.4 percent to $184.6 billion, while imports for the period provisionally grew 17.6 percent to $273.6 billion. Imports in January were at $28.6 billion.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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