The value of overseas shipments rose 1.27 percent to $22.57 billion compared with a year earlier, while imports slid 7.33 percent to $30.69 billion, leaving a $8.12 billion trade deficit, the data showed.
India's merchandise exports contracted 15.8 percent to $261 billion in the 2015/16 fiscal year ending March, down from $310 billion in the previous year.