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April Trade Deficit
The country's exports in April rose by 13.78 per cent to USD 43.56 billion despite global challenges, Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agrawal said on Friday. Imports grew 10 per cent year-on-year to USD 71.94 billion in April. Trade deficit during the month stood at USD 28.38 billion. Agrawal said India's exports to West Asia declined 28 per cent to USD 4.16 billion last month as against USD 5.78 billion in April 2025. Imports from the region dipped 31.64 per cent to USD 10.47 billion in April from USD 15.32 billion in the year-ago period.
The country's exports have shown a healthy increase during the first three weeks of April so far despite challenges due to the ongoing West Asia crisis, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday. He added that the consignments to West Asia are going through different routes because the Strait of Hormuz is "still a challenge". Goyal also said that free trade agreements finalised by India would give a huge boost to the domestic industry. "There is an increase in exports during the first three weeks of April as compared to the same period of last April... Despite the war in West Asia, there is tremendous enthusiasm among domestic exporters," Goyal told reporters here. The trade data for April will be released by the commerce ministry on May 15. Exports posted the steepest fall in five months, declining by 7.44 per cent in March to USD 38.92 billion due to trade uncertainty and geopolitical tensions, with shipments to West Asia contracting by more than 50 per cent