India's exports likely to get a boost as WTO raises trade outlook

India’s export growth prospects are likely to get a boost from the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) latest report that now sees a brighter global merchandise trade outlook for 2021 compared to its earlier projections. 

India’s exports to its top trading partners such as the US, European Union, nations in West Asia, among others, are expected to rise. Exports data during the first six months of the current fiscal year is emblematic of the fact that external demand has been robust.

Exports from India have been rising consistently over the last few quarters, after plummeting for a few months as the outbreak of