NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's merchandise exports shrank 17.53 percent in October from a year ago to $21.35 billion, government data showed on Monday, on weak global demand.
The trade deficit marginally narrowed to $9.77 billion last month from $10.48 billion in September, the data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed.
Imports fell 21.15 percent from a year earlier to $31.12 billion, the data showed.
(Reporting by Aditya Kalra; Editing by Malini Menon)
