Predominantly digital exports fuel India's services trade, shows data

Segment accounts for over 15 per cent of total goods and services exports for India, others

The share of exports which are predominantly delivered through digital means has been rising during the pandemic.

They rose from accounting for 26.4 per cent of exports in 2019 to 28.6 per cent in 2022 in India, shows data from a joint World Bank and World Trade Organisation report released on Monday entitled, ‘Trade in Services for Development’.


 

These exports include information and communications technologies (ICT), finance and other business services, according to the report.

“Export growth in less traditional services has helped to diversify the export baskets of many developing economies…. for a number of developing economies,