Exports of engineering goods to Russia jumped 11 times in April this year to USD 133.6 million as compared to year-ago month while the US and China markets continued to soften, the engineering export promotion council said on Saturday. Engineering exports to the CIS country were USD 11.7 million in April 2022. The value of engineering exports to the US was USD 1.4 billion in April 2023, down 24.9 per cent compared to USD 1.86 billion in the year-ago month. Shipments to China too continued with the declining trend and fell 15.5 per cent to USD 183.3 million in April 2023 as compared to USD 216.9 million in the same month last year. However, exports to Oman more than doubled during the month to USD 153.9 million over the corresponding month of April 2022. Out of 25 top destinations for Indian engineering goods, as many as 15 saw positive year-on-year growth during the month under review while 10 countries witnessed a regrowth. The top 25 countries, including the US, Germany, the UK
The decline was a direct result of depressed global demand, especially in the metals sector
EEPC chairman also stated that volatility in commodity prices, supply chain disruptions and a possible change in world political order would certainly have an impact on trade and the economy.
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Robust demand from key markets, rally in commodity prices help bring buoyancy
India's engineering goods exports continued the uptrend and posted a 52.61 per cent increase in June 2021 over the same period last year
India's exports grew by 52.39% to USD 7.71 billion during first week of this month on account of healthy growth in shipments in sectors including engineering, gems and jewellery and petroleum products
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Exports of engineering goods declined over18 per cent to $26 billion in the April- August period of the current fiscal, EEPC India said on Monday
In September 2019, shipment of Indian engineering products stood at USD 6.36 billion as against USD 6.77 billion in the same month last fiscal.
This is expected to drag down the overall export growth of the country as the engineering sector remains a major foreign exchange earner
Shipments of goods have gone up significantly to $146.42 million in April
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