Page 11 - Trade Deficit

Trade deficit narrows to 7-month low of $8.98 bn in Sept; exports rise 26%

The deficit was $11.64 billion in August

Trade deficit may narrow to $10.3 bn in Aug from $11.5 bn: Morgan Stanley

Cumulative export during April-July of 2017-18 rose by 8.91 per cent to $94.75 billion

Led by gold imports, May trade deficit jumps to 30-month high

New Delhi, 15 JuneExports for the month of May went up 8.3 per cent year-on-year, a ninth straight month of growth. However, the rate of rise was still lower than April, when exports grew 19.4 per cent. The combined trade deficit for April and May, first two months of 2017-18, jumped a staggering 143 per cent year-on-year, showed data issued by the commerce ministry on Thursday.Imports for May grew 33 per cent; for April-May combined, they grew 40 per cent. Total imports rose mainly on the back of petroleum products, gold and electronic goods, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, and machinery. Gold imports for May grew 237 per cent.Outbound trade was $24 billion, compared with $22.2 bn for the same period last year. Imports were $37.9 bn for May, compared with $28.4 bn in May last year. The trade deficit for May was $13.8 bn, compared with $6.3 bn for the same period last year. The April-May deficit was $27.1 bn, compared with $11.1 bn in April-May 2016."While the growth of ...

Trade deficit widens to 30-month high in May at $13.8 bn

Merchandise exports for May came in at $24.01 bn, up 8.32% from a year ago

T N Ninan: Addressing the deficit

More effective promotion of domestic manufacturing, mining can reduce trade deficit in key sectors

Exports jump 28% in March; trade deficit swells to 4-month high of $10.4 bn

However, at $274 bn, exports fail to exceed $300 bn in FY17 for second year in a row

Trade deficit widens to four-month high of $10.4 bn in March

Imports surged 45.25% on year to $39.67 bn

Trade deficit with China at $46.7 bn in Apr-Feb: Govt

Overall trade with China during the 11-month period decreased marginally by 0.87% to $64.57 billion

Exports jump 17.5% to $24.5 bn in February

Feb trade deficit narrows to $8.9 bn as against $9.84 bn in Jan

Trade deficit narrows to $9.8 billion in January

Exports grew 4.3% to $22.12 bn while imports rose at highest pace in more than two years to $31.9 bn

Trade deficit may be in range of $100-110 bn by March-end: Report

Exports were marginally in the positive territory in the first 9 months of the fiscal 2016-17 while imports continue to decline by around 7 per cent

Merchandise exports grew 5.72% to $23.88 billion in December

India's trade deficit narrowed to $10.37 billion

US trade deficit climbs to $45.2 billion in November

President-elect Donald Trump made America's large trade deficits a central part of his campaign

India's trade deficit with China increases to $53 bn in FY16

Nirmala Sitharaman said that efforts are being made to increase overall exports

Trade deficit widens to $10.16 billion in October

Merchandise exports grew 9.6% to $23.5 bn in October, while imports expanded 8.1% to $33.67 bn

India's trade deficit with China jumps to $53 bn in 2015-16

Exports to China are ore, slag or ash, iron and steel, tin, raw hides, leather, plastics and cotton

Merchandise exports up after 18 months in June

Exports rose 1.3 per cent to $22.57 bn, against $22.28 bn in the corresponding month a year ago

Trade deficit narrows for fourth straight month in April

Plunging oil, gold imports trim trade deficit to $4.84 billion -- its lowest level in 5 years

India has trade deficit with 27 countries for last 3 years: Nirmala Sitharaman

She said India mostly runs a deficit with those countries from which high-demand commodities are sourced

March trade deficit narrows, annual exports lowest in 5 years

India's exports account for just 1.7% of world trade, compared with nearly 12% of China