India’s trade deficit rose 87.5 per cent to USD 192.41 billion in 2021-22 as in opposition to USD 102.63 billion in the earlier yr, the federal government data confirmed on Monday.
While complete exports throughout final fiscal yr elevated to a file excessive of USD 417.81 billion, imports too soared to USD 610.22 billion, leaving a trade hole of USD 192.41 billion.
“India’s merchandise import in April 2021-March 2022 was USD 610.22 billion, a rise of 54.71 per cent over USD 394.44 billion in April 2020-March 2021 and a rise of 28.55 per cent over USD 474.71 billion in April 2019-March 2020,” mentioned a launch by Ministry of Commerce and Industry.
The trade deficit in March 2022 was USD 18.69 billion, whereas it was USD 192.41 billion throughout complete 2021-22.
For the primary time, India’s month-to-month merchandise exports exceeded USD 40 billion, reaching USD 40.38 billion in March 2022, a rise of 14.53 per cent over USD 35.26 billion in the year-ago month, the discharge mentioned.
It was up by 87.89 per cent over USD 21.49 billion in March 2020.
The ministry mentioned the nation’s merchandise import final month stood at USD 59.07 billion, a rise of 20.79 per cent over USD 48.90 billion in the year-ago interval. It was up 87.68 per cent over USD 31.47 billion in March 2020.
During March 2022, the worth of non-petroleum exports stood at USD 33 billion, registering a progress of 4.28 per cent over USD 31.65 billion in the identical month a yr in the past.
Non-petroleum exports grew by 74 per cent from USD 18.97 billion in March 2020.
Non-petroleum import stood at USD 40.66 billion throughout March 2022, displaying an increase of 5.26 per cent over USD 38.63 billion in the year-ago month. It was up by 89.79 per cent from USD 21.42 billion in March 2020, confirmed the data from the ministry.
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