India’s merchandise exports rise 15% to over $25 billion in Aug 1-21

Merchandise exports for August 1-21 are estimated to have risen by fifteen percent. This growth brings the total exports for April through August past two hundred billion dollars. In July, India's exports increased by nearly twenty percent, reaching forty-four point two four billion. The trade deficit widened to thirty-one point nine eight billion dollars in July. Exports for April to July jumped seventeen percent, while imports climbed nineteen percent.