<h1>Trade balance widening as imports outpace exports, indicating a larger trade deficit in April compared with previous year.</h1> Exports rose modestly year on year in April 2013 while imports grew substantially faster, resulting in a larger provisional trade deficit for April 2013 than April 2012. Provisional figures compare export and import values and percentage growth in both US dollars and rupees, and show crude oil imports increasing moderately while non oil imports expanded at a significantly higher rate, contributing to overall import growth and the widened deficit.