EXPORTS (including re-exports)

            India’s exports during March, 2011 were valued at US $ 29134.89 million (Rs. 131081.97 crore) which was 43.8 per cent higher in Dollar terms (42.2 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 20254.14 million (Rs. 92149.26 crore) during March, 2010. Cumulative value of exports for the period April-March 2010 -11 was US $ 245868.29  million (Rs 1118822.85 crore) as against US $ 178751.41 million (Rs. 845533.62 crore) registering a  growth of 37.5 per cent in Dollar terms and 32.3 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

                                                                                                                  

 IMPORT

            India’s imports during March, 2011 were valued at US $ 34743.08 million (Rs.156314.00 crore) representing a growth of 17.2 per cent in Dollar terms (15.9 per cent in Rupee terms)  over the level of imports valued at US $ 29626.87 million ( Rs. 134791.91 crore) in March, 2010. Cumulative value of imports for the period April-March, 2010-11 was US $ 350694.97 million (Rs. 1596869.37 crore) as against US $ 288372.87 million
(Rs. 1363735.55 crore) registering a growth of 21.6 per cent in Dollar terms and 17.1 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

 

 CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS:                

            Oil imports during March, 2011 were valued at US $ 9438.6 million which was 8.2  per cent higher than oil imports valued at US $  8721.6 million in the corresponding period last year.   Oil imports during April-March, 2010-11 were valued at US$ 101689.2 million which was 16.7 per cent higher than the oil imports of US $ 87135.9 million in the corresponding period last year.

           Non-oil imports during March, 2011 were estimated at US $ 25304.5 million which was 21.0 per cent higher than non-oil imports of US $ 20905.3 million inMarch, 2010.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Non-oil imports during April - March, 2010-11 were valued at US$ 249005.7 million which was 23.7 per cent higher than the level of such imports valued at US$ 201236.9 million in April - March, 2009-10.

                                   

TRADE BALANCE

            The trade deficit for April - March, 2010-11 was estimated at US $ 104826.68 million which was lower than the deficit of US $ 109621.46 million during April -March, 2009-10. 

EXPORTS & IMPORTS  : (US $ Million)
(PROVISIONAL)
	MARCH	APRIL-MARCH
EXPORTS(including re-exports)
2009-10	20254.14	178751.41
2010-11	29134.89	245868.29
%Growth2010-11/ 2009-2010	43.85	37.55
IMPORTS
2009-10	29626.87	288372.87
2010-11	34743.08	350694.97
%Growth2010-11/ 2009-2010	17.27	21.61
TRADE BALANCE
2009-2010	-9372.73	-109621.46
2010-11	-5608.19	-104826.68
EXPORTS & IMPORTS  : (Rs. Crore)
(PROVISIONAL)	MARCH	APRIL-MARCH
EXPORTS(including re-exports)
2009-10	92149.26	845533.62
2010-11	131081.97	1118822.85
%Growth2010-11/ 2009-2010	42.25	32.32
IMPORTS
2009-10	134791.91	1363735.55
2010-11	156314.00	1596869.37
%Growth2010-11/ 2009-2010	15.97	17.10
TRADE BALANCE
2009-2010	-42642.65	-518201.93
2010-11	-25232.03	-478046.52

 

DS/GK

 

Export growth outpaced import growth, narrowing the cumulative trade deficit and highlighting stronger export performance year on year. Exports rose substantially year on year in March 2011 and for April-March 2010-11, while imports increased at lower rates; provisional Dollar and Rupee aggregates and percentage growths are provided. Oil and non oil imports both increased, with non oil imports showing higher percentage growth; overall, the cumulative trade deficit for April-March 2010-11 narrowed compared with the prior year.