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Government of India
Ministry of Commerce & Industry

01-June-2011 10:45 IST

India’s Foreign Trade: April, 2011

EXPORTS (including re-exports) 

             India’s Exports during April, 2011 were valued at US $ 23849.32 million (Rs. 105819.43 crore) which was 34.42 cent higher in Dollar terms (34.03 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 17742.13 million (Rs. 78951.58 crore) during April, 2010.                                                                                                                  

IMPORTS 

            India’s Imports during April, 2011 were valued at US $ 32834.36 million (Rs.145686.06 crore) representing a growth of 14.13 per cent in Dollar terms (13.79 per cent in Rupee terms)  over the level of imports valued at US $ 28770.06 million ( Rs. 128025.31 crore) in April, 2010. 

CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS:                             

            Oil imports during April, 2011 were valued at US $ 10185.9 million which was 7.7  per cent higher than oil imports valued at US $  9454.0 million in the corresponding period last year.   

           Non-oil imports during April, 2011 were estimated at US $ 22648.4 million which was 17.3 per cent higher than non-oil imports of US $ 19316.0 million in April, 2010.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             TRADE BALANCE 

            The trade deficit for April 2011 was estimated at US $ 8985.0 million which was lower than the deficit of US $ 11027.9 million during April 2010.                                                                                                                                                    

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