India’s June Exports Witnessed Around 50% Jump To $33 Billion In June; Trade Deficit At $9.37 Billion

According to the latest official data as of July 15th, India’s merchandise exports have recorded exceptional growth in June by 48.34%  to $32.5 billion, for seven consecutive months but meanwhile, the excessive imports caused trade deficiency at $9.37 billion. According to the data, the favorable export growth is driven by the sound development of shipment across various industries including petroleum goods, gems & jewelry, and chemicals, etc.

Talking about last year's exports in June, they decreased to $22 billion compared to $25 billion in June 2019. In May 2021, the outward shipments increased from $31 billion to $32.27 billion compared to April this year as per the data released by the Commerce Ministry.

When it comes to imports in June, it excessively increased by 98.31% to $41.87 billion along with a trade deficiency of $9.37 billion as against a trading profit of  $0.79 billion in June last year.

During April-June 2021, the exports were valued at 85.88 percent to $95.39 billion while imports rose to $126.15 billion during the initial three months of the fiscal as against $60.44 billion in a similar period last year, according to the data.

The trade imbalance during the quarter was valued at $30.75 billion against $9.12 billion during April-June 2020 while the imbalance during June rose as compared to May which was valued at $6.28 billion.

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The oil imports in June were recorded at $10.68 billion, which were 116.51% higher in comparison to $4.93 billion in June 2020. During April-June 2021, the imports were recorded at $31 billion as against $13.08 billion during the similar quarter previous fiscal.

Moreover, according to the data, the overall exports of India consisting of goods & services combined in April-June 2021 are assessed to be $147.64 billion, displaying a positive development of 50.24 percent over a similar period last year.

When it comes to gold imports in June, they rose by around 60% to about $970 million.

Remarking on the information, the Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO) President A Sakthivel said that today’s need is to immediately get an idea of RoDTEP rates to further eliminate vulnerability from the areas of trade and industry. According to ICRA Chief Economist Aditi Nayar, with flooding exports and generally curbed gold imports in May-June 2021 is affecting the collected trade deficiency to a three-quarter low $31 billion in Q1 FY'2022, "we anticipate that the current account should return to a little excess in that quarter".

She further added, “Following the successive recuperation demonstrated by most high recurrence factors non-oil non-gold imports increased in June 2021, highlighting a lift in demand with the slow unlocking as well as the increased commodity prices.”

According to A Sakthivel, president at the Federation of Indian Export Organisations, “As general worldwide demand remained floating, the partial lockdowns in various parts of the nation had compelled factories operating at 50% strength. However, with a decrease in the daily cases of Covid-19 infections and restructuring of the global economy, India is now seeking to accomplish a high level of exports for the financial year.”

He further added, “With such a development design displayed by the export area, the country's economic recuperation will probably be driven by exports, particularly from micro, small and medium enterprises.”