India’s Foreign Trade: April, 2014

EXPORTS (including re-exports)

Exports during April, 2014 were valued at US $ 25634.08 million (Rs.154718.60 crore) which was 5.26 per cent higher in Dollar terms (16.83 per cent higher in Rupee terms) than the level of US $ 24353.77 million (Rs. 132425.33 crore) during April, 2013.

IMPORTS

Imports during April, 2014 were valued at US $ 35720.03 million (Rs.215593.93 crore) representing a negative growth of 15 per cent in Dollar terms and  negative growth of 5.66 per cent in Rupee terms  over the level of imports valued at US $ 42025.87 million (Rs. 228518.59 crore) in April, 2013.

CRUDE OIL AND NON-OIL IMPORTS:          

Oil imports during April, 2014 were valued at US $ 12977.8 million which was 0.6  per cent lower than oil imports valued at US $  13053.5 million in the corresponding period last year.

Non-oil imports during April, 2014 were estimated at US $ 22742.2 million which was 21.5 per cent lower than non-oil imports of US $ 28972.4 million in April, 2013.

TRADE BALANCE

The trade deficit for April, 2014 was estimated at US $ 10085.95 million which was lower than the deficit of US $ 17672.10 million during April, 2013.

Quick Estimates For Selected Major Commodities For April, 2014