Sept Exports Fall Once Again

A. Exports (including re-exports)

Exports during September, 2014 were valued at US $28.90bn (Rs.1.76 lakh crore) which was 2.73 per cent higher over the same month last year. Cumulative value of exports for the period April-September 2014-15 was US $163bn (Rs 9.86 lakh crore) as against US $ 153754.85 million (Rs 910882.94 crore) registering a growth of 6.47 per cent in Dollar terms and growth of 8.20 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

B. Imports

Imports during September, 2014 were valued at US $43.13bn (Rs.2.62 lakh crore) representing a growth of 25.96 per cent in Dollar terms and a growth of 20.25 per cent in Rupee terms over the level of imports valued in September, 2013. Cumulative value of imports for the period April-September 2014-15 was US $234bn a growth of 1.57 per cent in Dollar terms and growth of 3.96 per cent in Rupee terms over the same period last year.

C. Crude Oil and Non-Oil Imports

Oil imports during September, 2014 were valued at US $14.5bn which was 9.7 per cent higher than imports in the corresponding period last year.

Non-oil imports during September, 2014 were estimated at US $28.65bn which was 36.2 per cent higher than non-oil imports of US $21.04bn in September, 2013.

Exports & Imports (Merchandise): (US $ Million)

(Provisional)
	September	April-September
Exports (including re-exports)
2013-14	28135.90	153754.85
2014-15	28903.28	163701.40
%Growth2014-15/2013-14	2.73	6.47
Imports
2013-14	34258.24	230479.32
2014-15	43150.70	234099.98
%Growth 2014-15/2013-14	25.96	1.57
Trade Balance
2013-14	-6122.34	-76724.47
2014-15	-14247.42	-70398.58

India’s Export and Import in 2014-2015

				(US$mn)
Month	Export	Growth	Import	Growth
March	29,578.43		40,085.76
April	25,634.08	-13.33	35,720.03	-10.89
May	27,998.50	9.22	39,233.24	9.84
June	26,479.72	-5.42	38,242.96	-2.52
July	27,727.60	4.71	39,956.23	4.48
August	26,958.22	-2.77	37,796.82	-5.40
September	28,903.28	7.22	43,150.70	14.16