India’s Trade Deficit Widens

From June to October, India’s trade deficit has widened, the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics, part of the Ministry of Commerce, reported.

Exports in October totaled $23.2 billion, and imports were $44.2 billion, leaving a deficit of $21 billion, a 16 percent increase compared to September.

The current account deficit from 2011 to 2012 is $78.2 billion, or 4.2 percent of gross domestic product, compared with the previous year’s $45.9 billion, or 2.7 percent of GDP.

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