India's trade deficit jumped to $11.23 billion in May even though exports witnessed strongest growth in 6 months.
Trade deficit, the difference between earnings from exports and outflow on account of imports, rose to $11.23 billion in May, from $10.09 billion in the previous month.
It was however lower than $19.37 billion in May 2013.
Exports grew by 12.4 per cent in May to $28 billion, whereas imports dipped by 11.4 per cent at $39.23
billion.
The export figures in May are ‘encouraging’, Commerce Secretary Rajeev Kher told reporters in New Delhi. In April-May, first two months of the 2014-15 fiscal, exports grew by 8.87 per cent to $53.63 billion.
Imports during the period dipped by 13.16 per cent to $74.95 billion.
Gold imports in May dipped by 72 per cent to $2.19 billion, as against $7.7 billion in May 2013.
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India's trade deficit jumped to $11.23 billion in May even though exports witnessed strongest growth in 6 months.