{"id":16023,"date":"2025-12-18T10:19:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:19:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/?p=16023"},"modified":"2025-12-18T10:19:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T10:19:15","slug":"india-merchandise-exports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/india-merchandise-exports\/","title":{"rendered":"November&#8217;s Merchandise Exports up 19%, dragging Trade Deficit to 5-month Low"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_87 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\"><p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\"><\/p>\n<\/div><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/india-merchandise-exports\/#Factors_Behind_Narrowing_Trade_Deficit\" >Factors Behind Narrowing Trade Deficit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/india-merchandise-exports\/#How_are_Tariff_Risks_affecting_the_Numbers\" >How are Tariff Risks affecting the Numbers?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/india-merchandise-exports\/#Trade_Deficit_Narrowed_%E2%80%93_But_Rupee_is_Falling_%E2%80%93_How\" >Trade Deficit Narrowed \u2013 But Rupee is Falling \u2013 How?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/india-merchandise-exports\/#Trade_Outlook\" >Trade Outlook &nbsp;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/shoonya.com\/blog\/latest-news\/\">News<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\"><strong>November&#8217;s Merchandise Exports up 19%, dragging Trade Deficit to 5-month Low<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The month of November 2025 proved to be a comeback month for <strong>Indian merchandise exports<\/strong>. While in October 2025, the exports contracted, widening the <strong>India trade deficit<\/strong>, this November\u2019s <strong>merchandise exports<\/strong> again narrowed down the trade deficit, by expanding 19.37% YoY, rising to $38.13 billion. It is not only that the exports surged, but the narrowing trade deficit is also a result of the decrease in imports, which reduced by 1.88% during November to $62.66 billion, dragging India\u2019s total <strong>trade deficit <\/strong>to % 24.53% billion, which is the least recorded in the last five months. This is a massive improvement from the whopping $41.68 billion trade deficit recorded in October 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-factors-behind-narrowing-trade-deficit\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Factors_Behind_Narrowing_Trade_Deficit\"><\/span>Factors Behind Narrowing Trade Deficit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Electronics exports played a pivotal role in the declining trade deficit, as they increased by 39%. The increase in the exports of electronics goods surged mainly due to global demand and production-linked incentives. Apart from electronics, engineering goods, and gems &amp; jewellery exports also witnessed a significant rise, mostly in double-digits.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coming to the declining imports, gold imports fell drastically by 59% in November, which has been another crucial factor in reducing the trade gap. Apart from gold, coal imports were slow, as well as those of crude oil.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since April 2025, the total exports until November increased by 2.62% to $292.07 billion; however, imports surged at a great pace at 5.59% to $515.21 billion, stretching the trade gap to $223.14 billion. The November increase in exports came as a rescue to the ever-widening <strong>India\u2019s<\/strong> <strong>trade deficit<\/strong>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-how-are-tariff-risks-affecting-the-numbers\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_are_Tariff_Risks_affecting_the_Numbers\"><\/span>How are Tariff Risks affecting the Numbers?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Even though there are new tariff impositions on many Indian goods, even up to 50% on certain goods, but still then the US remains the top-most destination for India to export its goods and services. Apart from the US, the other destinations for significant exports include the UAE, China, the Netherlands, and the UK. One shift that has been taking over the <strong>Indian merchandise exports <\/strong>space is that the exporters are now trying to diversify their exports more towards Asia and Europe-based clients. This is to shield their businesses from the tariff warfare.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trade-deficit-narrowed-but-rupee-is-falling-how\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trade_Deficit_Narrowed_%E2%80%93_But_Rupee_is_Falling_%E2%80%93_How\"><\/span>Trade Deficit Narrowed \u2013 But Rupee is Falling \u2013 How?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You must be thinking that if India\u2019s trade deficit is narrowing down, then how come the Indian currency is still weakening? Rupee touched its all-time low at \u20b991 for one US dollar, which is the worst in history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As per analysts, this is due to capital account pressures, which are again owing to lower f<strong>oreign inflows<\/strong> in the investment space, then the RBI\u2019s forward book unwinding, and the global scenario and market sentiment. The trade fundamentals are not much influencing the Rupee valuation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As per experts, this declining Rupee might continue for the near term, even when the current account deficit is expected to go below 1% in the coming quarter.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-trade-outlook-nbsp\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trade_Outlook\"><\/span>Trade Outlook &nbsp;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Finally, coming to the outlook for the upcoming quarter, Analysts and experts suggest that the exports will hold on for the fourth quarter of FY26, again driven mainly by electronics, <strong>gems and jewellery<\/strong> <strong>exports,<\/strong> and engineering products.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the imports side, experts suggest that if gold and oil prices remain stable, then the imports might remain stable within and the overall Trade deficit to remain within $25 billion and $28 billion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the <strong>tariff uncertainty<\/strong> is still looming, along with uncertainty in the market dynamics and commodity prices. 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