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TopicIndia exports

Topic: India exports

India’s petroleum product exports fall 16% amid Hormuz crisis, but earnings rise due to higher prices

Stronger domestic demand, disruptions to trade routes from the ongoing US-Iran war and sanctions are reshaping India's export market.

India’s China trade deficit is now structural. Electronics goods deficit doubled to $43 bn since 2019

China accounted for 80 percent or more of India’s imports across 636 tariff lines in FY26, up from 461 in FY19, making the neighbour key to the Indian economy, notes a Koan Advisory report.

GrapeNet to US tariffs—India can win the export race by making compliance easy

Two decades ago, grape producers in the Nashik region faced challenges as their produce was held up at ports due to European threats of...

Piyush Goyal says India is on track for $1 trillion exports. FTA kite has a string problem

India-UK CETA promises duty-free access from 15 July, but the determining factor is procedural, rather than a high-level meeting.

India’s refined petroleum product exports hit 3-yr low as refiners turn inward amid West Asia conflict

Exports fell to 9.25 lakh bpd in May, lowest since Oct 2022, amid refinery maintenance, higher domestic output & export levies on diesel & ATF, says trade data intelligence Kpler.

37 statutory bodies stand between India’s exporters and buyers. Dismantle them

To hit aggressive $2 trillion trade targets, India needs to dismantle outdated trade councils and trust raw market competition.

India on an FTA signing spree, but limited utilisation & widening trade deficits temper gains

India has signed several free trade agreements in the last 5 yrs, but they are yet to be utilised to the extent expected.

On Camera

Ukraine’s Starlink troubles show why military communications need sovereign control

Starlink’s recent controversy over its proposed entry into India makes this more than a theoretical concern, even though there is no direct military component involved.

Indian IT stocks poised to beat global AI peers by most in decades

The latest survey of chief information officers globally showed stable growth in 2027. Software stocks are now the cheapest they have been since the pandemic year.

IAF to get first dedicated communications satellite GSAT-7C, to be operational by 2030

GSAT-7C will form part of a military communications network linking satellite infrastructure, ground hubs and software-defined radios (SDRs).

Modi at 25 is staring at a cascade of crises. A perfect storm is building

Multiple headwinds make the turbulence Modi is battling as he steps into his 26th year in public office. This has brought the 3-point Modi proposition under the greatest pressure since 2014.