- SOURCE: EquityPandit.com | Written by
Abhishek Parakh on April 14, 2009 at 12:19 pm
India's exports fell 31 percent lower from previous year, said G.K. Pillai (Trade Secretary). He also said "March exports, we have only the provisional estimates...It is just under $12 billion".
This is for a sixth straight month according to the latest provisional estimate for March, and are likely to extend the fall till September before recovering, the trade secretary said on Monday.
Recession in developed economies crimped demand for Indian goods and export growth slowed to 7.3 per cent in April-February to $156.6 billion from a year earlier, sharply lower from close to 20 per cent seen in 2007/08.
"This negative growth will continue up till September... Then, you will ...