India's Feb trade deficit falls to $8.13 billion

Updated: Tuesday, March 11, 2014, 14:38 [IST]

The trade deficit for the month of Feb has fallen to $8.13 billion, as against $9.92 billion, month on month. The Feb deficit is now the lowest since September 2009.

Prime reason for the fall was the sharp fall in imports, particularly non oil imports. Non oil imports fell to $24.5 billion. Exports on the other hand also saw a slowdown to $25.68 billion, as against $26.75 billion.

Today's fall in the trade deficit is likely to augur well for the current account deficit which is likely to fall further.

What is Trade deficit?

Trade deficit is an economic indicator accounting for an increase in the imports of an economy when compared to its exports in monetary terms. Read more on trade deficit here

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