The Government has said that India’s merchandise exports to the United States rose to around 51 billion dollars during April-September this year, despite tariff-related disruptions. According to the data released by the Commerce and Industry Ministry, exports to the US were 45.73 billion dollars in the corresponding period last year.

 

Commerce Secretary Rajesh Agarwal said that negotiations for the proposed India-US trade agreement are moving in the right direction with both countries working towards concluding the deal at the earliest. The Commerce Secretary said that the growth is supported by higher shipments of electronic goods, petroleum products, engineering goods, chemicals and agricultural products. 

 

The Commerce and Industry Ministry said in a statement that India’s total exports for September 2026 are estimated at 80.75 billion dollars, registering a positive growth of 10.99 percent as compared to September 2025. Total imports for September 2026 are around 94 billion dollars, which is a growth of 8.19 percent vis-à-vis September 2025.

 

Meanwhile, India’s total exports during April-September 2026-27 are estimated at 476.20 billion dollars, registering a positive growth of 13.84 percent. Total imports during April-September 2026-27 are estimated at 551.13 billion dollars, which is a growth of 15.68 percent. 

 

Merchandise exports during September this year were 44.40 billion dollars as compared to 36.08 billion dollars in September last year. Merchandise imports during September this year were 74.61 billion dollars as compared to 69.08 billion dollars in September last year.