Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has said that India's exports have recorded healthy growth in May and remained in the positive zone in June and the first quarter of the current fiscal despite global challenges. He also said that growth in the services sector is helping the country's outbound shipments to register positive growth rates.
He stated ‘In May, exports were positive, the figure for June is also positive. The first quarter is also in the positive territory.’ He added that the services sector has received a boost from the government's Digital India mission. He noted the roll-out of 4G and 5G in the country too is helping the services exports of India.
India's merchandise exports rose 9.1 per cent to $ 38.13 billion in May. During April-May this fiscal, the outbound shipments grew by 5.1 per cent to $ 73.12 billion. He said ‘Despite the ongoing two wars (Russia-Ukraine and Israel-Hamas), the Red Sea crisis, and container shortage issues, our exports are in a positive zone. One more advantage that we have is the fast pace growth in the services exports.’
Last month, he stated that India's goods and services exports are expected to cross $ 800 billion this fiscal despite global challenges. In 2023-24, the shipments stood at $ 778.2 billion (goods $ 437.1 billion and services $ 341 billion).