Export from India through Attari-Wagah border fell by 17 per cent in value terms and 30 per cent in volume during April till November in the current fiscal, citing recessionary pressure.
The overall export from India through Attari-Wagah route plummeted to Rs 830.47 crore during April to November period against export of Rs 996.35 crore in the last fiscal, showing a decline of whopping Rs 165.88 crore, as per the data by Customs Department.
Similarly, in terms of volume goods export from India also saw a major decline with export quantity sharply going down by 30 per cent to 3.42 lakh Metric Tonne in this period compared with export of 4.89 lakh MT.
India mainly exports soyabean, dyes, tyres, tubes, chemicals, spices, cardamom, red chillies through rail route while it also exports perishable commodities like onion, potato, tomato, garlic, livestock, cotton and maize through road route.
"Export from India has been hit because of overall recession that led to decline in demand for commodities from Pakistan," a senior official of Customs Department in Amritsar told PTI.
Notably, during 2008-09, total export from India posted a robust growth of 26 per cent to Rs 1,302.30 crore from Rs 1,033.40 crore in 2007-08 on the back of commencement of cross border movement of commercial trucks in 2007.