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Dec merchandise exports fall for 13th month

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Reuters NEW DELHI
Last Updated : Jan 18 2016 | 10:28 AM IST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's merchandise exports in December shrank for a 13th straight month, falling 14.75 percent from a year earlier, government data showed on Monday.

The trade deficit for December came in at $11.66 billion compared with a provisional $9.8 billion a month ago, the data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed.

Imports fell 3.88 percent from a year earlier to $33.96 billion.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Krishna N. Das)

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