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India's trade deficit widens to $11.64 billion in August

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Reuters NEW DELHI

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's trade deficit widened to $11.64 billion in August from a month ago, government data showed on Friday.

The trade shortfall was $11.45 billion in July.

Merchandise exports for August came in at $23.82 billion, up 10.29 percent year-on-year. Goods imports last month were of $35.46 billion, up 21.02 percent from a year ago.

(Reporting by Rajesh Kumar Singh; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)

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First Published: Sep 15 2017 | 6:39 PM IST

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