India Exports 80.75 Billion Dollars Worth Goods, Services in September

The Ministry of Commerce and Industry put out India trade figures for September 2026 on 15 October 2026. Exports of merchandise and services taken together came to 80.75 billion dollars, which is 10.99 per cent more than the same month a year earlier. Imports of the two together were 94.05 billion dollars, up by 8.19 per cent.

The month in figures

All values are in billion dollars. The overall trade gap for the month narrowed to 13.30 billion dollars from 14.17 billion dollars a year before. Services numbers for the month are an estimate, because the latest Reserve Bank release for the services sector covers August 2026.

The half year so far

For April to September of 2026-27, total exports are placed at 476.20 billion dollars, a growth of 13.84 per cent, while total imports are placed at 551.13 billion dollars, a growth of 15.68 per cent. Merchandise exports in these six months rose to 259.89 billion dollars from 219.30 billion dollars, an increase of 18.51 per cent, and merchandise imports rose to 437.53 billion dollars from 376.17 billion dollars. Services exports were 216.31 billion dollars against imports of 113.60 billion dollars, leaving a services surplus of 102.71 billion dollars.

Exports that leave out petroleum were worth 218.70 billion dollars in the half year, 15.56 per cent above the 189.26 billion dollars of a year earlier.

What pushed exports up

• Electronic goods jumped 70.44 per cent, from 3.11 billion dollars to 5.31 billion dollars
• Petroleum products rose 31.90 per cent, from 4.71 billion dollars to 6.22 billion dollars
• Organic and inorganic chemicals gained 24.21 per cent, from 2.37 billion dollars to 2.94 billion dollars
• Engineering goods added 20.91 per cent, from 10.06 billion dollars to 12.17 billion dollars

Among destinations, shipments to the United States, Singapore, Malaysia, Egypt and China grew the most in value terms during the month. On the import side, purchases of project goods, gold, silver and fertilisers fell compared with September 2025.