Exports grow by 17.86 per cent in October

India's exports grew by 17.86 per cent to 26.98 billion dollar in October this year. 

Commerce Ministry, in the release, said, India's exports stood at 22.89 billion dollar in October last year. 

The sectors which recorded healthy growth includes petroleum, engineering, chemicals, pharma and gems and jewellery



sector. 

During the April-October period of the current fiscal, exports grew by 13.27 per cent to 191 billion dollar.

The Ministry said, imports during October also rose by 17.62 per cent to over 44 billion dollar. Oil imports in October increased by 52.64 per cent and electronics goods by 31 per cent.