India’s Trade Deficit Widens in April as Import Bill Climbs

Shipping containers at the Jawaharlal Nehru Port in Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.Photographer: Abeer Khan/Bloomberg

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By Shruti Srivastava

May 15, 2026 at 9:01 AM UTC

Updated on

May 15, 2026 at 9:58 AM UTC

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India’s trade gap widened last month, as the Middle East conflict inflated import costs.