India's trade deficit narrows to $13.83 billion in November: trade ministry

[December 15, 2017]  NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's trade deficit narrowed to $13.83 billion from $14.02 billion in the previous month, government data showed on Friday.

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Merchandise exports for November rose 30.55 percent from a year ago to $26.20 billion.

Goods imports last month were $40.02 billion, a gain of 19.61 percent from a year ago, data from the commerce and industry ministry showed.

(Reporting by Manoj Kumar; Editing by Malini Menon)

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