THE GROWTH ANALYSIS OF INDIA???S FOREIGN TRADE

Foreign trade recovered strongly in 2021-22 after the pandemic-induced slump of the previous year, with strong capital flows into India, leading to a rapid accumulation of foreign exchange reserves. The resilience of India’s foreign sector during the current year augurs well for growth revival in the economy. However, the downside risks of global liquidity tightening and continued volatility of global commodity prices, high freight costs, coupled with the fresh resurgence of COVID-19 with new variants may pose a challenge for India during 2022-23. Owing to the recovery of global demand coupled with revival in domestic activity, India’s merchandise exports and imports rebounded strongly and surpassed pre-COVID levels during the current financial year. The revival in exports was also helped by timely initiatives taken by Government. USA followed by UAE and China remained the top export destinations in April-November, 2021, while China, UAE and USA were the largest import sources for India. On the whole this book mainly concentrates on the growth analysis of India’s foreign trade.