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Export sectors which did well during the eight months period include pharma, which grew by 15%, rice (39%), and iron ore (62%)

Exports during April-October 2020-21 stood at $150.07 billion, registering a decline of 19.05 per cent over the same period last year

Silver imports during April-September 2020 too dipped 63.4 per cent to USD 733.57 million (about Rs 5,543 crore).

Apparel Export Promotion Council (AEPC) Chairman A Sakthivel said apparel exports rose for the first time this fiscal in September and the steep recovery from 90 per cent fall in April

Positive growth was recorded in export of groundnut (35 per cent), refined sugar (104 per cent), wheat (206 per cent), basmati rice (13 per cent) and non-basmati rice (105 per cent)

The trade deficit during the month under review narrowed to $2.91 billion as against $11.67 billion in the same period of 2019