February 2026

Engineering exports recorded more than 10% growth in January 2026 after registering marginal growth last month

Therefore, the FTAs with UAE and Australia can be deemed effective
In fact, March 2024 recorded positive Y-o-Y growth for almost all regions including North America, EU, WANA, ASEAN, NE ASIA, CIS and South Asia
The revival in exports to Europe despite the logistics issues including the Red Sea Crisis is 
a positive observation from the present data
The decline in cumulative engineering exports to our neighbouring countries was mainly due to forex shortages and liquidity crunch
Decline in exports was also noticed in Latin America and Oceania regions in March 2024
The decline in Latin America can be attributed to high transportation cost and high tariff structure faced by India due to lack of any comprehensive trade agreement
Overall although Indian engineering exports failed to achieve the government set target of USD 122.8 billion in FY 2023-24, it performed well given the weak global trade trends, dwindling demand, forex crisis and geopolitical conflicts
According to the Quick Estimates of Department of Commerce, Government of India, share of engineering exports in India’s total merchandise exports during fiscal 2023-24 increased to 25.01 percent from 23.73 percent in 2022-23.

Monthly Trend

Highlights

Product Panels

Impact of Exchange Rate

Conclude

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February-2026 engineering exports hit peak growth for fiscal 2023-2024

Trade Flow	Export figures(in $ billion)				Growth (%)
	Mar-2025	Mar-2026	Apr-Mar 2022-23	Apr-Mar 2023-24	Mar-2026 over Mar-2025	Apr-Mar 2022-23 over Apr-Mar 2023-24
							Engineering exports	9.17	10.36	105.94	111.49	12.90%	5.25%
							Overall merchandise exports	36.91	36.61	395.66	402.93	-0.82%	1.84%
Share of engineering (%)	24.86%	28.30%	26.77%	27.67%	---	---
Service Exports	31.65	39.53	351.93	387.93	24.90%	10.23%

Source : Compiled from data by DGCI&S and Quick Estimates published by the Government of India.

Engineering Exports: Monthly Trend

The monthly engineering figures for 2023-24 vis-à-vis 2022-23 are shown below as per the latest DGCI&S estimates:

Table 1: Engineering Exports: Monthly Trend in 2023-24

US$ million

Month	2022-23	2023-24	Growth (%)
April	8557.11	9513.72	11.18
May	9974.13	9889.09	-0.85
June	9386.21	9506.66	1.28
April-June	27917.46	28909.47	3.55
July	9162.17	10433.12	13.87
August	9437.14	9900.7	4.91
September	9826.24	10113.15	2.92
July-September	28425.55	30446.97	7.11
October	11253.08	9372.67	-16.71
November	8897.84	11012.20	23.76
December	10843.35	10981.94	1.28
October-December	30994.27	31369.25	1.21
January	9424.17	10401.80	10.37
February	9174.86	10358.70	12.9
April - February	105936.31	111492.90	5.25

Source : DGCIS, Govt. of India

TOP 25 ENGINEERING EXPORT DESTINATIONS IN April-February 2023-24

We now look at the export scenario of the top 25 nations that had highest demand for Indian engineering products during March 2024 over March 2023 as well as in cumulative terms during April-March 2023-24 vis-à-vis April-March 2022-23. The data clearly shows that top 25 countries contribute almost 76% of total engineering exports.

Table 2: Engineering exports country wise

(US$ million)

Countries	Mar-2025	Mar-2026	Growth (%)	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth (%)
U S A	1656.57	1575.77	-4.88%	17270.51	17771.62	2.9%
U ARAB EMTS	688.22	591.93	-13.99%	7562.68	7221.03	-4.52%
SAUDI ARAB	323.58	458.5	41.7%	5184.81	4647.54	-10.36%
CHINA P RP	207.45	436.18	110.26%	2451.4	3073.63	25.38%
GERMANY	433.9	430.39	-0.81%	3934.45	4511.59	14.67%
U K	325.16	409.87	26.05%	3584.15	4301.98	20.03%
MEXICO	275.97	314.76	14.06%	3221.76	3080.09	-4.4%
KOREA RP	224.96	309.78	37.7%	2334.98	2786.53	19.34%
ITALY	241.89	276.52	14.32%	2732.27	3194.03	16.9%
SINGAPORE	198.67	269.58	35.69%	4134.7	3939.18	-4.73%
NEPAL	179.47	230.69	28.54%	2033.96	2191.06	7.72%
SOUTH AFRICA	184.25	214.85	16.61%	2292.43	2615.73	14.1%
FRANCE	216.28	205.18	-5.13%	2289.16	2122.77	-7.27%
BRAZIL	176.13	203.42	15.49%	2021.88	2270.64	12.3%
JAPAN	239.52	183.57	-23.36%	2226.7	2399.08	7.74%
NETHERLAND	151.85	170.51	12.29%	1732.74	2041.91	17.84%
TURKEY	183.03	168.35	-8.02%	2791.57	1777.49	-36.33%
VIETNAM SOC REP	98.99	166.72	68.43%	1296.05	1787.98	37.96%
THAILAND	168.51	164.28	-2.51%	1823.56	1972.16	8.15%
SRI LANKA DSR	95.77	162.43	69.61%	1047.76	1600.78	52.78%
INDONESIA	122.44	161.7	32.07%	1808.25	1467.91	-18.82%
CANADA	96.78	161.49	66.87%	1112.9	1273.81	14.46%
SPAIN	97.7	160.02	63.79%	1273.9	1635.45	28.38%
BELGIUM	97.58	139.89	43.36%	1254.34	1595.86	27.23%
AUSTRALIA	90.83	138.3	52.26%	1102.34	1419.24	28.75%
Total engineering exports to top 25 countries	6775.5	7704.7	13.71%	78519.24	82699.09	5.32%
Total engineering exports	9174.86	10358.7	12.9%	105936.31	111492.9	5.25%

Source : DGCI&S

REGION WISE INDIA’S ENGINEERING EXPORTS

The following table depicts region wise India’s engineering exports for April-March 2023-24 as opposed to April-March 2022-23.

Table 3: Region wise engineering exports in April-February 2023-2024 vis-à-vis April-February 2022-2023

(US$ million)

Regions	Mar-2025	Mar-2026	Growth (%)	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth (%)
NORTH AMERICA	2029.32	2052.03	1.12%	21605.17	22125.51	2.41%
EUROPEAN UNION	1709.62	1822.01	6.57%	18289.1	19923.99	8.94%
WANA	1477.26	1532.63	3.75%	17751.12	17077.53	-3.79%
N E ASIA	766.37	1008.26	31.56%	7919.93	9337.86	17.9%
ASEAN	731.68	958.68	31.02%	11253.4	11624.32	3.3%
SSA( Sub Saharan Africa)	677.2	866.13	27.9%	7880.36	9058.37	14.95%
OTHER EUROPE	530.37	630.93	18.96%	6829.06	6540.46	-4.23%
SOUTH ASIA	531.07	592.65	11.6%	5881.25	6144.47	4.48%
LATIN AMERICA	465.72	588.05	26.27%	5586.2	6382.05	14.25%
OCEANIA	97.91	148.22	51.39%	1232.03	1558.04	26.46%
CIS	150.23	140.22	-6.66%	1649.46	1560.79	-5.38%
OTHERS	8.1	18.9	133.28%	59.18	159.51	169.53%

Note : *Figures have been rounded off.

Source : DGCI&S **Myanmar has been included in ASEAN and not in South Asia, since ASEAN is a formal economic grouping.

PRODUCT PANEL WISE ENGINEERING EXPORTS

In this section we look at the Engineering Panel wise exports for the month of March 2024 vis-à-vis March 2023 as well as the cumulative exports for April-March 2023-24 vis-à-vis April-March 2022-23. These are indicated in the tables below.

Table 4a. Trend in exports of iron and steel and its products

(US$ million)

Product panels	February-2025	February-2026	Growth	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth
IRON AND STEEL	688.75	844.21	22.57%	8440.97	9415.03	11.54%
PRODUCTS OF IRON AND STEEL	831.53	837.35	0.7%	9135.56	9548.63	4.52%
Sub Total	1520.28	1681.56	11%	17576.53	18963.66	8%

Source : DGCI&S

Table 4b. Trend in exports of Non-Ferrous Metals and Products

US$ Million

Product panels	February-2025	February-2026	Growth	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth
Aluminium and products made of Aluminium	494.85	595.53	20.34%	6200.85	6362.97	2.61%
Copper and products made of copper	171.68	338.11	96.94%	2114.66	3225.44	52.53%
Lead and products made of Lead	93.48	100.97	8.01%	836.73	1164.16	39.13%
Nickel and products made of Nickel	16.49	17.87	8.42%	169.38	167.95	-0.85%
Other Non Ferrous Metals and their products	71.07	89.67	26.16%	784.5	946.08	20.6%
Tin and products made of Tin	1.04	8.84	752.82%	19.58	43.08	120.01%
Zinc and products made of zinc	57.92	83.5	44.15%	675.93	768.93	13.76%
Sub Total	906.53	1234.48	36%	10801.63	12678.6	17%

Source : DGCI&S

Table 4c. Trend in exports of Industrial Machinery

US$ Million

Product panels	February-2025	February-2026	Growth	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth
Air condition and Refrigeration Machinery and Parts, Industrial Furnaces, Water heaters and Centrifuges and Compressor	164.09	205.89	25.48%	1744.3	2052.02	17.64%
IC Engines and Parts	344.65	327.11	-5.09%	3485.85	3771.14	8.18%
Industrial Machinery for dairy, agriculture, food processing, textiles, paper, chemicals, etc	685.05	751.39	9.68%	7457.54	8238.29	10.47%
Machine Tools	72.44	67.48	-6.85%	724.86	822.83	13.52%
Machinery for ATMs, Injecting Moulding machinery, valves, etc	242.4	257.9	6.39%	2558.73	2836.95	10.87%
Nuclear Reactors, Industrial Boilers and Parts	74.06	89.71	21.12%	754.08	932.11	23.61%
Pumps of all types	124.51	129.27	3.82%	1407.59	1500.27	6.58%
Sub Total	1707.2	1828.74	7.12%	18132.95	20153.61	11.14%

Source : DGCI&S

Table 4d. Trend in exports of Electrical Machinery and Equipment

US$ Million

Product panels	February-2025	February-2026	Growth	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth
Electric Machinery and Equipment	1224.03	1301.46	6.33%	12992.9	14027.87	7.97%

Source : DGCI&S

Table 4e. Trend in exports of Auto and auto parts

US$ Million

Product panels	February-2025	February-2026	Growth	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth
AUTO COMPONENTS/PARTS	654.441	711.473	8.71%	7399.807	7831.015	5.83%
AUTO TYRES AND TUBES	236.531	262.552	11%	2781.476	2916.417	4.85%
Motor Vehicle/cars	716.989	1004.641	40.12%	8092.935	10093.592	24.72%
Two and Three Wheelers	265.642	358.863	35.09%	2902.877	3599.577	24%
Sub Total	1873.604	2337.529	24.76%	21177.095	24440.601	15.41%

Source : DGCI&S

Table 4f. Trend in exports of aircraft, spacecraft and parts and ships, boats and floating structures

US$ Million

Product panels	February-2025	February-2026	Growth	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth
Aircrafts, Spacecrafts and Parts	341.56	143.37	-58.02%	6730.69	1499.29	338.96%
Ships, Boats and Floating Structures	222.44	332.89	49.66%	4041.55	3729.74	1576.75%
Sub Total	564	476.27	-15.55%	10772.24	5229.03	-51.46%

Source : DGCI&S

Table 4g. Trend in exports of other engineering products

US$ Million

Product panels	February-2025	February-2026	Growth	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth
BICYCLE AND PARTS	36.62	39.7	8.44%	364.61	431.55	18.36%
Hand Tools, Cutting Tools and Implements made of Metals	80.99	82.4	1.74%	941.72	933.84	-0.84%
Medical and Scientific Instruments	314.97	246.54	-21.73%	2623.48	2603.1	-0.78%
OFFICE EQUIPMENTS	19.99	35.7	78.64%	256.32	364.53	42.22%
OTHER CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY	258.01	325.8	26.27%	2726.11	3306.26	21.28%
OTHER MISC. ITEMS	421.29	483.45	14.76%	4623.8	5172.75	11.87%
PRIME MICA AND MICA PRODUCTS	2.17	1.85	-14.62%	28.1	27.03	-3.8%
Railway Transport and Parts	22.25	48.14	116.4%	329.02	460.53	39.97%
PROJECT GOODS	0.18	0.12	-34.57%	2.32	1.74	-24.74%
OTHR RUBBER PRODCT EXCPT FOOTW	136.79	149.96	9.63%	1607.47	1706.04	6.13%

Source : DGCI&S

ENGINEERING PRODUCT PANELS – COUNTRY-WISE ANALYSIS

Table 5: Export of Different Panels

(US$ million)

Product panels	Top 5 nations	April-February 2022-23	April-February 2023-24	Growth (%)
Iron and Steel and Products made of Iron and Steel
	U S A	3306.78	3399.56	3%
	U ARAB EMTS	1402.36	1422.07	1%
	ITALY	1225.91	1403.02	14%
	U K	794.55	799.15	1%
	NEPAL	812.78	764.44	-6%
Non-Ferrous Metals and Products made of Non-Ferrous Metals
	U S A	1360.66	1616.87	19%
	SAUDI ARAB	690.81	1218.02	76%
	KOREA RP	881.94	1158.26	31%
	CHINA P RP	567.95	1009.72	78%
	VIETNAM SOC REP	380.25	645.4	70%
Industrial Machinery
	U S A	3790.94	3965.04	5%
	U ARAB EMTS	885.33	1209.99	37%
	GERMANY	803.15	893.32	11%
	CHINA P RP	784.52	854.41	9%
	SAUDI ARAB	601.55	714.71	19%
Electrical Machinery
	U S A	2467.93	2705.88	10%
	U K	1047.72	1399.94	34%
	SINGAPORE	1405.31	1381.71	-2%
	GERMANY	886.01	992.84	12%
	KOREA RP	601.31	758.46	26%
Automobiles
	U S A	2184.56	2065.88	-5%
	SOUTH AFRICA	1474.3	1718.77	17%
	MEXICO	1651.78	1712.35	4%
	SAUDI ARAB	1471.75	1544.7	5%
	U ARAB EMTS	1022.68	1252.3	22%
Aircrafts and Spacecraft parts and products
	U S A	408.63	458.19	12%
	FRANCE	721.02	276.66	-62%
	U K	138.83	170.45	23%
	GERMANY	69.75	87.62	26%
	SINGAPORE	74.21	65.2	-12%
Ships Boats and Floating products and parts
	U ARAB EMTS	1030.25	1253.61	22%
	SINGAPORE	1706.98	1232.6	-28%
	SRI LANKA DSR	236.59	334.46	41%
	CHINA P RP	0.01	161.13	1332694%
	INDONESIA	306.38	145	-53%
Project Goods
	U S A	0.37	0.43	18%
	FRANCE	0.03	0.27	781%
	U K	0.01	0.16	2342%
	NIGERIA	0.03	0.12	248%
	OMAN	0.01	0.1	1361%
Other Rubber Product Except Footwear
	U S A	365.95	352.45	-4%
	GERMANY	102.08	124.1	22%
	U ARAB EMTS	69.45	75.46	9%
	CHINA P RP	60.29	68.36	13%
	NETHERLAND	60.78	58.97	-3%
Other engineering products
	U S A	2717.61	2867.62	6%
	U ARAB EMTS	548.78	714.38	30%
	GERMANY	680.7	699.03	3%
	U K	551.38	625.02	13%
	BRAZIL	328.37	363.44	11%

Source : DGCI&S

ENGINEERING EXPORTS – STATE-WISE ANALYSIS

State wise engineering export performance

The table below indicates the exports from top Indian states. It is evident from the table that almost 90.4 % of India’s exports is contributed by the listed 12 states. Within this almost 50 percent of exports is done by Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Gujarat together.

Table 6: Top state wise engineering export performance - April-January 2025-26

(US$ million)

Top States	Cumulative Export April-January 2025-26	Share %	Remark
Maharashtra	27986	27.43%	91.5% share covered by top 12 states
Tamil Nadu	19795.9	19.4%
Gujarat	15535.6	15.22%
Delhi	5793.3	5.68%
Karnataka	5720	5.61%
Haryana	4280.7	4.19%
Odisha	4186.5	4.1%
West Bengal	3820.7	3.74%
Andhra Pradesh	3676.9	3.6%
Uttar Pradesh	2805.4	2.75%
Punjab	1791.3	1.76%
Rajasthan	1375.4	1.35%
Telangana	1232.8	1.21%
Bihar	1129.2	1.11%
Kerala	1022.8	1%
Goa	764.7	0.75%
Madhya Pradesh	653.7	0.64%
Uttarakhand	409.6	0.4%
Assam	43.6	0.04%
Puducherry	13.8	0.01%
Himachal Pradesh	3.2	0%
Others	2.1	0%
Chhattisgarh	0	0%
Jammu & Kashmir	0	0%
Meghalaya	0	0%

Source : DGCI&S

Region wise engineering exports

In terms of region, western region which includes industrial states like Maharashtra and Gujarat is the front runner in terms of exports with 34.5 percent share. Tamil Nadu from the Southern Region has improved its export performance and it ranked second after Maharashtra, while Gujarat and Odisha ranked third and fourth during AprilMarch 2023-24 and Haryana came up to fifth position while Karnataka came down to sixth position compared to previous the previous months.

Note : DGCI&S state wise data available till Mar-2026

Table 7: Region wise exports from India till Mar-2026

Value in US$ million

Region	Apr-Mar 2022-23($Mn)	Apr-Mar 2023-24 ($Mn)	Growth %
SOUTHERN REGION	33461.9	31462.2	-5.98%
EASTERN REGION	8386.6	9180	9.46%
WESTERN REGION	39440.5	44940	13.94%
NORTHERN REGION	16253	16458.9	1.27%
Others	0	2.1	0%
Grand Total	97542	102043.2	4.61%

CORRELATION BETWEEN MANUFACTURING PRODUCTION AND ENGINEERING EXPORTS

Engineering sector is an important component of the broader manufacturing sector and the share of engineering production in overall manufacturing output is quite significant. As exports generally come from what is produced within a country, some correlation between manufacturing production growth and engineering export growth should exist. We briefly looked at the trend in manufacturing growth as also engineering export growth to see if they move in tandem. It may be mentioned that manufacturing has 77.63% weightage in India’s industrial production.

Engineering export growth and manufacturing output growth moved in the same direction in as many as nine out of twelve months in each of the fiscal years 2019-20 and 2020-21. During fiscal 2021-22, engineering export growth and manufacturing growth moved in the same direction in seven out of twelve months while in fiscal 2022-23, as many as 10 out of 12 months saw engineering exports and manufacturing output moved in the same direction.

Ten out of the first ten months of fiscal 2023-24 saw engineering exports growth and manufacturing output growth moved in the same direction barring April 2024. During April, decline in engineering export was slightly higher over Mar 2024 while manufacturing output growth recorded a sharp rise. During May and July 2023, engineering exports witnessed slower decline and manufacturing output managed higher growth over the previous month while in June 2023, engineering exports conceded higher decline and manufacturing output growth slowed down. During August, October, December in 2023 and February 2024, both engineering exports and

manufacturing output recorded higher growth (engineering exports came back to growth path in August and December 2023 from decline in previous month) while in September 2023, November 2023 and January 2024, both of them conceded slower growth or decline.

The link between these two may not be established on a monthly basis, but a positive correlation may be seen if medium to long term trend is considered.

Table 8: Engineering exports growth vis-à-vis manufacturing growth from April 2020

Months/ Year	Engg. Export Growth (%)	Manufacturing Growth (%)
April 2020	-63.05	-66.6
May 2020	-22.17	-37.8
June 2020	-5.18	-17.0
July 2020	10.56	-11.4
August 2020	-7.01	-7.6
September 2020	4.09	0.4
October 2020	-5.01	4.5
November 2020	-8.37	-1.6
December 2020	-0.93	2.7
January 2021	16.66	-0.9
February 2021	-4.94	-3.4
March 2021	67.75	28.3
April 2021	236.85	196.0
May 2021	50.21	32.1
June 2021	51.00	13.2
July 2021	42.57	10.5
August 2021	58.63	11.1
September 2021	35.11	4.3
October 2021	51.76	3.3
November 2021	37.28	0.3
December 2021	47.42	0.6
January 2022	25.63	1.9
February 2022	35.49	0.2
March 2022	19.72	1.4
April 2022	18.30	5.6
May 2022	11.45	20.6
June 2022	3.01	13.0
July 2022	-0.03	3.2
August 2022	-12.64	-0.5
September 2022	-11.39	2.0
October 2022	-19.68	-5.8
November 2022	0.09	6.7
December 2022	-11.60	3.6
January 2023	-9.76	4.0
February 2023	-9.73	5.6
March 2023	-7.49	0.5
April 2023	-7.27	5.5
May 2023	-4.13	6.3
June 2023	-10.94	3.5
July 2023	-6.65	5.0
August 2023	7.83	9.3
September 2023	6.81	4.5
October 2023	7.20	N A
November 2023	-3.48	1.2
December 2023	9.82	4.5
January 2024	4.21	3.6
February 2024	15.9	5.0
March 2024	10.66	N A
April 2024	-4.49	3.9
May 2024	7.41	4.6
June 2024	10.27	N A
July 2024	3.66	4.6
August 2024	4.26	1.0
September 2024	9.44	3.9
October 2024	38.39	4.1
November 2024	13.72	5.5
December 2024	8.33	3.4
January 2025	7.46	5.5
February 2025	-8.64	2.9
April 2025	-3.92	3.0
May 2025	-0.80	2.6
June 2025	1.28	2.9
July 2025	13.86	5.4
August 2025	4.90	3.8
September 2025	2.93	4.8
October 2025	-16.72	1.8
November 2025	23.79	8.0
December 2026	1.29	8.4

Source :Department of Commerce and CSO

IMPACT OF EXCHANGE RATE ON INDIA’S EXPORTS

How did the exchange rate fare during March 2024 and what was the recent trend in Re-Dollar movement? In order to get a clearer picture of the recent Re-Dollar trend, not only we took the exchange rate of March 2024, but also considered monthly average exchange rate of Rupee vis-à-vis the US Dollar for each month of fiscal 2023-24 as well as 2022-23 as mere one-month figure does not reflect any trend. The following table clearly depicts the short-term trend:

Fig 3: Trend of Rupee vis-a-vis US dollar from April 2020

(Monthly Average Rate of FBIL has been considered)

Source : FBIL

Table 9: USD-INR monthly average exchange rate in 2025-26 vis-à-vis 2024-25

(As per latest data released by FBIL)

Monthly Average Exchange Rate (1 USD to INR)			Year-on-Year Change (%)	Direction	Month-on-Month Change (%)	Direction
Month	2024-25	2025-26
April	83.41	85.56	2.58	Depreciation	-1.25	Appreciation
May	83.39	85.19	2.16	Depreciation	-0.43	Appreciation
June	83.47	85.90	2.91	Depreciation	0.83	Depreciation
July	83.59	86.11	3.01	Depreciation	0.24	Depreciation
August	83.90	87.52	4.31	Depreciation	1.64	Depreciation
September	83.81	88.32	5.38	Depreciation	0.91	Depreciation
October	84.03	88.42	5.22	Depreciation	0.11	Depreciation
November	84.36	88.83	5.30	Depreciation	0.46	Depreciation
December	84.99	90.09	6.00	Depreciation	1.42	Depreciation
January	86.26	90.80	5.25	Depreciation	0.79	Depreciation
February	87.05	90.77	4.27	Depreciation	-0.03	Appreciation

Rupee depreciation vis-à-vis the US Dollar continued on a year-on-year basis and this time in March 2024, Rupee depreciated on a month-on-month basis too after appreciation in previous three months. Outflow of funds from India capital market due to global economic and geo political uncertainty pushed Rupee lower.

Table 10: USD-INR monthly average exchange rate in 2024-25 vis-à-vis 2023-24

(As per latest data released by FBIL)

Monthly Average Exchange Rate (1 USD to INR)			Year-on-Year Change (%)	Direction	Month-on-Month Change (%)	Direction
Month	2023-24	2024-25
April	82.02	83.41	1.69	Depreciation	0.49	Depreciation
May	82.34	83.39	1.28	Depreciation	-0.02	Appreciation
June	82.23	83.47	1.51	Depreciation	0.10	Depreciation
July	82.15	83.59	1.75	Depreciation	0.14	Depreciation
August	82.79	83.89	1.33	Depreciation	0.36	Depreciation
September	83.05	83.81	0.92	Depreciation	-0.10	Depreciation
October	83.24	84.02	0.94	Depreciation	0.25	Depreciation
November	83.30	84.36	1.27	Depreciation	0.40	Depreciation
December	83.28	84.99	2.05	Depreciation	0.75	Depreciation
January	83.14	86.27	3.76	Depreciation	1.51	Depreciation
February	82.96	87.05	4.93	Depreciation	0.90	Depreciation
March	83.00	86.64	4.39	Depreciation	-0.47	Appreciation

Source : FBIL, EEPC Research

TREND IN ENGINEERING TRADE BALANCE

We now present the trend in two-way yearly trade for the engineering sector for the 2023-24 depicted in the table below:

Table 11: Monthly Trend in Engineering Trade Balance for the current FY

(US$ million)

Trade Flow	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December	January	February
Engineering Export	9.5	9.9	9.5	10.4	9.9	10.1	9.4	11.0	11.0	10.4	10.4
Engineering Import	13.4	13.8	11.5	14.0	13.2	13.4	13.8	13.5	14.0	14.0	12.9
Trade Balance	-3.9	-3.9	-2.0	-3.6	-3.3	-3.3	-4.4	-2.5	-3.0	-3.6	-2.5

Source : DGCI&S

TO CONCLUDE...

The Indian engineering exports revived in the last few months of FY 2023-24 contributing towards the significant cumulative positive growth for the entire fiscal. Revival of exports was noted in many key regions including North America, EU and North East Asia. Our new FTAs with UAE and Australia has also been effective in boosting our exports to WANA and Oceania regions. It is important to mention here that the global trade is also showing signs of revival. This performance was made even though the Indian exporters faced a number of issues including decline in demand in key geographies, forex crisis in many markets, geopolitical conflicts across the world and logistical issues. In 2023, global merchandise exports declined by 5% - compared to that India’s performance has been good.

The UNCTAD update further mentions that the outlook for 2024 remains positive despite certain uncertainties such as the geopolitical conflicts and logistical issues. The protectionist environmental policies of EU and slow economic revival in China will continue to create uncertainties for the exporters. To create further opportunities it is essential that we increase our value added exports. Also, new FTAs with important partners especially those in Latin America would be key for trade diversification. Overall although worries are there, the exporting community in India and across the world remains hopeful of 2024.