India’s exports could be shadowed by deepening global energy crisis, tighter global monetary and financial conditions, continued slowdown in select major trade partners, India Exim Bank said.

 

Despite a contraction in exports during the last 2 quarters of the current financial year, India is expected to witness all-time record high merchandise exports of $447.3 bn during FY2023. Non-oil exports are forecast to clock $ 350.5 bn for the full year, it added.

 

Forecast of growth in India’s total merchandise exports and non-oil exports are released by Exim Bank on a quarterly basis, during the first fortnight of the months of June, September, December, and March for the corresponding quarters, with continuous improvisation to the model.

 

The next growth forecast for India’s exports for the 1st quarter of FY 2024 (i.e. April-June 2023) would be released during the 1st fortnight of June 2023.

 

As part of its continued research initiatives, Exim Bank has developed an in-house model to generate an Export Leading Index for India to track and forecast the movement in India’s exports on a quarterly basis.

 

The Export Leading Index gauges the outlook for the country’s exports and is essentially developed as a leading indicator to forecast growth in total merchandise and non-oil exports of the country, on a quarterly basis, based on several external and domestic factors that could impact exports of the country.