{"id":6408,"date":"2020-07-15T15:52:43","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:52:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=6408"},"modified":"2020-07-15T15:52:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-15T15:52:43","slug":"india-posts-first-trade-surplus-in-18-years-as-coronavirus-hits-imports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=6408","title":{"rendered":"India posts first trade surplus in 18 years as coronavirus hits imports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>NEW DELHI: India posted a <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/trade-surplus\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_trade-surplus\" frmappuse=\"1\">trade surplus<\/a> of $790 million in June, its first in over 18 years, with <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/imports\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_imports\" frmappuse=\"1\">imports<\/a> plunging as the <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/coronavirus\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/coronavirus\" frmappuse=\"1\">coronavirus pandemic<\/a> hit <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/domestic-demand\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_domestic-demand\" frmappuse=\"1\">domestic demand<\/a> for <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/iran-india-gas-field-row\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_iran-india-gas-field-row\" frmappuse=\"1\">crude oil<\/a>, gold and other industrial products, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/government-data\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_government-data\" frmappuse=\"1\">government data<\/a> showed on Wednesday. <br \/>Merchandise imports contracted 47.59% in June to $21.11 billion from a year ago, while exports fell 12.41% to $21.91 billion, leading to a marginal trade surplus, data released by <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/the-ministry-of-commerce-and-industry\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" data-ga=\"within_article-topic_link|topic_the-ministry-of-commerce-and-industry\" frmappuse=\"1\">the ministry of commerce and industry<\/a> showed. <br \/>India last posted a trade surplus &#8211; of $10 million &#8211; in January 2002, according to Refinitiv data. <\/div>\n<p><a href=\\\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/business\/india-business\/india-posts-first-trade-surplus-in-18-years-as-coronavirus-hits-imports\/articleshow\/76984251.cms\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW DELHI: India posted a trade surplus of $790 million in June, its first in over 18 years, with imports plunging as the coronavirus pandemic hit domestic demand for crude oil, gold and other industrial products, government data showed on Wednesday. Merchandise imports contracted 47.59% in June to $21.11 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6409,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-banking-business"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/1594828364_photo.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}