New Delhi, May 6 -- India's total exports scaled an all-time high of USD 863.11 billion in the financial year 2025-26, up from USD 825.26 billion in the previous year, registering a growth of 4.59 per cent, according to data released by the Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S) and the Reserve Bank of India.

The milestone is significant not just for its record value, but because each of the four quarters of 2025-26 individually recorded their highest-ever export performance, a feat achieved for the first time in the country's trade history.

The star of India's export story this year is unambiguously the services sector.

Services exports surged to a historic USD 421.32 billion in 2025-26, compared to USD...