Mumbai, Aug. 18 -- India's merchandise exports rose to $37.24 billion in July, 2025 from $35.14 billion in June, up around 6% while imports climbed more sharply to $64.59 billion from $53.92 billion, spiking around 20%. The combined trade in goods and services in July stood at $68.27 billion in exports and $79.99 billion in imports, raising the overall trade deficit to $11.72 billion for the month, up from $3.51 billion in June and $10.10 billion a year ago. Domestic Services exports were almost steady at $31.03 billion in July, slightly down from $32.84 billion in June, while services imports eased to $15.40 billion from $17.58 billion. In July 2024, services exports stood at $30.60 billion and imports at $15.94 billion.

During April-Ju...