India’s merchandise exports touched $37.24 billion in July, marking a 7.29% increase from $34.71 billion a year earlier, according to government data released Thursday. The trade deficit for the month came in at $27.35 billion.Imports rose 8.6% year-on-year to $64.59 billion in July, PTI reportedCumulatively, in April–July 2025-26, exports grew 3.07% to $149.2 billion, while imports advanced 5.36% to $244.01 billion, the data showed.Earlier, the cumulative value of merchandise exports in April–June stood at $112.17 billion, up 1.92% from $110.06 billion in the same period last year. Non-petroleum exports grew 5.97% to $94.77 billion from $89.42 billion a year earlier.In June 2025, electronic goods led the growth with exports soaring 46.93% to $4.15 billion from $2.82 billion a year ago. Drugs and pharmaceuticals shipments rose 5.95% to $2.62 billion, while engineering goods exports inched up 1.35% to $9.50 billion.Marine products exports climbed 13.33% to $0.63 billion, and meat, dairy and poultry products exports surged 19.70% to $0.37 billion.