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		<lang class="3" style="Headline1"  font="Chronicle Display" fontStyle="Roman" size="23">India’s exports scale
record $863 bn amid
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">New Delhi</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">India’s exports reached a record $863 billion in FY2025-26, demonstrating resilience despite disruptions caused by the West Asia conflict and US tariffs, a senior Commerce Ministry official said on Wednesday.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Speaking at an outreach programme on the achievements of Gujarat’s Special Economic Zones (SEZs), Additional Secretary in the Department of Commerce Ajay Bhadoo said India’s export ecosystem had remained strong through a challenging global environment.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">“This has been a very difficult year, from US tariffs to the West Asia crisis, but India has proved its resilience,” he said.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">Bhadoo noted that India’s total exports have nearly doubled over the past decade, rising from around  $441 billion to $863 billion, driven by engineering goods, petroleum products, electronics, pharmaceuticals, gems and jewellery, and chemicals.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">He said Gujarat contributed nearly $110 billion to the country’s exports and would continue to play a key role in export growth.</lang>
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	<lang class="3" style=".Bodylaser" font="Minion Pro" fontStyle="Regular" size="9">The government plans to promote more SEZs across the country.</lang>
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