Supply Chain Research

India’s trade boom continued in December with a 13% rise in exports and 22% improvement in imports, continuing a trend seen across Asia. The rise in imports may reflect an acceleration of purchases of consumer goods ahead of new electronics tariffs. On the export side the growth rate was lower than that seen in November, perhaps reflecting a normalization after the introduction of GST earlier in the year. Much of the rise in exports though is accounted for by a 31% increase in oil products exports, led by Indian Oil (33% of exports in the 12 months to November 30) and Mangalore Refining ...