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MUMBAI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- India's exports grew by 10.29 percent on a yearly basis to 23.81 billion dollars in August, official data released on Friday.
The main categories of Indian exports are engineering, petroleum, chemicals and textiles, according to data released by the Ministry of Commerce.
Meanwhile, India's imports rose 21.02 percent to 35.46 billion U.S. dollars last month from 29.3 billion U.S. dollars a year ago.
India's main imports include oil, crude oil products, electronic products, mechanical products, gold and jewelry.
The trade deficit widened to 11.6 billion U.S. dollars from 7.7 billion U.S. dollars during the same month a year ago.
