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Trade data indicate extreme weakness in demand

The 60% y/y contraction in goods exports and imports in April highlights the extreme weakness of external and domestic demand. This will probably mark the bottom as restrictions on activity are gradually pared back in India and the rest of the world, but the recovery will be very slow going.

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