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Trade deficit likely to widen further

The widening in India’s goods trade deficit to an 18-month high in December still has further to run, particularly as a recovery in both domestic demand and global oil prices pushes import values higher. That would be enough to tip India’s recent current account surplus back into a small deficit this year.

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