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30 dists account for $120bn of India’s exports in 2 quarters.
Jan 06, 2022

The top 30 export districts in India exported merchandise valued at more than $120 billion in the first two quarters of the fiscal — April to September 2021 — with petroleum and gem-and-jewellery trade leading the table. And, three districts from Karnataka — Bengaluru, Dakshina Kannada and Ballari — accounted for more than $7.8 billion of this.
 
According to data from the Union ministry of commerce and industry, while Karnataka has three districts in the top 30, Gujarat with eight has the most, followed by seven in Maharashtra and four in Tamil Nadu. The remaining districts are from Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Rajasthan, West Bengal and one Union territory — Daman & Nagar Haveli.
 
Separate data from the ministry shows that the value of India’s total exports between April and November 2021 stood at $263 billion. The district-wise break-up for the months of October and November are not available.
 
The eight districts from Gujarat — Jamnagar, Surat, Bharuch, Ahmedabad, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Dwarka, Vadodara and Valsad — together have exported merchandise worth more than $52 billion. Exports from Mumbai, Mumbai suburban, Pune, Thane, Raigad, Aurangabad and Palghar from Maharashtra together are valued at more than $30 billion. Of the $7.8 billion worth of exports from the three Karnataka districts, Bengaluru ($3.7 billion) accounted for the most, followed by Dakshina Kannada ($2.3 billion) and Ballari ($1.7 billion).
 
The top five products exported from Bengaluru are: engineering goods ($1.1 billion), electronic goods ($900.3 million), textiles ($607.8 million), drugs and pharmaceuticals ($445.9 million) and organic and inorganic chemicals ($208.5 million). Together they account for 87% of all exports in terms of value from Bengaluru.
 
In Dakshina Kannada, the top merchandise are petroleum products, organic and inorganic chemicals, iron ore, marine products and engineering goods, while in Ballari, they are engineering goods, rice, mica, coal and ores, fruits and vegetables and organic and inorganic chemicals.
    

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