One important outlier that is missed in Export figures is impact of Oil sector.Last year, Crude Oil prices were near $140 per Barrel and now they are about half of that.The corresponding Petroleum product prices would be proportionate to the crude prices.Considering, the huge weight that Petroleum products carry in the import/export basket and the wild swings that petroleum experiences, the analyses of export figures should discount this.
While imports constitute an important proportion of total imports, the same is not true about exports. Petroleum and crude exports constitute 9-10% of total exports. Moreover the petroleum product prices may not fall in tandem with international crude oil prices due to administered price regime.
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One important outlier that is missed in Export figures is impact of Oil sector.Last year, Crude Oil prices were near $140 per Barrel and now they are about half of that.The corresponding Petroleum product prices would be proportionate to the crude prices.Considering, the huge weight that Petroleum products carry in the import/export basket and the wild swings that petroleum experiences, the analyses of export figures should discount this.
ReplyDeleteWhile imports constitute an important proportion of total imports, the same is not true about exports. Petroleum and crude exports constitute 9-10% of total exports.
ReplyDeleteMoreover the petroleum product prices may not fall in tandem with international crude oil prices due to administered price regime.
I am not sure who the "you" is in this article. I would submit that most financially literate people are aware of the so called "greenshoots".
ReplyDeleteFrom my perspective, it would have been news if Indian exports were not responding.
The big question that investors are struggling with is whether this summer surge is sustainable. Any views on that front will be much appreciated.
The following is a good read:
http://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/Publications/PDFs/19185.pdf
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