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India's CAD widens to 4.4% of GDP in Q2FY23 due to higher trade gap: RBI data

30 Dec 2022 Evaluate

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in its data has said that the India's current account deficit (CAD) widened to 4.4 per cent of the GDP in Q2 (July-September) of FY23, from 2.2 per cent of GDP during Q1FY23, due to higher trade gap. It noted that the country’s CAD recorded a deficit of $36.4 billion in July-September 2022-23, up from $18.2 billion (2.2 per cent of GDP) in the first quarter of the fiscal and $9.7 billion (1.3 per cent of GDP) in the year ago period. 

The data further indicated that underlying the current account deficit in Q2FY23 was the widening of the merchandise trade deficit to $83.5 billion from $63 billion in first quarter of 2022-23 and an increase in net outgo under investment income. It also said the current account deficit for April-June quarter of 2022-23 has been revised downwards due to downward adjustment in Customs data.

It further stated that India recorded a current account deficit of 3.3 per cent of GDP in H1:2022-23 on the back of a sharp increase in the merchandise trade deficit, as compared with 0.2 per cent in H1:2021-22. Services exports reported a growth of 30.2 per cent on a year-on-year (y-o-y) basis on the back of rising exports of software, business and travel services. Net services receipts increased both sequentially and on a y-o-y basis.

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