India's exports went up by 36.4 per cent year-on-year, the highest in the past 33-months, to $22.5 billion in December 2010.
The country's merchandise exports in December 2009 stood at $16.4 billion.
However, imports contracted by 11.1 per cent to $25.13 billion over the same period last year, resulting in a narrow trade deficit of $2.6 billion, according to commerce ministry data, which was released in New Delhi on Tuesday.
During the April-December period of the current fiscal, the country's outbound shipment grew by 29.5 per cent to $164.7 billion from $127.1 billion in the same period last year.
Imports also rose by 19 per cent to $246.7 billion during the first nine-months of the current fiscal from $207.3 billion in the same period last year.
The trade gap during the period stood at $82 billion. Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar had said that India's export would touch $215-$225 billion during the current fiscal.
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