Four developers, including L&T Chennai Projects and Welspun Anjar, have approached the Commerce Ministry to surrender their IT and textile zones respectively.
At a recent meeting, the Board of Approval headed by Commerce Secretary S R Rao, also allowed three SEZ developers to surrender their project.
Imports also rose by 2.6 per cent to $41.1 billion in the month under review, leaving a trade deficit of $14.92 billion.
Gold and silver imports during April, 2013 jumped by 138 per cent to $7.5 billion against $3.1 billion in the year-ago period.
India's exports during the April-July period have shrunk by 5.06 per cent to $80.4 billion. Industrial output in the April-June quarter too contracted by 0.1 per cent this fiscal.
Despite the slowdown in world economies, the government expects exports to increase 20 percent in the current fiscal, a senior commerce ministry official said here on Friday.
During April-August, the shipment dipped by about six per cent to $120 billion from $127.6 billion in the same period last year, Commerce Secretary S R Rao told reporters in New Delhi.
Sharp compression in imports and declining exports has narrowed the country's trade deficit to 15-month low of $10.3 billion in June.
Imports also declined by 13.46 per cent to $35.37 billion, leaving a trade deficit of $10.30 billion, according to the Director General of Foreign Trade A Pujari.
The government on Monday appointed S R Rao as commerce secretary, in place of Rahul Khullar, who was made chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India after he retired earlier this month.
Imports stood at $37.8 billion, leaving a trade deficit of $10.56 billion as against $20.2 billion in October 2012, official data showed.
During April-July this fiscal, exports grew by 1.72 per cent to $98.2 billion. Imports too increased by 2.82 per cent to $160.7 billion during the period.
Sharma was addressing the members of the Board of Trade, a body comprising captains of Indian industry.
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India's exports grew for the third consecutive month by 11.15 per cent to $27.68 billion in September.
To check rising current account deficit, the government has raised import duties and the Reserve Bank of India had imposed curbs on import of the yellow metal and also laid down various pre-conditions for inward shipments of the precious metal.
In order to contain current account deficit, the Reserve Bank last month imposed restrictions on gold imports by banks and other authorised agencies.
Gold and silver imports declined 80.55 per cent to $1.05 billion in November after a slew of measures taken by the government to curb inbound shipments of the metal, aimed at narrowing the current account deficit.
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India's trade deficit widened to $20.1 billion in May because of high gold imports while exports declined by over a per cent, raising concerns about economic recovery.
India's current account deficit, which is the excess of foreign exchange outflows over inflows, touched a historic high of 4.8 per cent of GDP in 2012-13, mainly due to rising imports of gold and petroleum products.
After recording significant decline in September, gold and silver imports jumped by 62.5 per cent to $1.3 billion in October this year.
As many as 24 special economic zone (SEZ) developers including Dr Reddy's Lab and Tata Consultancy Services have sought more time from the government to execute their projects.
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The Reserve Bank of India in July introduced 80:20 scheme under which 20 per cent of the total gold imports was to be exported back.
All companies that have 50% or more employees from outside the US to pay a higher visa fee of $10,000 for each such staffer, against $4,500 at present.
The Supreme Court had rejected the company's plea for a patent on cancer drug Glivec in April.
Concerned over decline in gold exports from SEZs following ban on its trading, the government has allowed units in these zones to export gold items after a minimum value addition of 3 per cent.
Exports had risen over 11 per cent in July, year-on-year.
Exports in May 2012 stood at $24.77 billion.
Many economists say only a substantial rise from October would point to a real recovery.
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