India sees export orders surge amid US tariff pause

Private sector racks up best growth performance since August, survey finds

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Employees work at a Cadila Pharmaceuticals manufacturing unit on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, on April 12. © Reuters

SOUMYAJIT SAHA

MUMBAI -- India's private sector saw the greatest surge in export orders in over a decade in April, partly helped by a pause on some "reciprocal" tariffs by the U.S., as its overall growth hit the highest level in eight months.

The preliminary reading of the HSBC India Composite Purchasing Managers' Index, a gauge of the combined growth of the nation's private manufacturing and services industries, rose to 60.0 in April from 59.5 in March, its highest mark since last August. Readings above 50 indicate an increase on the previous month.

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