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Soft dollar, weak rupee: India's export edge widens

25 Oct '25
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Soft dollar, weak rupee: India's export edge widens
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Insights

  • A softer dollar and a weak rupee have created a rare advantage for India's textile and apparel exporters.
  • The combination makes Indian goods more affordable abroad while improving local returns.
  • Though short-term factors like input costs and rival currencies could narrow margins, the current alignment offers valuable breathing space to boost competitiveness.

The Reserve Bank of India has allowed the rupee to drift within range, focusing on smoothing volatility rather than defending a line, while global dollar strength has cooled since late September. For exporters who quote in dollars, that mix can be powerful—a softer dollar lowers the foreign-currency price for buyers, and a weaker rupee raises the rupee value of each sale. The advantage is real, though not automatic—input costs, hedging choices and policy shifts can reinforce or undo it.

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