Preliminary data on India’s balance of payments (BoP) for July 2026 are presented in the following table.

Major Items of India’s Balance of Payments
(US$ billion)
Item July 2025 PR July 2026 P April-July 2025 PR April-July 2026 P
A. Current Account (Net) [A.1 to A.4] -3.2 -7.0 -6.6 -11.2
A.1 Merchandise (Net) [a-b] -28.2 -31.7 -97.1 -117.8
        a. Exports 37.4 45.1 150.0 177.1
        b. Imports 65.6 76.8 247.1 294.9
A.2 Services (Net) [a-b] 16.4 17.6 64.3 69.3
        a. Exports 33.7 38.3 131.2 144.5
        b. Imports 17.3 20.6 66.8 75.2
A.3 Transfers (Net) 12.6 13.2 43.4 53.9
A.4 Income (Net) -4.0 -6.1 -17.3 -16.6
B. Capital Account (Net) [B.1 to B.6] 3.5 27.7 11.4 23.9
B.1 Foreign Direct Investment (Net) [a-b] 4.5 7.3 9.7 13.4
        a. In India (Net) 7.2 10.7 21.6 26.3
        b. Abroad (Net) 2.7 3.4 11.9 12.8
B.2 Foreign Portfolio Investment (Net) [a-b] -2.5 4.1 -0.9 -5.5
        a. In India (Net) -2.4 4.4 0.04 -4.3
        b. Abroad (Net) 0.1 0.3 1.0 1.2
B.3 External Commercial Borrowings (Net) [a-b] 1.4 -2.3 6.8 -1.3
        a. To India (Net) 0.8 2.5 5.3 5.8
        b. By India (Net) -0.5 4.8 -1.6 7.0
B.4 Short-term Credit to India (Net) 1.2 1.8 1.1 5.4
B.5 Banking Capital (Net) 6.0 18.4 4.4 21.1
        of which: NRI Deposits (Net) 1.0 33.5 4.7 36.2
B.6 Other Capital (Net) -7.0 -1.6 -9.7 -9.3
C. Overall Balance (A+B) 0.3 20.8 4.8 12.7
D. Monetary Movements [‘-’ : Increase ; ‘+’ : Decrease] -0.3 -20.8 -4.8 -12.7
PR: Partially Revised; and P: Preliminary.
Note: 1. Errors and omissions are included under ‘Other Capital’.
2. Total of sub-components may not tally with aggregate due to rounding off.

(Brij Raj)           
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2026-2027/1118