NEW DELHI, Jan 15 (Reuters) - India's trade deficit widened to $14.88 billion from $13.83 billion in the previous month, government data showed on Monday.
Merchandise exports for December rose 12.36 percent from a year ago to $27.03 billion.
Goods imports last month were $41.91 billion, a gain of 21.12 percent from a year ago, data from the commerce and industry ministry showed.
(Reporting by Nidhi Verma and Neha Dasgupta; Editing by Malini Menon)
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