India’s free-trade strategy has shifted from signing agreements to leveraging them more effectively, resulting in a record $863.1 billion in exports and expanding market access to nearly $60 trillion in 2025-26.
India’s free-trade strategy is beginning to show up in the numbers. What started as a drive to sign more agreements is now shifting towards using them more effectively, with exporters increasingly claiming preferential access, issuing more certificates of origin and widening the range of goods shipped to partner markets. Official data cited by the government shows India’s combined goods and services exports reached a record $863.1 billion in 2025-26, while industry reporting said FTAs now open access to markets worth almost $60 trillion.
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