India's exports rose in July by 13.2 per cent to 16.24billion dollars. Commerce Secretary Rahul Khullar said today the Export has increased for the ninth month in a row. He added that Imports too rose by 34.3 per cent to 29.17 billion dollars. Mr Khullar said this has taken the trade gap for the month to 12.93 billion dollar. Overseas shipments in April-July this fiscal aggregatedat 68.63 billion dollars, up 30.1 per cent over the same periodlast year. Imports during the April-July period this fiscalwere at 112 billion dollars, up by 33.3 per cent over the year-agoperiod. Khullar further said Sectors which did not perform well in July include leather, electronic goods, man-made fiber, textiles and tea.