"The fact is, our exports are growing in every other region of the world."
Exports to the rest of the world grew 54% in that period.
In June, exports grew 21.5 percent over the previous year.
The fourth district's exports to China grew 695% from 2000 to 2009.
Meanwhile, American exports to the rest of the world grew only 4.4 percent.
American exports grew by some 30 percent in response to the lower dollar.
Also during that period, exports grew by an average annual rate of 12.6%.
The reason the deficit still grew in the last year, they said, was because exports were growing from a lower base.
The Indian government projects that by 2008 the exports will grow to $85 billion.
Private exports grew significantly, and the 1992 trade balance was in the black.