The states of Gujarat and Maharashtra account for more than 46 per cent of the merchandise consignments from the country and with the addition of three next best performing sources of shipments, the top five states claim over 69 per cent of India's entire export earnings, according to the latest study by apex industry body ASSOCHAM.

Analysing the data between 2007-08 and 2014-15, the ASSOCHAM study on ‘Export Performance of States' found that besides Gujarat and Maharashtra, the other top performing states on the export map include Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh.

While Gujarat and Maharashtra have been vying for the top spot, the latter became the best performing states shipping goods worth USD 72.83 billion in 2014-15. Gujarat had export shipments of USD 59.58 billion in the same period while Tamil Nadu emerged as the third largest sourcing state with USD 27.47 billion of the consignments, noted the study prepared by ASSOCHAM Economic Research Bureau.

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