India's merchandise exports shrank for a 12th straight month in November, falling an annual 24.43 percent, government data showed. Indian exporters shipped goods worth $20.01 billion last month, lower than $21.35 billion provisionally reported in October. The trade deficit for November came in at $9.78 billion compared with a provisional $9.77 billion a month ago, the data released by the Ministry of Commerce and Industry showed. Imports fell 30.26 percent from a year earlier to $29.80 billion, the data showed.