The BRICS+ grouping of nations like India, China and Russia is rapidly increasing its share in global merchandise exports and imports and is expected to surpass G7 group by 2026, EY India said in its latest edition of EY Economy Watch. The share of BRICS+ group in global merchandise exports has increased from 10.7 per cent in 2000 to 23.3 per cent in 2023, an increase of 12.6 percentage points. On the other hand, the share of the G7 group in global exports has fallen by a margin of 16.2 percentage points from 45.1 per cent to 28.9 per cent over the same period. The share of the rest of the world has largely remained stable increasing only marginally from 44.2 per cent to 47.9 per cent during this period. This implies that largely it is the BRICS+ group which has replaced the G7 group in terms of share in global merchandise exports, the report said. A similar pattern is visible in the case of share in merchandise imports. While the share of BRICS+ group has increased from 7.2 per c