Concerned about the decline in the country’s export, Finance minister Arun Jaitley while emphasizing the need for India to become a quality competitive exporter has asserted that it is a challenge to expand trade at a time when global trade is sluggish. The finance minister said that the world wants good products at cheaper prices, for that India should become a competitive exporter in both cost and quality competitive.
Jaitley further said that 'Since purchasing power of global buyers is contracting, expansion of domestic and international economic activity is challenging the country’s need to create an ecosystem which can create a new market for India.'
Indian merchandise exports contracting for the eleventh straight month plunged by 17.33 percent in the month of October to $21.35 billion. The significant fall in exports is attributed to weak global demand, amid a tepid global economic recovery. The last time Indian exports registered a positive growth was in November 2014, when shipments had expanded at a rate of 7.27 percent. Jaitley said that India's exports have been declining in value due to falling global prices of oil, gas and commodities such as food and metals.
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