MSME exports cross $147,390 million in 2017-18

12 Feb 2019 Evaluate

Highlighting the efforts taken by the government to enhance exports by MSMEs, Minister of State for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) Giriraj Singh has said that the value of MSME related products’ export reached $147,390.08 million during 2017-18, as per the information received from Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCIS).

Giriraj Singh also listed several measures initiated by the government including efforts made under Make in India Programme, Promotion of Ease of Doing Business, improved availability of credit through MUDRA, Stand up India, schemes such as ‘Merchandise Exports from India Scheme’ (MEIS) for incentivising export of specified goods to specified markets and ‘Service Exports from India Scheme’ (SEIS) for increasing exports of notified services from India, 2% interest subvention for all GST registered MSMEs on fresh or incremental loans and increase in interest rebate from 3% to 5% for exporters who receive pre-shipment and post-shipment loans.

Meanwhile, the revenue generated through export by MSME sector in 2016-17, 2015-16, 2014-15, 2013-14 and 2012-13 stood at $137,068.80 million, $130,768.70 million, $138,896.72 million, $133,313.28 million and $127,992.76 million, respectively.

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