India’s exports likely to touch $330-340 billion in FY20: FIEO

31 Dec 2019 Evaluate

Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) President Sharad Kumar Saraf said that the India’s exports are expected to touch $330-340 billion during the current financial year (FY20) due to uncertain global situation and rising protectionism. During April-November, 2019-20, exports dipped by about 2 per cent to $212 billion. He mentioned that the global situation is becoming extremely challenging as rising protectionism is leading to uncertainty in global trade which will have adverse impact on it. 

He said despite having a moderate share in global trade, India’s exports have always followed the trend in global imports. Therefore, when global imports are declining, India’s exports are also likely to take a hit. He added that the infrastructure improvement and initiatives on the logistics front will further improve competitiveness of exports. Moreover, he said ‘If the global situation improves, which is likely in the first half of 2020, we may look for 15 per cent growth in exports during the next financial year.’

Besides, he said exports have to be aligned with changing import patterns of the global economy. About 50 per cent of the global imports is accounted by electrical and electronics products, automobiles, machinery, petroleum products and plastic products. Meanwhile, he mentioned ‘unfortunately, the share of such products in our exports is less than 33 per cent despite having petroleum products accounting for roughly half of it. Our global share in such products is much less than 1 per cent.’

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