The government is expected to further extend the existing foreign trade policy (FTP), which is scheduled to lapse from April 1 this year, for few more months. FTP provide guidelines for enhancing exports to push economic growth and create jobs.
Amid the coronavirus outbreak and the lockdown, on March 31, 2020, the government had extended the Foreign Trade Policy 2015-20 for one year till March 31, 2021. Stakeholder consultation is going on for the new policy and the existing policy could be extended for few more months.
In such a policy, the government announces support measures for both goods and services exporters. Exports during April-February this fiscal dipped by 12.23 per cent to $256 billion. Imports during the period too declined by 23.11 per cent to $340.8 billion, leaving a trade deficit of $84.62 billion.
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